Mansion. you're not giving Gary enough credit. He's a pretty smart fellow and in this really shows. Gary's also perhaps a little fed up at this point with not being given his due. So he lets the pretenders have a bit of a lashing.
In my mind at least, it is absolutely obvious that he very intentionally recalls 'Metal' here. He is saying to all the New Romantic poseurs that he's been there already and done that. He brings up the 'Metal' melody but cleverly submerges it into the background making a whole new atmosphere out of it. The recalling of the 'Metal' melody is crucial to the point he is making, and he makes that point brilliantly (IMHO of course).
Mansion. you're not giving Gary enough credit. He's a pretty smart fellow and in this really shows. Gary's also perhaps a little fed up at this point with not being given his due. So he lets the pretenders have a bit of a lashing.
In my mind at least, it is absolutely obvious that he very intentionally recalls 'Metal' here. He is saying to all the New Romantic poseurs that he's been there already and done that. He brings up the 'Metal' melody but cleverly submerges it into the background making a whole new atmosphere out of it. The recalling of the 'Metal' melody is crucial to the point he is making, and he makes that point brilliantly (IMHO of course).