what is the meaning of this song?
2007-03-02 17:22:21 · 11 answers · asked by Ophelia 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
I've always taken it as a literal tale about a young teacher with a sexual attraction between a student who is a teenage girl. "This girl is half his age", so he's probably late 20s, early 30s and she's about 15. The relationship is forbidden but the attraction is strong so "he starts to shake and cough just like that old man in that book by Nabakov", that book being Loleta. He keeps being tempted by her, such as when she's standing by a wet bus stop and his car is warm and dry; people are gossiping "loose talk in the classroom, strong words in the staffroom, the accusations fly". The teacher is starting to break from all the drama the attraction is causing and he just wants her to keep away from him, in hopes the temptation will go away. Sting was a teacher before he became a rock star, but I can't say for sure if this is autobiographical.
2007-03-02 17:34:16 · answer #1 · answered by rebecca h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm assuming that you mean the song by The Police
Sting used to be a teacher before he started with the Police and this is an example of the things that young, nice looking teachers deal with. Pretty teenage girl who is showing you attention; Of course he'll respond, he's a only a guy.
well its really about forbidden fruit, you always want what you can't have. and the more you see it dangling in front of you the more you want. its just Passion
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2007-03-02 17:26:25 · answer #2 · answered by Mommy To Be in April 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is about this teacher having an affair with this student & wants to end it in the end, knowing its all wrong from the very beginning.
What he means when he says "That book by Nabakov", he's referring to the novel by Vladimir Nabakov called "Lolita" about a grown man who moves into a lady's house and has an affair with her 12 year old daughter. At first he finds his acts totally justified, but nearing the end, he sees the creep he really is..
2007-03-05 06:55:46 · answer #3 · answered by Batman Simon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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what is the meaning of this song?
2015-08-19 11:24:56 · answer #4 · answered by Marilee 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't Stand So Close to Me" is a famous 1980 song and hit single by the British pop group The Police. It concerns a schoolgirl's crush on her young teacher, including her obsession, teasing by friends, the teacher's nervousness about the situation.
The song deals with the mixed feelings of the teacher, his lust on one hand, and the inappropriateness leading to "strong words in the staff room; the accusations fly", and to the girl being teased. The proxemics-related title expresses the second feeling.
Although not quite as much so as another Police song, "Every Breath You Take", "Don't Stand So Close to Me" may be considered an example of a paranoia song because of the situation of the schoolteacher—trying to avoid temptation with the girl who lusts after him. The music and lyrics of the song were written by the lead singer of The Police, Sting, who had previously worked as an English teacher. In a 2001 interview for the concert DVD ...All This Time, Sting denied that the song is autobiographical.
The line... "Just like the old man in that (famous) book by Nabokov" ...alludes to Vladimir Nabokov's famous novel 'Lolita'.
"Don't Stand So Close to Me" appeared in The Police's album Zenyatta Mondatta (A&M), and was also released as a hit 'No.1' single along with a studio music video. It was the single that 'broke' The Police in the USA. Back in the U.K, the track was confirmed by the end of 1980 to have been the biggest selling single of that year.
It was re-recorded in 1986 with a slower, more intense chorus and the new version appeared as "Don't Stand So Close To Me '86" on the album Every Breath You Take - The Singles and was again accompanied by a music video (notable for its early use of animated computer graphics).
Sting, who was asked to perform on Mark Knopfler's "Money for Nothing" as he was at the time in the area (Montserrat) reused the melody from the chorus of 'Don't Stand So Close To Me' in the counterpoint 'I want my MTV'. It was only after this story was related to reporters during promotions for the Brothers in Arms album that lawyers for Sting became involved, and later copies of the album co-credit the song to Sting. The initial pressings list only Mark Knopfler. It is one of only two shared songwriting credits on any Dire Straits
2007-03-02 17:29:03 · answer #5 · answered by GiGi 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Its about a teacher who is sexually attracted to a student - and who knows that's its an ethical dilemma. If I remember right, Sting said that it was based in truth - he would have girls a few years younger flirt with him. (he was an english teacher before he was in the band the police)
2007-03-02 17:26:05 · answer #6 · answered by freshbliss 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It sounds like to me that it is a teacher who fell in love with a student, and he doesnt want it to happen but its happening anyway. And the student obviously returns his affections. It even talks about how the teachers are fighting in the staff room because they suspect something is up.
2007-03-02 17:26:16 · answer #7 · answered by B 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2017-02-15 03:56:38 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
songs are just a source of entertainment and nothing more when it come to the phrase it just is shyness of one who doesn't want anyone to come near him
2007-03-02 17:27:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's about a teacher and a student who stalks him. He wants to distance himself from her.
2007-03-02 17:25:12 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