There certainly seems to be connections to the previous song of the album (Sorceress), such as "Holocaust" and the "Talisman". Sorceress also mentions Morgana La Fey (the third track of the album)
However, on the other hand, Valley of the Dolls mention guitars and magazines - Stuff that has nothing to do with the fantasy lore of the other two cited songs.
As "Guardian85" said and "progrockdude" also mentioned, I always thought that this song was about the growing (at the time) "hair metal scene"... how they were ilegimate queens using mama's makeup and trying to clone each other to appear in hype magazines. Instead the Pirates of Underground (real metal) would prevail as legitimate art. "So, yeah, you friggin' fake clones, go back where you belong, the valley of the dolls". Well, that's my theory.
There certainly seems to be connections to the previous song of the album (Sorceress), such as "Holocaust" and the "Talisman". Sorceress also mentions Morgana La Fey (the third track of the album)
However, on the other hand, Valley of the Dolls mention guitars and magazines - Stuff that has nothing to do with the fantasy lore of the other two cited songs.
As "Guardian85" said and "progrockdude" also mentioned, I always thought that this song was about the growing (at the time) "hair metal scene"... how they were ilegimate queens using mama's makeup and trying to clone each other to appear in hype magazines. Instead the Pirates of Underground (real metal) would prevail as legitimate art. "So, yeah, you friggin' fake clones, go back where you belong, the valley of the dolls". Well, that's my theory.
@cfinkel This is 100% accurate.
@cfinkel This is 100% accurate.