I just listened to the Taken By Trees cover of Animal Collective's "My Girls" except she changed the words to "My Boys." Seems like a 'gender switching' gimmick that happens a lot in modern music [via 'No Scrubs' --> 'No Pigeons']
I feel like this song 'isn't as powerful' from a woman's perspective. The original 'My Girls' is a declaration of 'actually wanting to provide for your family' even though you are a male, and u naturally want to 'plant ur seed in tons of bitches' and abandon your family because u feel like 'caring for a child' is a female's job (this is actually the case in nature most of the time). It is important to remember that the only reason Animal Collective is so popular is bc of their underlying themes of 'male idealism'--bros enjoy to pretend that 1 day they will 'evolve' into a loyal, caring, noble, respectable, authentic human being. Women should stick to writing their own songs about their own experiences/emotional needs.
Can't believe the spirit of this song is 'totally different' and 'totally sad' when a woman sings it. No longer a song of 'hope'--it is a song where a delusional woman is 'trapped' with her life caring for her husband who cheats on her, and her son who will one day resent her.
Just feels weird to hear a girl singing this 'ode to servitude' where ur saying that u just want 2 care 4 ur family. It seems like some sort of 'propaganda' from the 1950s, back when women were supposed to 'stay at home, make sandwiches, do the laundry, and wipe the asses of the kids' while men could do whatever they wanted. The tone of this song seems 'whimsical', as if it is in a 'fucking dreamworld.' While it is always a bloggable gimmick to cover AnCo, sometimes u have to think about how ur 'diminishing some1's art' if u cover it.
Still not even sure what the Animal Collective sings in this 'My Gals' song. It seems like it might be a rejected song from the 'My Girl' soundtrack. Sad that Macaulay Culkin asked to be buried alive in Michael Jackson's grave. There isn't much that I feel I need
A solid soul and the blood I bleed
But with a little girl, and by my spouse,
I only want a proper house
*****
I don't mean to seem like I
Care about material things,
Like a social status,
I just want
Four walls and adobe slabs
For my girls
Feeling confused, like I can't relate to AnCo since I'm not a 'caring parent'/cool dad yet.
Just want 4 walls and adobe slabs 4 my girls. 'WTF is an Adobe Slab?'
'I just want 4 walls and the Adobe Creative Suite 4 my girls.' -an HRO commenter during the HRO golden age.
do u want 2 have a family when u grow up or will ur kids/spouse h8 u as much as u h8 ur parents?
by Carles is burning (not verified) | Sun, 2009-08-30 19:27
Carles,
I purchased your shirt just to burn it. Your site will crumble beneath you and your followers will wander away from your site. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sWb7KQuGtE
I’m watching you.
Down with Carles
Down with Carles
Down with Carles
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by EFF G.Gillies (not verified) | Mon, 2009-08-31 08:34
@alex, so totes agree w/ you on this. And w/ crls... if they were going to cover it, they should have at least kept the "my girls" lyrics... at least then the lesbian implications might add some nuance to the work. But yeah, this cover sux - and the gender switching is LAME AS FUCK.
once in jr high this girl sang "disarm" by the SPs and she changed the lyrics so it was "I used to be a little girl" instead of "I used to be a little boy" and it ended up being way more cringey that way. gender switching lyrics sux.
Thought it was 'out of place' when I saw a female musical artist covering 'candy shop' by 50 cents. Felt like the gender-switching gimmick was 'ringing false' [via women not having lil peens]
shut up carles. it's cute. it doesnt even have to be about betty friedan shit, why are you making it that way. why can't it just be a lady happy about her boys with their adobe slats. i mean really carles, i heard you are an aspiring 'househusband'.
@lolz, wish carles was my househusband.
wish i could have him worry abt my 401k whilst cooking meatloaf.
wish we could scoot the beds together and have sex every once in a while.
wish Madi B and CRLS had his and her towels.
The lyrics to this song are brilliant. I can't wait to care for my own girls one day. And no, I'm not naive or stupid. Certainly i don't want to get married right now (I'm 20) but one day it will be a wonderful new chapter in life.
oh wait... i replied seriously..
like, tht "girl band" covering "my girls" was "totally wck" lolz.
whats with girls putting of contrived 'cute' voices when they sing songs? im thinking soko, joanna newsom etc... are they scared of sounding like a bro? dont like their normal voice?
sounds fake, not authentic
h8 u female singers
and couldnt this bitch record more than 30secs of video in her spare time from her arts degree for the youtube clip?
