Music Review: Taylor Dayne "Don't Rush Me"
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Don't Rush Me
Album: Tell It To My Heart
Year: 1988
Taylor Dayne tells her boyfriend to lay off the pressure to sleep together in the assertive "Don't Rush Me."
Inquisitive keyboards start the song. When she arrives at her boyfriend's house, she sees that he has set a romantic setting: red roses scattered everywhere and candles lit. However, Dayne isn't sure she should sleep with him or not. It could be a meaningful relationship or a fling. She's only been a few dates with him. She tells her boyfriend not to take her uncertainity the wrong way. It's just that she wants to take time to build the relationship. ("Red roses, temptation/You make the most of a iffy situation/I’m weighing my decision/Who’s to say if it’s love,or if it isn’t?/
Only time will tell/Just how well I’ll get to know you/Don’t mean to lead you on/But I want to take it slowly, slowly.")
In the chorus, she tells not to push her into sex. In her past, she had sex with a guy at the beginning of the relationship and it ended badly. She thinks they could benefit from more conversations about each other. When they do decided to sleep together, it will be fulfilling. ("Don’t rush me/I’ve made that mistake before, ah/Don’t rush me/This love could be so much more/It’s well worth the waiting for.")
She realizes he could have a STD. She wants to be with someone she knows. In the meantime, she's going to wait. It could be lust she's feeling. ("Desire can mean danger/
I wanna lover, not another stranger/I’m saving all my passion/Who’s to say if it’s love, or just attraction?/Only time will tell/Just how well I’ll get to know you/Don’t mean to lead you on, but I want to take it slowly, slowly.")
In the bridge, she admits it's getting tougher to say no to him. After brush of the arm or kiss on the cheek, she finds wanting to go further. He's shown himself to be who he says he is. ("My resistance is weakening, weakening/Every time we touch/Cause baby you’ve got everything, everything/That I’ve been dreaming of.")
After the bridge is a blah guitar solo. It's unimpressive filler to stretch out the single to another half minute.
The chorus ends the single.
The firm "Don't Rush Me" has Dayne being staying to true to herself while not coming across as prude. She's not ready for sex yet, although those naughty thoughts exist in her head. It's what makes her human and believable in the single. While sex is easy to find in today's current pop music, "Don't Rush Me" shows that the 80s resisted the image on their pop stars.
Album: Tell It To My Heart
Year: 1988
Taylor Dayne tells her boyfriend to lay off the pressure to sleep together in the assertive "Don't Rush Me."
Inquisitive keyboards start the song. When she arrives at her boyfriend's house, she sees that he has set a romantic setting: red roses scattered everywhere and candles lit. However, Dayne isn't sure she should sleep with him or not. It could be a meaningful relationship or a fling. She's only been a few dates with him. She tells her boyfriend not to take her uncertainity the wrong way. It's just that she wants to take time to build the relationship. ("Red roses, temptation/You make the most of a iffy situation/I’m weighing my decision/Who’s to say if it’s love,or if it isn’t?/
Only time will tell/Just how well I’ll get to know you/Don’t mean to lead you on/But I want to take it slowly, slowly.")
In the chorus, she tells not to push her into sex. In her past, she had sex with a guy at the beginning of the relationship and it ended badly. She thinks they could benefit from more conversations about each other. When they do decided to sleep together, it will be fulfilling. ("Don’t rush me/I’ve made that mistake before, ah/Don’t rush me/This love could be so much more/It’s well worth the waiting for.")
She realizes he could have a STD. She wants to be with someone she knows. In the meantime, she's going to wait. It could be lust she's feeling. ("Desire can mean danger/
I wanna lover, not another stranger/I’m saving all my passion/Who’s to say if it’s love, or just attraction?/Only time will tell/Just how well I’ll get to know you/Don’t mean to lead you on, but I want to take it slowly, slowly.")
In the bridge, she admits it's getting tougher to say no to him. After brush of the arm or kiss on the cheek, she finds wanting to go further. He's shown himself to be who he says he is. ("My resistance is weakening, weakening/Every time we touch/Cause baby you’ve got everything, everything/That I’ve been dreaming of.")
After the bridge is a blah guitar solo. It's unimpressive filler to stretch out the single to another half minute.
The chorus ends the single.
The firm "Don't Rush Me" has Dayne being staying to true to herself while not coming across as prude. She's not ready for sex yet, although those naughty thoughts exist in her head. It's what makes her human and believable in the single. While sex is easy to find in today's current pop music, "Don't Rush Me" shows that the 80s resisted the image on their pop stars.