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Dubious about "Get Lucky"
Jul. 4th, 2013 07:47 amI'm dubious about liking Daft Punk's new song "Get Lucky". "She" and the narrator seem to have different goals at first.
She's up all night to the sun; she's up all night for good fun. Okay. One specifies duration twice (all night, specifically until the sun rises), the other clarifies why: to have "good fun".
What is "good fun"? I'm not sure, but in the context of not being a cat, it probably does not mean clawing the shit out of someone for no particular reason. But there are many things that "good fun" could be.
Now the narrator. He wants to "get some", which is sex. Specifically, he wants to "get lucky". "Lucky" is not the sex you have in the context of a relationship where you have a strong reason to believe that sex is probably a feature tonight. Lucky is the sex that you are very fortunate to obtain. It might be you're looking for a partner; it might mean your existing partner may not have sex on the menu tonight.
So at the first presentation of the chorus, the narrator is in it for the sex, and she may not have even been thinking about that. A mismatch of expectations for an all night party is something to pay close attention to as a bystander, in case he decides to cause a problem.
Only in the second go-round do we learn that she and the Narrator likely have the same kind of fun in mind.
She's up all night to the sun; she's up all night for good fun. Okay. One specifies duration twice (all night, specifically until the sun rises), the other clarifies why: to have "good fun".
What is "good fun"? I'm not sure, but in the context of not being a cat, it probably does not mean clawing the shit out of someone for no particular reason. But there are many things that "good fun" could be.
Now the narrator. He wants to "get some", which is sex. Specifically, he wants to "get lucky". "Lucky" is not the sex you have in the context of a relationship where you have a strong reason to believe that sex is probably a feature tonight. Lucky is the sex that you are very fortunate to obtain. It might be you're looking for a partner; it might mean your existing partner may not have sex on the menu tonight.
So at the first presentation of the chorus, the narrator is in it for the sex, and she may not have even been thinking about that. A mismatch of expectations for an all night party is something to pay close attention to as a bystander, in case he decides to cause a problem.
Only in the second go-round do we learn that she and the Narrator likely have the same kind of fun in mind.
