Have we talked about Cheerleader by OMI?

[LadySusan]

This song is really popular on the radio here in Portland, I feel like I hear it every time I run errands in the car.  The song is super catchy and I love it but the lyrics kind of rub me the wrong way.

She's always there when he needs her.  And in return, he doesn't cheat on her!  What a deal!

Seriously though, I think it's just the use of the Cheerleader stereotype.  (I have visions of every philandering politician's wife ever, standing by her man).  I can't think of a positive male equivalent and it bothers me.

Here are the lyrics:

When I need motivation
My one solution is my queen
'Cause she stays strong
Yeah, yeah
She is always in my corner
Right there when I want her
All these other girls are tempting
But I'm empty when you're gone
And they say

[Pre-hook:]
Do you need me?
Do you think I'm pretty?
Do I make you feel like cheating?
And I'm like no, not really 'cause

[Hook:]
Oh, I think that I've found myself a cheerleader
She is always right there when I need her
Oh, I think that I've found myself a cheerleader
She is always right there when I need her

[Verse 2:]
She walks like a model
She grants my wishes
Like a genie in a bottle
Yeah, yeah
'Cause I'm the wizard of love
And I got the magic wand
All these other girls are tempting
But I'm empty when you're gone
And they say

[Pre-hook:]
Do you need me?
Do you think I'm pretty?
Do I make you feel like cheating?
And I'm like no, not really 'cause

[Hook:]
Oh, I think that I've found myself a cheerleader
She is always right there when I need her
Oh, I think that I've found myself a cheerleader
She is always right there when I need her

[Instrumental break]

[Bridge:]
She gives me love and affection
Baby, did I mention
You're the only girl for me
No, I don't need a next one
Mama loves you too
She thinks I made the right selection
Now all that's left to do
Is just for me to pop the question

[Hook:]
Oh, I think that I've found myself a cheerleader
She is always right there when I need her
Oh, I think that I've found myself a cheerleader
She is always right there when I need her

Heeeeeeey!

I found pictures of OMI.  He's cute!  Really cute!
Do better guy; I want to like you!

[secretlyevil]

Gag

[readyin07]

Oh God..so my 6yo DS LOVES him some Cheerleader lollol. In fact he hosted a dance party last night playing the chipmunk version yesterday evening. Anyway, every time it comes on I tell him "well, you don't need a cheerleader. You should be your own cheerleader." Not quite the point, but it makes me feel better.
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[orangello]

I don't hate the lyrics to this as much as I do to that "Honey I'm Good" song.

Both are catchy ass earworms that I can't get out of my head, and for that reason they should be banned.

[MrsAxilla]

Another reason to only listen to Phish and the Dead.

[taratru]

The wizard of love with a magic wand?!

LOLOLOLOL! That song sucks.

[Jalapeñomel]

The lyrics are horrible, but I can't help but like the song.

[jln]

Aug 12, 2015 19:16:21 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Another reason to only listen to Phish and the Dead.

[TrickyBob]

I choose to believe it is about her standing beside him instead of him demanding she be there or else she gets cheated on. (This is all tic as the song does have an ick vibe)

Any which way, I like it so much better than honey I'm good because that song is all "you should be PROUD I didn't cheat on you" ew. How about just not cheating in general dickbag?

[Velar Fricative]

Aug 12, 2015 18:54:34 GMT -5 orangello said:

I don't hate the lyrics to this as much as I do to that "Honey I'm Good" song.

Both are catchy ass earworms that I can't get out of my head, and for that reason they should be banned.

Oh yes, Honey I'm Good is the WORST. Makes this cheerleader song sound a lot better than it actually is.

[Velar Fricative]

Aug 12, 2015 19:16:21 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Another reason to only listen to Phish and the Dead.

If these and Omi are my only options I'm just never listening to music again.

[MrsAxilla]

Aug 12, 2015 20:13:36 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Aug 12, 2015 19:16:21 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Another reason to only listen to Phish and the Dead.

If these and Omi are my only options I'm just never listening to music again.

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[redwino]

It's one of my favorites on the radio. I just see it as him saying he has a supportive woman who he loves. Sure other women tempt him but he's staying with the woman who's been there for him. I've got no beef.

