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Post by buck on Nov 3, 2006 23:17:44 GMT
Hi, I'm new to this board and a new Kings of Leon fan  . I was reading some of the reviews of Aha Shake Heartbreak and pretty much all of them were talking about the sexual references in the album. Well, I understand mostly all of the references in the album except for the Taper Jean Girl chorus. "Cunts watch their bodies, no room for makeup". I don't understand this. What does it mean and what's the sexual reference in it, besides the word "cunts"? Just curious. Hrmm.... When I think of Caleb Followill's lyrics, I think of a quote from Robert Plant when he was asked to explain "Stairway To Heaven:" "We were all high on Moroccan dope at the time, so who knows?"  So, erm, yeah... I think their lyrics may even be a mystery to them. But one thing I've noticed about the ol' C-word is that it's seemed to evolved recently from being a nasty word for a woman to just being a nasty word for anyone. The power is slowly being sucked out of its meaning. So Caleb may not have been talking about women in particular when he wrote this line. He may have been irritated with everybody.  Hehe. He's also really good at employing ambiguity and double-entendres. "Make up" could mean, like, Revlon, or he may be talking about "making up" after an argument for example. Orrrr... He might be talking about a person's "makeup," like, the very composition of their personality. In that case, the line might be a description of loathesome people who have no substance. But in the end, I have no idea! Hehehe. Much ado about nothing... Sorry about that. |
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Post by fuzz on Nov 4, 2006 7:01:49 GMT
Calebs lyrics, in a way, are reflected straight from his subconcious, which is made up of intangible elements. His lyrics are written in a way that really only he could truely understand. I really appreciate this approach to his lyrics, its very poetic and real, very original too and doesnt conform to convention.
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Post by buck on Nov 9, 2006 0:27:51 GMT
Oh, hey, I found this. Jared is talking about his mom: ‘I’m really scared about her reading the lyrics for our new record. She can’t understand most of them on the first record, but, God, she hates some of them,’ Jared confesses. ‘I think the C word pops up a couple of times this time. That will break her heart. We’re thinking about changing it…’Well, it doesn't give you much of a clue as to what the song's about or what the sexual reference is, if there is one. However, it's interesting that Jared hints they were contemplating taking the C-word out at one point. The fact that they didn't (and that they subsequently made their mom cry!) must mean that the word is integral to the meaning of the song... Hrrmmm... Just thought it was interesting! |
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Lady Godiva
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Post by Lady Godiva on Nov 9, 2006 12:11:45 GMT
well i what i thought ...because like the line ...."cunts watch there bodys no room for make up ..i think hes tasted ..tasted the watcher....like i dunno if this is true but the C word ...like someone said is used to describe a womens "downstairs " and when he says the CUNTS watch there bodys ....and the hes TASTED the watcher ..i.e the cunt who was watching
EEK hope that made sense to someone it doesnt really make sense to me..lol
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Post by chuck on Jan 14, 2007 11:34:25 GMT
They are all dirty motherfuckers aren't they. Love it.
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kmoore24
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Post by kmoore24 on Jan 14, 2007 23:19:50 GMT
well i think that in taper jean girl it is actually a sexual reference, cause like yall have already said, calebs mom hates that word. and "taper jean girl" is actually calebs mom. they say she is the one who fixes all their jeans so tight. and since she hates that word. "taper jean girl.... Kills me"
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Post by calebsqueen on Feb 7, 2007 7:09:22 GMT
well i think that in taper jean girl it is actually a sexual reference, cause like yall have already said, calebs mom hates that word. and "taper jean girl" is actually calebs mom. they say she is the one who fixes all their jeans so tight. and since she hates that word. "taper jean girl.... Kills me" I thought it was "Taper Jean Girl...Kiss me.." |
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kmoore24
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Post by kmoore24 on Feb 7, 2007 22:42:08 GMT
well i think that in taper jean girl it is actually a sexual reference, cause like yall have already said, calebs mom hates that word. and "taper jean girl" is actually calebs mom. they say she is the one who fixes all their jeans so tight. and since she hates that word. "taper jean girl.... Kills me" I thought it was "Taper Jean Girl...Kiss me.." its "kills me" i just checked. www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/kingsofleon/taperjeangirl.html |
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