![]() though it's amazing that they were just having fun with this song yet there's still a alot of artistic quality in the music and the lyrics prog rock is usually about a unified theme throughout the whole album, so it makes sense to me. This theme sort of ties in with the rest of the songs too. guys wanting to get with a pretty popstar. Such a cheeky comment on celebrity worship. This song was made decades ago, and the talentless perfect pretty pop idols are still around today.īut all she wants to do is rub my face in the dirt.'īut in The Way We Walk live album, he replaces the last line with: 'the only thing she'll rub is my face in the dirt' Gives me an image of talentless celebrities making sure they look all nice and pretty and perfect for the media so as to avoid arousing bad publicity, because the media is ALWAYS looking on. The image i keep getting, especially in the chorus, is that he's singing about pop artists with no talent - they can't dance and they can't talk (their opinions and thoughts are useless to society) and all they can do is sell everything (their attractive body and their popular music is what they sell to the public)Ī perfect body with a perfect face - uh-huh.' After the song is over, Collins remains on-screen to spoof Michael Jackson and show that he's only considered unable to dance because the kind he can do isn't the cool kind MTV wanted. This is interspersed with footage that documents how fake such videos are. Collins is then shown being rejected in favor of an iguana (cold-blooded creature), then a dog (simple trained animal) which also steals & wrecks his jeans, and the whole band is cheated right out of their pants. It begins at a location very similar to one used by ZZ Top, whom handled the image issue by focusing on hot women. The music video illustrates the situation. ![]() It didn't matter how brilliant they were at singing or songwriting anymore, and the only kinds of dancing that counted were the really 'cool' type kids would want to emulate. Rather than needing to just have appealing songs, suddenly bands/performers had to be able to look really good in music videos: young, attractive, good at acting/dancing, generally the sort that advertisers would pay a lot to air commercials near and sponsors would want to associate with their products. I recall reading many years ago that the song was written in response to the big changes in the music industry caused by the rise of MTV. I'm just standing here sellin' everything The only thing about me is the way I walk The only thing about me is the way that I walk I never thought so much could happen just shootin' pool ![]() Her dog's talking to me, but she's out of reachīut all she wants to do is rub my face in the dirtįat guy's talkin' to me tryin' to steal my blues I'm just standing here selling everything
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