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Londonette Kate Nash has claimed that the lyrics to her latest single ‘Mouthwash’ were inspired, in part, by the conflict in Iraq.
Finding empathy in the mundane, Nash was inspired by a play to pen the lyrics.
“With ‘Mouthwash’ I read this play called Guardians about a female soldier who was pictured torturing Iraqis,” Nash explained to DiS.
“There’s a monologue from her and the one thing she says she couldn’t get out of her head was these women buy toothpaste, like they’re in a totally different world but they’re the same as her.
The chorus to which Nash refers reads thus:
Sometimes I floss
I got a family
And I drink lots of tea
"I’ve got nostalgic pavements
I’ve got familar faces
I’ve got a mixed-up memory
And I’ve got favourite places"
Perhaps not as ridiculous as some might first think, Nash explained:
“When you strip away everything from someone you have the same basic needs like brushing your teeth so this was saying don’t judge me... it’s a bit of a protest song really.”
Revealing the roadmap she’s taken to reach this point in her life, the combination of protest and simplicity rears its spiky head:
“I got into punk music when I was seventeen, it just made me realise how fucking simple it was, they might be saying something I’ve heard before but I wouldn’t care, it just sounded cool. It taught me that songs don’t necessarily have to be profound, when things are simple they’re easier to understand.”
Despite this preference for ungarnished expression, Nash did speak of an intention to “change and grow as a writer”.
“Well I wouldn’t want to write about the same things all the time… hopefully I’ll have different things to say with the second album.”
Eyes peeled for Kate Nash’s full interview with DiS, due sometime in the next couple of days.
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move over Ian Brown
your "clunkiest crowbarring of the Iraq war into pop music" crown has been usurped
And her views on punk are just headgnawingly lame
^ this
true, i though she couldn't get shitter?
But as the la's once eloquently put it, there she goes again
"Hopefully I'll have different things to say with the second album"
Let's fucking pray this is so.
Terrible song, terrible lyrics. Inexcusable.
i like the song quite a lot
but come on! is she actually *trying* to rile up her haterz?
*push*
get out.
I want to like her. I really do.
But to me this song's an example of why acts should be given time to develop instead of being pushed into the spotlight at a young age.
I just think it's lyrically awful and, from the interview, it seems there was actually something she was trying to say that she didn't manage to get across in the song.
There's just this commerical bandwagon to get bands to start recording and releasing the minute they're signed and in certain acts cases (Kate Nash being an example) someone should have had said "look, we believe in you, we think you can do really good stuff but we just want you to write and record for a couple of years, see what we can do, and then we'll release something".
As it stands she's gonna have short-term success but, because the material just isn't strong enough now, I just don't think it undermines her chances of being around in the long run.
apparently the lemon/bittAARRR lyrics
are about the fall of pyongyang.
I think the Iraq War was actually influenced by Kate Nash
Because she's so fucking brain splittingly aweful in every possible way that she brings out the human genocidal impulse.
VOMIT
shut up nash, as if you know anything about good lyric writing, your shit! she is trying to sound intellegent but she just sounds stupid, and as for her trying to say she "loves punk" its so transparent
*awful
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i agree
the debut album was definitely rushed. she needed a bit of time to mature and marketing her as a pop-zeitgeisty kind of act, or lily 2.0, rather than someone with a bit more substance and individuality is damaging long-term. hopefully the next album will allow her to breath.
if you're gonan accuse others of sounding stupid...
you're
intelligent
it's
(i know good spelling / grammar is no indication of intelligence, but still!)
haha
i doubt she'll be around for another album
no excuse
for lyrics such as "i got a family and i drink tea" fuck offfff
and i love
the fact shes stuffing her face in the photo up there, says it all really. what a mess
what does it say?
she likes cake?
um?
Why the fuck is DiS bothering to interview kate nash?
Seriously, what's going on?
'Her trying to say she "loves punk" is so transparent'
What does that actually mean? Transparent of what exactly? Punk's hardly an underground thing and lots of people love it, some of whom would have credibility in their music tastes, some wouldn't. So I don't see what it'd be transparent off.
Judging from the underground acts she likes, I imagine she does like punk.
typos are different!
beeyatch
and many of the fellow acts she's worked with or helped promo on her myspace
although not punk, would indicate she has pretty open and interesting musical taste
Yeah, that's what I mean.
I mean she's into very lo-fi DIY bands which basically comes from the same principle as punk music, even if they wouldn't be defined as such.
be careful
you'll upset people with that kind of talk
I like Kate Nash
I imagine lots of other people do too.
morons
you mean?
