>As the lyrics of the song make it quite clear that the singer feels
>singularly disgusted with what they have instead of what they actually want
>('a lover like any other'), we clearly have here a brilliantly subversive
>assault on the commodity fetish by a closet comrade in the advertising
>industry.
>
>There's still a culture war, mate - and our interpretations are
>definitively in the front line, however else Saatchi and Ford might prefer
>it.
>
>There, I said something optimistic ... feels a bit weird ...
'Course, if they play the end of the song (with the deliberately ambiguous 'I got you' answer), they might get away with it.
Which is a depressing thought, and therefore one with which I'm more comfortable.
Cheers, Rob.