the image i keep getting, especially in the chorus, is that he's singing about pop artists with no talent - they can't dance and they can't talk (their opinions and thoughts are useless to society) and all they can do is sell everything (their attractive body and their popular music is what they sell to the public)
'checking everything is in place
You never know who's looking on
A perfect body with a perfect face - uh-huh.'
gives me an image of talentless celebrities making sure they look all nice and pretty and perfect for the media so as to avoid arousing bad publicity, because the media is ALWAYS looking on.
this song was made decades ago, and the talentless perfect pretty pop idols are still around today.
lastly, i like the part:
'She's got a body under that shirt,
but all she wants to do is rub my face in the dirt.'
but in The Way We Walk live album, he replaces the last line with: 'the only thing she'll rub is my face in the dirt'
such a cheeky comment on celebrity worship. guys wanting to get with a pretty popstar.
this theme sort of ties in with the rest of the songs too. prog rock is usually about a unified theme throughout the whole album, so it makes sense to me. though it's amazing that they were just having fun with this song yet there's still a alot of artistic quality in the music and the lyrics
the image i keep getting, especially in the chorus, is that he's singing about pop artists with no talent - they can't dance and they can't talk (their opinions and thoughts are useless to society) and all they can do is sell everything (their attractive body and their popular music is what they sell to the public)
'checking everything is in place You never know who's looking on A perfect body with a perfect face - uh-huh.'
gives me an image of talentless celebrities making sure they look all nice and pretty and perfect for the media so as to avoid arousing bad publicity, because the media is ALWAYS looking on.
this song was made decades ago, and the talentless perfect pretty pop idols are still around today.
lastly, i like the part: 'She's got a body under that shirt, but all she wants to do is rub my face in the dirt.'
but in The Way We Walk live album, he replaces the last line with: 'the only thing she'll rub is my face in the dirt' such a cheeky comment on celebrity worship. guys wanting to get with a pretty popstar.
this theme sort of ties in with the rest of the songs too. prog rock is usually about a unified theme throughout the whole album, so it makes sense to me. though it's amazing that they were just having fun with this song yet there's still a alot of artistic quality in the music and the lyrics