Was Chris Isaak 's Wicked Game About A Guy?

Not a chance.

Major pussy hound. Nope.

“It hit a nerve” meaning people liked the song.

It is interesting that he avoids pronouns.

I used to think that song was so cheesy but it's grown on me over the years

I love that song.

Slightly unrelated:

I just watched Married to the Mob. I didn’t realize CI was in a single scene as a mob hit man in fast food worker disguise.

who cares? he's old!

He was also in “Silence of the Lambs”

He was also in Margaret Cho's pussy.

One of the greatest videos ever.

Stretching it from hither, r9,.........

There used to be a rumor in SF that Chris could suck his own cock.

Not a rumor. He's super-hung.

Remember it wasn't a hit at first; I used to find cassette singles on clearance for a dollar at Tower and would buy them all to give to folks to turn them on to Chris. Then Lynch used the song perfectly in "Wild at Heart" and.. history.

One of the most boring artists ever.

Boring, but pretty.

He is a sexier, better version of John Mayer

He was photographed by Bruce Weber early in his career. Bet Bruce touched his . .

I was introduced to this song by a very cheesy, pretentious friend (we were college classmates) who found it MESMERIZING!

Um, it’s OK.

Fucking love that song.

One of my favorites. It seems related, somehow, to this one:

Yes, OP, and Chris is gay like every man on the planet.

Well, R22, as Mick Jagger sings...

"He's just three beers away, he's just three beers away...:"

There were rumors he was a "drunk bi", but I don't know. The use of the "person" rather than "she" seems odd.

I love this song.

I think he does not use a specific pronoun so that the song will continue to appeal to listeners who can project their own fantasies onto the song, and make up their own visions of what the two characters in the song are like.

The song is in the second person, so he uses the pronoun “you.” We are referring to the interview in which he refers to the song’s inspiration as a ‘person.’’

Rock Hall: What was the song "Wicked Game" about?

Chris Isaak: It's about four in the morning, and somebody calling and saying I'm coming over to your house and I thought right after I said okay, I thought I should have never allowed this person to come over to my house. I know what's going to happen.

And I wrote the song between the time I got off the phone and the person came over to visit. It was just about what happens when you have a strong attraction to people that aren't necessarily good for you.

I think it hit a nerve because I think a lot of us have a strong attraction to people that aren't necessarily good for us.

RH: Did Ritts' preferred setting – beach with ocean backdrop – present any challenges?

CI: It looks romantic in the video, but in real life, we're on a beach… if you look at [Christensen's] body, it has goosebumps on it. They were throwing buckets of cold sea water on us to keep us wet. And there was a little bit of wind, and she was freezing, I mean she was just shivering. When I'm holding her close to me, a lot of times I was just holding her feeling like, "you poor thing, hold on to me – you'd be warm at least."

RH: What was your reaction when you first saw the finished video?

CI: We shot the whole video and afterwards, I remember they showed me the rushes and stuff, and they said we want your comments on the editing and everything. And I had the stupidest comment. People laugh at it, but it's actually my comment. I said, "I love it, I don't think they're going to play it." and [Ritts] said, "why?" I said, "I just don't think it's going to be sexy enough for them to play this."

Now people have said it's a sexy video later, but you got to remember: I'm in it. So every time I was in it, and they were showing me, I was thinking "that's just boring and bad." I said, "can't you cut more of the girl in it, and get rid of me more?" And [Ritts] goes, "You have to sing the song!" … Luckily, it was Herb Ritts that I listened to instead of my own fears, and it came out good.

[quote]Remember it wasn't a hit at first

It didn't need to be a "hit." It was on his third album, which sold double platinum.

he has yellow fever. which in DL terms...only one step away from gay!

He seems as hetero as they come, but yes as an 11/12 yoa I fantasized about putting my dick up his ass. Helena is lovely, but I watched the video 1000 times for Chris. Gorgeous song, gorgeous man.

I think he was singing about himself, since he famously was limber enough to suck his own nine-inch cock.

never married and no kids...hmmmm...you wonder.

Me like.

Still hard to believe that cute upturned nose was a nose job. Google him in high school and you'll see he has a honker (the source of the big dick/big nose thing).

Is it possible that the song is about a QUEER ENBY?

R27, I realize the song is in the second person. I was referring to the interview -- I think he makes sure not to say "a girl" or "a woman" was coming over to his place. He still wants to keep the song open so that men can relate to it, women can relate to it. Gay and straight can relate to it. He makes sure to keep it so that the song can appeal to anyone and be their "God, I loooove that song. It's so romantic/tragic/sexy. It totally reminds me of when I was with _____."

It's about an Asian chick who dumped him. Look it up.

" I thought I should have never allowed this person to come over to my house. I know what's going to happen."

It was written about Roseanne Barr. He said person because he was about to say "asshole" and he didn't want to sound crude.

I know this because I can read minds with my magical hat. I found it in a trash can. It's says MAGA on it. It stands for Michigan AGA owners. I don't own an AGA, it's a Kenmore but other people don't have to know that.

[quote] my magical hat

I had a magical hat, too!

OMG! I ALSO have magical underwear, r40!

My real life ones are actually yellow fishnet but the overall design is the same~!

I'm willing to bet it was about Margaret Cho.

Ha no it’s not about Margaret Cho. She would never shut up about it if it was.

There are some groovy cover versions. Giant Drag got some attention for their version. Apparently the record label coerced them into recording it but I think it turned out pretty good anyway.

And of course there is the famous H.I.M version.