I read in an interview in Trouser Press from around the time when Fear of Music was released that Tina considered this song to have been born out of a conversation she and David had. She said that she was surprised to hear the lyrics, as they basically came straight from something the two had been discussing.
Lyrically, this song reminds me of the song Tentative Decisions. Communication problems between girls and guys, the difference between the two genders... Girls like hanging out with guys because guys can be different and scary (at first anyway). It seems to show just how guys don't fully grasp what girls are trying to say all the time. Their response to "abstract analysis" and "intuitive leap" is "What do you mean?"
I read in an interview in Trouser Press from around the time when Fear of Music was released that Tina considered this song to have been born out of a conversation she and David had. She said that she was surprised to hear the lyrics, as they basically came straight from something the two had been discussing.
Lyrically, this song reminds me of the song Tentative Decisions. Communication problems between girls and guys, the difference between the two genders... Girls like hanging out with guys because guys can be different and scary (at first anyway). It seems to show just how guys don't fully grasp what girls are trying to say all the time. Their response to "abstract analysis" and "intuitive leap" is "What do you mean?"