It was the first time we could see a war going on through adult eyes. We started writing it when the first Gulf War was going on. QUICKSAND JESUS (Slave To The Grind, 1991) ![]() Rachel can take an idea we’ve come up with, lock himself away in a room and come back with 17 pages full of great lyrics! At the time we did Youth Gone Wild, we were in in our early 20s and wanted a song that would be representative of us. He sees things from an interesting and obscure perspective. It was then that I understood he was a lot better as a lyricist than I was. But Rachel then went away and rewrote them. ![]() It originally had a different set of lyrics. Rachel took it a step further, and then we developed the song from there. The way it worked was that I had an idea for the song and where it could go. And we appreciated what we had as a writing team was the potential to reach people. As this came together, I could tell that our partnership was real. ![]() It’s such a personal thing, but this song galvanised the writing partnership between Rachel (Bolan, bassist) and me.
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