| Vampire Weekend – California English Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Furthermore, here's what Mike Powell at Pitchfork has to say: "Take "California English": "Sweet carob rice cakes, you don't care how the sweets taste/ Fake Philly cheesesteak but you use real toothpaste/ 'Cause if that Tom's don't work, if it just makes you worse/ Would you still lose all of your faith in the good earth?" In other words, what if all the products and symbols that gave your life meaning-- and status-- fell away? What if you replaced the organic toothpaste with Colgate? (Which still "says something" about you, namely "I don't have the time, inclination, or money to give a shit about toothpaste.") Would life still look as rosy?" From: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13807-contra/ |
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| Vampire Weekend – California English Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Some tidbits: A Hapa Club is a club for people "of mixed Asian or Pacific Islander racial/ethnic heritage." (Wikipedia) The chorus seems to be about the entertainment industry. The "condo that they'll never finish" is most likely a sound stage, built to resemble a home but with walls missing so the cameras can film. The final product, then, is beamed around the world by means including "a Saudi satellite dish" spreading California culture. I'm absolutely in the dark about what the "Blasted from a disconnected light switch" bit might be about, though. |
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