Carl Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 How old are you allowed to be and still like "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani ? I'm thinking that since Gwen is dressed up like a cheerleader in the video, she must be either very young at heart or going through the kind of midlife crisis that's on the cover on Time magazine this week. All we know for sure is that her s--t is bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S. Here's my rule: If you were born after October 3, 1969 (Gwen Stefani's birthday), you are allowed to like the song. Otherwise, you're best suited listening to Rob Thomas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulGirl Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 very interesting theory carl, i guess you may be right! it's such a bizarre song, but i love it! but then i fit within the required age limit!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 I don't think there is an age cutoff to listen to that song. I do, however, believe you have to be a few bananas short of a full bunch to enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_jr_ Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 What the heck is a 'holla back'? Is that like a piggybank or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 where did the bananas come from? What do they signify? Why the spelling bee?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 There's no age cutoff for anything that catches your ear. The lyrics are about a girlfight at a high school, which is a strange topic for someone in their '30's to sing about, but I think it's a fun song, nontheless. I'm not sure what a "hollaback girl" is, but I'm guessing from the lyrics is that it's a girl who hollers insults back at whoever's hollering them at her??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 *click* realization. This is too funny. For the last couple of weeks, I have been hearing this song being played (and hated it). But I thought she was saying "I ain't no hall effect girl". Now, due to the fact that I earn my living in the electrical field, "Hall Effect" is (cut and paste, please) If an electric current flows through a conductor in a magnetic field, the magnetic field exerts a transverse force on the moving charge carriers which tends to push them to one side of the conductor. This is most evident in a thin flat conductor as illustrated. A buildup of charge at the sides of the conductors will balance this magnetic influence, producing a measurable voltage between the two sides of the conductor. The presence of this measurable transverse voltage is called the Hall effect after E. H. Hall who discovered it in 1879. Note that the direction of the current I in the diagram is that of conventional current, so that the motion of electrons is in the opposite direction. That further confuses all the "right-hand rule" manipulations you have to go through to get the direction of the forces. Leaving me to think, "how in the hell can she be a 'hall effect' girl. Too funny. Ken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spikie Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 Well, I was born in the age limit, and the song is pure evil to someone's ears. I would have been funny if it'd showed her reading out of an dictionary spelling B_A_N_A_N_A_S. Did I even spell it right? What's with the chinese chicks? And Gwen looks like a girl who WOULD yell back. Or not. And Rob Thomas is good. I guess I just have issues(Actually, I do, because that's and album title from Korn, and I have it) I'll shut up now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 Awful. Just awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted May 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 We did an update last night, so I'm proud to say that Hollaback girl is in the database: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.lasso?id=4533 :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Carl, are you sure that's something to be proud of? :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Kat WQAQ98.1 Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 ] Here's my rule: If you were born after October 3, 1969 (Gwen Stefani's birthday), you are allowed to like the song. Otherwise, you're best suited listening to Rob Thomas. If you graduated the 8th grade you AREN'T allowed to liek the song. I would hope by the time people hit high school they have developed some taste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 you want some ice for that burn?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 I have not seen the video or heard the song, but I have seen the picture of Gwen and her little "school girl posse" elswhere on this sight. It makes me feel dirty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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