TheMunDial's comment brings up an interesting effect I find only with Duran2 songs- I like most of us grew up first getting these songs from the videos, prior to hearing them on tape or the radio. Between that and being pretty young at the time, you would have never asked what they meant. You were "told" through the video. But we now know there's no reason why the video had to be directly linked to what the song was about. Think about Hungry Like The Wolf- the video was an Indiana Jones type adventure, but the song was probably just about desire for a girl!
TheMunDial's comment brings up an interesting effect I find only with Duran2 songs- I like most of us grew up first getting these songs from the videos, prior to hearing them on tape or the radio. Between that and being pretty young at the time, you would have never asked what they meant. You were "told" through the video. But we now know there's no reason why the video had to be directly linked to what the song was about. Think about Hungry Like The Wolf- the video was an Indiana Jones type adventure, but the song was probably just about desire for a girl!