The Equestrian Statue

Album: Gorilla (1967)
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Songfacts®:

  • The band were in Liverpool and Neil Innes (vocalist on this song) was reading Jean-Paul Sartre's Nausea and thought it was a load of old rubbish, this guy wandering about worrying if a lamppost exists more than he does. His eye fell on an equestrian statue in a park and he thought... "never mind a lamppost, what about an Equestrian Statue?" >>>
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    Nancy - Isle Of Wight, United Kingdom

Comments: 1

  • John B from DorsetA hugely underrated piece of English pop-psyche. Fantastic tune and lyrics. Pure 1967 joy
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