What is a "Hollaback Girl"? [Archive]

bushesandbriars

05-29-2005, 09:24 AM

I think its a girl who doesnt talk **** or smack back to someone who is talking bout them.

Maybe, not real sure

I thought it was a 35-year-old who didn't know high school was over. (That was bitchy; couldn't resist.)

Technically this has nothing to do with this thread, but I saw your other one--points to icon--I dig Tori, too, and I've never seen her live. I hope you get good seats and have a great time at the concert. :wavey:

StevieNicksEO17

05-29-2005, 10:17 AM

I think its a girl who doesnt talk **** or smack back to someone who is talking bout them.

Maybe, not real sure

I think you're right

golddustwoman77

05-29-2005, 10:50 AM

I think it is a girl who doesn't take **** off anyone, and instead of being all talk she is a girl who takes action! :shrug:

Especially because of this verse:

So that's right dude, meet me at the bleachers
No principals,no student-teachers
All the boys want to be the winner, but there can only be one
So I'm gonna fight, gonna give it my all
Gonna make you fall, gonna sock it to you
That's right I'm the last one standing, another one bites the
dust

amber

05-29-2005, 11:01 AM

I thought it was a 35-year-old who didn't know high school was over. (That was bitchy; couldn't resist.)

*ahem*
Gwen heard that you were talking sh** and you didn't think that she would hear it!!!! :mad: :laugh:

golddustwoman77

05-29-2005, 11:05 AM

*ahem*
Gwen heard that you were talking sh** and you didn't think that she would hear it!!!! :mad: :laugh:

:lol: :lol:

Hey, you should remember, "The **** is Bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S!" :laugh:

bushesandbriars

05-29-2005, 11:52 AM

:lol: :lol:

Hey, you should remember, "The **** is Bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S!" :laugh:

Well, hell--it's not like I'm in any danger, is it? I mean, she ain't no hollaback girl, right? ;)

xdreamsunwindx

05-29-2005, 11:53 AM

I thought it was a 35-year-old who didn't know high school was over. (That was bitchy; couldn't resist.)

Actually, that would make no sense, as Gwen ain't no Hollaback Girl. :\

bushesandbriars

05-29-2005, 11:58 AM

*ahem*
Gwen heard that you were talking sh** and you didn't think that she would hear it!!!! :mad: :laugh:

Makin' you do her hollaback work for her, is she? If I were you I'd ditch her. ;)

Kidding aside, though, I don't actually have an issue with that song. It's the video that makes me go, WTF?

GateandGarden

05-29-2005, 12:01 PM

Makin' you do her hollaback work for her, is she? If I were you I'd ditch her. ;)

Kidding aside, though, I don't actually have an issue with that song. It's the video that makes me go, WTF?I think the song's catchy, but that verse that was posted earlier is just kind of disturbing. I hadn't even realized it was in there.

And you got the "35-year-old still in high school" from "Best Week Ever," didn't you? ;)

bushesandbriars

05-29-2005, 12:03 PM

Actually, that would make no sense, as Gwen ain't no Hollaback Girl. :\

Right. I must've gotten confused for a second. ;)

Also, that's not Moe Tucker and John Cale in your avatar, is it?

As for your sig quote:

A: Go to a lake of fire and fry. :thumbsup:

bushesandbriars

05-29-2005, 12:07 PM

And you got the "35-year-old still in high school" from "Best Week Ever," didn't you? ;)

Actually, I don't watch "Best Week Ever", so I don't know what you mean. But if you've seen the video, you will notice that she is, in fact a 35-year-old parading around in high school, in a band uniform. And that she seems to have an affinity for high schools in general. :wavey:

GateandGarden

05-29-2005, 12:19 PM

Actually, I don't watch "Best Week Ever", so I don't know what you mean. But if you've seen the video, you will notice that she is, in fact a 35-year-old parading around in high school, in a band uniform. And that she seems to have an affinity for high schools in general. :wavey:Oh, okay. They made that joke on "Best Week Ever." Something about how she was 35-year-old who thought she was still in high school. But I know you could get that just from watching the video.

bushesandbriars

05-29-2005, 12:27 PM

Oh, okay. They made that joke on "Best Week Ever." Something about how she was 35-year-old who thought she was still in high school. But I know you could get that just from watching the video.

I'll try to come up with something more original next time, since it seems to be important. :wavey: Like her perpetual entrapment in the Eighties. ;)

GateandGarden

05-29-2005, 12:33 PM

I'll try to come up with something more original next time, since it seems to be important. :wavey: Like her perpetual entrapment in the Eighties. ;)I hope you know I wasn't criticizing you! For a minute you had lost me with the second sentence and then "It's My Life" dawned on me. Is that what you were referring to? Oh wait, and the video for "Hollaback Girl" does kind of say "Oh Mickey you're so fine." Damn, I'm slow. :laugh:

ontheEdgeof17

05-29-2005, 12:35 PM

I used to like this song and album. It has kinda ran it's course for me. I shelved it about a month ago. The songs just don't stand the test of time. The video doesn't help with that much. :shocked:

dissention

05-29-2005, 12:37 PM

A ****ty song is what it is.

ontheEdgeof17

05-29-2005, 12:38 PM

A ****ty song is what it is.

That reaches #1 on the charts. :cool:

dissention

05-29-2005, 12:41 PM

I'll try to come up with something more original next time, since it seems to be important. :wavey: Like her perpetual entrapment in the Eighties. ;)

There's good retro and there's bad retro. Her solo album falls into the "bad" category. I like Gwen, but that album is stupefyingly awful. Though I do like Whatcha Waiting For, even if it has some of the worst lyrics ever penned and ranks right up there with Stevie's swill Ghosts.

dissention

05-29-2005, 12:43 PM

That reaches #1 on the charts. :cool:

Yeah, the American public has been proven to have impeccable taste. They certainly proved it in November.

bushesandbriars

05-29-2005, 12:51 PM

I hope you know I wasn't criticizing you!

Oh, for Heaven's sake, I know that! :laugh: I meant it's important on this board to have something original to say, to not recycle stuff, because everyone has their own humor and wit; I should have made that clearer in my post. I hope you didn't think I was getting all rawr!! on you in my post. :sorry:

For a minute you had lost me with the second sentence and then "It's My Life" dawned on me. Is that what you were referring to? Oh wait, and the video for "Hollaback Girl" does kind of say "Oh Mickey you're so fine." Damn, I'm slow. :laugh:

That, and the sort of high-school-girl song lyrics, and the nails and lips and all that--very retro. Some of it's kinda cool, some of it's a little farfetched.

Anyway, I hope we're cool now. :wavey:

bushesandbriars

05-29-2005, 01:00 PM

There's good retro and there's bad retro. Her solo album falls into the "bad" category.

Yeah, and she pushes the line. Some of it works; a lot of it doesn't. I liked "It's My Life" a lot, though.

I like Gwen, but that album is stupefyingly awful. Though I do like Whatcha Waiting For, even if it has some of the worst lyrics ever penned and ranks right up there with Stevie's swill Ghosts.

She's okay; I have Return of Saturn and um, whatever the hell the last one No Doubt did was called. I liked RoS pretty well, never listen to what's-it-called anymore. Haven't heard the her solo album. I kinda think of her/them as a club band, so I don't really care what their lyrics--if I want killer lyrics I listen to--well, someone else. :laugh:

And I like "Ghosts." I like the whole Dickens metaphor. OSOTM doesn't move me much, but I do like that and a small handful of others.

all the same

05-29-2005, 01:14 PM

I've been wondering so I thought I'd ask.

I have no idea what it is but it sounds like the most absurd thing I've ever heard. What a **** song! Those lyrical geniuses that fill top 40 radio, eh?

GateandGarden

05-29-2005, 01:36 PM

Oh, for Heaven's sake, I know that! :laugh: I meant it's important on this board to have something original to say, to not recycle stuff, because everyone has their own humor and wit; I should have made that clearer in my post. I hope you didn't think I was getting all rawr!! on you in my post. :sorry:

That, and the sort of high-school-girl song lyrics, and the nails and lips and all that--very retro. Some of it's kinda cool, some of it's a little farfetched.

Anyway, I hope we're cool now. :wavey:It's cool. :wavey:

xdreamsunwindx

05-29-2005, 03:15 PM

Right. I must've gotten confused for a second. ;)

Also, that's not Moe Tucker and John Cale in your avatar, is it?

