"You dreamed of scenes
Like you read of in magazines"
I'm not sure how it was back in 1979, but today you only have to look in lads' magazines to find pictures of stupidly hot models, or in women's magazines to find exciting sex stories and "tips" to "put in practise in the bedroom".
I'm thinking this song is a comment about the false expectations the media (such as gender-specific magazines) gives people about sex, putting pressure on the other to meet such expectations. Perhaps the most natural and sacred act that could occur between two people has become hijacked by the influence of media and society, who over the past 50 years have become ever more present in our lives and not exactly in a benign way either.
The line "A contract in our mutual interest" I suppose is GoF telling us the blame lies with capitalism.
"You dreamed of scenes Like you read of in magazines"
I'm not sure how it was back in 1979, but today you only have to look in lads' magazines to find pictures of stupidly hot models, or in women's magazines to find exciting sex stories and "tips" to "put in practise in the bedroom".
I'm thinking this song is a comment about the false expectations the media (such as gender-specific magazines) gives people about sex, putting pressure on the other to meet such expectations. Perhaps the most natural and sacred act that could occur between two people has become hijacked by the influence of media and society, who over the past 50 years have become ever more present in our lives and not exactly in a benign way either.
The line "A contract in our mutual interest" I suppose is GoF telling us the blame lies with capitalism.
Spot on.
Spot on.