Compare and contrast - sha la la
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Track:Here Comes Everybody - (studio)
Such a simple thing to add into a song, right? It means absolutely nothing, it's not something you could find in a dictionary, but there it is, gracing many songs. Well, I found two in my collection for sure. As for meaning, well, we'll get to that.Exhibit A: Autolux - Here Comes EverybodyAt first listen, it sounds so inviting, Carla Azar cooing "sha la la, let's go, let's go" in the chorus. Looking over the lyrics lends a completely different picture, though. Dig, if you will:bq. They still look at you like a lost battalionbq. calling on all downs that you once made homebq. my apologies to your lost battalionbq. they still look at you like your loss is so greatbq. sha la labq. lets go lets gobq. soft soft silver bang like a banks hydraulicsbq. the air it hangs its head and your cat has passed outbq. you polished off your thoughts in the banks hydraulicsbq. soft soft silver bang when the vaults are all shutbq. sha la labq. lets go lets gobq. down so let down and down againbq. the doubt it takes you down another stepbq. down you feel so down that all you thinkbq. sha la labq. here comes everybody from the outsidebq. they all want the same things that you hatebq. turn your face back on and crack a smilebq. here comes everybody you never cared forbq. sha la labq. lets go lets gobq. down so let down and down againbq. the doubt it takes you down another stepbq. your only alibi comes just likebq. sha la la sha la labq. lets go lets gobq. they wont be happy for youSuddenly, that inviting little "sha la la" becomes the invitation you're best off avoiding, the mating call of the sycophant; uncaring, unfeeling, just wanting you to do what they say.Exhibit B: The Sisters of Mercy - Vision Thing("+link to Aunt Michelle's post with embedded song+":http://mog.com/mktackabery/blog_post/91922)The first "sha la la la" comes in at roughly 3:56, nearly at the end of the song. This time, there's not even a pretense of invitation; Andrew Eldritch spits it out like bitter poison. It's his way of mocking those who pay so much to prop up the aristocracy that's all over our government. Again, dig, if you will:bq. Twenty-five whores in the room next doorbq. Twenty-five floors and I need morebq. I'm looking for the can in the candy storebq. Two thousand Hamburg fourbq. And colors I ain't seen beforebq. It's a small world and it smells funnybq. I'd buy another if it wasn't for the moneybq. Take back what I paidbq. For another motherlover in a motorcadebq. In a long black carbq. With the prettiest poopbq. From Panamabq. When the sirens wailbq. And the lights flash bluebq. My vision thing comebq. Slamming throughbq. It's a small world and it smells badbq. I'd buy another if I hadbq. Backbq. What I paidbq. For another motherlover in a motorcadebq. Slamming throughbq. Slamming throughbq. What do wee need to make our world come alive?bq. What does it take to make us sing?bq. While we're waiting for the next one to arrive?bq. One million points of lightbq. One billion dollar Vision Thingbq. Another black hole in the killing zonebq. A little more mad in the methedromebq. One blinding flash of sensebq. Just like the president'sbq. Well, I don't mindbq. Out of my mindbq. Blizzard kingbq. Bring it on homebq. It's a small world and it smells badbq. I'd buy another if I hadbq. Backbq. What I paidbq. For another motherlover in a motorcadebq. And a vision thingbq. And a vision thingbq. And a ...bq. Sha la la labq. What do we need to make our world come alive?bq. What do we need to make us sing?bq. While we're waiting for the next one to arrive?bq. One million points of lightbq. One billion dollar Vision Thingbq. Sha la la laSo, are there songs out there where "sha la la" is a cute little come-on anymore, or did I just get (un)lucky?What say ye?
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