Well, in my opinion this song is about being a young & maybe a little naive &/or introverted girl and finding yourself loving a man who is at first very charming, carefree & outgoing, and seems at first to be without limits, as in
"There was a time
you opened up every doorway
you didn't mind if everything
wasn't your way"
then that man starts to gradually become more introverted & shows their more possessive/obsessive side to you as the relationship progresses, even while they keep up the appearance of being carefree & outgoing to everyone else,
"Don't pull away
that goes against what you told me
I look in your eyes
I realize what you've sold me
is love in a vacuum"
so you confront them about the way they're acting and of course they deny it,
"I think you've changed
but you insist that
that's not true"
quite possibly they are an addict of some sort, my guess would be cocaine, &/or showing very obsessive behavior towards you (early on in the video for this song we see the man hanging a picture up, it is a very large portrait of Aimee & it is prominently displayed in his/their apartment for the duration of the song), thus their "love in a vacuum",
"You look so strange, so distant
that you're hardly you
Now I can see
how you have been acting different
You say it's me
but I know
that it isn't
it's love in a vacuum"
but still you are in love with them and don't want to leave them and you know that they are truly in love with you and they don't want you to leave them either, maybe they are convinced you can save them from themself, maybe they are so broken that the possibility of an overdose &/or suicide attempt is very real and you want to get through to them that their behavior not only dangerous but it is also just pissing you off and if they don't wise up they run the risk of loosing you, as in the lines
"You will be lonely
if you leave me alone", so you want to save them but can't get through to them due to the addiction &/or emotional problems they have,
"Love in a vacuum
and that's not enough
love in a vacuum
You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
You will be lonely
if you leave me alone
You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
it's just not enough"
you want them to understand that the love they are giving you is not enough when it is filtered through the vacuum of their drug addiction &/or emotional impairment,
"You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
it's just not enough
and just wait
you will be lonely
Love in a vacuum
Love in a vacuum
and that's not enough
Love in a vacuum".
'Love In A Vacuum' for me is a hauntingly truthful acute argument on the loneliness of obsession and almost inevitable loss of love that follows people who are broken in some way or another; the obsessives, the coke heads, the drunks, addicts or the just-plain-old emotionally broken; a razor sharp, lyrically driven, deceptively poppy, yet ultimately-depressing-in-the-best-way song.
Quintessential Aimee Mann.
The planet queen perchance to dream
She used my head like an exploder
The planet queen
The worlds the same I am to blame
She used my head like a revolver
The world's the same
Well it's all right
Love is what she want
Flying saucer take me away
Give me your daughter
Well it's all right
Love is what she want
Flying saucer take me away
Give me your daughter
Dragon head machine of lead
Cadillac king dancer in the midnight
Dragon head
The planet queen perchance to dream
She used my head like a revolver
The world's the same
Well it's all right
Love is what she want
Flying saucer take me away
Give me your daughter
Well it's all right
Love is what she want
Flying saucer take me away
Give me your daughter
The dragon head machine of lead
Cadillac king dancer in the midnight
Dragon head
The planet queen perchance to dream
She used my head like a revolver
The planet queen
Well it's all right
Love is what she want
Flying saucer take me away
Give me your daughter
Well it's all right
Love is what she want
Flying saucer take me away
Give me your daughter
Well it's all right
Love is what she want
Flying saucer take me away
Give me your daughter
Give me your daughter
Give me your daughter
Give me your daughter
...
She used my head like an exploder
The planet queen
The worlds the same I am to blame
She used my head like a revolver
The world's the same
Well it's all right
Love is what she want
Flying saucer take me away
Give me your daughter
Well it's all right
Love is what she want
Flying saucer take me away
Give me your daughter
Dragon head machine of lead
Cadillac king dancer in the midnight
Dragon head
The planet queen perchance to dream
She used my head like a revolver
The world's the same
Well it's all right
Love is what she want
Flying saucer take me away
Give me your daughter
Well it's all right
Love is what she want
Flying saucer take me away
Give me your daughter
The dragon head machine of lead
Cadillac king dancer in the midnight
Dragon head
The planet queen perchance to dream
She used my head like a revolver
The planet queen
Well it's all right
Love is what she want
Flying saucer take me away
Give me your daughter
Well it's all right
Love is what she want
Flying saucer take me away
Give me your daughter
Well it's all right
Love is what she want
Flying saucer take me away
Give me your daughter
Give me your daughter
Give me your daughter
Give me your daughter
...
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Man, the background bongos or whatever, lol im not a musical genius and bakcground vocals are so great....thats the old guy, for T.Rex who hten got replaced by Mickey Finn
@so-succexy Mickey Finn and Marc Bolan were together as a team for quite some time. Marc Bolen was not replaced by Mickey Finn. Bolan was killed in a car accident.. That was that, the band was done. They played together before T.Rex and if it weren't for a car accident would likely still be making gold records together.. Not on stage I suspect though, more on the production side. T.Rex was running out of steam before it was interrupted by Marc Bolan's death (RIP)
@so-succexy James had the wrong end of the stick The guy replaced by Mickey Finn was in fact Steve Peregrin Took, who became unmanagable due to his drug use and was whipping himself and drawing blood on stage. (A little Iggy Pop-esque and generally a bit much.) However, Steve was out after Unicorn, the third album, and Planet Queen is off Electric Warrior, the sixth album. I'm not saying it's impossible that Steve came back for the session, but unless you have evidence to the contrary, I'm going to rule it out. (Is there perhaps an early version of Planet Queen from around the Unicorn period fearuring Marc and Steve as the Tyrannosaurus Rex acoustic duo? )<br /> <br /> <br /> As for James assertion that Marc was T.Rex, it's essentially correct, but later on, in the early 2000s, Mickey Finn did put out a version of T.Rex. The singer was a Marc Bolan look- and sound-alike, and apart from Mr. Finn's iconic presence, they were essentially a T.Rex covers band. They didn't do Planet Queen when I saw them in a field in Lincolnshire playing to a crowd of 150 or so locals… they were excellent though.<br /> <br /> <br /> What does the song mean? It's a Bolan image adventure again. An alien queen, flying saucer abduction, a girl child fathered by Marc (whom he wants back). His head gets used as an exploder and a revolver. There's a good chance he's not talking about the head on his shoulders. The "dragon head" is "machine bled", which makes you wonder what is happening there. My conclusion is that Marc got this idea for a space romance story which was too hot to present explicitly, so he made it into a song which showed people what happened rather than told them. It is what you make it, as much a vibe as a tale, but the many strong clues such as the spaceship taking Marc away and the daughter point to the content being alien sex experiments and a trip into space to another world where strange things happened. This in turn could be a redux of a strange encounter Marc had with a freak in the 60s or 70s, or perhaps it could be an argument for general sexual freedom. At one point Marc claimed he had spent time with a wizard in France doing magic and brewing potions, so maybe his story about being taken into space is also a real story? He got up to some stuff after all…
I agree - I think - with whatever you just said.
I think the background and bongos are what makes t rex so good. Bolan sucks.
Just kidding - marc bolan is cool too. This is a great song. On the acoustic version it sounds like he's saying "give me a doctor" but the liner notes definitely say "give me your daughter". Just in case anyone else had that question.
MARC BOLAN IS AMAZING don't ever diss him. and as most t.rex songs, whether it may be about sex or not, it's sexy as hell
"The planet queen perchance to dream She used my head like a revolver"
What?? FLCL inspiration much???