From Saint.Etienne.net
"People Get Real" is about Kenny Thomas, "a fake soul singer who used to be a boxer", apparently.
The song was originally titled Kenny Get Real. It was going to be an a-side in itself, but Creation decided it wasn't commercial enough, so Join Our Club was recorded as well.
Here's the band talking about the track, shamelessly pinched from Melody Maker:
Bob:It's about the way that when people stick to a certain kind of music, like acid jazz, or soul, they're considered "authentic" and real. People being really po-faced about stuff getting taken seriously, whereas, if you don't take yourselves too seriously, everyone takes that at face value and thinks you're superficial.
Like The Doors, who everyone thinks are great, but they're absolutely preposterous, total shit - and then you think of The Lovin' Spoonful, who were far more imaginative and wrote way more inventive songs, and they're regarded as some kind of comedy group! If you go for this ridiculous "authenticity" thing, you're allowed to get away with anything. Pete:That Jamiroquai song where he goes "sex-ee / lay-dee" - if we'd written that, we'd have been chased down the street! Bob:By sexy ladies. People would've come up to us and said, "I think I'm gonna squeeze ya."
The song was originally titled Kenny Get Real. It was going to be an a-side in itself, but Creation decided it wasn't commercial enough, so Join Our Club was recorded as well.
Here's the band talking about the track, shamelessly pinched from Melody Maker:
Bob:It's about the way that when people stick to a certain kind of music, like acid jazz, or soul, they're considered "authentic" and real. People being really po-faced about stuff getting taken seriously, whereas, if you don't take yourselves too seriously, everyone takes that at face value and thinks you're superficial.
Like The Doors, who everyone thinks are great, but they're absolutely preposterous, total shit - and then you think of The Lovin' Spoonful, who were far more imaginative and wrote way more inventive songs, and they're regarded as some kind of comedy group! If you go for this ridiculous "authenticity" thing, you're allowed to get away with anything. Pete:That Jamiroquai song where he goes "sex-ee / lay-dee" - if we'd written that, we'd have been chased down the street! Bob:By sexy ladies. People would've come up to us and said, "I think I'm gonna squeeze ya."
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