Unlocking the Mystery of Gunther
By TR Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com
When a truly special piece of art is released, rarely is it understood fully by the public right away. Very much like Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, or Marcel Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase no. 2, and Fountain, the essence of Gunther's lyrical artwork may be difficult for the untrained ear and eye to interpret. Since we at RivalFish feel that this man's artwork is too important to go unappreciated in these trying times, I will provide a veritable Cliff's Notes if you will, for a sample of his videos. The song lyrics will be in boldface with their accompanying interpretation following.
Tutti Frutti Summerlove
This is the land of forbidden fruit, bananas and melonas, yeah. It's a hot hot summer love. Yeah- The land of forbidden is of course a reference to the Bible's Old Testament story about Adam and Eve. Unlike Adam and Eve's setting however, this particular land harbors two forbidden fruits- Bananas and melonas. We the listener are left to ponder what those fruits could symbolize. After briefly wrestling with what this could possibly be, the video provides clues- this is in fact thinly-veiled sexual imagery.
It's a no/no and you like it- A reference to his biblical first line- with the "no/no" representing the forbidden fruit. Gunther then plays a brilliant game of cat-and-mouse with the listener with the line "and you like it". Is that line a mere throw-away or does this line foreshadow an Adam-and-Eve-like result that sees them give into their temptation? With such questions looming Gunther tells the listener that the game of romance is now afoot.
It's a no-no and I like it- Gunther has given in and admitted he needs this romance's consummation as much as his Eve-symbol seductress. Despite this romance being a "no-no", he has fallen victim to his melona-bearing temptress and is not only willing to relent, he is eager. This amorous tango has rendered Gunther a victim of the Stokholm syndrome of the heart, if you will.
Come and take your chance and do the naked dance, bananas and melonas yeah. It's a hot hot summer love. Mmmm- What he actually means isn't "let's dance in the nude" rather "Let's have sexual intercourse, you bring your forbidden melon-symbolized fruit, and I'll bring my forbidden banana-symbolized fruit, and we'll totally bone and stuff."
Ding Ding Dong
Oohh, you touch my tralala/ mmm... my ding ding dong- At first the listener is left to ponder what Gunther's "tralala" is and what that word means. Remember here listener, that Gunther could use any word he wanted to in this song and he deliberately chose a word with an uncertain meaning. Knowing that "tralala" is not in our language, Gunther boldly leads the listener down the hall of ambiguity and into the parlor of vagueness. He does not want us to know (yet?) what a "tralala" is. We will have to listen and hope that he lets us in.
Then all of two seconds later, we learn that it is synonymous with his "ding ding dong" which we the listener, would be wise to interpret as his phallus.
So we know that his paramour touches his tralala (ne ding dong) But how does she touch it? Literally or figuratively? Will he tell us? Again, we are left to wait with bated breath and hope that he lets us in.
SPOILER ALERT: Ok he never does tell us what it means. He just kept the non-sensical hook. He basically provided no other discernible details of this latent-romance- ostensibly in an attempt to symbolize the oftentimes non-rational aspect of lust and love.
But still that song was awesome.
Gunther featuring Samantha Fox- Touch Me
Touch me, touch me now-. Gunther would like to have sexual intercourse with an unnamed woman. That's pretty much it.
Now that I've lead you by the hand in interpreting these works, I will leave you to interpret these next videos on your own. If you have questions, you may email me or leave a question in the Comments section.
Tutti Frutti Summerlove
This is the land of forbidden fruit, bananas and melonas, yeah. It's a hot hot summer love. Yeah- The land of forbidden is of course a reference to the Bible's Old Testament story about Adam and Eve. Unlike Adam and Eve's setting however, this particular land harbors two forbidden fruits- Bananas and melonas. We the listener are left to ponder what those fruits could symbolize. After briefly wrestling with what this could possibly be, the video provides clues- this is in fact thinly-veiled sexual imagery.
It's a no/no and you like it- A reference to his biblical first line- with the "no/no" representing the forbidden fruit. Gunther then plays a brilliant game of cat-and-mouse with the listener with the line "and you like it". Is that line a mere throw-away or does this line foreshadow an Adam-and-Eve-like result that sees them give into their temptation? With such questions looming Gunther tells the listener that the game of romance is now afoot.
It's a no-no and I like it- Gunther has given in and admitted he needs this romance's consummation as much as his Eve-symbol seductress. Despite this romance being a "no-no", he has fallen victim to his melona-bearing temptress and is not only willing to relent, he is eager. This amorous tango has rendered Gunther a victim of the Stokholm syndrome of the heart, if you will.
Come and take your chance and do the naked dance, bananas and melonas yeah. It's a hot hot summer love. Mmmm- What he actually means isn't "let's dance in the nude" rather "Let's have sexual intercourse, you bring your forbidden melon-symbolized fruit, and I'll bring my forbidden banana-symbolized fruit, and we'll totally bone and stuff."
Ding Ding Dong
Oohh, you touch my tralala/ mmm... my ding ding dong- At first the listener is left to ponder what Gunther's "tralala" is and what that word means. Remember here listener, that Gunther could use any word he wanted to in this song and he deliberately chose a word with an uncertain meaning. Knowing that "tralala" is not in our language, Gunther boldly leads the listener down the hall of ambiguity and into the parlor of vagueness. He does not want us to know (yet?) what a "tralala" is. We will have to listen and hope that he lets us in.
Then all of two seconds later, we learn that it is synonymous with his "ding ding dong" which we the listener, would be wise to interpret as his phallus.
So we know that his paramour touches his tralala (ne ding dong) But how does she touch it? Literally or figuratively? Will he tell us? Again, we are left to wait with bated breath and hope that he lets us in.
SPOILER ALERT: Ok he never does tell us what it means. He just kept the non-sensical hook. He basically provided no other discernible details of this latent-romance- ostensibly in an attempt to symbolize the oftentimes non-rational aspect of lust and love.
But still that song was awesome.
Gunther featuring Samantha Fox- Touch Me
Touch me, touch me now-. Gunther would like to have sexual intercourse with an unnamed woman. That's pretty much it.
Now that I've lead you by the hand in interpreting these works, I will leave you to interpret these next videos on your own. If you have questions, you may email me or leave a question in the Comments section.
Christmast Song
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