This crap is gorilla.
Because it’s late and I have nothing better to do with my time, I am going to attempt to write an in-depth analysis of the gratingly irritating pop song, “Hollaback Girl” performed by Gwen Stefani. Ms. Stefani enlisted two other people to assist her in writing this song, which, if one thinks about it, is amusingly sad. The lyrics, hardly a poetic masterpiece, are as follows:
Uh huh, this is my shit
All the girls stomp your feet like this
(chorus) A few times I've been around that track
So it's not just gonna happen like that
Because I ain't no hollaback girl
I ain't no hollaback girl [x2]
Ooooh ooh, this my shit, this my shit [x4]
I heard that you were talking shit
And you didn't think that I would hear it
People hear you talking like that, getting everybody fired up
So I'm ready to attack, gonna lead the pack
Gonna get a touchdown, gonna take you out
That's right, put your pom-poms downs, getting everybody fired up
Chorus
So that's right dude, meet me at the bleachers
No principals,no student-teachers
Both of us want to be the winner, but there can only be one
So I'm gonna fight, gonna give it my all
Gonna make you fall, gonna sock it to you
That's right I'm the last one standing, another one bites the dust
chorus
Let me hear you say this shit is bananas
B-A-N-A-N-A-S
(This shit is bananas)
(B-A-N-A-N-A-S)
Again
This shit is bananas
B-A-N-A-N-A-S
(This shit is bananas)
(B-A-N-A-N-A-S)
Chorus
Now, in order to properly analyze this song, it is necessary to understand the definition of a “hollaback girl”. The word is nearly impossible to find in any lexicon (modern or otherwise), but after some searching, www.urbandictionary.com was able to provide an adequate definition of said word : “a girl who insults or bitches at someone instead of physically fighting them“. Once that layer of mystery has been removed, “Hollaback Girl” can be fully understood by anyone.
The song begins with the narrator rallying up her girls, telling them to stomp their feet. This action suggests a primitive, almost tribal, call to arms; the narrator is leading her tribe to a battle. By immediately launching into the chorus, the confrontational mood of the entire song is quickly established. In this chorus, the narrator explains that she has been around the proverbial track before and that this fight is not going to be merely a verbal one because, as she proudly declares, she “ain’t no hollaback girl”. She then addresses the girl whose slanderous talk about the narrator ignited the conflict. Apparently, what this hollaback girl said got “everybody fired up”. The narrator decides to physically assail her in response to her verbal abuse. A reference to pom-poms indicates that the girl in question is, in fact, a cheerleader; a character not generally associated with extreme displays of physical violence. The fray itself is to take place behind the bleachers, out of the view of any authority figures who would interfere. The narrator ultimately wins the fight. It is a dark day for hollaback girls everywhere. At this point in the song, it appears Ms. Stefani herself decided to analyze it. She refers to this song as “shit” and that it is indeed “bananas”. In what can only be viewed as an attempt to assure the listener that she still retains some semblance of intelligence, Ms. Stefani flaunts her spelling ability. With a final assertion that she is not a hollaback girl, the songs thankfully ends.
The theme of “Hollaback Girl’ is an uninspired man vs. man theme. The numerous high school football game imagery serves to remind her listeners of the drama between students ever-present at each and every school function. The tribal feel of the song is reinforced by the repetitive chorus which can be interpreted as the narrator’s battle cry. Ms. Stefani’s message is that violence is the only viable method of dealing with slander.
This took me almost an hour to write. I’m such a nerd.
Uh huh, this is my shit
All the girls stomp your feet like this
(chorus) A few times I've been around that track
So it's not just gonna happen like that
Because I ain't no hollaback girl
I ain't no hollaback girl [x2]
Ooooh ooh, this my shit, this my shit [x4]
I heard that you were talking shit
And you didn't think that I would hear it
People hear you talking like that, getting everybody fired up
So I'm ready to attack, gonna lead the pack
Gonna get a touchdown, gonna take you out
That's right, put your pom-poms downs, getting everybody fired up
Chorus
So that's right dude, meet me at the bleachers
No principals,no student-teachers
Both of us want to be the winner, but there can only be one
So I'm gonna fight, gonna give it my all
Gonna make you fall, gonna sock it to you
That's right I'm the last one standing, another one bites the dust
chorus
Let me hear you say this shit is bananas
B-A-N-A-N-A-S
(This shit is bananas)
(B-A-N-A-N-A-S)
Again
This shit is bananas
B-A-N-A-N-A-S
(This shit is bananas)
(B-A-N-A-N-A-S)
Chorus
Now, in order to properly analyze this song, it is necessary to understand the definition of a “hollaback girl”. The word is nearly impossible to find in any lexicon (modern or otherwise), but after some searching, www.urbandictionary.com was able to provide an adequate definition of said word : “a girl who insults or bitches at someone instead of physically fighting them“. Once that layer of mystery has been removed, “Hollaback Girl” can be fully understood by anyone.
The song begins with the narrator rallying up her girls, telling them to stomp their feet. This action suggests a primitive, almost tribal, call to arms; the narrator is leading her tribe to a battle. By immediately launching into the chorus, the confrontational mood of the entire song is quickly established. In this chorus, the narrator explains that she has been around the proverbial track before and that this fight is not going to be merely a verbal one because, as she proudly declares, she “ain’t no hollaback girl”. She then addresses the girl whose slanderous talk about the narrator ignited the conflict. Apparently, what this hollaback girl said got “everybody fired up”. The narrator decides to physically assail her in response to her verbal abuse. A reference to pom-poms indicates that the girl in question is, in fact, a cheerleader; a character not generally associated with extreme displays of physical violence. The fray itself is to take place behind the bleachers, out of the view of any authority figures who would interfere. The narrator ultimately wins the fight. It is a dark day for hollaback girls everywhere. At this point in the song, it appears Ms. Stefani herself decided to analyze it. She refers to this song as “shit” and that it is indeed “bananas”. In what can only be viewed as an attempt to assure the listener that she still retains some semblance of intelligence, Ms. Stefani flaunts her spelling ability. With a final assertion that she is not a hollaback girl, the songs thankfully ends.
The theme of “Hollaback Girl’ is an uninspired man vs. man theme. The numerous high school football game imagery serves to remind her listeners of the drama between students ever-present at each and every school function. The tribal feel of the song is reinforced by the repetitive chorus which can be interpreted as the narrator’s battle cry. Ms. Stefani’s message is that violence is the only viable method of dealing with slander.
This took me almost an hour to write. I’m such a nerd.