Saturday, March 3, 2007

Paradise by The Dashboard Light, Analyzed

Over the coming weeks I will analyze Meatloaf's astonishing, brilliant Paradise by the Dashoard Light (written by Jim Steinman) for it's political/sexual imagery. The following is the first portion of my endeavor.

Here is the first verse:

Baby we can talk all night
But that aint getting us nowhere

The politics of abortion were first and foremost in the minds of Jim Steinman and Meatloaf in the writing and interpretation of this melody. This line is about the discourse between pro-abortionists and anti-abortionists, as well as that between a pro-abortion mother and her unborn child. It is saying, "enough of this talk! It accomplishes nothing!" as well as, to the infant: "I am going to fucking kill you!" Steinman and Meatloaf do not fuck around with words, as will be seen over the coming posts.

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