Tell me what's your favorite color
Tell me your favorite color
Tell me how's
Tell me how's your younger brother
What grade's he in? Tokyo Police Club – Favourite Colour
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Sticking to the childhood theme, Monks appears to be giving an innocent, child-like spin on the adult small talk seen often in bars and clubs. After all, weren’t things so much easier when our siblings and our drawings were the most interesting parts of our lives?
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Ike and Tina Turner, the husband and wife duo famous for hits like Proud Mary, are one of the most referenced duos in rap, and now rock too!
Perhaps Monks is comparing his lover’s appeal to that of Tina, who is considered a sex symbol of the time, while humbly stating that he doesn’t find himself as debonair as Ike.
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The famous R&B duo who rose to success in the mid-90’s – just about the time period when Monks and his girlfriend would be about 10 years of age. Clearly in the last two lines of this verse, Monks is referencing the famous musicians of yesteryear to add to the song’s disorienting spin on age.
And we stay up as late as we like Tokyo Police Club – Favourite Colour
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Was the day that I found you like that
The national child star in a coat and a scarf
Alone in the laundromat Tokyo Police Club – Favourite Colour
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My ghost had left the town as well John Mayer – I Will Be Found (Lost at Sea)
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When no one's left to call you home John Mayer – I Will Be Found (Lost at Sea)
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I keep blowing down the road
They call me the breeze
I keep blowing down the road
I've got nobody
I'm carrying no load John Mayer – Call Me the Breeze
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Somewhat reminiscent of drifter folk à la early Bob Dylan, Mayer makes himself out as a wanderlust. Most likely a nod to his own touring regimen – his current 2013 tour boasts five months of touring in forty different cities in four different countries.
But punch clowns if they touch down Das Racist – Rainbow in the Dark
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