Wednesday, January 28, 2015

White Town - "Your Woman"


This song was HUGE in 1997, and I remember talking to several people about what this guy was singing about - was it a gay man who was in a relationship with a man who realized he was straight?  Or a straight man who was singing to a woman who realized she was gay?  Or a transgender woman who transitioned to being a man?  And why did we care so much?

I found this handy White Town website that answers our long-burning question!  The short version is it's all of the above, and much more!  My favorite explanation is: "the hypocrisy that results when love and lust get mixed up with highbrow ideals."  Now we can finally have some closure with one of the great mysteries of our time: http://www.whitetown.co.uk/faq/.

Anyway, it's still a super fun song!

#YearlongMixtape

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIQWt3oMids

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