#i hope this makes sense..im typing this from my gender studies lecture LMAO

[sophaeros]

I was listening to The Adults Are Talking and I was thinking about how some parts of it sound like pretty much just an allegory for having an affair w someone who's married, particularly "I know you think of me when you think of her" and pretty much the whole rest of the chorus lol. I was just wondering if you had a similar interpretation of it or if you had a different view of it?? :))

WELL........PRETTY MUCH YEAH

i will also add that my irl and i were talking about this and as they pointed out an interpretation of it being about a gay affair and an interpretation of it being about politics dont have to be mutually exclusive. after all being gay Is highly politicised and it's impossible to ignore the overt political bent of it given how much of the promo was political + julian adlibbing "when the left and right argue every hour" during the snl performance, just like how it's impossible to ignore the implications of "i know you think of me when you think of her" lmaoo. like if this song is about loving someone who's closeted then that begs the question Why are they closeted? if theyre closeted because of the current sociopolitical situation then of course you'd be fucking angry at the system for forcing you and your lover into this situation. taat honestly has so much anger in it especially when performed live and it makes total sense

plus julian does the whole intertwining personal relationships and musings on politics/life thing a lot i think i had a post about it but it may have just been a draft. it's very apparent in both versions of the eternal tao (which is even more relevant since the ending of the adults are talking gets its general melody and lyrics from tet 2.0 + julian often replaces the studio lyrics of taat outro w tet 2.0's)

tet -> opens with a audio excerpt that sounds like a dating ad

tet 2.0 -> well..we all know the tet 2.0 ending

+ throughout both songs the lyrics are mainly musings on life and the music industry but he likes to throw in little turns of phrase w more personal connotations eg

Nothing's black or white, it's all grey Honesty without tact is cruelty Nothing turns me on like what you say Bending towards pending demise

or qyurryus where he leads you in w the goofy ass "hot track, hot dress / undressing this hot mess" and then hits you with "the public is confused / prison jazz virtue / he knows the truth / if he thinks it through / [...] / that's not your problem / at least not today" and "trusting systems of the law"

soo..yeah big fan of how julian's lyrics intertwine the personal and the political. and while "the personal is political" is more popular as a feminist phrase i always find it very true in every part of life and it definitely applies to the issue of gay rights as well. thats my take on it anywayy