There is a comical thread explaining what the Gwen - Stefani - Hollaback Girl song means, I've been looking for it.

Maybe it was from cc? :unsure:

 

Can anyone find it?

The top one is new, the bottom one is the one from CC!! :cheer:

 

 

Original Translation of Slang

Spoken by Stefani in the video as she takes a picture of her backup dancers:

 

 

"Get really close together.

Aww, super cute!"

 

Oooh, this my $h!t, this my $h!t (repeat four times)

Yes, this is what I have to say

All the girls stomp your feet like this

 

CHORUS

I've had this situation happen a few times

So I'm not going to let it happen again

Because I am not the kind of girl you say I am

I am not the kind of girl you say I am

(repeat)

 

Yes, this is what I have to say (repeat four times)

 

 

CHORUS

 

I heard that you were saying bad things about me

And you didn't think that I would hear it

People hear you talking like that, and everyone is excited about your lies

So I'm ready to attack, I am going to be at the head of a group of attackers

I will win, I'm going to defeat you

That's right, put your pom-poms down, I'm going to get everyone excited about this

 

CHORUS

 

 

 

CHORUS

So that's right girl, meet me at the bleachers

There won't be anyone to protect you, such as a principal or teacher in training

Both of us want to be the winner, but there can only be one

So I'm going to fight, I'm going to give it my full effort

I'm going to make you fall, I'm going to hit you very hard

That's right, I'm going to be the last one standing, and you will be defeated and lying on the ground

 

CHORUS

 

Let me hear you say, this is crazy

B-A-N-A-N-A-S

This is crazy

B-A-N-A-N-A-S

Again, this is crazy

B-A-N-A-N-A-S

This is crazy

B-A-N-A-N-A-S

 

CHORUS

 

kawaii Japanese word for "cute." Stefani is a big fan of alternative Japanese popular culture, especially of the crazily dressed teenage girls from the area near Harajuku station in Tokyo. She has four Asian-American dancers in her show and videos that represent that style.

 

this my $h!t (more usual form: This is my $h!t) This can also mean "These are my belongings." However, the words do not reference any objects in the song.

 

hollaback girl This use of holla back appears to have been invented by Stefani for this song. Normally, it means "call me back." Here, it is obviously an insult, possibly meaning that she is easily sexually available, though this has not been substantiated by Stefani or by other similar uses of the word. In the Boston Herald, Stefani was quoted as saying "The song came about after somebody once called me a cheerleader in a negative light. So I said, 'Well, (expletive) you, I am a cheerleader, watch me onstage. I'm gonna make a big cheerleader song and you can (expletive) off.' '' She didn't say what the negative sense of cheerleader was, but typical negative stereotypes of American cheerleaders include stupidity and sexual promiscuity.

 

touchdown In American football, getting six points for moving the ball across the goal line.

 

pom-poms Balls made of strips of plastic or paper waved by (primarily female) cheerleaders at American sporting events.

 

dude Normally, this is a word that describes men. However, the previous line instructing her opponent to put her pom-poms down suggests that she will fight a woman.

 

bleachers Uncovered seats for the fans at an outdoor stadium or the similar seats for an indoor sports facility that can be folded back to the wall. Since there is often an empty space below them that is hidden from view, it is a good location for a fight.

 

Another one bites the dust reference to 1980 Queen song, the chorus of which is often played at American football games to celebrate a failure on the other team's part. "To bite the dust" is an idiom meaning to die or be defeated.

 

And this is the one from CC:

 

This $h!t Is Bananas’A probing analysis of Gwen Stefani’s ‘Hollaback Girl’

By GREG STACY

Thursday, May 5, 2005 - 12:00 am

 

Gwen Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl” is one of the most baffling pieces of music of the modern age. It’s got something to do with cheerleaders—that much is clear, judging from the chanting and the marching band that’s honking and tooting in the background. Beyond that, good luck deciphering the song’s ambiguities. We were so vexed by the mystery that is “Hollaback Girl” that we have devoted countless hours to its study. Our conclusions are below. The first thing you should know, though, is that Gwen is not singing “I ain’t no Harlem fat girl”—at least, we don’t think she is.

 

Uh huh, this my $h!t

Gwen is introducing us to her $h!t.

 

All the girls stomp your feet like this

This talk of $h!t and stomping has nothing to do with actually stepping on feces. But what does it mean? From a reading of the later text, we can conclude that the song takes place in the world of high school athletics, and that Gwen is apparently leading the girls in a calisthenics exercise. The “$h!t,” we surmise, is what she calls the exercises she’s teaching the other girls.

 

A few times I’ve been around that track

So it’s not just gonna happen like that

Here, Gwen exhorts the girls to try harder as they jog around the track, reminding them that physical fitness is “not just gonna happen,” but must be worked at.

