Actually you're all right. Except you, sir, in saying the other 2 are wrong. Direct quote from Nick Gilder himself: "I've seen a lot of young girls, 15 and 16, walking down Hollywood Boulevard with their pimps. Their home environment drove them to distraction so they ran away, only to be trapped by something even worse. It hurts to see that so I tried writing from the perspective of a lecher — in the guise of an innocent pop song."
Both runaways & prositution....poor girls
Actually you're all right. Except you, sir, in saying the other 2 are wrong. Direct quote from Nick Gilder himself: "I've seen a lot of young girls, 15 and 16, walking down Hollywood Boulevard with their pimps. Their home environment drove them to distraction so they ran away, only to be trapped by something even worse. It hurts to see that so I tried writing from the perspective of a lecher — in the guise of an innocent pop song."
Both runaways & prositution....poor girls
Good song. And except for high priced call girls, women/girls do not consciously choose to be prostitutes. No emotionally healthy young girl's dream is to grow up to be a prostitute (and who is usually on drugs to dull the pain of the "job"). In the 80's at least, the stats on the number of prostitutes who had been previously sexually molested by dads; uncles; grandfathers; family friends; and mothers' boyfriends was staggering. Prostitution is first an escape. Then it becomes a lifeline due to drug/alcohol addictions and the lack of a good support system on which to return. Without...
Good song. And except for high priced call girls, women/girls do not consciously choose to be prostitutes. No emotionally healthy young girl's dream is to grow up to be a prostitute (and who is usually on drugs to dull the pain of the "job"). In the 80's at least, the stats on the number of prostitutes who had been previously sexually molested by dads; uncles; grandfathers; family friends; and mothers' boyfriends was staggering. Prostitution is first an escape. Then it becomes a lifeline due to drug/alcohol addictions and the lack of a good support system on which to return. Without education and job skills (and with an addicition) getting out of the business is nearly impossible. Sorry, but this topic is near and dear to my heart...
No your both wrong its a known fact that the song is about a young child as a hooker in the city. and all the guys want her because she is so young.
Actually you're all right. Except you, sir, in saying the other 2 are wrong. Direct quote from Nick Gilder himself: "I've seen a lot of young girls, 15 and 16, walking down Hollywood Boulevard with their pimps. Their home environment drove them to distraction so they ran away, only to be trapped by something even worse. It hurts to see that so I tried writing from the perspective of a lecher — in the guise of an innocent pop song." Both runaways & prositution....poor girls
Actually you're all right. Except you, sir, in saying the other 2 are wrong. Direct quote from Nick Gilder himself: "I've seen a lot of young girls, 15 and 16, walking down Hollywood Boulevard with their pimps. Their home environment drove them to distraction so they ran away, only to be trapped by something even worse. It hurts to see that so I tried writing from the perspective of a lecher — in the guise of an innocent pop song." Both runaways & prositution....poor girls
Good song. And except for high priced call girls, women/girls do not consciously choose to be prostitutes. No emotionally healthy young girl's dream is to grow up to be a prostitute (and who is usually on drugs to dull the pain of the "job"). In the 80's at least, the stats on the number of prostitutes who had been previously sexually molested by dads; uncles; grandfathers; family friends; and mothers' boyfriends was staggering. Prostitution is first an escape. Then it becomes a lifeline due to drug/alcohol addictions and the lack of a good support system on which to return. Without...
Good song. And except for high priced call girls, women/girls do not consciously choose to be prostitutes. No emotionally healthy young girl's dream is to grow up to be a prostitute (and who is usually on drugs to dull the pain of the "job"). In the 80's at least, the stats on the number of prostitutes who had been previously sexually molested by dads; uncles; grandfathers; family friends; and mothers' boyfriends was staggering. Prostitution is first an escape. Then it becomes a lifeline due to drug/alcohol addictions and the lack of a good support system on which to return. Without education and job skills (and with an addicition) getting out of the business is nearly impossible. Sorry, but this topic is near and dear to my heart...