It's 1000x better then that song about putting the woman in the mile high club and the one asking how many times I have to tell you to to come over, or whatever. There's some real disgusting crap on the radio.

[nsuhomer]

Ugh. My almost 5yo LOVES this song. She wants to be a cheerleader.
She saw some middle schoolers at a cheer competition at disneyland and they all had their AG dolls with them.
She wants people to play AG dolls with.

There is your useless information for the evening.

[LadySusan]

Honey I'm good is another guilty pleasure ear worm. I try to justify it by saying that he's not celebrating those guys; he's making fun of those guys. Whatever haters !!11!! Here are the lyrics to that one. I'll be in my corner, yodeling.


"Honey, I'm Good"

Nah nah honey, I’m good
I could have another but I probably should not
I got somebody at home

[Verse 1:]
It’s been a long night here, and a long night there
And these long long legs are damn near everywhere
(hold up now)
You look good, I will not lie
But if you ask where I’m staying tonight
I gotta be like oh, baby, no, baby, you got me all wrong, baby
My baby’s already got all of my love

[Chorus:]
So nah nah honey, I’m good
I could have another but I probably should not
I got somebody at home,
And if I stay I might not leave alone
No, honey, I’m good
I could have another but I probably should not
I gotta bid you adieu
To another I will stay true
(ooh ooh I will stay true)
(ooh ooh I will stay true)

[Verse 2:]
Now better men, than me have failed
Drinking from that unholy grail
(Now check it out)
I got her, and she got me
And you’ve got that ass, but I kindly
Gotta be like oh, baby, no, baby, you got me all wrong, baby
My baby’s already got all of my love

[Chorus:]
So nah nah honey, I’m good
I could have another but I probably should not
I got somebody at home,
And if I stay I might not leave alone
No, honey, I’m good
I could have another but I probably should not
I gotta bid you adieu
To another I will stay true
(ooh ooh I will stay true)
(ooh ooh I will stay true)

[Bridge:]
Oh, I’m sure ya, sure ya will make somebody’s night
But, oh, I assure ya, assure ya, it sure as hell's not mine

Oh, no, honey, I’m good
I could have another but I probably should not
I got somebody at home
And if I stay I might not leave alone
No, honey, I’m good
I could have another but I probably should not
I gotta bid you adieu
To another I will stay true

[Chorus:]
No, no, honey, I’m good
I could have another but I probably should not
I got somebody at home
And if I stay I might not leave alone
No, honey, I’m good
I could have another but I probably should not
I gotta bid you adieu
To another I will stay true
True ooo, ooo

[4x]
I will stay true

[4x]
Sing it now
Oh whoa oh

I will stay true

[allthatjazz]

Aug 12, 2015 20:03:28 GMT -5 TrickyBob said:

I choose to believe it is about her standing beside him instead of him demanding she be there or else she gets cheated on. (This is all tic as the song does have an ick vibe)

Any which way, I like it so much better than honey I'm good because that song is all "you should be PROUD I didn't cheat on you" ew. How about just not cheating in general dickbag?

I always took the lyrics of that song to be him saying "no thanks, I'm good" (don't need you/got what I need at home) to the girls at the bar - not him telling his girl at home that he was a good boy.  I'm going to stick to my theory so when I get it stuck in my head again I don't hate the lyrics AND the tune.

[starlily]

Aug 12, 2015 20:05:24 GMT -5 @bunnybean said:

I kind of love the song, honestly. I see the criticisms, but I do like the latest trend of monogamous style songs of, "I love my lady, she's rad, I don't need to go have a bunch of cheating relationships!" stuff. I might include "Trap Queen" in that category as well.

My husband made mega fun of me. Whatever, haters to the left.

ETA: my husband also just explained to me that "I'll be in the kitchen cooking pies with my baby," from "Trap Queen" is not about actually making pies. IT IS A DRUG REFERENCE? How have I made it to adulthood without understanding these things? 

I knew it was a drug reference, but I thought he was singing DRAG queen, so I still fail.

I also thought Demi Lovato's "Cool for the Summer" was about a Mrs. Robinson type and a pool boy or something. Nope, it's about same-sex experimention.

