Great discussion, the lesbian angle makes a lot of sense just from that "drop the monkey smell my perfume" line because men don't wear perfume right? Funny how it could be interpreted as racist if she is referring to a black man as a monkey but in those days in the UK I heard it in the Toots and the Maytals song Monkey Man which was covered by The Specials in the very late 70's very early 80's (Tell you baby, huggin' up the big monkey man), so I guess it's OK. That black can say things that whites cannot thing.
But my main point I wanted to contribute was that Drop The Pilot probably is in reference to a famous British political cartoon from 1890 in the magazine Punch called "Dropping The Pilot". It's so famous it has it's own Wikipedia page. It's about how Otto von Bismarck was let go as German Chancellor and it shows him walking off the ship of German power as a harbor pilot would after docking.
I have heard this song for 30 plus years but now with the internet we can search what the hell does drop the pilot mean? I never thought of a lesbian angle to it but thats because I think in straight terms. It's funny that it makes sense, she must be butch. And after reading her bio on Wikipedia she is now married to another woman (2011) so she is definitely lesbian. I think it's a song about wanting someone in a relationship already. And the pilot is in reference to a harbor pilot not a pilot of a plane. Now that I know where this song is coming from, I probably spoiled it for myself, or maybe I can talk about it someday if I hear it while driving with someone?
Great discussion, the lesbian angle makes a lot of sense just from that "drop the monkey smell my perfume" line because men don't wear perfume right? Funny how it could be interpreted as racist if she is referring to a black man as a monkey but in those days in the UK I heard it in the Toots and the Maytals song Monkey Man which was covered by The Specials in the very late 70's very early 80's (Tell you baby, huggin' up the big monkey man), so I guess it's OK. That black can say things that whites cannot thing.
But my main point I wanted to contribute was that Drop The Pilot probably is in reference to a famous British political cartoon from 1890 in the magazine Punch called "Dropping The Pilot". It's so famous it has it's own Wikipedia page. It's about how Otto von Bismarck was let go as German Chancellor and it shows him walking off the ship of German power as a harbor pilot would after docking.
I have heard this song for 30 plus years but now with the internet we can search what the hell does drop the pilot mean? I never thought of a lesbian angle to it but thats because I think in straight terms. It's funny that it makes sense, she must be butch. And after reading her bio on Wikipedia she is now married to another woman (2011) so she is definitely lesbian. I think it's a song about wanting someone in a relationship already. And the pilot is in reference to a harbor pilot not a pilot of a plane. Now that I know where this song is coming from, I probably spoiled it for myself, or maybe I can talk about it someday if I hear it while driving with someone?