@jim morisson, that is ur answer 2 evrything. i swear if i hear u say 'jim morisson is my real name' 1 more time, i'm going to off myself [via listening to 'early anco']
@jim morisson, if u want me 2 'get real' here 4 a sec, it is a reference 2 the real jim morisson. i get that that is ur real name. just 4 real lighten up a lil bro.
@ne pas, see, if ur lightin up, we shuld 'be pals' [via the 'hope bong']. and using ur real name seems authentic. but whatevs. think i'll end this now, tho. til next post n e way...
Let's all take a step back and think about the demographic of people with which AnCo and My Girls are popular. AnCo IS the freshest wave, and these are some of the most materialistic and status-conscious people in the whole fucking world.
I suspect most AnCo fans feel they need a great deal- expensive apartments in Williamsburg, trendy cothes, tix to all the hottest indie shows, respect and attention for their "artisitc endeavors" and adoring spaceface comments from MOTOS.
Maybe that's why the song is so popular- it is setting an example for all of us to aspire to, if we were better, more virtuous people than we actually are.
by authentanick (not verified) | Mon, 2009-08-31 15:12
@Iceberg, feel like you really 'know' the 'AnCo demographic', feel like you 'understand' who is 'materialistic', feel like I can't contribute anything worthwhile to your 'enlightening' comment
has n e 1 seen/heard from anna chlumsky recently? is she still 'tugworthy'? just wanted 2 'be her blood brother' when i was younger [via cutting myself with a soda can + unprotected sex {sub via spilling of my tween semen}]
i had the thought, 'i want to have a baby', so i dressed provocatively. i got attention and thought, 'i could fuck any of these dudes right now'. then i got depressed.
by an hro fan (not verified) | Tue, 2009-09-01 07:51
there's this uk bro who changed the lyric 'kept his dick wet' to 'kept her clit wet' in that amy winehouse song i heard on the radio one time - 'back to black' i think. i would say that's an acceptable lyric change if he didn't want to come off ghey. it's not really an acceptable cover though.
by Quinn Morgendorffer (not verified) | Tue, 2009-11-17 00:25
Soooooooooooo, do you have to type like you're illiterate-but-only-in-a-mocking-sort-of-way (you know, like "ironic," because that's what you self-indulgent hedonists always "strive" for) in order to leave comments on this page? AnCo = not their fans, by the way. Interesting guys (once again, not their fans).
Don't get your problem with it at all; it's a pop song, not a hymn. What you're writing just sounds like sexism to me.
Both versions sound great but both are obviously completely different, it's a good thing.
As a side note, you use quote marks/inverted commas ('like this') a hell of a lot around things that you write that you clearly think might be contentious. Are you saying these things or not? Are these things in commas actually your opinions? Be bold and actually say what you think beacuse otherwise we're left unsure.
P.S. I think I heard once that 'adobe slabs' is either a reference to a recording studio or other place the band used or, more likely, refers to the foundations of a house in some old American tradition.
Comments
Carles,
I purchased your shirt just to burn it. Your site will crumble beneath you and your followers will wander away from your site.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sWb7KQuGtE
I’m watching you.
Down with Carles
Down with Carles
Down with Carles
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@Carles is burning,
again? really??
@Carles is burning,LOL stop tryna b sum kinda meme, wut makes u think people will stop thinking this is funny anyway
@Carles is burning, you gave Carles $30 so you could better promote his brand? [via shirt on fire meme]
what a ruh-tard.
as the leon Kings said "woah-oh-oh- this carles on FIRE."
@Carles is burning,
is this some kind of reverse gorilla marketing campaign to build the carles brand?
does this new guy have a t-shirt i can buy? he seems more authentic than carles now days...
@alec, * "guerilla"
Unless you mean a guerilla marketing campaign by Gorilla vs. Bear...which is actually possible.
@Carles is burning, this bro is s000 chill
@Carles is burning, i hope carles turns out to be black so that everyone thinks youre a racist
@Carles is burning, more lyk 'paris is burning' (via 2008 bloghaus) amiryte???
@Carles is burning, i bet carles is buying a round of beer for his friends tonight, funded by you.
ur a chill br0!
first
@charles, i just burned an iamcarles tee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sWb7KQuGtE
@charles,
Sounds like Carles via Easter
i hope this comment some day makes it into a real post
cmmnters GREATEST HITS!!!
