This song never got past the demo stage. It would eventually morph into 'Spilt Milk'.
'Spilt Milk' is a song about being stuck in a life with a mortgage, a boring job and a relationship you don't really want to be in. It's about wondering how different life could have been if you had made different choices.
'Ching Chang Chong' is about being in a relationship with a controlling person who gives you very limited options.
The expression 'Ching Chang Chong' is often seen as a culturally insensitive one. An example of that use of the expression is when the journalist Piers Morgan used it to mock how Chinese people speak. The use of the expression is different here. 'Ching Chang Chong' was the original name of the children's game 'Paper, Scissors, Rock' which is referenced in the song.
To note, The Cure had previously referenced the game 'Chinese Whispers' in the album title 'Japanese Whispers'. Like 'Ching Chang Chong' that name is no longer used as it is considered culturally insensitive. 'Chinese Whispers' has become 'the broken telephone'.
This song never got past the demo stage. It would eventually morph into 'Spilt Milk'.
'Spilt Milk' is a song about being stuck in a life with a mortgage, a boring job and a relationship you don't really want to be in. It's about wondering how different life could have been if you had made different choices.
'Ching Chang Chong' is about being in a relationship with a controlling person who gives you very limited options.
The expression 'Ching Chang Chong' is often seen as a culturally insensitive one. An example of that use of the expression is when the journalist Piers Morgan used it to mock how Chinese people speak. The use of the expression is different here. 'Ching Chang Chong' was the original name of the children's game 'Paper, Scissors, Rock' which is referenced in the song.
To note, The Cure had previously referenced the game 'Chinese Whispers' in the album title 'Japanese Whispers'. Like 'Ching Chang Chong' that name is no longer used as it is considered culturally insensitive. 'Chinese Whispers' has become 'the broken telephone'.