man on the moon.

By Challi

I was thinking today about music I liked from the '90s and then remembered about Savage Garden and how I liked their music but made the right choice not to admit it, because yeah, Savage Garden. So who are Savage Garden? They're not a poor sexual euphemism, no sir, they were like the biggest Australian band of the '90s if you don't count all those other bands that were bigger than them. They also performed one of my favourite songs when I was a kid: To The Moon and Back.

If you still are unaware of what the hell I'm talking about (understandable), here is the video to the song:



Infectious, huh? I'm surprised nobody realised the lead singer was gay back then, considering how fabulously styled his hair was in that clip.

but now, when I look back on it, It's actually a really stupid song, and still was even when I didn't look back on it. Let's have a look at the lyrics so you know what I mean.

She's taking her time making up the reasons
To justify all the hurt inside
Guess she knows from the smiles and the look in their eyes
Everyone's got a theory about the bitter one

Ok, so basically this implies that she's got some kind of special talent for reading people's facial expressions, and what has she figured out from looking at their faces? They're all theorists!

They're saying, "Mama never loved her much"
And, "Daddy never keeps in touch
That's why she shies away from human affection"
But somewhere in a private place
She packs her bags for outer space
And now she's waiting for the right kind of pilot to come

So she's basically waiting for the kind of pilot that can operate a vehicle that will go into space. Kind of like an astronaut? Duh.

And she'll say to him
She's sayin

This bit's just kind of annoying, they changed from future tense to present tense awful quickly. Nyaiben.

and here's the chorus, which is actually the only bit worth analysing. So, sorry for the other pointless bits leading up to it.

I would fly up to the moon and back if you'll be...
If you'll be my baby
I've got a ticket for a world where we belong
So would you be my baby?

First of all, if she's the one doing the flying, then why does she need a pilot? and why does it matter whether or not they have tickets when they're the ones flying the vehicle?

The chorus also claims that the ticket is for going to a world where they all belong. I guess they mean Earth, which is where they already were, because the moon isn't a world, it isn't even a freaking planet. Even if the moon was the "world" being referred to here, it still doesn't make sense, because they'll be going to the moon AND back. Back home, to Earth, where they were originally. Is Earth where they both belong? because I don't think they should waste so much money to go to the moon just to realise that they belong on Earth! Maybe they should've realised that before they decided to buy a return ticket.

Also, she's only willing to accept him as a pilot/astronaut for her vehicle to the moon if he will "be her baby". So, basically, if he pretends to be an infant for the flight! Geez, this woman's got weird fetishes. Anyway, if he is is the pilot, then that would be completely illegal and a horrendously bad idea, as he would be a baby and babies are way too young to be operating interspace vehicles, or vehicles of any sort for that matter, unless of course it's Britney Spears' baby. Oh zing!

So yeah, I'm not a nerd.

-C