I just want four walls and Adobe Photoshop CS4.
@robotxy, B mine?
we can torrent it together.
I didn't listen to this but song lyric gender switching is GAYYYYYYY ASSSSSSS FUCKKKKKK
@alex, You wouldn't know a good song if it kicked you in the face
@Anom, I was commenting on the use of "boys" instead of girls. Much like cat power's Rambling (wo)Man. SHIT IS PLAYED OUT.
@Anom,
you need the wambulance to take you back to stereogum, where whining like this is not only acceptable, its mandatory
@alex, so totes agree w/ you on this. And w/ crls... if they were going to cover it, they should have at least kept the "my girls" lyrics... at least then the lesbian implications might add some nuance to the work. But yeah, this cover sux - and the gender switching is LAME AS FUCK.
please just tell me when this fucking regina spektor ad is over, and i will be back
agreed song gender switching is gay as fuck
once in jr high this girl sang "disarm" by the SPs and she changed the lyrics so it was "I used to be a little girl" instead of "I used to be a little boy" and it ended up being way more cringey that way. gender switching lyrics sux.
i don't want to seem like i care about serial keys
@di, haha, awesome
only song from animal collection i like. the cover i didn't.
the adobe creative suite thing was fun tho.
@jc, yah, apart from my girls, anco really has 'nothing going on'. song of the decade? or song of the century? just not sure yall...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo-9QrFV_Pk
Thought it was 'out of place' when I saw a female musical artist covering 'candy shop' by 50 cents. Felt like the gender-switching gimmick was 'ringing false' [via women not having lil peens]
"Just want 4 walls and adobe slabs 4 my girls. ‘WTF is an Adobe Slab?'" dude, dude, dude, yesyesyes this is funny.
He is actually saying "Four walls and adobe slats for my girls."
Slats are roofing material.
the more you know.
durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
@Gooooood,
this makes more sense
shut up carles. it's cute. it doesnt even have to be about betty friedan shit, why are you making it that way. why can't it just be a lady happy about her boys with their adobe slats. i mean really carles, i heard you are an aspiring 'househusband'.
@lolz, wish carles was my househusband.
wish i could have him worry abt my 401k whilst cooking meatloaf.
wish we could scoot the beds together and have sex every once in a while.
wish Madi B and CRLS had his and her towels.
luv u CRLS.
@Madi B, hro provides a great 401k program 4 its staff. full health benefits have also proven to be a plus. improves 'employee morale'.
@Madi B, this dream/ hope/utiopian vision of yers brought me 2 tears.
hope U finally meet crls 1 day & have a "wonderful life"
The lyrics to this song are brilliant. I can't wait to care for my own girls one day. And no, I'm not naive or stupid. Certainly i don't want to get married right now (I'm 20) but one day it will be a wonderful new chapter in life.
oh wait... i replied seriously..
like, tht "girl band" covering "my girls" was "totally wck" lolz.
@Friend, kinda feel like this p0st was prett f*ing hostile. if U hating, dont be trading.
@bANANAS, some things are worth hating, most of the 'trading' on this site in fact.
whats with girls putting of contrived 'cute' voices when they sing songs? im thinking soko, joanna newsom etc... are they scared of sounding like a bro? dont like their normal voice?
sounds fake, not authentic
h8 u female singers
and couldnt this bitch record more than 30secs of video in her spare time from her arts degree for the youtube clip?
h8 u loop video
@alec, This annoying phenomenon is nothing new in indie rock, but it does seem to be spreading.
Don't know who i am anymore via HRO.
@anon, miss u HRO golden age.
oh wow, perfect post.
don't want my son 2 h8 me, but am 'open to the idea'.
@ne pas, he will.
@jim morisson, we will see bro. like i said, open 2 the idea...
@ne pas, jim morisson is my real name.
@jim morisson, that is ur answer 2 evrything. i swear if i hear u say 'jim morisson is my real name' 1 more time, i'm going to off myself [via listening to 'early anco']
@ne pas, wud suggest 'forest gospel' on hollindagin...
real intense 'offing' soundtrack. mite go well with kobe tai.
BLOODY KLIT
@jim morisson, ps. luv u lizard king
@ne pas, wtf is lizard king
@jim morisson, it is ur 'real name'
@ne pas, dont 'get it'
@jim morisson, if u want me 2 'get real' here 4 a sec, it is a reference 2 the real jim morisson. i get that that is ur real name. just 4 real lighten up a lil bro.
