Weird, private interpretations of pop lyrics are like the humble, non-showbiz person’s cover versions
Let’s blame the high school musical — not the film series, but a real live show, which my youngest teenager line-danced her way through at the end of the summer term. The kids at her secondary staged Footloose, that slightly crazed, early-80s tale of small-town American repression, best known for its title song and Kevin Bacon’s unlikely gig as a leading man.
Insisting that Desmond Dekker’s “Israelites” is better renamed “My Ears Are Alight” was a running joke on Capital FM during that era. Who can forget the plangent tones of Paul Young’s “Every Time You Go Away ”. Being daft is allowed, and it delivers on nostalgia for my ’80s bedroom, with its Habitat rug and David Bowie posters. Innocent times. Of course I would never dream of disrespecting the sainted David’s lyrics — we all have a red line. But anyone else is fair game.
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