This is about how we've all become obsessed with the shallowness of life, the celebrity, the desire for wealth and status instead of focusing on what's important.
"Pop life
Everybody needs a thrill
Pop life
We all got a space to fill
Pop life"
Despite having been written 28 years ago, this song still very much resonates with today's culture of celebrity, consumerism and the constant need for some kind of entertainment because we can't entertain ourselves.
"What's the matter with your life
Is the poverty bringing you down?
Is the mailman jerking you 'round?
Did he put your million dollar check
In someone else's box?"
Instead we moan and complain about the things we don't have, as if they are owed to us by society.
"Tell me, what's that underneath your hair?
Is there anybody living there? (Anybody living there)
you can't get over, if you say you just don't care (Don't care)"
These lines, to me, is asking us, are we really thinking about what's going on in the world? Most people say they don't care about politics and important issues that are going on in the world because they can't do anything about it. So instead they focus all their attention on pop culture.
"Show me a boy who stays in school
And I'll show you a boy aware!"
This is Prince saying that it's important to educate yourself.
This is about how we've all become obsessed with the shallowness of life, the celebrity, the desire for wealth and status instead of focusing on what's important.
"Pop life Everybody needs a thrill Pop life We all got a space to fill Pop life"
Despite having been written 28 years ago, this song still very much resonates with today's culture of celebrity, consumerism and the constant need for some kind of entertainment because we can't entertain ourselves.
"What's the matter with your life Is the poverty bringing you down? Is the mailman jerking you 'round? Did he put your million dollar check In someone else's box?"
Instead we moan and complain about the things we don't have, as if they are owed to us by society.
"Tell me, what's that underneath your hair? Is there anybody living there? (Anybody living there) you can't get over, if you say you just don't care (Don't care)"
These lines, to me, is asking us, are we really thinking about what's going on in the world? Most people say they don't care about politics and important issues that are going on in the world because they can't do anything about it. So instead they focus all their attention on pop culture.
"Show me a boy who stays in school And I'll show you a boy aware!"
This is Prince saying that it's important to educate yourself.