I'm just a total music fail.

[Skyesthelimit1212]

This is why my pandora is filled with Michael Buble', 70's and 80's, and Barry Manilow, and The Monkey's music.

[eclaires]

Aug 12, 2015 21:03:09 GMT -5 nsuhomer said:

Ugh. My almost 5yo LOVES this song. She wants to be a cheerleader.
She saw some middle schoolers at a cheer competition at disneyland and they all had their AG dolls with them.
She wants people to play AG dolls with.

There is your useless information for the evening.

This is Scarlett, lol.  She wants a cheerleader outfit and adores this song - it's because she saw some of the older girls cheering during football camp and they also have AG dolls.  I actually have an AG cheerleader outfit for her doll that I might give her for her birthday.  Her brother is playing football this year and when she finds out her friend is cheering (also her age and has an older brother on the team) and she isn't, she is going to be so pissed.  I didn't know she was old enough to sign up for it - I thought she missed the cut off age and wasn't eligible until next year.  

[sfy]

I thought this said OPI and I was thinking, "That must be one hell of a nail polish color to have its own thread and all those replies."

OMI? Don't know him.

Aug 12, 2015 20:05:24 GMT -5 @bunnybean said:

ETA: my husband also just explained to me that "I'll be in the kitchen cooking pies with my baby," from "Trap Queen" is not about actually making pies. IT IS A DRUG REFERENCE? How have I made it to adulthood without understanding these things? 

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Aug 13, 2015 7:54:42 GMT -5 Skyesthelimit1212 said:

This is why my pandora is filled with Michael Buble', 70's and 80's, and Barry Manilow, and The Monkey's music.

Except its The Monkees   

[IIOY]

Aug 13, 2015 8:13:30 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

i am hardline against football/cheerleading for the kids, so of course LB loves the damn song.

This is what greeted me in a kids' clothing store the other day.

[leeba25]

Aug 13, 2015 8:46:16 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

i would have noped the fuck out of that place so fast heads would spin.

fuck that

lol @ "noped" as a verb

But, at least she wasn't power shopping, or doing her nails? 

[decemberwedding07]

Aug 12, 2015 20:05:24 GMT -5 @bunnybean said:

ETA: my husband also just explained to me that "I'll be in the kitchen cooking pies with my baby," from "Trap Queen" is not about actually making pies. IT IS A DRUG REFERENCE? How have I made it to adulthood without understanding these things? 

It is?? What drug? And why reference pie and then have no pie? I refuse to believe whatever drug they're doing is better than pie.

Also, I'm old and I've never heard of OMI. Based on the lyrics, I assumed that was a country song. 

[omgzombies]

Aug 12, 2015 23:43:24 GMT -5 allthatjazz said:

Aug 12, 2015 20:03:28 GMT -5 TrickyBob said:

I choose to believe it is about her standing beside him instead of him demanding she be there or else she gets cheated on. (This is all tic as the song does have an ick vibe)

Any which way, I like it so much better than honey I'm good because that song is all "you should be PROUD I didn't cheat on you" ew. How about just not cheating in general dickbag?

I always took the lyrics of that song to be him saying "no thanks, I'm good" (don't need you/got what I need at home) to the girls at the bar - not him telling his girl at home that he was a good boy.  I'm going to stick to my theory so when I get it stuck in my head again I don't hate the lyrics AND the tune.

This.  The song has always rubbed me the wrong way, but it's catchy as hell, and I love it anyway.  There's actually not much back-patting in the song, and I've decided to take it as a "thinking about what could have been" song, ie the guy is talking about some girl at a bar, and when he gets hit on, of course he doesn't go home with her, but that doesn't stop someone from thinking about what could have happened in a moment of weakness.  Plenty of people have those moments, and it's human to look back and think about it.  I can justify making that into a song.  

The cheerleader song sounds awful though.  Blegh.

