87. ‘Alex’s Song’

B-side of ‘End Of A Century’ CD. Produced by Blur.

Alex’s second songwriting venture was intended as a serious composition – “somewhere between Manhattan Transfer and Prince”. At some stage the plot altered. “They made me do it!” Alex contends. “There was some mucking about with an Eventide harmoniser (the device that sends Alex’s voice up two octaves) in a bored moment and making my voice go all Pinky and Perky. It’s not finished. It could have been far better. Balls I say. Bollocks to them.”