This song is timeless, and nearly 20 years after its creation, still possesses the mystique it did the first time i heard it ~1994. To me, at first blush, all those years ago, it had some kind of homo-erotic allure. The line "so that the others may do" tells of something which must be done for others to follow suit. It felt like like some kind of roxy-glam-pop invitation to sexual liberation.
Upon further introspection I think the song may not have an intrinsic meaning, but simply represents a sort of "holding open the door" for people who otherwise might be affronted by this song/band's unusual style. I know, as a sort of armchair rock-historian, that there have been few bands so daring and so true to the sound that wanted to emerge from within, whether the creator wanted it or not. This band handled it with elegance and grace seldom, if ever, seen.
@teradyme that "do" always destroyed any understanding of this song no matter how I grasped. I'm lazy sbi!
it just clicked when I read you first paraG.
this is just a breakup song with one party letting life go on.
-you used me And I'll let others find out for themselves-.. morales with a twist. that's my take.
@teradyme that "do" always destroyed any understanding of this song no matter how I grasped. I'm lazy sbi!
it just clicked when I read you first paraG.
this is just a breakup song with one party letting life go on.
-you used me And I'll let others find out for themselves-.. morales with a twist. that's my take.
This song is timeless, and nearly 20 years after its creation, still possesses the mystique it did the first time i heard it ~1994. To me, at first blush, all those years ago, it had some kind of homo-erotic allure. The line "so that the others may do" tells of something which must be done for others to follow suit. It felt like like some kind of roxy-glam-pop invitation to sexual liberation.
Upon further introspection I think the song may not have an intrinsic meaning, but simply represents a sort of "holding open the door" for people who otherwise might be affronted by this song/band's unusual style. I know, as a sort of armchair rock-historian, that there have been few bands so daring and so true to the sound that wanted to emerge from within, whether the creator wanted it or not. This band handled it with elegance and grace seldom, if ever, seen.
@teradyme that "do" always destroyed any understanding of this song no matter how I grasped. I'm lazy sbi! it just clicked when I read you first paraG. this is just a breakup song with one party letting life go on. -you used me And I'll let others find out for themselves-.. morales with a twist. that's my take.
@teradyme that "do" always destroyed any understanding of this song no matter how I grasped. I'm lazy sbi! it just clicked when I read you first paraG. this is just a breakup song with one party letting life go on. -you used me And I'll let others find out for themselves-.. morales with a twist. that's my take.