@OpinionHead This is not an "eff you song." The singer is not telling his girlfriend that he's ditching her for other women. Rather he is telling her that he is willingly pimping himself out to rich women (i.e., become a "kept man") so that he can enrich himself and, eventually, return to the (equally impoverished) girl he's addressing in the song (and who tearfully begs him not to do it: "Are you gonna cry while I'm squeezin' them dry...," "someday I'll treat you real kind.") The Rolling Stones' "Play With Fire" or Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," both also...
@OpinionHead This is not an "eff you song." The singer is not telling his girlfriend that he's ditching her for other women. Rather he is telling her that he is willingly pimping himself out to rich women (i.e., become a "kept man") so that he can enrich himself and, eventually, return to the (equally impoverished) girl he's addressing in the song (and who tearfully begs him not to do it: "Are you gonna cry while I'm squeezin' them dry...," "someday I'll treat you real kind.") The Rolling Stones' "Play With Fire" or Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," both also from '65, are "eff you songs": addressed to rich, snotty girls, taking them down a peg.
The live performance of this song, found it on YouTube.
Creepy vibe. Great song. Perfect eff you to the one you once loved but now you despise utterly.
Love it immensely.
The Animals Rule.
@OpinionHead This is not an "eff you song." The singer is not telling his girlfriend that he's ditching her for other women. Rather he is telling her that he is willingly pimping himself out to rich women (i.e., become a "kept man") so that he can enrich himself and, eventually, return to the (equally impoverished) girl he's addressing in the song (and who tearfully begs him not to do it: "Are you gonna cry while I'm squeezin' them dry...," "someday I'll treat you real kind.") The Rolling Stones' "Play With Fire" or Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," both also...
@OpinionHead This is not an "eff you song." The singer is not telling his girlfriend that he's ditching her for other women. Rather he is telling her that he is willingly pimping himself out to rich women (i.e., become a "kept man") so that he can enrich himself and, eventually, return to the (equally impoverished) girl he's addressing in the song (and who tearfully begs him not to do it: "Are you gonna cry while I'm squeezin' them dry...," "someday I'll treat you real kind.") The Rolling Stones' "Play With Fire" or Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," both also from '65, are "eff you songs": addressed to rich, snotty girls, taking them down a peg.