Joanne's mum was playing this old Blondie track, Rip Her To Shreds, first released in 1976. (Check out the stats on Answers.com). Joanne loved the track and listened to it again, but realised the lyrics were much more interesting the second time around. What do you think was the idea behind the song?
Rip Her To Shreds | Writers: Chris Stein, Deborah Harry (1976)
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(Hey psst...here she comes now)
Oh, you know her
Would ya look at that hair!
Yeah, you know her
Check out those shoes
She looks like she stepped out of the middle of somebody's blues.
She looks like the Sunday comics
She thinks she's Brenda Starr
Her nose job is really atomic
All she needs is an old knife scar!
Ehhh, she's so dull, come on rip her to shreds
She's so dull, come on rip her to shreds
Oh, you know her, "Miss Groupie Supreme"
Yeah, you know her, "Vera Vogue" on parade
Red eye shadow!
Green mascara!
Yuck
She's too much
She looks like she don't know better
A case of partial extreme
Dressed in a Robert Hall sweater
Acting like a soap opera queen...
Ehhh, she's so dull, come on rip her to shreds.
She's so dull, come on rip her to shreds.
She got the nerve to tell me she's not "on it"
But her expression is too serene...
Yeah, she looks like she washes with vomit!
Always looking to create a scene
Ehhh, she's so dull, come on rip her to shreds
She's so dull, come on rip her to shreds
She's so dull
Rip her to shreds!
Oh, you know her, "Miss Groupie Supreme".
Yeah, you know her, "Vera Vogue" on parade.
Yeah, you know her, with the fish eating grin...
She's so dull
Yeah, she got the nerve to tell me!
Huh, she's so... dull
Yeah, there she goes now
She making out with King Kong!
She take her boat to Hong Kong
Well, bye bye sugar
And not a minute too soon
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In a BBC Radio documentary about Blondie, Debbie Harry said the song is about what gossip columns do to people's lives.
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