 

Cause I ain’t no hollaback girl

I ain’t no hollaback girl

These lines are the most confusing, but their meaning will become clearer later.

 

Oooh, this my $h!t, this my $h!t

Gwen repeats this four more times. She wants to make sure that we are well acquainted with her $h!t.

 

I heard that you were talking $h!t

And you didn’t think that I would hear it

Gwen has been the victim of some slanderous high school gossip, and she doesn’t appreciate it. Gwen is 35 years old sliding into MILF status at this point, but we’ll grant her some poetic license.

 

People hear you talking like that, getting everybody fired up

So I’m ready to attack, gonna lead the pack

Gwen is going to round up a “posse” of her girlfriends and retaliate against the person who’s been talking “smack” about her.

 

Gonna get a touchdown, gonna take you out

Gwen is going to beat up the person who wronged her, after she completes the cheerleading routine that will inspire the football team to score a touchdown. Gwen has interesting priorities.

 

That’s right, put your pom-poms down, getting everybody fired up

It seems the entire cheerleading squad is going to beat up the person who spoke ill of Gwen; they have put down their pom-poms, and they are now “fired up” to exact swift and terrible vengeance on Gwen’s behalf.

 

A few times I’ve been around that track

So it’s not just gonna happen like that

Cause I ain’t no hollaback girl

I ain’t no hollaback girl

Gwen is apparently the captain of the cheerleader squad; she is the girl who “hollas” the chants, not one of the girls who simply “hollas” them back. Given that the squad is preparing to beat somebody up on Gwen’s behalf, she’s picked a strange time to remind them that she is their leader and they are her sheep-like followers. Gwen obviously rules her squad with an iron fist.

 

Oooh, this my $h!t, this my $h!t [repeated four times]

Again with the $h!t.

 

So that’s right dude, meet me at the bleachers

No principals, no student-teachers

Both of us want to be the winner, but there can only be one

So I’m gonna fight, gonna give it my all

We learn that it was a “dude” who gossiped about Gwen. She challenges him to a fight at the bleachers. If he imagines it will be a fair, one-on-one fight, he is sadly mistaken. Gwen and her aforementioned “pack” will pounce on him like rabid wolves.

 

Gonna make you fall, gonna sock it to you

That’s right, I’m the last one standing, another one bites the dust

Gwen’s pack of furious cheerleaders leaves the boy a quivering, bloody heap behind the bleachers for the groundskeeper to discover the next day.

 

A few times I’ve been around that track

So it’s not just gonna happen like that

Cause I ain’t no hollaback girl

I ain’t no hollaback girl

Having completed their ghastly work, Gwen’s squad members return to the field and resume their cheerleading activities, as Gwen reminds them once more that she is the boss and they are all her bitches.

 

Oooh, this my $h!t, this my $h!t [repeated four times]

By calling her exercise routines “$h!t,” Gwen is showing us that for all her bravado, the character in this song secretly suffers from profound self-esteem issues. She is a complex antiheroine for an age of changing gender attitudes and expectations.

 

Let me hear you say, this $h!t is bananas

B-A-N-A-N-A-S

Here, Gwen steps away from this bloody spectacle for a moment to comment on the madness and ugliness of what we’ve just witnessed, and, by extension, the petty rivalries of high school in general. This $h!t is bananas, Gwen tells us, and we can only agree. And lest we miss the point, she spells it out. And repeats it another three times.

 

A few times I’ve been around that track

So it’s not just gonna happen like that

Cause I ain’t no hollaback girl

I ain’t no hollaback girl

Back on the field, Gwen is still bullying the squad to carry out her routines. But now we see her in a new light, as the sad, lost creature she truly is.

 

Oooh, this my $h!t, this my $h!t [repeated four times]

As the song fades out, Gwen is left only with her “$h!t,” the mindless exercises that bring her no comfort from the raging emptiness within. As much as she “hollas,” no one hears her cries for help.

I thought "this $h!t is bananas" was Gwen's faecal inspection report - as she looks as though she lives only on banana slim fast shakes. So skinny.

I had this was the definition of Hollaback Girl;

 

When a guy goes to a club and finds a girl, he's still on the look out for one better. So if he finds someone better but she knocks him back - he goes back to the girl that's second best. That makes her a "Hollaback Girl".

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I had this was the definition of Hollaback Girl;

 

When a guy goes to a club and finds a girl, he's still on the look out for one better. So if he finds someone better but she knocks him back - he goes back to the girl that's second best. That makes her a "Hollaback Girl".

 

Nay, it's a cheerleader, that hollows back to the leader.

Oooh, this my $h!t, this my $h!t [repeated four times]

As the song fades out, Gwen is left only with her “$h!t,†the mindless exercises that bring her no comfort from the raging emptiness within. As much as she “hollas,†no one hears her cries for help.

This rings a bell. I think this was the thread on CC.

The bottom of the two is the one that was on CC! :banana: