As if Romeo Void's "A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing)" isn't mysterious enough, I just read that Deborah Iyall claimed that it was an answer to Michael Jackson's "Billy Jean". Oh, that helps: "Billy Jean" wasn't at all oblique...
WTF?
Having purchased the 12" single before the album, I always feel cheated by the album mix; denied the almost two minutes of bleats and beeps that extend the dance mix, I miss the opportunity to vacillate like Faye Dunaway in "Chinatown" between the obvious connotation of a girl "in trouble" and the dismissal of the notion that Ms. Iyall would ever be that obvious.
What is obvious is that producer David Kahne could make sandpaper shiny because the coarseness that Ric Ocasek exploited in his production of their earlier work has been buffed away on this track and the rest of the album. All that's left to distinguish Romeo Void from the other dance/new wave acts is that deliciously abrasive sax and the enigma of a girl's problem.
"A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing)" was the recipient of one of the 80's most horrendous videos. Marvel at it's vapidity...
Have a great extended weekend. Stay out of trouble and remember, if engulfed by flames, it's best not to inhale...
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