Lyrics Revisited

Sometimes you grow up and hear a song from junior high and you really hear the lyrics for the first time and the whole song is changed for you.

My most recent encounter was with the often joked, much loved by teenagers, Discovery Channel Song (which is actually "The Bad Touch" by Bloodhound Gang? Who knew?).  I'll only pull out my most favorite lines and let you know the thoughts I had when hearing them again:

"Me and you do the kind of stuff that only Prince would sing about"

Ok- so in late high school I heard the remake of Darling Nicky which introduced me to Prince's original Darling Nicky which shines a whole new light on this line. At least that's the Prince song I'm thinking of.

"I want you smothered want you covered like my Waffle House hashbrowns"

 Oh hashbrowns, that would be so good right now, I love mine smothered too. All that cheese.....

"just like Coca-Cola stock you are inclined"

That's actually pretty intelligent.

"To make me rise an hour early just like Daylight Savings Time"

That's not attractive, there is nothing attractive about Daylight Savings Time. Unless it's fall back, yes you should fall back like Daylight Savings Time.

"Let me be Pacific I wanna be down in your South Seas"

By golly, that's even geographically accurate!

"Please turn me on I'm Mister Coffee with an automatic drip"

Hahahaha, Mister Coffee's in a rap.

So maybe I haven't entirely matured since junior high but I certainly listen to the lyrics more. I mean the song's still just about sex which isn't really my song muse of choice. BUT- the lyrics are clever and accurate which is more than I can say for half the rap music my students are listening to these days. Gotta love a man who uses accurate geography and yummy food euphemisms to talk about doing it.