[MUSIC] Blur, "Girls and Boys"
Jun. 4th, 2009 01:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonaldBlur's 1994 international hit single "Girls and Boys", with Damon Alborn's accented drawl and the shiny electropop sound and its inimitable Britishness, is one of my favourite songs.
I was disappointed to find out, via Wikipedia, that Blur intended this to be purely satirical, a take-down of reckless vacations. The song's first verse and its chorus still stands out to me as an anthem for the sort of world that I wouldn't mind to live in.
Ah, well; readers can subvert the author's intentions, I suppose.
I was disappointed to find out, via Wikipedia, that Blur intended this to be purely satirical, a take-down of reckless vacations. The song's first verse and its chorus still stands out to me as an anthem for the sort of world that I wouldn't mind to live in.
Streets like a jungle
So call the police
Following the herd
Down to Greece - on holiday
Love in the nineties
Is paranoid
On sunny beaches
Take your chances - looking for
[. . .]
Girls who are boys
Who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they're girls
Who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love
Ah, well; readers can subvert the author's intentions, I suppose.
