Really liked this song when it came out (& still do; good music of any genre is ageless)- so I was interested in it, & remember reading a (1980s) Bananarama interview explaining the song was about a sex-assault survivor escaping into a better fantasy world, I was surprised as I'd assumed it was just another shallow pop song; very pretty & catchy but ultimately meaningless. It made me like the song even more to know it, & the band, had a hidden depth - Sara D. may have changed tune 30yrs later, or maybe she never actually knew what the lyrics were about, & doesn't want her memory of them messed with now - but I'll go with Siobhan's truth; imo she was the brightest one, different to the crowd. *Same interview also said the song was originally 'Al Pacino's Waiting' but it didn't scan as well-?!
A walk in the park can become a bad dream
People are staring & following me' 'You're breathing, you're touching, but nothing's for free,
I never want this to happen to me' - Sara D's denial was in response to the 2017 Guardian band interview where Siobhan Fahey stated the song was about sexual assualt - & the other 2 band members, Sara included, seemingly agreed ~ “The thing I’m proudest of,” Fahey continues, “is that we made quirky pop. The lyrics were much darker than you’d imagine. Robert De Niro’s Waiting is about date rape.” “You’ll listen to it with new...
A walk in the park can become a bad dream
People are staring & following me' 'You're breathing, you're touching, but nothing's for free,
I never want this to happen to me' - Sara D's denial was in response to the 2017 Guardian band interview where Siobhan Fahey stated the song was about sexual assualt - & the other 2 band members, Sara included, seemingly agreed ~ “The thing I’m proudest of,” Fahey continues, “is that we made quirky pop. The lyrics were much darker than you’d imagine. Robert De Niro’s Waiting is about date rape.” “You’ll listen to it with new ears now,” Woodward smiles. “I wanted it to be like Pull Up to the Bumper,” adds Dallin, dryly. “It didn’t quite work out like that, did it?”
@mozarts Sister I think that two people in the band giving two different statements about what the song is about is indicative that there may have been an original inspiration, some revision, and a resulting mishmash of the two in the final cut.
@mozarts Sister I think that two people in the band giving two different statements about what the song is about is indicative that there may have been an original inspiration, some revision, and a resulting mishmash of the two in the final cut.
There may be lines – even more than half of the lines – that began with a date rape inspiration, but however the songwriting process worked, the final version ended up with lines that don't support that.
There may be lines – even more than half of the lines – that began with a date rape inspiration, but however the songwriting process worked, the final version ended up with lines that don't support that.
The novella "Heart of Darkness" is set in Africa, while the film "Apocalypse Now," inspired by it, is set in Vietnam. Is...
The novella "Heart of Darkness" is set in Africa, while the film "Apocalypse Now," inspired by it, is set in Vietnam. Is "Apocalypse Now" set in Africa? No. When you edit something, the final edit is what it's about. Perhaps apt to say that it was inspired by something, an original inspiration, but what reached listeners in the final version is something else.
Really liked this song when it came out (& still do; good music of any genre is ageless)- so I was interested in it, & remember reading a (1980s) Bananarama interview explaining the song was about a sex-assault survivor escaping into a better fantasy world, I was surprised as I'd assumed it was just another shallow pop song; very pretty & catchy but ultimately meaningless. It made me like the song even more to know it, & the band, had a hidden depth - Sara D. may have changed tune 30yrs later, or maybe she never actually knew what the lyrics were about, & doesn't want her memory of them messed with now - but I'll go with Siobhan's truth; imo she was the brightest one, different to the crowd. *Same interview also said the song was originally 'Al Pacino's Waiting' but it didn't scan as well-?!
A walk in the park can become a bad dream People are staring & following me' 'You're breathing, you're touching, but nothing's for free, I never want this to happen to me' - Sara D's denial was in response to the 2017 Guardian band interview where Siobhan Fahey stated the song was about sexual assualt - & the other 2 band members, Sara included, seemingly agreed ~ “The thing I’m proudest of,” Fahey continues, “is that we made quirky pop. The lyrics were much darker than you’d imagine. Robert De Niro’s Waiting is about date rape.” “You’ll listen to it with new...
A walk in the park can become a bad dream People are staring & following me' 'You're breathing, you're touching, but nothing's for free, I never want this to happen to me' - Sara D's denial was in response to the 2017 Guardian band interview where Siobhan Fahey stated the song was about sexual assualt - & the other 2 band members, Sara included, seemingly agreed ~ “The thing I’m proudest of,” Fahey continues, “is that we made quirky pop. The lyrics were much darker than you’d imagine. Robert De Niro’s Waiting is about date rape.” “You’ll listen to it with new ears now,” Woodward smiles. “I wanted it to be like Pull Up to the Bumper,” adds Dallin, dryly. “It didn’t quite work out like that, did it?”
@mozarts Sister I think that two people in the band giving two different statements about what the song is about is indicative that there may have been an original inspiration, some revision, and a resulting mishmash of the two in the final cut.
@mozarts Sister I think that two people in the band giving two different statements about what the song is about is indicative that there may have been an original inspiration, some revision, and a resulting mishmash of the two in the final cut.
There may be lines – even more than half of the lines – that began with a date rape inspiration, but however the songwriting process worked, the final version ended up with lines that don't support that.
There may be lines – even more than half of the lines – that began with a date rape inspiration, but however the songwriting process worked, the final version ended up with lines that don't support that.
The novella "Heart of Darkness" is set in Africa, while the film "Apocalypse Now," inspired by it, is set in Vietnam. Is...
The novella "Heart of Darkness" is set in Africa, while the film "Apocalypse Now," inspired by it, is set in Vietnam. Is "Apocalypse Now" set in Africa? No. When you edit something, the final edit is what it's about. Perhaps apt to say that it was inspired by something, an original inspiration, but what reached listeners in the final version is something else.