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ziakut
(Albeit In The Meantime)
Posted: Jun 15, 2012 - 11:22
 
Me likey this one.

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Oct 30, 2008 - 13:37
 
Anyone else hear Outkast's "Hey Ya" in this?

andersja
(Atlanta, GA)
Posted: Oct 30, 2008 - 13:37
 
Hey, my sun-eyed girl


lmic
(Sacramento, CA)
Posted: Oct 30, 2008 - 13:36
 
 SoundsGoodToMe wrote:
Is he channeling Brian Wilson on this song or what?
 
Even at his freakiest, I doubt Brian Wilson would be capable of these lyrics.



Krispian
(Victoria, BC)
Posted: Oct 30, 2008 - 13:35
 
This is my eight year old daughter's favourite song right now. How appropriate :)

arandomvandal
Posted: Aug 28, 2008 - 08:11
 
this really caught me off guard after primitive radio gods... good song though :)

PisukeSorame
(Terrassa, Spain)
Posted: Jun 26, 2008 - 03:14
 

Darkmatter
(Sweden)
Posted: Dec 20, 2007 - 07:14
 
Though this song has one of the worst-slash-funniest faux guitar solos of all time (and since it is Beck, I am sure it is intentional), I love it.
mrrmt
(Baltimore, MD)
Posted: Dec 20, 2007 - 07:13
 
it's cyanide girl. but i think i like mice on a girl much better.
lostintokyo
Posted: Nov 18, 2007 - 21:20
 
TheFriendlyCat wrote:
I am going with "Sun-Eyed", although I like "mice on a girl"....

"my son, a girl" is good too, lol.


I am going with "My Cyanide Girl"--just love the Beach Boys harmonies juxtaposed against the bleak lyrics--se entry below. Catch Beck live if you again--he puts on a great show and his backup band are great!
TheFriendlyCat
(Five Miles South of Nowhere)
Posted: Oct 18, 2007 - 12:39
 
I am going with "Sun-Eyed", although I like "mice on a girl"....

"my son, a girl" is good too, lol.
Rendergirl
(windy city)
Posted: Oct 18, 2007 - 12:38
 
how bout "my son, a girl?"
rtkmusic
(SoCal)
Posted: Oct 18, 2007 - 12:38
 
dpath2o wrote:
c'mon ... ridiculously good

I was right with you through ridiculous...
Baby_M
(a 100-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: Oct 18, 2007 - 12:37
 
rosedraws wrote:
Hey. Mice on a girl.


"Eeeeeeek!"
d00kie
(In Cubicle Hell!)
Posted: Oct 18, 2007 - 12:36
 
rosedraws wrote:
Hey. Mice on a girl.


I hear it too!
dpath2o
(San Jose, CA)
Posted: Oct 18, 2007 - 12:35
 
c'mon ... ridiculously good
dharmanavy
(Sandiego)
Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 16:15
 
As much as I try NOT to like this song it just grooves me out every time I hear it.

S~
rosedraws
(never close enough)
Posted: May 14, 2007 - 10:20
 
Hey. Mice on a girl.
UltraNurd
(Boston, MA)
Posted: Mar 06, 2007 - 16:14
 
What does everyone have against $15 Casio keyboards???
robadr
(vancouver bc)
Posted: Dec 09, 2006 - 13:13
 
grouchygreg wrote:


How about 'masonite girl'?


Even better!!!
straylight
(Freiburg, Germany)
Posted: Sep 24, 2006 - 00:48
 
I always heard "sonar girl"... but that's maybe because I've got a job in robotics :-)
ziggytrix
Posted: Jul 27, 2006 - 12:14
 
since the lyrics are being questioned, check this out from beck.com:

I saw her, yeah I saw her with her black tongue tied
Round the roses
Fist pounding on a vending machine
Toy diamond ring stuck on her finger
With a noose she can hang from the sun
And put it out with her cheap sunglasses
Walking crooked down the beach
She spits on the sand where their bones are bleaching
And I know I'm gonna steal her eye
She doesn't even know what's wrong
And I know I'm gonna make her die
Take her where her soul belongs
And I know I'm gonna steal her eye
Nothing that I wouldn't try

My..... girl
My..... girl

I saw her, yeah I saw her with her hands tied back
And her rags were burning
Crawling out from a landfilled life
Scrawlin her name upon the ceiling
Throw a coin in a fountain of dust
White noise, her ears are ringing
Got a ticket for a midnight hanging
Throw a bullet from a freight train leaving
And I know I'm gonna steal her eye
She doesn't even know what's wrong
And I know I'm gonna make her die
Take her where her soul belongs
And I know I'm gonna steal her eye
Nothing that I would not try

My..... girl


so, it's inentionally ambiguous/mumbled??
sans
(Philly)
Posted: Jul 27, 2006 - 11:58
 
Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhhh!
Cesarius
(Caracas, Venezuela)
Posted: Jul 27, 2006 - 11:58
 
Besides the annoing synth at the beginning is quite a nice song...
slartibart_O
(nw corner in austin)
Posted: Jul 27, 2006 - 11:57
 
love the guitar solo, like a good wooden roller coaster - just on the edge of out of control.
grouchygreg
(1100 miles east of Paradise)
Posted: Jul 27, 2006 - 11:56
 
robadr wrote:
A real variety of versions on the lyric sites...


How about 'masonite girl'?
robadr
(Vancouver BC)
Posted: Jul 12, 2006 - 20:09
 
A real variety of versions on the lyric sites:

(click here) (summer)

(click here) (cyanide)

(click here) (sun-eyed)

I'd vote for 'sun-eyed'.
zipper
Posted: Jul 12, 2006 - 20:04
 
am wrote:


Summer


southern.
tg3k
(The Jungle - 459.62 miles south of Paradise, CA)
Posted: Jun 13, 2006 - 13:25
 
fried_duk wrote:
Ugg! I love this song, and i just missed it.