@ne pas, way 2 real for me. i am 'lightin up' tho, real fresh.
is it 'lame' to make ur handle ur real name? Feel like you would know these things.
@ne pas, see, if ur lightin up, we shuld 'be pals' [via the 'hope bong']. and using ur real name seems authentic. but whatevs. think i'll end this now, tho. til next post n e way...
great cover
did you know that culkinbro has been dating jackie from that 70s show for 7 yrs or something
@jvac, bitch is 'mad hot'
Ahh, the 50s... when global warming was actually something to look forward to...
Remember when that girl did her gender-switch of "Dick in a Box"? It was that sweet, sappy song "Box in a Box." Terrible stuff, Carles!
Is it authentic to be a masochist and chauvinist (via AnCo's portrayal of gender roles)? Feel post-feminism is pretty alt.
the is the funniest post in a while.
h0nestly, feel like all i want right now is just four walls.
Let's all take a step back and think about the demographic of people with which AnCo and My Girls are popular. AnCo IS the freshest wave, and these are some of the most materialistic and status-conscious people in the whole fucking world.
I suspect most AnCo fans feel they need a great deal- expensive apartments in Williamsburg, trendy cothes, tix to all the hottest indie shows, respect and attention for their "artisitc endeavors" and adoring spaceface comments from MOTOS.
Maybe that's why the song is so popular- it is setting an example for all of us to aspire to, if we were better, more virtuous people than we actually are.
@Iceberg, feel like you really 'know' the 'AnCo demographic', feel like you 'understand' who is 'materialistic', feel like I can't contribute anything worthwhile to your 'enlightening' comment
@authentanick, feel like you're trying to sound like carles.
@Iceberg, feel like ur trying 2 up ur 'social stats' w/ this post.
@Iceberg, feel like all i need is pbr blow and tickets to anco
has n e 1 seen/heard from anna chlumsky recently? is she still 'tugworthy'? just wanted 2 'be her blood brother' when i was younger [via cutting myself with a soda can + unprotected sex {sub via spilling of my tween semen}]
@ne pas, The internet says she bought an AZN (via marriage) and prolly not 2 'tugworthy' n e more (via 'growing up' + 'cultural irrelevance').
miss U Veda
@Diggle,
She was in "In The Loop" an indie film for BritBros.
@zxcvb, very good film and she was highly tuggable in it..
<3 political chix
@anonyt, will have 2 rent n tug
i had the thought, 'i want to have a baby', so i dressed provocatively. i got attention and thought, 'i could fuck any of these dudes right now'. then i got depressed.
@snags, ha. hope u didn't conceive in that 'state of mind'. number 1 cause of depression in infants...
@snags,
"well im gonna raise a family
and i gotta have a baby
and shell have a lil slippi
and shell say oh my lil slippi"
ancos[via trail of tears]
@chong,
shes gonna have a baby!
shes gonna have a baby!
shes gonna have a baby!
shes gonna have a baby!
this post is like "perfect"
i love listening to mygirls and have always found the Adobe® Slabs to really be a ref to "design"
didn't zooey desch do it too with that beatles song
there's this uk bro who changed the lyric 'kept his dick wet' to 'kept her clit wet' in that amy winehouse song i heard on the radio one time - 'back to black' i think. i would say that's an acceptable lyric change if he didn't want to come off ghey. it's not really an acceptable cover though.
Soooooooooooo, do you have to type like you're illiterate-but-only-in-a-mocking-sort-of-way (you know, like "ironic," because that's what you self-indulgent hedonists always "strive" for) in order to leave comments on this page? AnCo = not their fans, by the way. Interesting guys (once again, not their fans).
Don't get your problem with it at all; it's a pop song, not a hymn. What you're writing just sounds like sexism to me.
Both versions sound great but both are obviously completely different, it's a good thing.
As a side note, you use quote marks/inverted commas ('like this') a hell of a lot around things that you write that you clearly think might be contentious. Are you saying these things or not? Are these things in commas actually your opinions? Be bold and actually say what you think beacuse otherwise we're left unsure.
P.S. I think I heard once that 'adobe slabs' is either a reference to a recording studio or other place the band used or, more likely, refers to the foundations of a house in some old American tradition.
@Mathieu, maybe u just don't 'get' crls
Is it just me, or does anyone else think of boobs whenever they hear "for ma' girls"?
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