I have never felt so conflicted about a song... I love the spoken "Clap. Clap." and simple rhythms (it's really catchy) but I hate the message and innuedos. Especially the lines:
"In the street you hold your head high
At home you get low down for me"
Also, the double entendres such as "Candy Coated Unicorns are hard to find" and "When my ship is sinking...(Aaaaaaahh!)" are not very gentlemen-like for a song about Andre's appreciation of a lady. It seems to attack the general female population for not being this type of "lady" (Sad, but one day our kids will have to visit museums/To see what a lady looks like). So, Andre likes a women who is very careful of her words she and doesn't express an opinion (standing on the wall) but she can't look like she is oppressed in her relationship (In the street you hold your head high).
Plus, this song is all about what she does for him. It was pretty risky displaying such sexist attitudes in defining what a lady is.
I have never felt so conflicted about a song... I love the spoken "Clap. Clap." and simple rhythms (it's really catchy) but I hate the message and innuedos. Especially the lines: "In the street you hold your head high At home you get low down for me" Also, the double entendres such as "Candy Coated Unicorns are hard to find" and "When my ship is sinking...(Aaaaaaahh!)" are not very gentlemen-like for a song about Andre's appreciation of a lady. It seems to attack the general female population for not being this type of "lady" (Sad, but one day our kids will have to visit museums/To see what a lady looks like). So, Andre likes a women who is very careful of her words she and doesn't express an opinion (standing on the wall) but she can't look like she is oppressed in her relationship (In the street you hold your head high). Plus, this song is all about what she does for him. It was pretty risky displaying such sexist attitudes in defining what a lady is.