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Originally Posted by Spirit13
Being a long time Genesis fan, never thought Mama was about prostitution.
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Spirit, check out this quote from Phil Collins: "but in fact what it is, is just about a young teenager that's got a mother fixation with a prostitute that he's just happened to have met in passing and he has such a strong feeling for her and doesn't understand why she isn't interested in him. It's a bit like [British actor]
David Niven in
The Moon's a Balloon, I don't know if you've read that book, he's very young, just come out of cadet college or whatever, and he meets this quite, you know, 45-year-old prostitute who he has a fantastic time with. He's special to her but it definitely can't go any further than what it is and that's really what the song is about, with sinister overtones."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mama_(Genesis_song)