Are Miss America and Modern Girl the same person
 

I was listening to Meat in the car with my girlfriend (who isn't actually a big Meat fan - I know, grounds for splitting up alone.) and Modern Girl came on.

She then went on to ask me all about it. Why has he left the "former miss America?" The son and daughter are hers!! Not the new Miss America!

I thought she was over-analyzing the lyrics a bit. Lol. My take on it is that they are the same person - does anyone else have an opinion or maybe even the facts behind the lyrics?

Ross

I'm probably wrong, but my 'slant' is he traded in his ageing beauty queen wife after she had kids for a newer model?

I think (hope?) that it's rather more symbolic than either of those suggestions.

I think the idea is that once, people would be very concerned with tradition, superficial beauty and social, though unwritten laws (symbolised by the Miss America and Mr Right getting married - it would be innapropriate for Miss America to marry anyone else). Now, however, this has changed, though to what we do not know. This new state is symbolised by Meat Loaf (i.e. man) and the 'Modern Girl'.

The transitional period is dealt with in some depth, "There’s a break in the chain, there’s a skip in the clock", "There’s a clash on the border, a flame in the sky", "We’re the son and the daughter on a new freeway, Laughin’ while the road maps blow away" - this last one particuarly a comment on the lost importance of rules and regulations.

Finally, the lyrcs explain the reason for this change: "the guilty ... fallen kings and queens", and the realisation that the previous scenario was flawed leads to people not wanting to make "the mistakes our fathers made".

I rather like it for this message, since it has a healthy revolutionary air to it.

No doubt, of course, the words have no meaning were chosen to scan.

This could also refer to the kids doing the same things and repeating the behaviour of their parents even with the lost regulations.

To me it's simply a teenage rebellion song about a new generation kicking against their parents established lifestyles and ideals, breaking down the barriers while searching for a new and more exciting way of life.

I see Mr. Right & Miss America as representing the parental figures ... the old school.

Whoa ... just looked out the window and it's snowing really heavily, not something we see very often in Guernsey! :cool:

Diane

I full on agree. Nuff said.

To me it's about not buying into someone elses mirage of false values i.e what the generation previous to them are telling the boy and the Modern Girl what is best. A true rebelious song.

Let me tell You the way I understood the lyrics:

He is searching for the perfect girlfriend for him, and she has all the good characteristics of her parents.
Once, on a stormy night, there was born the perfect girl for him, the modern girl. Her mother is a beauty queen, miss america, and her is the "Mr. Right" in person. Thatswhy she is the new, the modern girl.

Maybe i understood it in the wrong way, Im from germany and Im not looking so exactly for the lyrics.
If Im wrong, please tell me.

R. from the Thoringia-Forest

To me it is just one of Meat greatest song. It is awesome and the lyrics are aewsome and the piano intro is soooo simple but so fan****ingtastic. It is Jacobs finest moment.

The great thing is no-one is wrong about what they think it means, me,
I just love the song and don't have to think about what it means.

Yes I really like that song. I also like "Where the Rubber meets the Road". I'm glad Meat has done these songs.

No offense, but a bulk of the lyrics in the Jacobs / Durkee collaborations R-R-R-EEEALY confuse me :|

Once upon a time, there was this woman who was, like, *perfect*. Your typical beauty queen. She went on to marry Mr. Right, who was also *perfect*, squeaky clean, not one bad thing about them. Then, on one story night, they got the most *perfect* baby girl. Every bit as perfect as her parents combined, and then some.
But that was then, this is now, so screw you guys, I going home with somebody who's maybe not so perfect, but a lot more fun.

Or, at least, that's what I make of it.