It seems like most people have misinterpreted the meaning of the song ... The girl sees the average guy as not appealing because she has set her hopes on meeting Mr Right ... Mr Right is a fantasy that she has of a movie star and the romantic stuff about the character ... Now back to the song ... She finds that boys follow her, maybe because she is attractive and she finds them immature ... Hence the 'I want a man of steel' lyric ... She also seems to find guys trying to hit on her ... and she is saying that they are sub-standard ... Mr Right in this song is Robert Di Niro and the fact that he speaks Italian gives it the Romantic feel ... 'A walk in the park can become a bad dream' this is referring to the guys she sees in the park, where they are not up to scratch and also the possibility that she may find Mr Right may also be intended by the word can ... meaning that it is not always but sometimes ... Now her fantasy is the movie star ... and that is her escape from the reality that 'the boys' are not as they seem from the first interpretation ...
The music is too joyous to suggest anything about rape ... it would have had a somber beat to it and I would never have liked the song.
Most girls have a childhood fantasy of meeting a movie star or pop star ... Mind you lots of guys too have fantasies about being with an actress ... And they set their standards accordingly ... And sadly most people don't live up to the standards of the fantasy, hence the feeling that the guys or girls are yucky or not up to scratch ...
most people have misinterpreted the meaning of the song' - inc the singers? I read a Bananarama interview in the 80's that explained the song was about a sex-assault survivor escaping into a better fantasy world; I remember being surprised as I'd assumed it was just another pop song; pretty but shallow, I was impressed the group had hidden depths - Sara D. may have changed tune 30yrs later, or maybe she never actually knew what it was about - but I'd go with Siobhan's version of the truth; she always seemed the brightest one in the band, different. *Same...
most people have misinterpreted the meaning of the song' - inc the singers? I read a Bananarama interview in the 80's that explained the song was about a sex-assault survivor escaping into a better fantasy world; I remember being surprised as I'd assumed it was just another pop song; pretty but shallow, I was impressed the group had hidden depths - Sara D. may have changed tune 30yrs later, or maybe she never actually knew what it was about - but I'd go with Siobhan's version of the truth; she always seemed the brightest one in the band, different. *Same interview also said the song was originally 'Al Pacino's Waiting' but it didn't scan as well-?!
It seems like most people have misinterpreted the meaning of the song ... The girl sees the average guy as not appealing because she has set her hopes on meeting Mr Right ... Mr Right is a fantasy that she has of a movie star and the romantic stuff about the character ... Now back to the song ... She finds that boys follow her, maybe because she is attractive and she finds them immature ... Hence the 'I want a man of steel' lyric ... She also seems to find guys trying to hit on her ... and she is saying that they are sub-standard ... Mr Right in this song is Robert Di Niro and the fact that he speaks Italian gives it the Romantic feel ... 'A walk in the park can become a bad dream' this is referring to the guys she sees in the park, where they are not up to scratch and also the possibility that she may find Mr Right may also be intended by the word can ... meaning that it is not always but sometimes ... Now her fantasy is the movie star ... and that is her escape from the reality that 'the boys' are not as they seem from the first interpretation ...
The music is too joyous to suggest anything about rape ... it would have had a somber beat to it and I would never have liked the song.
Most girls have a childhood fantasy of meeting a movie star or pop star ... Mind you lots of guys too have fantasies about being with an actress ... And they set their standards accordingly ... And sadly most people don't live up to the standards of the fantasy, hence the feeling that the guys or girls are yucky or not up to scratch ...
@Romanticstud However the band say it IS about rapte: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/apr/24/people-wet-knickers-bananarama-80s-trio-return
@Romanticstud However the band say it IS about rapte: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/apr/24/people-wet-knickers-bananarama-80s-trio-return
most people have misinterpreted the meaning of the song' - inc the singers? I read a Bananarama interview in the 80's that explained the song was about a sex-assault survivor escaping into a better fantasy world; I remember being surprised as I'd assumed it was just another pop song; pretty but shallow, I was impressed the group had hidden depths - Sara D. may have changed tune 30yrs later, or maybe she never actually knew what it was about - but I'd go with Siobhan's version of the truth; she always seemed the brightest one in the band, different. *Same...
most people have misinterpreted the meaning of the song' - inc the singers? I read a Bananarama interview in the 80's that explained the song was about a sex-assault survivor escaping into a better fantasy world; I remember being surprised as I'd assumed it was just another pop song; pretty but shallow, I was impressed the group had hidden depths - Sara D. may have changed tune 30yrs later, or maybe she never actually knew what it was about - but I'd go with Siobhan's version of the truth; she always seemed the brightest one in the band, different. *Same interview also said the song was originally 'Al Pacino's Waiting' but it didn't scan as well-?!