Crash the Party

Song I found on my playlist again recently:

Crash the Party
OK GO

You’re not the prettiest girl in town
I’m not the only boy with sullied clothes and a sullen frown, so
To hell with Valentine’s, to hell with perfume
To hell with chocolates and picnics
And Sinatra tunes
‘Cause while the rest of the girls are drowning in roses and songs he composes
And while the rest of the guys are all trying
All trying so hard

[Chorus]
Oh girl, let’s crash the party
El Dorado on the lawn (hey, hey, hey)
Let’s burn holes in the carpets
Kicking, shouting, dancing on the tables all night long

I’m not so good with subtlety
You wouldn’t say that I’m the picture of urbanity
Never put much stock in suavity, courtesy, chivalry, gallantry
All that useless jewelry
But while the rest of the girls still sigh for the night he was smiling politely
And while the rest of the guys are all trying
All trying so hard

[Chorus]
Oh girl, let’s crash the party
El Dorado on the lawn (hey, hey, hey)
Let’s burn holes in the carpets
Kicking, shouting, dancing on the tables all night long
(Oh girl, let’s crash the party)
All night
(Let’s burn holes in the carpet)
All night long

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Note: Apparently, “El Dorado” is a brand of furniture.

This is one of my favourite songs from OK GO. Don’t you get the feeling like it’s a song about two people going crazy together and heck care the world? I’d also like to think that the party is a metaphor for conventions in romance. And that the song is about just having fun and doing your own thing rather than be bound by those conventions.

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