Yeah, I've heard other rumours suggesting Chris Morris was behind it. I think the fact is that the song was so unbelievably appallingly bad, that people couldn't believe it was serious. But this was at the height of the Spice Girls dominance, so record companies would sign anything that even slightly resembled them. If you can find a copy of the song, have a listen. It has to be heard to be believed. Del -----Original Message----- From: klf-bounces+dj.nite=virgin.net@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:klf-bounces+dj.nite=virgin.net@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of John Milne Sent: 29 October 2004 10:48 To: say.map@ihug.co.nz; All bound for Mu-Mu Land. Subject: Re: [KLF] Vanilla? The man in the Ice Cream Van? Vanilla Bill? I always suspect that anything KLF-y will always have something about it that would betray its origins (even the "I Wanna 121 WIth You" single had KLF lettering on the inner sleeve). Some things which were meant to be KLF - 1300 Drums, for example - had nothing that could be identified with B & J (and of course, were nothing to do with them) I don't think Vanilla were a "hoax" anyway - they were merely a pop group, like B*witched or Cartoonz, and there was nothing subversive or situationist about them. My opinion, anyway ... John
Message date : Oct 29 2004, 04:59 AM From : say.map@ihug.co.nz To : KLF@mailman.xmission.com Copy to : Subject : [KLF] Vanilla? Somebody left this message on the KLF wikipedia entry talk page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:The_KLF
Vanilla
Can anyone shed light on whether the atrocious girl-band "Vanilla" and their single "No Way No Way (Mna mna)" was a hoax perpetrated on the UK music industry by Bill Drummond?
anyone got an opinion on that?
cheers
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