Macklemore – Thrift Shop

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  General Comment:This song is clear and simple: sometimes high designers and brands are too expensive and unoriginal. But if you shop at thrift stores like Goodwill and those kinds, then you will have a more unique style.

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  General Comment:I think this song is about the economic structure of society and the unjust way people can easily attain material. While there are people that actually need clothes and food and money, the artist is expressing how people in today's society who are financially well off simply go to the thrift store to blow off money as opposed to people who save up to go.
  
  This song really applies to my life, because in my youth I couldn't afford to get a haircut and my hair was all over the place. People didn't consider what a struggle it would be to get a hair tie, but one day I found a dollar and was able to buy SIX headbands at the thrift store. One of the most memorable moments of my life.

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  My Interpretation:I think this song explores a really interesting theme about life and death.
  Regardless of who you are, we all spend time frittering life away buying and selling things we never need in the first place, just to fill that void between birth and death. The fact that it was 99 cents and he still hasn't washed it reflects that he may be poor, but he still wants to fit in with the cool people in the club, hence arriving with the line 'whatup I got a big cock'. The fact that he's poor is reiterated when he mocks the people who spend 50 dollars on t-shirts when he is smart and gets them cheaper. He cleverly realises that we wear clothes for a stupid reason and is saying if you're going to cover yourself up for the simple reason that 'everyone else does it' why not do it as cheap as possible?
  The reference to family 'your grandma your mammy etc.' is saying that everyone is so conformist and they really should just chill, because everything gets passed on anyway.

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  General Comment:The meaning of this song is fairly straightforward to me. It is first a wakeup call to the fact that people blow an unbelievable amount of money on clothes to give themselves a distinctive "style" so that they may impress others and to boost our own confidence. Because fashion trends are so subjective and always changing, people will always be tricked into giving up their money. But what people are really starving for the most is self-differentiation and coming up with an entirely new style to set themselves apart from the masses. Macklemore suggests that you might be able to do just that by being creative at the thrift shop. You could have just as good a shot at getting laid in that interesting 99 cent shirt as one of those $50 douchebag shirts they sell at places like The Buckle. This song essentially flips the bird at the concept that one has to spend a lot of money to put together an interesting style. The song also reminds us that you may start a new trend amongst your peers or get laughed out of the place. Like the very essence of shopping at the thrift store itself, it's hit or miss whether or not buying someone else's used stuff will actually work out.

  Flagged antec84on March 24, 2013   Link

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  My Interpretation:Look, it's about buying cheap clothes secondhand, pure and simple. Sure there are some shitty clothes at Goodwill or Salvation Army, but have you seen the donations from the newer generations?!
  
  I found countless T-shirts and button-ups from Goodwill--until they started devolving into a racket--and I've recently found six tees and one pair of jeans for $24 at Salvation Army. If that isn't impressive, well SHEEEIT!

  Flagged DarkJudge6on March 12, 2013   Link

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  My Opinion:A fun,realistic song.
  It's dedicated to people addicted to brand: If it isn't Gucci,Armani,Prada- than they think it isn't good or pretty.
  In some way it says that it's cool to have your own style.

  Flagged Kaya1on March 10, 2013   Link

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  My Opinion:My opinion is: i don't like this. That's all.

  Flagged WolfL0310on February 26, 2013   Link

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    Try "Same Love," do you hate that too?

    Flagged S4v3St4t3son March 06, 2013  
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  General Comment:OK, S-T-I-L-L no comments! Have you not all heard the beat and that wonderful sax! The sax, played well, is the sound of good sex. Just saw the video of this song. How creative. Luv luv Luv the Batman pj's! I'm taking this song with me today, in spirit. Happy Saturday, Everyone. Make it a good one! Happy listening.

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  General Comment:No additional comments? Man, this is the greatest song. Makes me wanna spend a day shopping around town at all the cool spots! My girlfriend and I love to ham it up in the aisles and get others laughing with us. It's always a great day at the thrift shops! What a friggin' GOOD song..

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    Thrift Shop is to Mackelmore what "Baby Got Back" was ti Mix-a-Lot. He got other songs. Nobody bothered to peep shit like The Jack Back" and nobody bothered to peep shit like "Same Love."

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  General Comment:I finally heard this song (today). It is wonderful. With no real musical background other than playing two instruments (and 1/2), I'm not sure how to discribe it other than to say the song intertwines different beats/melodies/rhythms (or whatever) throughout the song. There's a spot 2/3 of the way through that is rhythmically WON.DER.FUL.
  
  Man, and when you toss in the sax throughout, this clever rap piece is extremely well played (literally and figuratively). Again, I don't know how to describe what I want to say, but whoever wrote this piece knew how to produce a good (and interesting) track. Bravo and Kudos to him/her/them. Wickedly impressed.

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