GirlChat #743724
Did Pepsi unknowingly run a boy-love dog-whistle as a commercial??
I'm open-minded enough to explore that possibility. So I always liked this song. There was some sort of secret drama about it. But I recently tried to place myself in a boy lover mindset, and suddenly I was noticing a different possible meaning of the lyrics from the popular one. Could it be? I'm not sure. One verse in particular immediately stood out, however: (Sorry, html stopped working at this board years ago.) Billie Jean is not my lover. (Okay, pretty straighforward lyric.) (Popular interpretation: I swear we never had sex.) (Boy lover interpretation: This ain't about sex with a female.) She's just a girl. (Popular interpretation: She's so young that I would never have had sex with her.) (Boy lover interpretation: I am focused on boys and as we all know, we don't put much interest into what females have to say about anything on this other love.) She says I am the one. (Popular interpretation: He is the father of her baby.) But the kid is not my son. (Popular interpretation: He's denying he is the father.) (Boy lover interpretation: They all think this song is about me fathering a child with her, but he's not my offspring. This is really about something other than fatherhood with this boy.) I dunno if that's some hidden meaning to the song, but I can see it as a possibility. Also, I like mama Jackson. Always got a good sincere vibe from her. |