As for your sig quote:

A: Go to a lake of fire and fry. :thumbsup:

Haha. I'm... not sure. I cropped the cover for Sonic Youth's Goo for my avatar. I'm not sure if it's based off of Moe & John or not. That'd be awesome, because I love them both. I'm a big Velvets fan. :thumbsup:

And yay, someone gets my Meat Puppets reference. ^_^

amber

05-29-2005, 03:27 PM

I have no idea what it is but it sounds like the most absurd thing I've ever heard. What a **** song! Those lyrical geniuses that fill top 40 radio, eh?
The song is irresistible. Stop the Gwen hate! Or I'm gonna sic meg ryan's lips on your ass!! :laugh:

CreepingDeath

05-29-2005, 04:03 PM

I like that damn song. :sorry:

amber

05-29-2005, 04:11 PM

I like that damn song. :sorry:
Don't apologize! No shame in that game! :thumbsup:

all the same

05-29-2005, 05:04 PM

The song is irresistible. Stop the Gwen hate! Or I'm gonna sic meg ryan's lips on your ass!! :laugh:

I don't hate Gwen. I think she's done some interesting stuff. I just don't think a song that contains the word bananas makes for a good song. It's kinda like Stevie integrating the word chimpanzee into a song. Another all around bad idea! :lol:

And bring Meg Ryan on! I'll poke her lips with a pin, they'll deflate and her life will be forevah ruined! :lol:

amber

05-29-2005, 05:08 PM

I don't hate Gwen. I think she's done some interesting stuff. I just don't think a song that contains the word bananas makes for a good song. It's kinda like Stevie integrating the word chimpanzee into a song. Another all around bad idea! :lol:

And bring Meg Ryan on! I'll poke her lips with a pin, they'll deflate and her life will be forevah ruined! :lol:
mmm, yeah, okay. Have you heard the song? Simply irresistible. Maybe I'm immune to the Bananas, in fact I like it, because it was part of a cheer I had to chant when I was young, and on softball teams...I just think it's perfect.
I can't wait to send Meg over, and watch her zizzzzzzzzzzzzwhooooosh around the room after you pop her lips!!! :laugh:
In fact, that part of the cheer went..."go.bananas.beayenayenayess!!!Go.bananas.beyayenayenayess!!!lean it to the left, lean it to the right, peel your banana and mmm, take a bite!!" :lol: :lol: What a dumb cheer....good times....

lagringader&r

05-29-2005, 05:15 PM

"go.bananas.beayenayenayess!!!Go.bananas.beyayenayenayess!!!lean it to the left, lean it to the right, peel your banana and mmm, take a bite!!" :lol: :lol: What a dumb cheer....good times....

That sounds dirty. :eek:

I think Gwen is cool.. :thumbsup:

GateandGarden

05-29-2005, 05:28 PM

Mad4stevie

05-29-2005, 07:05 PM

I am glad that someone else asked this question, because I wondered the same thing, but thought I must be stupid not to know the answer :)

However - I don't understand what the hell B-A-N-A-N-A-S had to do with anything :shrug: :shrug:

xdreamsunwindx

05-29-2005, 07:47 PM

I like that damn song. :sorry:

Me too. I think it's ****ing cool. I've been a Gwen fan for ten years now, so I'm biased, but I really, really dig this song and LAMB.

Mad4stevie

05-29-2005, 08:23 PM

It's just a really stupid slang term for "cool" or "crazy."

Thanks! Not knowing some of the "hip" stuff sure makes me feel old :lol:

NaiveMelody23

05-29-2005, 09:48 PM

I sort of like it, dunno why. I am just weird like that. The whole Harujuku girl thing is really eccentric, in a bad way

Btw, Deadliestpoison- I love your Patti Smith icon, you have no idea.

Jessica Leigh

05-29-2005, 10:19 PM

A hollaback girl is a cheerleader

you know, how lots of old cheers were like "give me a T" and the holler back would be "T" and then they'd spell something...

Miss Vicky

05-29-2005, 10:25 PM

What is a Hollaback Girl?

Hell if I know but that damned song (and video) gets on my nerves. And what's with this Japanese-Girls-As-Fashion-Accessories **** anyways? Enough with the Harajuku crap already!

Don't get me wrong, I like a lot of No Doubt's work and I enjoyed "What You Waiting For?" (though I think Tom Petty did a better job with the whole Alice In Wonderland themed video) but the album is utter crap. It was given to me for Christmas - I tried to get into it but my better judgement wouldn't allow that. So I burned "What You Waiting For?" to a compilation CDR and shelved the album.