| Pauline...'She
was a girl from Birmingham'....She
most certainly was and here's what Cook, Rotten and Jones
of the Pistols had to say about the mad punkette who was
the inspiration behind 'Bodies'-
Paul: You had to keep your
distance from Pauline. She was a mad fan who used to turn
up everywhere. She turned up at my door too. She was
dangerous and very crazy...someone you really had to
worry about. She was a pretty girl but she had those mad
eyes. Steve:
Everything- tune and lyrics inspired by the infamous
Pauline from Birmingham. The girl with the crazy look who
would follow us around. The mad opening of the song still
reminds me of her.
John:
Pauline was a girl who used to send these letters to me
from some nuthouse up North in Birmingham. She was in a
mental asylum. She turned up at my door once wearing a
see thru plastic bag. She did the rounds in London and
ended up at everyone's door. She had a very curious way of
finding out where people lived. Like most insane people,
she was very promiscuous. The fetus thing is what got
me. She'd tell me about getting pregnant with the male
nurses at the asylum or whatever. There's a line in the
song about Pauline living in a tree. She actually had a tree house on the estate of the nuthouse. The nurses
couldn't get her down and she'd be up there for days.
Apparently punk rock pulled her out of her cocoon. She
didn't seem to have a problem either...one of the many
lunatics that used to attach themselves to us.
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