I once read a linguistics article that noted how love was often conflated with food, exemplified by the nicknames that lovers give to one another such as "honey", "sugar", and whatnot. In this song, I make that connection explicit with the singer of the song desiring to be put on her or his crush's grocery list. I guess this singer is disagreeing with The Beatles about not being able to buy love, and, indeed, a strong connection does exist between economics and romance, let's be honest. Musicwise, we're drawing from The Ramones, The Undertones, Danko Jones, or something else pretty primal here, though the third input reminds me of something The B-52s would have done with Fred. It's the usual voice, guitar, keyboard as bass, and drums. The weird instrument is a metal coffee cup with coins in it (I guess the crush paid in cash and got some change back). If you end up serenading someone with this song, please let me know if it works, but you don't get your money back if it doesn't. Lyrics are below:
You've got to get some milk.
You've got to get some bread.
You've got to get some medicine
for the pain that's in your head.
But there's just one thing you forgot.
For the pain that's in your heart!
Put me on your shopping list.
You've got to get some juice.
You've got to get some fruit.
But you don't need to buy any makeup
because you're already too darn cute.
In fact, there's just one more thing you need.
To spice up your life!
On sale this week only:
2 for 1 special.
Don't forget your coupons.
It's love!
Now some people say shopping's a drag,
but you might as well put those folks in a bag
because they'll never have any fun,
and you can't spend money when you're done.
If you want to be happy, then there's one more thing you need.
And that's me!
For more Wred Fright music, listen to the Yeast? 7"!
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