I have a lot of experience liking songs that have horrible lyrics though, as I have a love of 60's music that knows no bounds.  With such classics as

If You Want To Be Happy:  "If you want to be happy for the rest of your life, never make a pretty woman your wife.  So for my personal point of view, get an ugly girl to marry you"

Wishin' and Hopin':  "Show him that you care just for him, do the things he likes to do, wear your hair just for him"

and my absolute personal favorite Lightning Strikes,

Listen to me, baby, you gotta understand
You're old enough to know the makings of a man
Listen to me, baby, it's hard to settle down
Am I asking too much for you to stick around

Every boy wants a girl
He can trust to the very end
Baby, that's you
Won't you wait but 'til then

When I see lips beggin' to be kissed (stop)
I can't stop (stop)
I can't stop myself
(Stop, stop)

Lightning is striking again
Lightning is striking again

[omgzombies]

Aug 13, 2015 8:56:39 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

Aug 13, 2015 8:51:09 GMT -5 omgzombies said:

This.  The song has always rubbed me the wrong way, but it's catchy as hell, and I love it anyway.  There's actually not much back-patting in the song, and I've decided to take it as a "thinking about what could have been" song, ie the guy is talking about some girl at a bar, and when he gets hit on, of course he doesn't go home with her, but that doesn't stop someone from thinking about what could have happened in a moment of weakness.  Plenty of people have those moments, and it's human to look back and think about it.  I can justify making that into a song.  

my main issue with it is that he says that he would go home with her if he had another drink but he wont. and everyone is all YAY! about it.

but IF he did have another drink and went home with the slutty barfly, it would be totally justified b/c he was drunk. that's what i hate. that one drink is what separates him from being a nasty cheater.

and the song is country-ish and i hate country

Shhhh!!!!  I like this song dammit.  He made the smart choice because he didn't want to put himself in the position of having a moment of weakness.  I've decided there's no justification in this song, so there isn't.  Do not go all CE&P and Otter this for me!

[cattledogkisses]

"Honey I'm Good" is country-ish? Are we talking about the same song?

[Skyesthelimit1212]

omgzombies, the best of the worst song lyrics.....Meatloaf, 2 out of 3 ain't bad. That's what every person wants to hear, I don't love you, but eh you're not going to get any better, so you might as well stay.  Oh and by the way, the girl I ACTUALLY love, who isn't you, doesn't love me anyway. 

Baby we can talk all night
But that ain't gettin us nowhere
I told you everything I possibly can
There's nothing left inside of here
And maybe you can cry all night
But that'll never change the way I feel
The snow is really piling up outside
I wish you wouldn't make me leave here
I poured it on and I poured it out
I tried to show you just how much I care
I'm tired of words and I'm too hoarse to shout
But you've been cold to me so long
I'm crying icicles instead of tears

And all I can do is keep on telling you
I want you, I need you
But-there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you
Now don't be sad
'Cause two out of three ain't bad
Now don't be sad
'Cause two out of three ain't bad

You'll never find your gold on a sandy beach
You'll never drill for oil on a city street
I know you're looking for a ruby in a mountain of rocks
But there ain't no Coup de Ville hiding at the bottom
Of a Cracker Jack box

I can't lie, I can't tell you that I'm something I'm not
No matter how I try
I'll never be able to give you something
Something that I just haven't got
There's only one girl I'll ever love
And that was so many years ago
And though I know I'll never get her out of my heart
She never loved me back
Oh I know

I remember how she left me on a stormy night
She kissed me and got out of our bed
And though I pleaded and I begged her not to walk out that door
She packed her bags and turned right away

And she kept on telling me
She kept on telling me
She kept on telling me
I want you, I need you

But there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you
Now don't be sad
'Cause two out of three ain't bad
I want you, I need you
But there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you
Now don't be sad
'Cause two out of three ain't bad
Baby we can talk all night
But that ain't getting us nowhere

[omgzombies]

Aug 13, 2015 9:02:28 GMT -5 cattledogkisses said:

"Honey I'm Good" is country-ish? Are we talking about the same song?

I think it's country in the same way the Lady Antebellum "I Need You Now" song is country.  There's a fair amount of pop mixed in to make it more palatable to the masses, but it's roots are definitely country.

[cattledogkisses]

There's nothing at all about HIG that sounds country to me. Nothing.

It sounds nothing like Lady Antebellum either.