Made of Stone (4:16)
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John Squire (Speaking to the NME, 1989): “Made of Stone about making a wish and watching it happen. Like scoring a goal in a Cup final…on a Harley Electroglide…dressed as Spider-Man”.
The band made their debut on national British TV by performing this song on BBC 2’s cultural show “The Late Show” in September 1989, resulting in a power cut 60 seconds into the song and Ian Brown infamously walking off shouting “Amateurs!”
B-side Guernica (the title of which references Pablo Picasso’s Guernica) is
Made of Stone in reverse, but with forward lyrics.
The band made their debut on national British TV by performing this song on BBC 2’s cultural show “The Late Show” in September 1989, resulting in a power cut 60 seconds into the song and Ian Brown infamously walking off shouting “Amateurs!”
B-side Guernica (the title of which references Pablo Picasso’s Guernica) is
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