I was surprised to see that no one has yet mentioned the surface setting of the song, which is a man cruising a beach for scantily clad women, but having no luck since he has no substance past an initial swagger.
I came looking for this song because I couldn't figure out where he was going with "selling" at all, since in the surface version, unless he's a street vendor or a prostitute (neither of which really fits), I'd call what he's doing "posing." Thanks, XyzzyMagicat, for giving some background on the satire of the music industry.
I was surprised to see that no one has yet mentioned the surface setting of the song, which is a man cruising a beach for scantily clad women, but having no luck since he has no substance past an initial swagger.
I came looking for this song because I couldn't figure out where he was going with "selling" at all, since in the surface version, unless he's a street vendor or a prostitute (neither of which really fits), I'd call what he's doing "posing." Thanks, XyzzyMagicat, for giving some background on the satire of the music industry.