I think people have totally missed the actual second hidden meaning of this song. He intentionally named it HEAD games. Normally, people use the term "mind games" to describe the manipulative psychological interplay between a couple. I think one perfectly acceptable interpretation of this song is that the girl will not give him sex, only "head games". He's getting fed up with the situation and wants her to give herself sexually to him. Why is he having daydreams about her? Because he wants to make love and all she can give him is head games because she wants to either be in love or married before she'll go all the way. Given the mindset of women around 1980, this fits perfectly. But yet, you can also take the other literal meaning that it's about mind games between a couple.
You're reading something into it that is not there. I've heard both the terms "head games" and "mind games" to mean the same thing.
You're reading something into it that is not there. I've heard both the terms "head games" and "mind games" to mean the same thing.
If anything, the Head Games album cover shows a young woman crouched beside a toilet in a public restroom, so the light-hearted meaning may be "head" as a slang for toilet.
If anything, the Head Games album cover shows a young woman crouched beside a toilet in a public restroom, so the light-hearted meaning may be "head" as a slang for toilet.
I think people have totally missed the actual second hidden meaning of this song. He intentionally named it HEAD games. Normally, people use the term "mind games" to describe the manipulative psychological interplay between a couple. I think one perfectly acceptable interpretation of this song is that the girl will not give him sex, only "head games". He's getting fed up with the situation and wants her to give herself sexually to him. Why is he having daydreams about her? Because he wants to make love and all she can give him is head games because she wants to either be in love or married before she'll go all the way. Given the mindset of women around 1980, this fits perfectly. But yet, you can also take the other literal meaning that it's about mind games between a couple.
You're reading something into it that is not there. I've heard both the terms "head games" and "mind games" to mean the same thing.
You're reading something into it that is not there. I've heard both the terms "head games" and "mind games" to mean the same thing.
If anything, the Head Games album cover shows a young woman crouched beside a toilet in a public restroom, so the light-hearted meaning may be "head" as a slang for toilet.
If anything, the Head Games album cover shows a young woman crouched beside a toilet in a public restroom, so the light-hearted meaning may be "head" as a slang for toilet.