The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Me veo colgado de un gancho de ropa
Escuchando música, alucinando con tu boca
Ella dice, eso es, bájalo un poquito más
Ya no quiere más hablar, es mejor olvidarlo
(Pump it up) When you don't really need it
(Pump it up) Until you can feel it
Abajo donde hay placer
El cielo y el infierno ves
Se pone el mundo al revés
Mentiras en mis ojos ves
No hay un misterio que no pueda resolver
(Pump it up) When you don't really need it
(Pump it up) Until you can feel it
!Hey!
Aroma de tabaco, condimento químico
Tratas de decirle stop, ¿eres un narcótico?
Te hace alucinar, reir y volar
Todo los puedes perder, cuando esto empiece a arder
(Pump it up) Until you can feel it
(Pump it up) When you don't really need it
Ella tiene su show
Pero su energia en low
Ella pone la pasión
Yo le doy corazón
No hay sumisión
Vengo a relajarme
Tentación sin remordiendo
(Pump it up) When you don't really need it
(Pump it up) Until you can feel it
(Pump it up) Until you can feel it
(Pump it up) When you don't really need it
(Pump it up) When you don't really need it
(Pump it up) Until you can feel it
Don't really need it
No quiero que te olvides
Don't really need it
No quiero que te olvides
Don't really need it
No quiero que te olvides
Escuchando música, alucinando con tu boca
Ella dice, eso es, bájalo un poquito más
Ya no quiere más hablar, es mejor olvidarlo
(Pump it up) When you don't really need it
(Pump it up) Until you can feel it
Abajo donde hay placer
El cielo y el infierno ves
Se pone el mundo al revés
Mentiras en mis ojos ves
No hay un misterio que no pueda resolver
(Pump it up) When you don't really need it
(Pump it up) Until you can feel it
!Hey!
Aroma de tabaco, condimento químico
Tratas de decirle stop, ¿eres un narcótico?
Te hace alucinar, reir y volar
Todo los puedes perder, cuando esto empiece a arder
(Pump it up) Until you can feel it
(Pump it up) When you don't really need it
Ella tiene su show
Pero su energia en low
Ella pone la pasión
Yo le doy corazón
No hay sumisión
Vengo a relajarme
Tentación sin remordiendo
(Pump it up) When you don't really need it
(Pump it up) Until you can feel it
(Pump it up) Until you can feel it
(Pump it up) When you don't really need it
(Pump it up) When you don't really need it
(Pump it up) Until you can feel it
Don't really need it
No quiero que te olvides
Don't really need it
No quiero que te olvides
Don't really need it
No quiero que te olvides
Lyrics submitted by magicnudiesuit
Pump It Up Lyrics as written by Elvis Costello
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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but in a way, aren't all songs about masturbation?
Pumpkinhed - only if you're Freud.
I've studied Freud, however briefly, and though some are fairly straightforward in naming, some can be twisted just enough to make them dirty by certain idiots.....like me.
THIS SONG IS NOT ABOUT MASTURBATION, YOU FUCTARD!!
Yes, it is
I'm fairly sure it's about having a wank, mate.
However, what's wrong with that? Self-love is the purest, and safest kind of love
Coming from a second-hand source, Elvis once said that the song's about a night out with a bit of "assisted insomnia"
(Best drug euphemism ever, by the by)
Ramones were great, so is Elvis C. ILoveLife full of hate for someone using Love in their name...and by the way, Ramones excelled at their instruments.
Elvis Costello is more punk than anybody ive ever heard. And I still hate the Ramones, because they suck and cant play instruments. Costello is the most talented musician and song writer in punk music.
This song is pretty much just about giving in to the flow and having fun. He deems that hes just been on tender hooks and people look down on him, like his parents (turn it down flat!) and possibly his girlfriend (he bought things for her and tried to please her but she was too smug to give a shit). So, he just listens to music and partys all the goddam time.
I'm writing this to everyone who thinks that Elvis Costello is "punk," "pretty punk" or "very punk." First, EC is one of my all-time favorite artists. But, punk? Are you kidding me? Here are some of my other favorite artists that are PUNK: The Sex Pistols, The Clash, David Johanssen and the New York Dolls, Patti Smith, The Scientists, Dead Kennedys, The Ramones, etc. <br /> <br /> Punk began in the mid 1970s in the U.K (protopunk began in the 1960s). It was very political and did not have a mainstream audience, though there was a subculture of punk fans here in the U.S. This was mainly among diaffected and disillusioned young people. It was rebellious and it had an anti-government feel. Because punk wasn't mainstream, it didn't really catch on here until the 2000s. Sadly, many people missed out and believe to this day that new wave artists like Elvis Costello were punk, which they were not.
Punk actually started in the mid seventies in New York at CBGB's. Malcolm McClaren got the Idea for the Sex Pistols from Richard Hell when he saw their style.<br /> <br /> It came out in England around 76 to 77 with the Sex Pistols and The Clash and like bands. When it came out in the UK it was much more political because of the climate their.<br /> <br /> The Ramones predates Never Mind the Bullocks and the first Clash album. The New York Dolls predate the UK punk movement as well.
You are right, Shoshana, that Elvis Costello isn't really punk. He did ride the Coat tails of the new punk movement though to get his career going. He originally was on Stiff Records which was a DIY label for many punk artists.<br /> <br /> Elvis is really a singer/songwriter.
What are tender hooks?
@ILOVELIFE This is for all you know nothing millennial twats who get your opinions from magazines and blogs and others who have little more than a passing knowledge of the topic. Anyone who thinks punk is defined by one's image, their 'look', or by music that is little more than loud three chord songs played in 4/4/ and sung by some grimey mug with spittle hanging from his gob needs to get a clue. The lyrics, subject matter, and mix of anger, repression, and a sense of revenge was a real and 'punk' as most any of his contemporaries. Hell, those 1st two albums were more punk that a lot of so-called 'punk' bands. And robsun, if you think Costello is merely a singer/songwriter, then you know next to nothing about his early recordings.This song is
@ILOVELIFE <br /> All the replies in this thread are wrong. Music is music and labels are labels. I do not own the copyright to any words expressed
@ILOVELIFE <br /> All the replies in this thread are wrong. Music is music and labels are labels. I do not own the copyright to any words expressed
HOW can you hate Ramones? I agree that Costello is pretty punk, but your sterotyping the ramones into the beginning of their career.
Well, I did once have a cello masterclass with Phillip Sheppard, who claimed that all music is about sex or death...
(more on that story later)