Gold

Protocon,<br /> <br /> Good explanation. Not only does it keep with the written imagery, it also fits with the song's style and verse. People often watch the film clip for an explanation, but sometimes the directors of music videos are not quite on track with finding meanings about the songs.<br /> <br /> I think, now, that "the man with the suit and the case" was the trial lawyer who showed evidence against the scientist, about the creation, in a court of law.<br /> <br /> Anyhow, the movie for this song would have one believe something different. It almost seems like Morocco where a high criminal, looking for his lost partner in crime, finds her dead at the hotel and then takes off with the 'gold'. <br /> <br /> Cheers<br /> <br /> <br />

You guys totally nailed this song's a* to the wall. I'm surprised no one else picked up on the real meaning of this song other than you two. Everyone seems to think this is some sort of uplifting song about a person completely loving and unconditionally believing in their lover. Ha, Spandau Ballet sure pulled a big wooly mammoth over everyone's eyes with this song! Clearly, as protocon has wisely pointed out, this song is no less than golden robot rage, global mass robot destruction and psychotic homicide of its creator. The only small bit I have to add to the prior two posts is that I do not believe that the golden robot rips its master apart limb to limb. Oh no, it is something much* more sinister. We're talking consumption of human edibles Read the first set of lyrics-- <br /> <br /> "Thank you for coming home, I'm sorry that the chairs are all worn<br /> I left them here, I could have sworn<br /> <br /> These are my salad days, slowly being eaten away, Just another play for today"<br /> <br /> The robot recharges itself in 'power chairs' designed by its maker. The chairs are all worn- not meaning the fabric, but the batteries in the chairs are worn out. The only other way the robot has to recharge itself is through the consumption of human flesh. Sadly and poignantly, the robot slowly eats its creator. The creator just resignedly accepts this fate as his 'salad days'. For the robot (being just a robot), it cannot grasp the moral, ethical and philosophical significance of a creation causing the destruction of its creator. For It, the act of eating the mad scientist is just its way of 'playing' that day. Such a creepy thing for the Spandau Ballet brothers to dream up- where do they come up for this stuff?<br />

5 years ago I'd clearly been on a Gold bender...just now this site informed me that my comment had received a '+1'.<br /> Now its starting all over again =D<br /> <br /> I'd completely forgotten about this site as well as my clearly savant level intuition about its meaning. Thank all 5 of you for supporting me all these years!

@protocon It's nice that even after all the destruction the robot has wrought the scientist is still supportive of her! He obviously really loved his creation. "Always believe in...!"