They were plastic, bubbly, gossamer-thin groups where it was really more about the clothes they wore and the length of their cheekbones than it was about the content of the song they were singing.

It has its place, but when you're basically cornering the market and making it very hard for anyone who actually writes their own music to get ahead, then it's wrong and that's really why I wrote this song.

[9]Years later, Taylor elaborated on the origins of the song, saying that he watched so much European music television because he was suffering from food poisoning in Sweden and was unable to move and change the channel from MTV Europe.

[10] The music video for "Through Glass" was shot with director Tony Petrossian and included a cameo by Poison guitarist C.C.

He gets up to reveal that the video is taking place at a house party, and it subsequently goes through close-ups of the guests.

As the video progresses, the band begins to perform in front of the Hollywood Sign, spelled as "Hollowood".

When the band finishes, they walk away, revealing that the place in which they were performing was also made of plywood cutouts.