I'm not sure how old the people were who've commented previously, but no matter how long new people come along and get to know this song, part of its history will be that it was a phenomenon in 1979. Unlike many songs, it's a song with a story, and unlike almost all songs, the story has a twist. It was inescapable in 1979, like many pop songs have been, but it put a timeless topic on everyone's mind for a while, and that's something very few songs have done.
It's also a song that almost everyone knows by a line rather than its primary title, "Escape." Look at the items in the personal ad: It expresses contempt for two things that were trendy in 1979 (health food and yoga) and a liking for four things that are exciting but weren't part of this couple's typical day. It doesn't request a partner of any type or look besides an appreciation for excitement.
So both of the two people in this couple are tired of themselves and what they have become as much as they are tired of the other one. They both sought escape, and presumably found it. The message is that they were not stuck with an unappealing partner, but stuck in a more boring life than they desired. And they found out that they had a willing partner in excitement and presumably, they went on to enjoy that. And the parable is that many of us may be trapped in boring lives with a solution close at hand. Hopefully more than a few people put that lesson to good use in their own life. That's what put this song and its simple story into everyone's mind for a few weeks at the end of the Seventies.
I'm not sure how old the people were who've commented previously, but no matter how long new people come along and get to know this song, part of its history will be that it was a phenomenon in 1979. Unlike many songs, it's a song with a story, and unlike almost all songs, the story has a twist. It was inescapable in 1979, like many pop songs have been, but it put a timeless topic on everyone's mind for a while, and that's something very few songs have done.
It's also a song that almost everyone knows by a line rather than its primary title, "Escape." Look at the items in the personal ad: It expresses contempt for two things that were trendy in 1979 (health food and yoga) and a liking for four things that are exciting but weren't part of this couple's typical day. It doesn't request a partner of any type or look besides an appreciation for excitement.
So both of the two people in this couple are tired of themselves and what they have become as much as they are tired of the other one. They both sought escape, and presumably found it. The message is that they were not stuck with an unappealing partner, but stuck in a more boring life than they desired. And they found out that they had a willing partner in excitement and presumably, they went on to enjoy that. And the parable is that many of us may be trapped in boring lives with a solution close at hand. Hopefully more than a few people put that lesson to good use in their own life. That's what put this song and its simple story into everyone's mind for a few weeks at the end of the Seventies.
Years later since you wrote this, but I love and appreciate this comment ❤️
Years later since you wrote this, but I love and appreciate this comment ❤️
Years later since you wrote this, but I love and appreciate this comment ❤️
Years later since you wrote this, but I love and appreciate this comment ❤️