Quiche Lorraine Lyrics

Lyric discussion by quamp 

Cover art for Quiche Lorraine lyrics by B-52's, The

One time before performing this song, Fred commented it was "about a relationship that went to the dogs. In other words, Quiche Lorraine was a woman that loved the singer and then did him wrong. On another level, at the time this was released, there was also a book out called "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche." The title may be a reference to that.

@quamp "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche" didn't come out until 1982, so, unless Fred had a time machine, he probably wasn't writing about it in 1980.

Also, Fred was never particularly interested in the 80s stereotypes of masculinity that book was about. 50s stereotypes of masculinity, sure, those are funny, but that's a different story.

Also, there is almost certainly no woman who done Fred wrong. Did you somehow miss fact that Fred is gay? Nobody in his life did. He's talked about how he tried to come out at 14 but everyone already knew.