I first learned of the all female alternative group Luscious Jackson in 1994 when they opened for R.E.M. They put on an amazing set and I immediately ran out and bought their album Natural Ingredients which I played over and over. Surprisingly, today's song isn't off of that release but instead it's from their 1996 release Fever In Fever Out. The song Naked Eye was the band's most popular single and has been one of my personnel favorites as well.
In a 1997 interview with Billboard, singer Jill Cunniff explained that the song is about being emotionally naked, or honest, rather than naked as in without clothing. She explained:
"Repression can seriously damage your health. I know that confronting someone and speaking my mind gives me a real sense of relief. Emotional nudity—the feeling of not wearing all these layers—is a great thing. Even though it takes a lot of courage to be open. It's much easier to hide behind fences and wish the world understood."
The song's music video was inspired by the 1977 Luis Buñuel film That Obscure Object of Desire, which featured two actresses playing the same role. All four of the band's then members (Cunniff, Gabrielle Glaser, Kate Schellenbach and Vivian Trimble) portray the same character, a woman being escorted to a departing aircraft by her boyfriend. The character arrives in a Citroen CX car. Though the video is made to look like it takes place at an airport, it was filmed at New York's World Trade Center. - Wiki
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