151. "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" by Cake
Begins with trumpet high note. Check.
Catchy bass riff. Check.
Funky beat. Check.
Rattlesnakey sound. Check.
Ironic lyrics about men's chauvanistic ideas on what makes a "perfect" woman. Check.
Extended pause. Double-check.
Sing/shout-along chorus. Check.
Extremely clever simile. Check.
Trumpet solos. Check.
Na-na-na-na-na-nahhhs. Check.
Ends with trumpet high note.
Oh, this is has got soooooooo much good stuff in it! Who wouldn't absolutely LOVE this song?!
Apparently, Cake wanted to find out.
My first reaction to this song was similar to Robert L. Clark's--"Damn! This is good!" I knew right away that I would like the song, but what propelled it into the top 200 was the ingenious line "With fingernails that shine like Justice." That line, and the rest of this song, made me laugh involuntarily laugh through the first listen, and I still crack a smile every time I hear it, partly because it reminds me of all those ridiculous women I had to deal with in Kansas City that dedicated their lives to climbing the corporate ladder (by touring the facility and picking up slack) and all the men that wanted to bed (but not marry) women like that. I'm so glad I quit that job!
Anyway, even though I'm really a pie guy at heart, I have to admit it--I likes me some of this Cake!
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