Lyric Analysis: "Summer Girls" by LFO

It's been plaguing me for years. These guys:




At first glance, you might think, "Damnz. These fools be awesome."

And you be right. Not only are they totes awes, they are killer lyricists, straight up. I felt that it was my duty to share the lyrics to "Summer Girls" on my blog and to break them down, so you can truly understand how important this song was to pop culture. No doubt about it, this song is deep and these guys really get to the heart of things. It will go down in history and, when we are long gone and our civilization is obsolete, the recording will remain intact so that future generations can hear what we were all about as a people.

Scary. Here's how this little musical fossil begins:

Yeah...I like it when the girls stop by.. In the summer
Do you remember, Do you remember?
...when we met..That summer??

Nothing special there, just nostalgia. Do you remember?

New Kids On The block,had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick.
And I think it's fly when girls stop by for the summer,for the summer

Okay, mentioning NKOTB. Fair enough, though I have two questions.
#1- What qualifies as "a bunch of"? Say, more than three?
#2- Did they think by mentioning the New Kids in 1999 they would gain some sort of clout in the music industry making them megastars? If so...backfire, my friends! NKOTB wouldn't have a comeback for another 9 years so, at the end of the 90's, no one cared about them. In fact, we wanted to hide from that previous obsession. Brush them under the rug. New Kids on the what?! It's like that one relative you never want to introduce to your new boyfriend. If we ignore Uncle Frankie, maybe he'll go away, right? Too early, LFO.

Oh, and the Chinese food thing? TMI


And I think it's fly when girls stop by for the summer,for the summer
I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch,
I'd take her if I had one wish,
But she's been gone since that summer..
Since that summer

It is really fly when chicks just roll on through for the season. 'Cause then you can bang them and forget them, right? Man, I'd love that if I were a dude.
Oh, and they must, must be wearing overpriced, pre-ripped jeans. It is such a plus, 'cause I'll be all like "Daaamn, girl! I'd like to rip somethin' else, ya heard?"

Hip Hop Marmalade spic And span,
Met you one summer and it all began
You're the best girl that I ever did see,
The great Larry Bird Jersey 33

Basically, we're just rhyming here. And also hoping our childhood hero of Larry Bird will hear our shout out on Top 40 radio and give us some props.

When you take a sip you buzz like a hornet
Billy Shakespeare wrote a whole bunch of sonnets
Call me Willy Whistle cause I can't speak baby
Something in your eyes went and drove me crazy


I like the idea of someone "buzzin' like a hornet" when they drink. I don't like the fact that you're called Shakespeare "Billy" as if you're buds. And, once again, there's that quantifier of "a bunch". Though, Shakespeare wrote more sonnets than New Kids had hits, so I guess that's why we've thrown in the word "whole". Clearly, a whole bunch is more than a bunch.
I've got nothing for that Willy Whistle bullshit.

Now I can't forget you and it makes me mad,
Left one day and never came back
Stayed all summer then went back home,
Macauly Culkin wasn't Home Alone
1- He's pissed. He meant to just bang this chick but now she's all stuck in his craw. Ugh.
2- "Alone", technically doesn't even rhyme with "home", so that's a point deduction

Fell deep in love,but now we ain't speaking
Michael J Fox was Alex P Keaton
When I met you I said my name was Rich
You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch


Good for this A&F-wearin' ho!
Keep up these rhymes, boy. You'll get her back!

The chorus happens again here. We know it. Next!

Cherry Pez,cold crush,rock star boogie
Used to hate school so I had to play hookie,


This has jackshit to do with this girl you're missing. What the hell are you even talking about at this point?

Always been hip to the B-boY Style
Known to act wild and make girls smile,


What a douche. Where is this guy now? Where is...what's his name? Rich Cronin. Acting wild somewhere, no doubt.

Love New Edition and the Candy Girl
Remind me of you because you rock my world
You come from Georgia where the peaches grow
They drink lemonade and speak real slow


Don't. Even. Name drop. New Edition. Ever.
And this is a Georgia stereotype of which I am not familiar. We don't all drink lemonade, buddy, so watch it! And I'm known to be a bit of a fast talker. Georgia born and raised.

You love hip hop and rock n roll
Dad took off when you were 4 years old


Now, you've crossed the line. Really! Throwing the chick's dirty laundry into the song is no way to win her heart. Out of line.

There was a good man named Paul Revere
I feel much better baby when you're near

I'll bet you anything, this tool doesn't even know what it was Paul Revere did to earn him the qualification "Good man."

You love fun dip and cherry Coke,
I like the way you laugh when I tell a joke
When I met you I said my name was Rich
You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch


*sigh* I can't even.

Chorus again. More about the IBS with the Chinese food and next...

In the summertime girls got it going on,
Shake and wiggle to a hip hop song
Summertime girls are the kind I like,
I'll steal your honey like I stole your bike


It's as if he's saying, "I still love this one chick, but I'm also still a chauvinist, because it's cool. And, P.S., I'm gonna steal a Beastie Boys lyric and insert it here.

Bugaloo shrimp and pogo sticks


What?!

My mind takes me back there oh so quick
Let you off the hook like my man Mr. Limpet
Think about that summer and I bug,cause I miss it

I'm buggin' right now just thinking of it.

Like the color purple,macaroni and cheese,
Ruby red slippers and a bunch of trees
Call you up but whats the use
I like Kevin Bacon,but I hate Footloose

"Color purple" is in lowercase letters, so I assume he's referring to the actual color and not the film starring Whoopi Goldberg. And who likes it? Him or her?
There's that quantifier again! Just a bunch of trees.
And don't try calling her, because you're the only person in the history of time who likes Kevin Bacon but hates Footloose. I'm not sure why that is. Probably because you are lacking a soul. If anything, it's just the opposite. Footloose is iconic, though Kevin Bacon kind of freaks me out. We are not compatible, Rich. I hope this song wasn't about me.

Came in the door I said it before,I think I'm over you
but I'm really not sure
When I met you I said my name was Rich
You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch

I'm exhausted now. I can't even go on.
Luckily, all that's left over is that chorus and then more repeating of the Beastie Boys line.

I'm really glad I've done this. I'm super glad that I have a job that allows me to focus on such bullshit. And I hope you're thankful. More importantly, I hope you download this classic pop song tonight.