Ugg! I heard this song, and I wish just missed it.
Tristan_McIntosh
Posted: Jun 13, 2006 - 13:18
 
Wow, I had the lyrics all wrong, still very diggable!!


flyfree
(West Egg)
Posted: Jun 13, 2006 - 13:17
 
Great song! Love how his voice sounds. Never fails to pick me up...the album is sublime.
jarrudy
Posted: Jun 13, 2006 - 13:17
 
so morbid. yet so catchy.





Frabjous
Posted: May 15, 2006 - 09:03
 
Just got the album last week and really like it!
honeygirl
(New England... USA)
Posted: May 15, 2006 - 08:55
 

This dichotomy is what makes the song really interesting. The first verse has roses and diamond rings and the sun and the beach. But looking closer, the diamond ring isn't real, the sun has a noose on it, and bones are bleaching in the sand. These are powerful, striking images. It's quite a portrait Beck has painted here.


"BOY"... & he certainly has.
SoundsGoodToMe
Posted: May 15, 2006 - 08:53
 
Is he channeling Brian Wilson on this song or what?
spaceman
(Vienna, Austria)
Posted: Jan 19, 2006 - 01:26
 
tictocsailor wrote:
One much darker possibility: "my cyanide girl"

Looks like you're right. Here is what I found:

"Girl" is one of the catchier songs Beck has ever written. At the same time, it's one of the darker lyrics he's ever written. Asked about it, he said,

Originally, the lyrics to 'Girl' were really upbeat, and then it didn't work for me somehow. You need the dichotomy. If you're doing something happy and light, you need the shadows. That was something that the Pixies did so well. Frank Black is a genius at these happy songs, and then you listen to the lyrics and they're based on (Spanish film director Luis) Bunuel films of cows' eyes getting cut.

This dichotomy is what makes the song really interesting. The first verse has roses and diamond rings and the sun and the beach. But looking closer, the diamond ring isn't real, the sun has a noose on it, and bones are bleaching in the sand. These are powerful, striking images. It's quite a portrait Beck has painted here.


From this site.

Hope that helps =)
Tireux_De_Roche
(Central Massachusetts)
Posted: Jan 16, 2006 - 14:26
 
This CD is fantastic from start to finish.
MissIncendium
(Hong Kong (for the moment))
Posted: Jan 04, 2006 - 21:58
 
I'm going with sun-eyed girl
am
(on the farm)
Posted: Dec 21, 2005 - 11:44
 
tictocsailor wrote:

One much darker possibility: "my cyanide girl" according to one of the lyric sites. This seems to go with rest of the lyrics.


Could be....it does seem to fit well. It sounds more like sun-eyed to me now.

This from whiskeyclone.net

Beck led us on, as in the liner notes of the album, the chorus is printed as "My...girl." Like that, ellipses and everything. Thanks Beck.

So now we're stuck with lots of theories until someone can straight-up ask Beck, and gets a real answer in return.

*UPDATE: Beck was finally asked by a journalist about the lyrics. He's not talking. Neither is his keyboardist, Brian LeBarton, by the way. This is what was written:

Equally unclear is the chorus to Beck's current single, "Girl," a lovely summertime jam which appears to be about killing a girl. In the Guero liner notes, the lyric is written as "Hey, my ... Girl," and Beck isn't about to fill in that ellipsis. In fact, in traditional Beck style, he's claiming that the whole thing is the result of a stream-of-consciousness, off-the-cuff ad lib. Which he decided to leave in, since it fit with the song's overall vibe.


Curiously Beck! I'm giving it a 10 just for messin' with our heads.
dddenver
(Denver)
Posted: Dec 21, 2005 - 10:34
 
tictocsailor wrote:

One much darker possibility: "my cyanide girl" according to one of the lyric sites. This seems to go with rest of the lyrics.


I never even gave it a thought until looking at this thread. I was sure he was saying "my southern girl" all along.
nick_valensi
(Quito, Ecuador)
Posted: Dec 21, 2005 - 10:32
 
AWESOME song! the whole CD is great!
woods
(right here)
Posted: Dec 06, 2005 - 21:01
 
I love Beck's music, having said that I think this album really grooves from track 4 to the end
tictocsailor
(Seattle, WA)
Posted: Dec 04, 2005 - 00:50
 
Steppenwolf wrote:


My vote is for "my sun-eyed girl"

One much darker possibility: "my cyanide girl" according to one of the lyric sites. This seems to go with rest of the lyrics.
Steppenwolf
Posted: Nov 30, 2005 - 07:15
 
am wrote:


Summer


My vote is for "my sun-eyed girl"
kazuma
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Nov 22, 2005 - 05:31
 
I can only conclude that I must be missing the Beck gene. I just don't get this guy at all.
fried_duk
(Navarre)
Posted: Nov 07, 2005 - 14:26
 
Ugg! I love this song, and i just missed it.
Jayhawk
Posted: Nov 07, 2005 - 14:05
 
This is just super-entertaining stuff. Love Beck
michaelc
(Walnut Creek, CA)
Posted: Nov 07, 2005 - 14:05
 

this CD is a good one.
worth the $ it's got a real neat feel
Helchat
(a record store near you)
Posted: Nov 07, 2005 - 14:04
 
8)
Benjamin1225
(Charlotte, NC)
Posted: Nov 07, 2005 - 14:04
 
hey.....FYI, he's not saying "summer," he's saying something like "SONNER" It's somewhat of a secret I guess, he doesn't even write it down on the CD insert, anyone know???