I have never been to Kettering

Have you heard of autosuggestion? Autosuggestion is when you train yourself out of pain or trouble by denying the truth. This is accomplished through self-hypnosis methods or repetitive, constant self-affirmations, and may be seen as a form of self-induced brainwashing. I guess for Sebastian, to keep singing "I've never been to Kettering" was meant to produce some kind of placebo effect and get him out of the town.
Apart from that, the voice you hear along Sebastian's punky vocals belongs to the most peculiar animal to have ever walked this planet: the screaming frenchman. He briefly escaped from his cage to add his own contribution to the song and was shot a short time afterwards by a british policeman. His body has been sent back to Paris.

Sigmund Freud has never been to Kettering
And if he had people would be sane
Jesus Christ has never been to Kettering
And if he had people would be safe
Steven Hopkins has never been to Kettering
But if he had people would have brains
Napoleon has never been to Kettering
But if he had people would be slaves

I have never been to Kettering
But i was recently in Corby
It was really nice there
But that's a different story

Jean-Jacques Rousseau has never been (once) to Kettering
But if he had people would be educated
Godzilla has never been to Kettering
But if he had it would be devastated
Michael Scofield has never been to Kettering
But if he had there would be a lot of holes
Elvis Presley has never been to Kettering
But if he had there would be no rock n'roll

I have never been to Kettering
But i was recently in Corby
It was really nice there
But that's a different story

Al Capone has never been to Kettering
But if he had people would be even more corrupted
Derrida has never been to Kettering
But if he had people would be deconstructed
Charles Manson has never been to Kettering
But if he had a lot of people would have been stabbed
Mother Mary has never been to Kettering
It wouldn't be like that

I have never been to Kettering
But i was recently in Corby
It was really nice there
But that's a different story

I have never been to Kettering
In fact i don't know where it is
And late at night i wonder
If it actually exists