More excellent word play and imagery sitting on top of one of the best bass lines ever from Bruce Thomas.
The two most common interpretations I've heard are:
EC is addressing a girl with whom he's had a casual affair or encounter. She is older than she's let on (or maybe younger!), and wants (or threatens) to take the relationship public. EC disparages her as a "B-Movie." In other words, she is not the main attraction in his romantic life, though she does have the power to embarrass him with revelations of their hookups. She may even be extorting money from him to keep quiet.
EC is expressing his disdain at the American press in their constant quest to make something scandalous and salacious out of nothing.
The verse starts:
"All the time, there`s a rule book in Britannia
That no one ever waives,"
This is a particularly clever play on the lyrics to the patriotic anthem "Rule Britannia!"
"Rule Britania!
Britannia rule the waves
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves"
More excellent word play and imagery sitting on top of one of the best bass lines ever from Bruce Thomas.
The two most common interpretations I've heard are:
The verse starts:
"All the time, there`s a rule book in Britannia That no one ever waives,"
This is a particularly clever play on the lyrics to the patriotic anthem "Rule Britannia!"
"Rule Britania! Britannia rule the waves Britons never, never, never shall be slaves"