Toyah Wilcox

Album Cover The Blue Meaning

JENNY: "The Blue Meaning” LP cover, what inspired it?

TOYAH: Well, it's of sort blue meaning, er, it could mean either depression through the word blue or it could mean naughty things -

I have to be careful here but what inspired the cover was ... I don't know if you've ever noticed but there's the members of the band sort of dotted around in the castle in the distance and I'm tied up at the gate post because …

Well, it's a rebellion thing really, it's sort of … I know it sounds horrible but it's a bit of feminism really. It's sort of the woman being rebellious so the men tied her up because she didn't want to serve the tea because there's also at my feet a tray with spilt cups and everything. The idea is the maid refused to make tea and do the washing up and do the laundry basically.