This is my absolute favourite Aimee Mann song, and maybe my favourite song of all time. It's just a perfect song - her singing, her strumming, the strings, the harmonies. When I hear the opening chords it just sounds so final - like the relationship has turned completely crap and now it can never ever improve.
She sings calmly, and quietly, but it's pretty clear that she's completely pissed off - but not with the guy she's singing to. She tries to tear strips off the guy with her sarcasm and her irony, but instead of saying "I'm with stupid" she says "You're with stupid now." She's pissed off with herself for loving a guy who doesn't know himself, and doesn't know what he wants from her. This is a guy in denial: "What you know you don't want to know." Saying "you're with stupid now" is still an insult to him, but mostly it's a way of beating herself up and expressing her humiliation all in one.
I find this song inspiring because it shows someone going through absolute relationship hell, but instead of losing it they stay in control and cling to their humour and their anger. It's a witty song, and an authentic one, and I bloody love it.
This is my absolute favourite Aimee Mann song, and maybe my favourite song of all time. It's just a perfect song - her singing, her strumming, the strings, the harmonies. When I hear the opening chords it just sounds so final - like the relationship has turned completely crap and now it can never ever improve. She sings calmly, and quietly, but it's pretty clear that she's completely pissed off - but not with the guy she's singing to. She tries to tear strips off the guy with her sarcasm and her irony, but instead of saying "I'm with stupid" she says "You're with stupid now." She's pissed off with herself for loving a guy who doesn't know himself, and doesn't know what he wants from her. This is a guy in denial: "What you know you don't want to know." Saying "you're with stupid now" is still an insult to him, but mostly it's a way of beating herself up and expressing her humiliation all in one. I find this song inspiring because it shows someone going through absolute relationship hell, but instead of losing it they stay in control and cling to their humour and their anger. It's a witty song, and an authentic one, and I bloody love it.