My interpretation is that it's a song about a young working class dude who's at home watching the tele (first two verses) and then decides to go out and be like what he sees on the tube (last two verses).
He does end up getting laid like the Likely Lads, but it's with a woman he doesn't care about, and who likely isn't available for a relationship regardless. Their conversation is just as meaningless when he's exiting her apartment as is was at the disco when she was answering to the wall.
Unlike the Likely Lads, he has nothing cool to do or say after their meaningless encounter, and he just kind of mumbles his way out the door.
My interpretation is that it's a song about a young working class dude who's at home watching the tele (first two verses) and then decides to go out and be like what he sees on the tube (last two verses).
He does end up getting laid like the Likely Lads, but it's with a woman he doesn't care about, and who likely isn't available for a relationship regardless. Their conversation is just as meaningless when he's exiting her apartment as is was at the disco when she was answering to the wall.
Unlike the Likely Lads, he has nothing cool to do or say after their meaningless encounter, and he just kind of mumbles his way out the door.