Music Review: Animotion "Let Him Go"
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Let Him Go
Album: Animotion
Year: 1985
Astrid Plane advises her best friend to be submissive in the chauvinistic "Let Him Go."
Upbeat guitars open the single, setting a casual tone. In the first verse, Plane says that her friend is being clingy. Her insecurity is going to drive him away. He feels trapped in the relationship right now. When ever he comes home at 2 a.m. without even a phone call, she tells her friend to not even question it. She should just believe his nonsensical explanation. Plane tells her if he will leave her if she continues berating him.
In the chorus, Plane tells her to allow him to do whatever he wants. She will be concerned but it's for the good of the relationship. Her friend has to take her boyfriend's crap and hope that he willing to be respect her again.
In the second verse, Plane feigns sympathy and says she understands. However, her friend needs to boost her self-esteem. She's being co-dependent and damaging her relationship with him. She needs to do some soul-searching and figure out who she is first. She's not being the right type of woman.
After the chorus, suspicious synthesizers have a solo.
The chorus is sung again.
At the end, Plane sings "let him go" three times to end the single.
"Let Him Go" is a load of bull. Plane is essentially telling her to ignore the very signs she should be looking for. Her boyfriend staying out late and then being defensive about it is fishy. Something is wrong. Her friend should be demanding to know where he's been and with whom. It's normal. Plane obviously has an agenda and it appears that she's hiding something.
The single is flip about the subject and automatically places the blame on the woman, not the man. It says a woman should let a man disrespect her and then beg for his love.
"Let Him Go" is a run-of-the-mill pop song without any redeemable value.
Album: Animotion
Year: 1985
Astrid Plane advises her best friend to be submissive in the chauvinistic "Let Him Go."
Upbeat guitars open the single, setting a casual tone. In the first verse, Plane says that her friend is being clingy. Her insecurity is going to drive him away. He feels trapped in the relationship right now. When ever he comes home at 2 a.m. without even a phone call, she tells her friend to not even question it. She should just believe his nonsensical explanation. Plane tells her if he will leave her if she continues berating him.
"You're holding him so tight that he can't move/If you never give him room/You're gonna lose/He's feeling like he's tied up in a knot/Ev'ry time he comes home late he's on the spot/Trust him to be the kind of man he wants to be/You aren't gonna keep him long if you give him the third degree."
In the chorus, Plane tells her to allow him to do whatever he wants. She will be concerned but it's for the good of the relationship. Her friend has to take her boyfriend's crap and hope that he willing to be respect her again.
"Let him go/Let him go/Do the things he's got to do/Give him the freedom that he needs even though it worries you/Let him go/Let him go/Have the faith that he'll be true/It's the only way you can be sure he'll come back to you."
In the second verse, Plane feigns sympathy and says she understands. However, her friend needs to boost her self-esteem. She's being co-dependent and damaging her relationship with him. She needs to do some soul-searching and figure out who she is first. She's not being the right type of woman.
"You want your life with him to work so well/You forget the love you need to give yourself/I understand your desire to keep him near/But you poison love when you mix it up with fear/Trust yourself to be the woman that you want to be/If you both have room to grow/Then you'll live in harmony."
After the chorus, suspicious synthesizers have a solo.
The chorus is sung again.
At the end, Plane sings "let him go" three times to end the single.
"Let Him Go" is a load of bull. Plane is essentially telling her to ignore the very signs she should be looking for. Her boyfriend staying out late and then being defensive about it is fishy. Something is wrong. Her friend should be demanding to know where he's been and with whom. It's normal. Plane obviously has an agenda and it appears that she's hiding something.
The single is flip about the subject and automatically places the blame on the woman, not the man. It says a woman should let a man disrespect her and then beg for his love.
"Let Him Go" is a run-of-the-mill pop song without any redeemable value.