Sex Tapes

The first line "Here's lookin' at you kid" is Humphrey Bogart's famous improvised line in the film Casablanca. The song itself is about the media pouncing on celebrity sex tapes, like Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian. The media will blow these tapes out of proportion quickly, causing the stars of said tape to experience a celebrity status at the cost of their privacy. Journalists and editors of major networks are scrambling to get more information about these celebs, which will in turn make their wallets fatter, hence "All the editors are hard, all the journalists are wet". The Jonas brothers are also mentioned, as their purity rings, prohibiting sex before marriage, are essentially wrapped around the dicks of thousands of their fans. "The whole waits with patience for one them boys to slip" refers to celebrities saying unflattering things, and the media publishing their mistakes to the world, as it waits patiently for such a slip of the tongue. All in all, Sex Tapes denounces the common practice of celebrity exploitation for the entertainment of the masses, which is embedded in our society.

Arif wrote this, but I believe somewhere I have him describing what it means... I'll dig it up and copy and paste it here just so I don't have to think about it too hard: "'Sex Tapes' is about new media affording us a sense of celebrity at the cost of privacy. It echoes Nietzsche's 'gaze long into the abyss. Under the new light of the digital screen–marketing pariahs, political opportunists, paparazzi and the many other eyes that look in as we look out.

Favorite line in this is "between the sweat and the silhouette"

Really great imagery, especially when you're supposed to be thinking of it in a sexual context.

Submitted corrections that someone on YT showed when I posted a video of it, still need help with that one stanza though

"Here's looking at you, kid" - First line

"It's the no-goody punches of the storm (and the punches of the storm) And it better be, and it better fucking be, and it better be fucking good"

Not sure if this is "It's the no-goody" but after that it sounds more like "and that much is understood, (that much is understood) And it better be, it fucking better be, it better be good"

"She looks happy In the limelight In that sickly green, she better be A girl I know with a face that I've seen"

should be:

"Ye she looks starving In the limelight In that sickly green, she might have been A girl I know or a place I've seen"

"Between the slut and the silhouette"

should be

"Between the sweat and the silhouette"

(???) sounds like "Some...where...on...the...in...ter...net"

"The printed, directed, for one simple fucked Be careful what you're looking at because it might be looking back"

sounds more like:

"Reflected, directed, by one simple fact Be careful what you're looking at because it might be looking back"

"Reflected, directed for one simple fact."

so what is this song about? :P

I think I got everything corrected. Only thing I'm not 100% sure on is the "and that much is understood" part and the "And in my door don't forget Everyone's naked" part

""Here's looking at you, kid It was gonna leak eventually So eventually it did And bad news travels fast to me And then in time the country will be stiff, stiff inside their pants""

Should actually be...

Here's looking at you, kid It was gonna leak eventually So eventually it did And bad news travels fast, I think In minutes half the country will be stiff, stiff inside their pants.----

""The manager is sweating The parents smoking cigarettes And it doesn't matter if the vision shatters It's the no-goody and that much is understood (and that much is understood) And it better be, and it better fucking be, and it better be good""

Should be...

The manager is sweating The parents smoking cigarettes And it doesn't matter if the vision flatters It's the nudity and that much is understood (and that much is understood) And it better be, and it better fucking be, and it better be good----

""Between the slut and the silhouette Between the drink and the regret And in my door don't forget Everyone's naked""

Should be...

Between the sweat and the silhouette Between the drink and the regret Have your fill but don't forget Everyone's naked----

""The Jonas Generations got rings wrapped round their dicks The whole world waits with patience for one little voice to slip Reflected, directed for one simple fact Be careful what you're looking at because it might be looking back Reflected, directed for one simple fact Be careful what you're looking at because it might be looking back Be careful what you're looking at because it might be looking back, ugh""

Should be...

The Jonas Generations got rings wrapped round their dicks The whole world waits with patience for one them boys to slip Reflected, directed -by- one simple fact Be careful what you're looking at because it might be looking back Reflected, directed -by- one simple fact Be careful what you're looking at because it might be looking back Be careful what you're looking at because it might be looking back, ugh----

""Yeah, get it off, get it off online Get it off, get it on, get it off online In a sickly green, she better been, a girl I know, a place I've seen A girl I know, or a place I've seen""

Should be...

Yeah, get it up, get it off online Get it up, get it on, get it off online In a sickly green, she better been, a girl I know, a place I've seen A girl I know, or a place I've seen----

That's it I think

'And it better be, and it better fucking be, and it better be good'

Should be:

'And it better be, it fucking better be, it better be good'