Roxanne

Yes, and falling in love with a prostitute. From the Police era

falling in love with a prostitute

This song is about falling in love with a slut .This song is not all about prostitution , something philosophical how a guy falls in love with a harlot ,,, a true love (... and I am pretty sure I am not overanalyzing ). Anyway, apart from the lyrical beauty , I just like the way it is sung especially the 'Roxanne ' part . It is splendid ... a must have for sting fan .

Sting more recently said he wrote this song—which I’m sure endeared him to prostitutes everywhere—because he was freaked out as a boy of 10 or 12 to see his mother kissing another man. This surprised me because I had previously felt the song was written as a favorable tilt to ladies of the night. Discovering his mother’s infidelity, his trust in women was crushed—something I’m sure was disillusioning but also delightful—perspective is everything—motivation to write a very good song.

Remaining unforgiving of his mother, when asked about his own indiscretion that led to his divorcing his first wife, he said he and Trudie had been honest about this whereas his mother had not been. I found this so intriguing—and not just in the gossipy sense—because I wondered how happy he might have been as a boy if his mother had been honest and destroyed the relationship she had with his father. Her silence and her honesty would both have brought unhappiness just as his honesty—kind as it seemed at the time—could only bring Fran unhappiness. My point is that there is no right way to handle such difficulties of the heart. It could be that his mother didn’t love the man enough to leave his father but he loved Trudie enough to leave Fran so silence was obviously not an option. Honesty in his own situation is not a better option—it was his only option and I am not condemning it. I can’t condemn anyone who finds themselves in the throes of a passionate challenge—they are difficult to handle!

But I felt he might understand that the mother he loved and admired was human and it is not easy for a mother who loves her family to place integrity before love—especially when she isn’t sure which way to turn. I would love to hear that he forgives her decision, does not place his own decision above hers, and does not harbor guilt or grief over what happened between him, Trudie and Fran—who were friends. Such things happen!

Trudie was apparently part of his destiny. He was ending one chapter of life and moving to another. He had a lovely life with Fran and now has a lovely life with Trudie. “Love, love, love, love. Look what you’ve done to me!”—Betty Boop song. Hopefully this will occur to all three of them so they can lay some obsolete pain to rest. Oh, and … duh … I’ll give the song a 9. It’s got a great beat and it’s easy to dance to.

The person the song is sung about sounds like a complete jerk in the middle of the song - he implies she should be grateful he didn't disrespect her (wow, what a stand-up guy...) but tells her to put her stuff away and to stop working because "it's a bad way" (perhaps he's highly religious and his beliefes tell him so?) and he doesn't want to "share" her (which implies he's either very jealous and thinks she'll magically fall in love with a client - highly unlikely as this is just business for them, in the same way that that lady that sold me my car isn't really THAT interested in my personnal life - or perhaps he doesn't seem to understand that prostitutes deal in sex not love - pretend love, yes, but real love? For a woman, or anyone, to be like that you'd basically have to fall in love with people at the drop of a hat - someone like that would more likely end up in a dead-end marriage that fizzled out than at a red light district...)

In summary, this song is about the types of men who think they can "save" prostitutes.... from what? their independence and financial security? This guy the song sings about claims to be in love with the person he's talking to, a prostitute, and decides to show his boundless love by making her quit her job and presumably become financially dependant on his income - because of his emotional issues with regards to jealousy/fear and possessiveness and all (or, maybe he's simply the kind of guy who simply doesn't want his womenfolk working/making more money than him, regardless of occupation, for religious reasons - or he simply doesn't want them selling their sexual services for religious reasons...)

prostituuuuution

My friend told me about when he finally figured this song out. He was so disturbed, it was hilarious.

I’ll start by saying I love the rendition of Roxanne—Le Tango de Roxanne from Moulin Rouge—especially the added lines of passion that Sting would so approve of

His eyes upon your face His hand upon your hand His lips caress your skin It's more than I can stand

Roxanne Why does my heart cry? Roxanne Feelings I can't fight You're free to leave me, just don't deceive me And please believe me when I say I love you

defintiley about a prostitute the red light usually means th area where prostitues are

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