Enjoying Laura Branigan's Self Control - superb song. I heard this back in the '80's - however, I had forgotten about the song...until just recently when I saw the video for the first time. Excellent. I am now enjoying re-visiting the song after so many years.
The song & video are very interesting, as are these interpretations. However, I don't believe this song is about a "lady of the night" - that's too obvious & simplistic, IMHO.
My interpretation is that it's about someone (specifically a woman, but apparently the first person to sing this song was male - so it could be about a guy too) who doesn't like the daytime & lives for the night-time, going out and partying, etc. And, then when the day rolls around, they go about their daily lives - i.e. work, school, etc. However, they don't enjoy their dull daytime lives & look forward to the nights/weekends when they can go out again, enjoy themselves, and be "another person" for a brief time.
I used to do the club scene somewhat in the '90's & remember how clubbing was kind of like entering a different world to some extent...the lights, people, etc. all looked completely different then they did during the day....
Enjoying Laura Branigan's Self Control - superb song. I heard this back in the '80's - however, I had forgotten about the song...until just recently when I saw the video for the first time. Excellent. I am now enjoying re-visiting the song after so many years.
The song & video are very interesting, as are these interpretations. However, I don't believe this song is about a "lady of the night" - that's too obvious & simplistic, IMHO.
My interpretation is that it's about someone (specifically a woman, but apparently the first person to sing this song was male - so it could be about a guy too) who doesn't like the daytime & lives for the night-time, going out and partying, etc. And, then when the day rolls around, they go about their daily lives - i.e. work, school, etc. However, they don't enjoy their dull daytime lives & look forward to the nights/weekends when they can go out again, enjoy themselves, and be "another person" for a brief time.
I used to do the club scene somewhat in the '90's & remember how clubbing was kind of like entering a different world to some extent...the lights, people, etc. all looked completely different then they did during the day....