You know, the Britney Spears song. Quite a punchy little ditty, that I’ve happily bopped along to, singing at the top of my lungs in the car.
And then halfway through the chorus today, the penny dropped. *All of the boys and all of the girls are – * Oh.
My cluelessness is once again reaffirmed! Mindless and pointless, there you go.
So share. I’m lost…
If you C.K. me?
When you sing “if you seek Amy” in it sounds like “f-u-c-k me”
eff u c k me…
. . . A fact I assume is obvious to many the first time they hear the song. Not including me, though. Although it’s hardly a double entendre – barely even a single entendre – it was still too deep for me.
We were discussing in another thread the idea of situational or relative intelligence: the idea that you can be smart in one situation or area, and dumb in others. I offer myself as Exhibit A for the truth of that theory.
It wasn’t obvious to me either, sadly. My name is Ami and I thought “oh hey, my name!” and sang along. A friend had to point it out to me.
Almost Swiftian in its rapier-like subtlety, don’t you agree?
ohhhhhhhhh. :smack:
Don’t feel too bad. I suspect it had to be explained to Britney as well.
If you see kay
Tell him he may
See you in tea
Tell him from me.
-Ulysses, James Joyce.
I bet Britney cribbed it from Jimmy when she wrote it ('cuz you just *know *she was the lyricist and is clearly a huge Joyce fan - she especially likes his *bildungsroman “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Skank”).
But Mr. J’s “see you in tea” - now THAT’s subtle…
*C U N…oh, never mind.
They could have bothered to make the pun work both ways. According to the lyrics I just Googled, it goes
All of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
Huh? I get the f-u-c-k-me bit, but huh?
My problem with the song as well. The literal meaning of the words are nonsense. That’s just lazy.
Hey Britney,
I don’t give an essay chai tea.
Exactamundo.
It it a catchy little ditty, though, and especially humorous to hear my boyfriend’s five year old singing along :eek:
Exactly, which makes me wonder about Jodi.
I’d not clued on the frequently read Sofa King for several years until someone finally pointed it out. I guess I’m not very hooked on phonics as I’d figured he was simply a god among couch potatos.
I think it’s a poor rip-off of the much better song
“If UC Jordan” by Something Corporate (2003)
I’ve not heard the song so I can’t comment on how she’s pronouncing it, but I’ve said this out loud at least a half a dozen times and still don’t really hear it as F U C K me
I didn’t need a reason to actively seek this song.
Until now. Thanks. :rolleyes: