The lyrics to the Gang of Four song "Contract" (from their seminal post-punk album "Entertainment!"), set to brittle guitar chords and thrashing drums, explored the distance between the bedroom and the boardroom. Singer Jon King addressed a lover who "dreamed of scenes / like you read of in magazines," only to find frustration, as disillusion set in with the chorus: "Is this really the way it is? Or a contract in our mutual interest?"