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There's a little girl who says bing bing bomb
There's a little girl who says bing bing bomb
hello
oh, oh
There's a little boy with a spider in his hand
There's a little boy with a spider in his hand
hello
oh, oh
There's a little girl with the red shoes on
There's a little girl with the red shoes on
hello
oh, oh
There's a little boy with twenty five cents
There's a little boy with twenty five cents
hello
oh, oh
And there's a little girl with a tiger on her bed
There's a little girl with a tiger on her bed
hello
oh, oh
There's a little boy with nothin' on his mind
There's a little boy with nothin' on his mind
hello
There's a little girl who says bing bing bomb
hello
oh, oh
There's a little boy with a spider in his hand
hello
oh, oh
There's a little girl with the red shoes on
hello
oh, oh
There's a little boy with twenty five cents
hello
oh, oh
There's a little girl with a tiger on her bed
hello
oh, oh
There's a little boy with nothin' on his mind
hello
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Submitted by
weezday On Apr 01, 2005
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Really? I quite like this song, in fact I like all the "little" songs. WHich begs the question, why does every album have a song called "little insert word"? Has Jack or Meg ever explained why, or has no-one cared to ask them?
its ok... its about having life passing right before ur eyes
wtf? about buttoning a jacket? do you talk about "The Hardest Button To Button"? that song, of course, is NOT about buttoning a jacket...
The whole concept behind the Stripes is that they're "children" The first album, being very primitive, is very childlike in nature, and take "white blood cells" and "elephant" which sound more adolescant in tone.
But my point, imagine in this song that Jack is say, 3 or 4 years old singing this song, and it might make a little more sense to you.
the REd Shoes is a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale about a selfish girl who makes her mother buy her red shoes, and after that, she doesn't pray or pay any attention to the service. Then her mom gets sick but she goes to a party in her shoes instead of church. Then she starts dancing and her feet won't stop even after she's tired. So she has an executioner cut off her feet, and she tries to go to church, but the shoes follow her and stop her from going in. So she stays home and prays, and...
the REd Shoes is a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale about a selfish girl who makes her mother buy her red shoes, and after that, she doesn't pray or pay any attention to the service. Then her mom gets sick but she goes to a party in her shoes instead of church. Then she starts dancing and her feet won't stop even after she's tired. So she has an executioner cut off her feet, and she tries to go to church, but the shoes follow her and stop her from going in. So she stays home and prays, and after that she's able to go to church again. She has a troubled life, but when she finally dies she goes to heaven and is never asked about or bothered by the shoes again. Very dogmatic fairy tale, if you ask me.......
Oh and I think this song might be about kids who are in trouble but nobody cares or pays attention ((wtf) just a theory)) except for the little boys with 25 cents and nothing on their minds.
Oh and I think this song might be about kids who are in trouble but nobody cares or pays attention ((wtf) just a theory)) except for the little boys with 25 cents and nothing on their minds.
Jack White talked about taking music and stripping it down to it's most basic form and while doing so I believe he's also looking at it strangely like a learning child. He's making it very simple for anyone wanting to learn to play the guitar to play some cool riffs. He's saying that things aren't as complex as they seem and can be very very simple. If you listen to his songs you'll hear many other bands influence, AC/DC and Deep Purple and ZZ Topp and Nirvina and even Pink Floyd, some which are barely recognizable but the influence is clearly there. Mixed with old style blues and in his own voice it comes off like little boy blues, which I believe was his aim. You can see he wanted to create a family in introducing himself and Meg as brother and sister and often refers to his fans like they're children. You can't look that deep into what he's saying though because I think he's more concerned about the guitar sound. People know Jack's eccentric and it seems like he's just having fun with what he's doing and is keeping things very simple.
Does it matter? It seems like the "little" songs take a simple idea and they make a song out of it, but make it feel like it has alot of meaning. I like this song. >_>
i like this song. everytime i listen to it, i feel its like someone passing by in a car and just admiring or plain looking through the window and finding beauty in little things such as a girl with red shoes, and simple things like that. nobody ever pays attention to that... lovely images that pass you by and goes unnoticed.
It's about the simplicity, innocence and serenity of being a child and he wants to be a part of it. Using the child's interest on what's right in front of him with no other problems. Saying hello is I wanting to live in the moment enjoying what is right in front of you at the time just like children, and saying give me some of that simplicity. Bing bing bong is being able to just be goofy with impunity. That's what I think at least.
As much as it pains me to say this, I think this is the ONE White Stripes song that I actually can't stand.
haha yea, i hate to criticize Jack, but this song is just....ugh