Miss Impossible
“She can really be a handful, like the brownies that she bakes you. She can be a bit hysterical, but never quite the break through….”
Ah, out of the love tunes, and back to the rock – here we go!
Miss Impossible is almost the polar opposite of Ultimate Fling; rather than a song about a woman who’s wealthy and well-placed, Miss Impossible tells us about a woman who’s “beautiful, unpredictable, damned irresistible,” but who isn’t much for tradition. One paradox and contradiction after another, she’s the sort of mental puzzle that can be intensely frustrating, but intensely fascinating all at the same time. While you might want to wash your hands of the confusion… well, as the song puts it, “it’s impossible to hate her.” For every contradiction inside of her, our ‘hero’ knows that she’s the sort of girl he really needs, and is coming to recognize it.
Not much about this one, but it’s more fun to listen to than to discuss (link included). Next week, we get to a similar piece in Diamonds for Tears – but with that one, you’ll get an actual video.
