Remember that ST:TNG episode, "Hide and Q", in which Riker is given the power of the Q. At one point he materializes a Klingon woman before Worf as a potential mate? Worf declines, and the woman is taken away. Someone asks Worf "is this your idea of sex?" and he replies "This IS sex, but I have no place for it in my life now."
This song IS sex. The structure of the song is that of sexual intercourse (a venerable tactic; recall side two of Steppenwolf's Second, Ravel's Bolero, Bob Cook's "Love is a Verb", and probably many others I don't know about--maybe even Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis?!), and the lyrics match the music; lazily erotic at first, then increasingly insistent until the climactic cry of "love...", and a recapitulation afterwards (the refractory period?).
Hahahaha that was my favorite episode when I was a kid!!! And your analysis is interesting. I've never thought about it like that but you have a really good point!
Hahahaha that was my favorite episode when I was a kid!!! And your analysis is interesting. I've never thought about it like that but you have a really good point!
Remember that ST:TNG episode, "Hide and Q", in which Riker is given the power of the Q. At one point he materializes a Klingon woman before Worf as a potential mate? Worf declines, and the woman is taken away. Someone asks Worf "is this your idea of sex?" and he replies "This IS sex, but I have no place for it in my life now."
This song IS sex. The structure of the song is that of sexual intercourse (a venerable tactic; recall side two of Steppenwolf's Second, Ravel's Bolero, Bob Cook's "Love is a Verb", and probably many others I don't know about--maybe even Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis?!), and the lyrics match the music; lazily erotic at first, then increasingly insistent until the climactic cry of "love...", and a recapitulation afterwards (the refractory period?).
Hahahaha that was my favorite episode when I was a kid!!! And your analysis is interesting. I've never thought about it like that but you have a really good point!
Hahahaha that was my favorite episode when I was a kid!!! And your analysis is interesting. I've never thought about it like that but you have a really good point!