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Lyrical Analysis: The Pussycat Dolls
People confuse me; their behaviours overwhelm my comprehension every moment of every day. This is all particularly true for women. One of the premier ways of trying to comprehend people is by listening to what they say and then trying to analyze it for some shred of meaning. By analyzing the lyrics of the all female pop group "The Pussycat Dolls," I hope to gain greater comprehension of these women, all women, and really all of humanity.
 | With a pose like that, how couldn't they make sense? |
I, like many, was first exposed to The Pussycat Dolls with their song "Don't Cha."
Don't cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me?
Don't cha wish your girlfriend was a freak like me?
Don't cha
Don't cha
Don't cha wish your girlfriend was raw like me?
Don't cha wish your girlfriend was fun like me?
Don't cha
Don't cha
I think the message here is pretty apparent. The ladies are singing collectively about their shared desire to steal the boyfriend's of other young ladies. Perhaps not the most moral of behaviours, but no where near the realm of madness that would put this song out of my comprehension. Remember the sexual suggestiveness of this song. If I heard a woman saying these things about me, I could only assume I had a pretty good chance of actually getting laid, but let's move on. The next Pussycat Dolls' song I was exposed to was "Stickwitu."
Nobody gonna love me better
I must stick with you forever.
Nobody gonna take me higher
I must stick with you.
You know how to appreciate me
I must stick with you, my baby.
Nobody ever made me feel this way
I must stick with you.
It would seem the disembodied figurehead of our six women has landed herself a boyfriend. Did she manage to steal away the one she was lusting after earlier? Did she manage to land one on her own? I guess what's going on here is that this female has been contemplating leaving her man friend, the reason being, in case you're confused, is because "seems like everybody's breaking up." In the video for this song, we see the lead singer singing this song into her cellphone while she's out with her "girlfriends," a most traumatizing message for the guy I am sure. Still, nothing in this song breaks my mind. The third and final song that I've heard from The Pussycat Dolls is "Beep," which happens to feature a guy named "Will.I.Am," I think you can figure out who's singing what here.
[Will.I.Am]
It's funny how a man only thinks about the...
You got a real big heart, but I'm looking at your...
You got real big brains, but I'm looking at your...
Girl, there ain't no pain in me looking at your...
Okay Will, we get it, you have the mental ability to process one thing, and you've settled on sex, and you're going to have to assume that this is also the only thing that all men are able to think about. Let's see what the ladies think of this.
[PCD]
I don't give a...
Keep looking at my...
'Cause it don't mean a thang if you're looking at my...
I'm a do my thing while you're playing with your...
Ha, ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha
So you're cool with guys jerking off while they stare at you do whatever it is you do with your life? Awesome, I am down with that, it's kinky, you must be a sexually liberated woman.
[PCD]
Every boy's the same
Since up in the seventh grade
They been trying to get with me
Trying to (Ha, ha-ha, ha, ha-ha)
They always got a plan
To be my one and only man
Want to hold me with their hands
Want to (Ha, ha-ha, ha, ha-ha)
I keep turning them down
But, they always come around
Asking me to go around
That's not the way it's going down
Oh, wait, so you're not sexually liberated at all? Actually, you're a virgin for no reason other than to assert your bitchiness and crush the hopes of the men you meet? And what do you mean you won't go around with any men? In your last song were you not singing a song to your boyfriend? What happened to that guy anyway?
[PCD]
'Cause they only want
Only want my ha, ha-ha
Ha, ha-ha
Only want what they want
But, na, ah-ah
Na, ah-ah
So you're taking Will's word on this, men only want sex, is that it? They couldn't possibly want a relationship or anything like that? Hell, what does it matter if all men want to do is screw you, judging from your "Don't Cha" song, I had to assume you were down with a good time? No? Were you just saying that to get me away from my last girlfriend so that you could break my delicate sanity? You told me you were fun! You told me you were raw!
[PCD]
Do you know that no
Don't mean yes, it means no
So just hold up, wait a minute
Let me put my two cents in it
One, just be patient
Don't be rushing
Like you're anxious
And two, you're just too aggressive
So try to get your (Ahh)
I'm sorry, all of these assertions of rawness, and your supposed dedication to our relationship led me to believe we could fuck eventually. Oh good, insult me, that will allay my fears of remaining a virgin forever. Tell me, is it your plan to remain a virgin forever as well? Does that make you feel special? What should I be patient for? Another woman to come sing me a song about her rawness, so that I might go try to lay her instead of you, my frosty cunt of a girlfriend?
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