The Fooo – Build A Girl

“There are some really poor implications to those lyrics.”

Tim: A few things before we start:

  • The Fooo (yes, three ‘o’s) are a Swedish boyband who’ve made a bit of a name for themselves by making songs and dancing to them in public places, as evidenced here, here and here.
  • This is from their first EP, and is better than those other ones.
  • Whatever you do, don’t get an image of a human variant of the Build-a-Bear Workshops in your head. That would be very disturbing, so don’t think of that.

Tom: Damn it, Tim.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K77XeMuJgAk

Tom: That said, they just asked for her DNA. It’s not exactly the least disturbing song in existence. In fact, there are some really poor implications to those lyrics.

Tim: There are. I mean, obviously, it’s just a turn of phrase, but what a very strange phrase. And weirdest thing isn’t the main “I’d build her just like you” line – that’s fine, and complimentary. The strange thing is that it’s followed by “I want to build a girl like you”. There’s no indication that she’s saying no, so it’s really just them turning her down in favour of a person just like her, but that they’ve made themselves. (Not sure I should have kept the plural pronoun thing going there, but never mind.)

Tom: By about verse two, I’d go so far to say that I actively hate those lyrics.

Tim: Other lyrical oddities involve the eight American females going round and round for no apparent reason whatsoever…

Tom: That’s a reference to a rather famous hip-hop track.

Tim: Oh, I’m well aware of that; I’m just not aware of any reason for it at all. There’s also the statement that “I’m a bit of a nerd”, which is somewhat redundant given that they’re already asked for a bit of her DNA and are about to launch into a Spanish rap about bits of her heart.

Tom: And yet, and yet, and yet.

Tim: Musically, though, it’s fine.

Tom: This is a really well-produced, well-composed track. I could see this coming from any of the big boybands — specifically, One Direction. It could use a big exit rather than the sudden stop, but it’s catchy. Catchy enough that I don’t want to listen to it again in case those damned lyrics get stuck in my head.

Tim: IF I COULD BUILD A GIRL, I’D BUILD HER JUST LIKE YOU, I’D STAY UP DAY AND NIGHT, etc.