I agree that it is odd that no one posts on these Duran Duran songs... has there ever been a better group for having obscure lyrics that scream out for interpretation? Case in point this song. I have listened to DD since the early 80's, and 20 years later I was listening to this riddle of a song the other night and a new meaning came to me. This song MIGHT actually be a clever way of describing a guy's frustrations when his girl is having her (I'll try to say this delicately) monthly cycle? I spent the cold day with a lonely satellite could reference watching (ahem) pay TV? Aren't those cycles linked to lunar cycles? Maybe when he's saying New Moon on Monday that means that's when his girlfriend will be back in play, so to speak? And that's when he'll "firedance through the night" which I have no idea what the heck a firedance is but that could easily be sexual.
I think the lack of response isn't due to lack of D2 fans, but because the music & videos were always so cool that we didn't really care what the lyrics meant. Now, as adults, we're paying closer attention to the "text" to realize that Simon, as much as I love him, was a bit of a nut. ;)
I think the lack of response isn't due to lack of D2 fans, but because the music & videos were always so cool that we didn't really care what the lyrics meant. Now, as adults, we're paying closer attention to the "text" to realize that Simon, as much as I love him, was a bit of a nut. ;)
Seriously, sometimes they are just such random streams of consciousness (I recall Simon using that exact phrase during an interview) that they make about as much sense as dreams with some day residue mixed in.
Seriously, sometimes they are just such random streams of consciousness (I recall Simon using that exact phrase during an interview) that they make about as much sense as dreams with some day residue mixed in.
I agree that it is odd that no one posts on these Duran Duran songs... has there ever been a better group for having obscure lyrics that scream out for interpretation? Case in point this song. I have listened to DD since the early 80's, and 20 years later I was listening to this riddle of a song the other night and a new meaning came to me. This song MIGHT actually be a clever way of describing a guy's frustrations when his girl is having her (I'll try to say this delicately) monthly cycle? I spent the cold day with a lonely satellite could reference watching (ahem) pay TV? Aren't those cycles linked to lunar cycles? Maybe when he's saying New Moon on Monday that means that's when his girlfriend will be back in play, so to speak? And that's when he'll "firedance through the night" which I have no idea what the heck a firedance is but that could easily be sexual.
I think the lack of response isn't due to lack of D2 fans, but because the music & videos were always so cool that we didn't really care what the lyrics meant. Now, as adults, we're paying closer attention to the "text" to realize that Simon, as much as I love him, was a bit of a nut. ;)
I think the lack of response isn't due to lack of D2 fans, but because the music & videos were always so cool that we didn't really care what the lyrics meant. Now, as adults, we're paying closer attention to the "text" to realize that Simon, as much as I love him, was a bit of a nut. ;)
Seriously, sometimes they are just such random streams of consciousness (I recall Simon using that exact phrase during an interview) that they make about as much sense as dreams with some day residue mixed in.
Seriously, sometimes they are just such random streams of consciousness (I recall Simon using that exact phrase during an interview) that they make about as much sense as dreams with some day residue mixed in.