Well looking at the lyrics hard to see how this is about what the writer says it is about…
Anti war songs were crap in the 80s, at least in terms of actually conveying their meaning
Apparently “the safety dance” is supposed to be anti nuclear war song too.
99 Red Balloons got its message across well while being very listenable. On the other hand, not being beaten over the head with the message meant we could just enjoy the music.
The video does not support this authors claims at all.
Wait... I was thinking of the wrong song. This is the valley girl song. Good movie.
Every song by The Fixx was pretty much an anti-nuclear war song.
Try “Party at Ground Zero” by Fishbone. Not vague at all, and rocks hard.
The writer said it was literally about dancing. "Pogoing" which was a fad back then.
But people read whatever they want to into songs. I wouldn't think of "I Melt With You" as any kind of protest song. It seems like it was mostly driven by the rhymes. It doesn't sound like it's about the end of the world.
You've seen the difference
And it's getting better all the time.