To me, although they lyrics are a bit opaque, this is a song about the existential crisis faced by workers. "It's on the market, you're on the price list" talks about how as workers, we essentially have to sell ourselves and our labour on the open market. I've always undertood the "please send me evenings and weekends" as a worker who desperately wants time off from the daily grind of selling his / her labour, and when one considers how this has always been a central issue with union organizing (ie the fight for the weekend and the 8 hour day) as well as GOF's generally Marxist inclinations, this interpretation makes more sense. Just my take. Great song though, that rhythm section is absolutely bangin here.
@BenjaminJA You're pretty much spot-on with your interpretation about the worker being "on the price list" over their lifetime ("head away from the years") and their desire for free time ("evenings and weekends").
@BenjaminJA You're pretty much spot-on with your interpretation about the worker being "on the price list" over their lifetime ("head away from the years") and their desire for free time ("evenings and weekends").
A couple of more unusual components; "Everything will stop your new changing" indicates how trapped they are in this situation, how they are disposable, " The grid will be filled", and thje limited options for holidays, retirement, or unemployment ("Go to Scotland no obligation/We'll send you an invitation").
A couple of more unusual components; "Everything will stop your new changing" indicates how trapped they are in this situation, how they are disposable, " The grid will be filled", and thje limited options for holidays, retirement, or unemployment ("Go to Scotland no obligation/We'll send you an invitation").
As usually with GoF, a depressingly honest...
As usually with GoF, a depressingly honest expression of alienation.
To me, although they lyrics are a bit opaque, this is a song about the existential crisis faced by workers. "It's on the market, you're on the price list" talks about how as workers, we essentially have to sell ourselves and our labour on the open market. I've always undertood the "please send me evenings and weekends" as a worker who desperately wants time off from the daily grind of selling his / her labour, and when one considers how this has always been a central issue with union organizing (ie the fight for the weekend and the 8 hour day) as well as GOF's generally Marxist inclinations, this interpretation makes more sense. Just my take. Great song though, that rhythm section is absolutely bangin here.
@BenjaminJA You're pretty much spot-on with your interpretation about the worker being "on the price list" over their lifetime ("head away from the years") and their desire for free time ("evenings and weekends").
@BenjaminJA You're pretty much spot-on with your interpretation about the worker being "on the price list" over their lifetime ("head away from the years") and their desire for free time ("evenings and weekends").
A couple of more unusual components; "Everything will stop your new changing" indicates how trapped they are in this situation, how they are disposable, " The grid will be filled", and thje limited options for holidays, retirement, or unemployment ("Go to Scotland no obligation/We'll send you an invitation").
A couple of more unusual components; "Everything will stop your new changing" indicates how trapped they are in this situation, how they are disposable, " The grid will be filled", and thje limited options for holidays, retirement, or unemployment ("Go to Scotland no obligation/We'll send you an invitation").
As usually with GoF, a depressingly honest...
As usually with GoF, a depressingly honest expression of alienation.
@BenjaminJA I agree the rhythm section is out of control!!!
@BenjaminJA I agree the rhythm section is out of control!!!