Fine Time

The computerized voice midway through that says "the past doesn't matter"...did NO create that or was it sampled from somewhere?

From Niagara:

Q: What is sung in the middle of the song? A: As always, no one really knows, but an issue of "Smash Hits" suggests that the lyric goes like: "acid man said acid man said acid man said acid box it man". Other suggestions are: "man, acid man, box it man, acid man", "ec-sta-sy, ec-sta-sy", and "the past doesn't matter".

Q: Who sings the deep-voice part? A: It is Bernard with an effects processor.

Personally, I'd always thought he said "Ecstasy Addict" which would have fitted in with the whole theme of the song... However, manipulating it in a wav editor, and it does kinda resemble "the past doesn't matter"...

Ive always assumed it to be what my ears believe. which is "if at it dont say at it".

sounds like "the past doesn't matter"...

Didn't Sumner say 'ecstasy' when this part of FineTime was played at Reading in 1993? I think I remember this from the bootleg 'electronic ecstasy', if I'm not completely mistaken. I always considered the sample to be a kind of anagram of 'ecstasy' anyway... ...but who am I to talk as not being a native speaker!:)

Sumner certainly whispers the word ecstasy in the live version on retro.

Dreamattacker, your avatar is very naughty

Is S.M.I.L.E. a reference to Psychic TV?

Yeah, i've stolen it from PTV.

And my avatar is very nice.