"I've got a family and I drink lots of tea"
SHUT UP!! What a ridiculous banal inane line! It doesn't "evoke the mundane reality of daily life", it's not "social satire", it's just STATING THE BLEEIND OBVIOUS. Same goes for The Enemy.
well...
I think she is crap both musically and lyrically. However, everything she's said seems pretty valid - if she were a great lyricist no one would say she was vapid. I can't write for shit but that doesn't mean I'm stupid or ignorant.
On another note, I REALLY wish my flatmates wouldn't play songs by her so loudly.
I've said it before and I'll say it again
If Evan Dando was singing those songs they would be damn fine. Its her delivery to face to accent combo that makes her eye gougingly awful.
KN
Why are you even writing about her?
Does she even deserve to be mentioned here, or anywhere?
Is this the NME?
It's not good music so why write about it?
still would tho
eh?
now thats the balanced, intelligent view so many of the above posts lack
Totally not.
I wouldn't touch her with yours.
She'd probably do that voice that I find annoyin' - i.e. everything she says or sings.
^
I can see why tabloidy coverage might seem like a good idea to broaden the audience of the site, but it's just really not interesting.
her lyrics indicate otherwise
her lyrics are so weak, she has nothing of worth to say
it means
that she is ovb just saying it to try and sound "cool" but sex pistols are possibly one of the most overated punk bands, its probably the only one she can name, they are so many other great punk bands/artists she could have said but she latched on to the most ovbious one BORING
HAHAHA
i agree with that comment, stupid cow when are these dumb 14yr old teeny boopers gonna grow up and realise she is bullshit
she should stop eating cake
with those calves
shes a proper munter
had the displeasure of seeing her upclose before and she has the biggest chin ive ever seen, believe me you wouldn't mate. and yes she talks just as annoying as she sings
definetly agree
Isn't that what happened with Kate Bush? Dave Gilmour locked her in a barn for four years until she'd learned how to play every instrument that existed, invented a couple of new ones, and understood the delicate intricacies of production, or something...
haha
well said i hate this overated ball of dogshit
NME think shes the bloody queen
they should be ashamed of themselves, then again who even reads it these days to give a shit?
yeah
bovvered.
she..
probably thinks MC5 are a make of t-shirts.
Damm you levi's for that. Damm you.
ALRITTT
My names kate nash and I is like well down wit the kids, i like drinks lots of tea and like have a familee and like to eat lemons and all my dresses is so original cuz i is got them from topshop vintage check me out.
fucking wanker
oh god
i wish she'd just fuck off.
Exactly
Whats the point is DiS putting so much effort into their layout and featuring articles on Black Dice if they're just going to go and smash every shred of integrity that the site has with articles like this? None.
Where does she mention the sex pistols?
You're making assumptions you can't possibly back up.
she was banging on about the sex pistols
in NME and various other magazines, what a loser she's just trying to name drop the nearest thing she can think of
i assume
your about 14-16 yrs old?
that was too
the person who said they liked her music. but dont worry love you'll grow out of it and feel ashamed
if sean could furnish us with the hits on this news story
we'll know if it's 'interesting' or not
so let me get this right...
you accuse her of being false and shallow but slag off her looks?
you say only 14 year old girls like her but your posts sound very much like a bitter dumb 14 year old?
and you hate her so much you've gone and bumped five or so DiS articles on her?
okay!
.....
I hate her voice more than anything, i didnt bring up her looks first, and i just don't understand what the hell people see in her music, what i was saying is she only appeals to people in their early teens because she writes meaningless trollop such as a doll called mariella and looking "well nice" FUCK OFF
she says
"I got into punk when I was 17."
What is she now? 19?
Real musical heritage there.
I think it extends their integrity.
By giving equal exposure to both 'mainstream' and 'underground' artists, everybody's placed on a level field and music thereby becomes the focal point. The general case may well be that both the readers and the writers of this site don't consider her music to be of much (or any) credibility but, by giving consideration to artists on all levels, it's made possible to form a balanced and well-informed opinion, rather than just adopting one that's been shovelled down your gullet. I think it's a great thing when representatives of a particular scene or movement - music or otherwise - are offered exposure in unfamiliar or opposing environments; like or dislike, at least you can to some extent eliminate irrationality.
Slow day at work...
Out of interest
are you yourself ashamed of the music you liked when you were 14-16? Hmm, might start a new thread for this.
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