"Hot child in the city"
Hot child in the City is a song by singer Nick Gilder. In his own words, the song refers to child prostitution in Los Angeles.
"I've seen a lot of young girls, 15 and 16, walking down Hollywood Boulevard with their pimps. Their home environment drove them to distraction so they ran away, only to be trapped by something even worse. It hurts to see that so I tried writing from the perspective of a lecher - in the guise of an innocent pop song."
Suspicious, right?
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"Got a date, babe, With an Angel, With a hot child of the city"
Guess who that angel and hot child might be.
There is also another reference of it on "Just We Two (Mona Lisa)". (Hottest child of the city). We thought it could've been a reference of the childlike personality of someone. But you never know.... "Follow all your shadows" means stalking.
Down and out in Paris city
All the things are tough and pretty
Stay with me until the night is gone
What?
Maybe something to do with him remembering the moments he had with Thomas while walking around Paris on that 1985 trip?
Wow. I thought Dieter only began to write dissolute lyrics like that in the Blue System era. Turns out it started much earlier...
"Princess of the night" also sounds suspicious. I think it might refer to a child prostitute. To make a long story short:
- The same euphemism, "prince for a night", was initially planned to be used in a song about the American serial killer Pogo the Clown. It was produced by Bohlen's no. 1 rival Michael Cretu and released just months prior to In The Middle Of Nowhere. "Prince for a night" there referred to a little boy who was kidnapped, molested and murdered by Pogo. That euphemism was eventually excluded from the final version, but the original lyrics could have still be found in the booklets.
- Sex workers are generally associated with the nighttime. Slang terms for a prostitute include "creature of the night", "lady of the night", "woman of the night" etc.
- "Prince" or "princess" refers to someone young, maybe even underage. A mature person would rather be a "queen" of the night, not a "princess".
PS: Nick Gilder's vocals reminded me on Dieter for some reason 😀