American Hi-Fi

[robotnik2004]

OK, it's a nice sentiment, but why do the geeks get the girls? You can't just assert that they do without any further explanation. It's the same narrative flaw as that Wheatus song. There's nothing in the first three verses to suggest that Noel (Noelle?) has any interest in Iron Maiden whatsoever. Would Nerf Herder have resorted to such a flimsy deus ex machina? Would Super Deluxe? I think not.

Edit: Come to think of it, how did I get the girl?

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[robotnik.livejournal.com]

It's all a dream? That's no kind of answer.

Look, I want the guy in the song to get the girl, but unless movies and TV have lied to me, the geek only gets the girl after he accomplishes something: punches out the school bully, pays the prom queen $1000 to pretend to be his girlfriend, teaches a mermaid or possibly a living department store mannequin about life on dry land, wins some kind of zany ski race, crosses his DNA with that of a fly, becomes a Jedi Knight, etc. Just waiting out the first two-thirds of a three minute punk-inflected pop song hardly qualifies.

If it was a Nerf Herder song, (or insert any other equivalent turn-of-the-millenium era geek-rock band here) the kid WOULD have hung himself in the third verse. In fact, I think that actually is a Nerf Herder song. I don't even want to think what a dour old Calvinist like Rivers Cuomo would make of this generation of instant gratification geek rockers.