I realized that I had not posted at all in August, which is very unlike me. Not sure why I have been so absent, since that is pretty much the opposite of my mission with this blog. So, I've decided to get up off my posterior and write! Actually, I am sitting as I type, so I am not really off my derrière. Anyway, I've heard this one tune on Nights with Alice Cooper several times, and I had no idea of the title or the group. I just knew that I liked the song and seemed to have the lyric "your insincerity" stuck in my head. I did a bit of searching and discovered that the song was by Asia, and the title was "Only Time Will Tell." Hmm... I don't think I ever realized that! I watched the video and sort of vaguely remembered it. It came out in 1982, and I suppose I may have seen it once or twice. The television sets in the video seemed familiar, but I don't think the video received much airplay back in the day. Watching it this evening, I'm not sure I completely follow the concept, but early videos didn't always have a theme/concept/plot that matched the song's lyrics or message. Nope. I think this one was merely a "hey, this new music video thing is cool and modern" -- hence the many televisions. I think it was pretty new technology to have one image spread over the multiple t.v. sets, which was pretty cool. I'm not sure I follow the gymnast idea, either, but I think there were a few videos with gymnasts in the '80s. It does kind of give a sense of perpetual motion, and hey, only time will tell...
So, what will time tell? Well, the song is about a man who was in a relationship with a woman who just used him and pretended to be in love. It was all a lie. Her insincerity is the part of the lyric I remember! I guess only time will tell what happens with this woman. I have no idea. Sounds like it was a good thing that the man discovered "the lie" and ended this thing. Or maybe she did. I don't know. It doesn't really matter, anyway, because it's just a good tune. It may be one of few songs I can remember where the guitar has a really melodic line that sort of echos the singer. Now that is cool. Cooler than television sets and gymnasts...
