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| Bananarama – Robert De Niro's Waiting Lyrics
| 3 years ago
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*The ???? is meant to read = 'I never want this to happen to me'. Not sure where I 1st read (in the '80s) about the song's meaning, probably not 'Smash Hits', maybe 1 of the more serious Music papers like 'Sounds' ,if they ever featured Bananarama - But the 2017 interview was in The Guardian; “The thing I’m proudest of,” (Fahey) continues, “is that we made quirky pop. The lyrics were much darker than you’d imagine. Robert De Niro’s Waiting is about date rape.” “You’ll listen to it with new ears now,” Woodward smiles. “I wanted it to be like Pull Up to the Bumper,” adds Dallin, dryly. “It didn’t quite work out like that, did it?” |
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| Bananarama – Robert De Niro's Waiting Lyrics
| 3 years ago
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@rikdad101@[yahoo:45249].com 'If you hear/read a set of lyrics and understand them, then they aren't darker than you'd imagine' - That means you havn't understood them! That's what the band were saying; 'The lyrics were much darker than you’d imagine' = people hear a pretty tune & mistakenly assume it's a 'happy' song! The band stated it's about someone hiding from the trauma of a sex-assault, escaping into a fantasy world. And the melody isn't all happy; listen to 'A walk in the park can become a bad dream, People are staring & following me' & 'You're breathing, you're touching, but nothing's for free, I never want this to happen to me' - those parts have (I think) minor chords? - there's an eerie delicious chill to them? That's what made me curious about the song when I 1st heard it, & I read the meaning, in a 1980s interview. Of course you can imagine as you please, it can stay a happy song to you, & I like ambiguity in lyrics - but it doesn't alter the original meaning which the band gave it. |
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| Bananarama – Robert De Niro's Waiting Lyrics
| 3 years ago
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A walk in the park can become a bad dream
People are staring & following me' 'You're breathing, you're touching, but nothing's for free,
I never want this to happen to me' - Sara D's denial was in response to the 2017 Guardian band interview where Siobhan Fahey stated the song was about sexual assualt - & the other 2 band members, Sara included, seemingly agreed ~ “The thing I’m proudest of,” Fahey continues, “is that we made quirky pop. The lyrics were much darker than you’d imagine. Robert De Niro’s Waiting is about date rape.” “You’ll listen to it with new ears now,” Woodward smiles. “I wanted it to be like Pull Up to the Bumper,” adds Dallin, dryly. “It didn’t quite work out like that, did it?” |
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| Bananarama – Robert De Niro's Waiting Lyrics
| 3 years ago
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A walk in the park can become a bad dream
People are staring & following me' 'You're breathing, you're touching, but nothing's for free,
???? ???????????????????? ???????????????? ???????????????? ???????? ???????????????????????? ???????? ????????' - Sara D's denial was in response to the 2017 Guardian interview where Siobhan Fahey stated the song was about date-rape (& the other 2 band members seemingly agreed)- I'd also read the same thing in a mid-'80s interview; I was surprised & impressed that the pop-song, & pop-band, had depth. Maybe Sara D prefers not to think of it that way, but to me the lyrics had an edge, which is why I'd wanted to know the meaning, & it did fit with the '80s article, & later 2017 interview, which said it was about a young sex-assault survivor. I'd agree with Siobhan.. |
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| Bananarama – Robert De Niro's Waiting Lyrics
| 3 years ago
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Really liked this song when it came out (& still do; good music of any genre is ageless)- so I was interested in it, & remember reading a (1980s) Bananarama interview explaining the song was about a sex-assault survivor escaping into a better fantasy world, I was surprised as I'd assumed it was just another shallow pop song; very pretty & catchy but ultimately meaningless. It made me like the song even more to know it, & the band, had a hidden depth - Sara D. may have changed tune 30yrs later, or maybe she never actually knew what the lyrics were about, & doesn't want her memory of them messed with now - but I'll go with Siobhan's truth; imo she was the brightest one, different to the crowd. *Same interview also said the song was originally 'Al Pacino's Waiting' but it didn't scan as well-?! |
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| Bananarama – Robert De Niro's Waiting Lyrics
| 3 years ago
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most people have misinterpreted the meaning of the song' - inc the singers? I read a Bananarama interview in the 80's that explained the song was about a sex-assault survivor escaping into a better fantasy world; I remember being surprised as I'd assumed it was just another pop song; pretty but shallow, I was impressed the group had hidden depths - Sara D. may have changed tune 30yrs later, or maybe she never actually knew what it was about - but I'd go with Siobhan's version of the truth; she always seemed the brightest one in the band, different. *Same interview also said the song was originally 'Al Pacino's Waiting' but it didn't scan as well-?! |
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| R.E.M. – (Don't Go Back To) Rockville Lyrics
| 3 years ago
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Surely it's saying it's lonelier & tougher going back, not easier? *'what else is out there' - Could be great, or could just be serial killers out there; it's the grass always greener illusion, but wherever you go you take yourself with you, so best to work out how to enjoy wherever it is you are rather than imagine it's bound to better elsewhere.. Altho' I have yet to take that advice myself.. |
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| Hole – Northern Star Lyrics
| 6 years ago
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Such a sad song. Glad someone mentioned 'the pines'; still have my Nirvana Unplugged album, with their cover of 'In the Pines' & I thought of that track straight away. The song's great but in the grim aftermath of '94 it was /is too much, the imagery of the cold, dark pines, knowing he was now gone; I find it unbearable. Havn't listened to it since the 1st play, tho' it's in my head anyway if someone mentions it.. Kurt's death cast a heavy shadow for many who'd never even met him - tho' I was twice in the same gig venue as Nirvana ;)
*I can't hear 'Adagio for Strings' without seeing the footage of 9/11; seemed to be the popular choice for TV news? - I once went for a facial, they leave you to relax with music, but that track came on.. |
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| Hole – Gutless Lyrics
| 6 years ago
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I thought that line is aimed at the people she's mocking as 'gutless'? - that they're insubstantial, of surface, material values rather than genuine or having integrity - I could be wrong; just how I'd interpreted it ;) |
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