I think it's saying, 'you're so self-absorbed that you're losing touch with reality and becoming a boring, vapid waste. Branch out of your packaged, cookie-cutter world before you lose your mind.'
I'm sure Idaho isn't a nothing place, but the B-52's probably saw it like this when they wrote the song. Unfortunately, Idaho's an easy target.
'Private idaho' is such a great phrase because no one can really nail down a meaning. Has the band ever weighed in on it?
I think it's saying, 'you're so self-absorbed that you're losing touch with reality and becoming a boring, vapid waste. Branch out of your packaged, cookie-cutter world before you lose your mind.'
I'm sure Idaho isn't a nothing place, but the B-52's probably saw it like this when they wrote the song. Unfortunately, Idaho's an easy target.
'Private idaho' is such a great phrase because no one can really nail down a meaning. Has the band ever weighed in on it?