6/21/2023 0 Comments Inxs elegantly wasted![]() ![]() The song was written by Michael Hutchence and Andrew Farriss and recorded by the band in Dublin during the summer of 1996.Īlthough it was never officially released as a single in USA, INXS released "Don't Lose Your Head" as a promo tie-in with Paramount's 1997 film Face/Off starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage. Released in Europe (Germany and The Netherlands) and Japan at the end of 1997. " Don't Lose Your Head" is the third single from the album Elegantly Wasted by INXS. Never got to see the 'real' INXS live.1997 single by INXS "Don't Lose Your Head"Ģ7 June 1997 (Europe, Australia) December 1997 (Japan) I love Oasis AND INXS, but I didn't like how Oasis dissed Michael at the awards show. It's from an INXS book-I think it's their official autobiography. E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator I'm not sure what you're hearing but that's what we're singing.Right, Michael?". Andrew stuttered the best response he could: "Well, no, the chorus, as far as I know, is 'I am elegantly wasted'. Andrew's face flushed while Michael sat in silence, smirking like the cat who swallowed the canary. "I've been listening to this chorus over an over-great song, by the way, guys-but I've got to ask you, are you saying 'I'm better than Oasis?' I swear I hear that on the background vocals," the DJ said. Michael and the engineer spent the next hour or so doing just that, adding layers to the chorus of the album's title track, "Elegantly Wasted." No one realized exactly what Michael had done until six months later in Chicago, while Andrew and Michael were doing press at a radio station. I don't think I did a very good job of them today,'" Andrew recalls. "He said, 'Man, don't worry, you don't need to stay, I just want to rerecord some background vocals. ![]() ![]() Michael left the pub and returned to the studio, where he ran into Andrew, who was off to bed. No punches were thrown, but the incident put an end to the night. The next day, photos of Liam and Bono nose-to-nose appeared in tabloids everywhere and mistakenly reported that the two nearly came to blows. And Bono got between them keeping the peace as only he could, until Liam calmed down. Liam garbled a threat, stood up, and got in Michael's face. "We're just trying to have a good time, what the fuck are you doing?". "Hey, man, why don't you shut up and sit down, you're being a fucking asshole," he said. As he's wont to do, Liam grew incomprehensible, belligerent, and very, very loud. The three front men sat down, drank freely, and as the night wore on, young master Gallagher became quite intolerable. When the notorious brats arrived at the podium, Noel Gallagher looked at Michael and said that a has-been shouldn't be presenting awards to "gonna-bes." Months later, in Dublin, while Andrew and Michael were visiting with their friends U2 and putting the finishing touches on the album demos, Michael met Bono one night at a pub, where Oasis singer Liam Gallagher showed up. equivalent of the Grammys), Michael presented Oasis with Best Album, which they won for (What's the Story) Morning Glory?. In 1996 at England's Brit Awards (the U.K. I found this article and this is VERY interesting.
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