Gwen Stefani – Hollaback Girl

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  Song Meaning:Noun: a girl that is willing to be treated like a doormat or booty call. She is a girl that will allow guys to do whatever they want with her and will just wait for them to 'holla back' at them.
  
  Verb: a member of a cheerleading squad who repeats – hollers back - words that the squad leader shouts out to them.
  Gwen Stefani uses the term brilliantly in her song "Hollaback Girl", both as a simile and a metaphor. She’s letting the guys know that she ain’t a booty call and that she’s not gonna be sitting around waiting for them to “holla back”. She’s “been around the track a few times” so it’s not gonna happen again. She uses the cheerleading terminology as a metaphor, she’s a “squad” leader not a follower.

  Flag marcelleazon October 17, 2012   Link

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  My Interpretation:"Look at your watch now"
  
  A hot female - even a super hot one - doesn't stay hot for long. Gwen knows it. They all know it. I see the HBs, and then I look over at the cougar rack and think "look at your watch, HB". Desperate to marry money, desperate to capitalize on their sex while it's still good. Like the devil, they know their time is short.

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    Ooops - wrong GS song. Hollaback Girl is simpler.
    
    "Gimme an E!"
    "E!"
    "Gimme an F!"
    "F!"
    
    "I aint no holla-back girl" is a "rap boast" - she's the cheer *leader*, not just one of the girls in the chorus who hollers back. Im' reminded of Whoopi Goldberg's "Sister Act": "I was never a Vegas showgirl. I was a *headliner*!"

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  General Comment:I don't know what a hollaback girl is, all I know is I want her dead.

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  General Comment:This is the retarded bitch anthem. Almost seems like a joke, but I know it's not..

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  General Comment:Gwen Stefani was really cool back when she was in No Doubt, but she has seriously degraded. I don't even think "hollaback girl" means anything. It's not even a word.

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  General Comment:Really?! How can anyone even say these lyrics are good? This song is crap! It's stupid and the lyrics are something a fucking 5 year old could probably come up with. No real feeling, seriously, this song is ridiculous.

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  My Interpretation:hmm sounds like some girls have been spreading rumors n now she wants to fight her and see what she is made of

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  General Comment:worst song ever

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  General Comment:Absolutely no idea on what this song means whatsoever... Let me think. Nope. I still have no clue. It just doesn't compute with me. This song makes no sense, at all.
  
  

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  General Comment:Rofl. I could already spell bananas but cheers.
  It's a bit like Glamourous - Fergie.
  
  With the spelling. Anyhooow. Very happy song. :P

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