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Leandro
post Jul 21 2008, 04:59 AM
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does anyone know more about: what is the lyrics of Caffeine all about ?
why is this word in the song, anyway ?
I'm very interested in knowing it. Any ideas ? ! ==++

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post Jul 21 2008, 10:04 AM
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According to Jas in a Smash Hits interview, Caffeine is "about people confused about their sexuality, being shunned. As someone heterosexual, I don't fully understand it, but I respect it. Being gay is part of our culture."


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Leandro
post Jul 22 2008, 06:17 PM
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QUOTE(accadia @ Jul 21 2008, 07:04 AM)

According to Jas in a Smash Hits interview, Caffeine is "about people confused about their sexuality, being shunned. As someone heterosexual, I don't fully understand it, but I respect it. Being gay is part of our culture."



Fine, now I know a little more about this song. But what I don't really
understand is the meaning of the word "caffeine" in this song. It is repeated several
times, even spelled letter by letter. I' m not gay anyway, but I'm curious to know
what caffeine has to do with homosexuality or anything else. I'm also curious because
of the effect of caffeine in my life.
I'm not native English speaker so maybe I'm missing something...?
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amanda
post Jul 27 2008, 07:42 AM
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caffeine is a drug used in most drinks like coke tea and coffie
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post Jul 28 2008, 05:36 PM
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QUOTE(amanda @ Jul 27 2008, 08:42 AM)

caffeine is a drug used in most drinks like coke tea and coffie


I wouldn't say drug..... lets call it an ingrediant


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post Jul 29 2008, 08:33 AM
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QUOTE(Mikkaelson @ Jul 28 2008, 06:36 PM)

I wouldn't say drug..... lets call it an ingrediant

I got told it was a drug lol but the goverment has allowed it
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post Jul 30 2008, 06:01 AM
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Yeah, pretty sure it's classed as a drug, same as alcohol and nicotine.
Technically it's an alkaloid.


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post Jul 30 2008, 08:17 AM
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QUOTE(raspberryman @ Jul 30 2008, 07:01 AM)

Yeah, pretty sure it's classed as a drug, same as alcohol and nicotine.
Technically it's an alkaloid.

Wel now i know thankyou
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post Jul 30 2008, 01:26 PM
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QUOTE(amanda @ Jul 27 2008, 08:42 AM)

caffeine is a drug used in most drinks like coke tea and coffie


Everything can be a drug if you abuse it.
I'm a caffeine junkie tongue.gif I love coffee, Red Bull, Cherry Coke, Pepsi or Dr. Pepper.
Chocolate is the worst drug of all!!! biggrin.gif I'm highly addicted to it.
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post Jul 30 2008, 01:43 PM
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QUOTE(Lord-Shiva @ Jul 30 2008, 02:26 PM)

Everything can be a drug if you abuse it.
I'm a caffeine junkie tongue.gif I love coffee, Red Bull, Cherry Coke, Pepsi or Dr. Pepper.
Chocolate is the worst drug of all!!! biggrin.gif I'm highly addicted to it.

I dont eat much chocolate i rarely drink fissy but red bull thats one of the best lol
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post Jul 30 2008, 02:05 PM
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Check out the current issue of Reader's Digest; there's an article on caffeine in it. A 49g bar of Cadbury Dairy Milk contains 8mg of caffeine, tea 40mg, 500ml Coke 50mg, Red Bull 80mg, Relentless 160mg and Cocaine, the energy drink, has a massive 280mg.

As to why the BZ song is called 'Caffeine', maybe some people who are shunned for whatever reason, be it their sexuality, skin colour etc, turn to drugs (eg caffeine) as a pick-me-up, to make themselves feel better.


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post Jul 30 2008, 07:21 PM
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The thing I keep thinking of when I read this thread is from George Dawes lesbian song on shooting Stars:

"some drink coffee, some drink tea, a handy metaphor for sexuality".


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post Jul 31 2008, 07:50 AM
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I know very few bands
and babylon zoo is the only 1 i listen to i know all of the songs of by heart
And dont ask me how i can tell when the guitar starts drums start and i can even hum the tune or if i wanted to ill sing the words or list them lol
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post Aug 6 2008, 12:22 AM
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QUOTE(accadia @ Jul 30 2008, 11:05 AM)

Check out the current issue of Reader's Digest; there's an article on caffeine in it. A 49g bar of Cadbury Dairy Milk contains 8mg of caffeine, tea 40mg, 500ml Coke 50mg, Red Bull 80mg, Relentless 160mg and Cocaine, the energy drink, has a massive 280mg.

As to why the BZ song is called 'Caffeine', maybe some people who are shunned for whatever reason, be it their sexuality, skin colour etc, turn to drugs (eg caffeine) as a pick-me-up, to make themselves feel better.



That's the first objective answer to my question. Thanks!
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post Aug 6 2008, 12:34 AM
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QUOTE(raspberryman @ Jul 30 2008, 04:21 PM)

The thing I keep thinking of when I read this thread is from George Dawes lesbian song on shooting Stars:

"some drink coffee, some drink tea, a handy metaphor for sexuality".


Now you guys are getting to the point I was wondering.
Caffeine and Sex.
Se the article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4628070.stm

Now I was surprised when I googled (using Brazil's Google; www.google.com.br) the
sentence: "caffeine and sexuality". The first occurence (the "I'm Feeling Lucky" thing)
is BZ !

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post Aug 6 2008, 05:37 AM
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The song is mainly concerned with the pigeonholing of people and is speaking out against that so I would have thought that coffee is being used as a metaphor for how you deal with people. ie differentiating between black and white coffee as you would between people of different races, and then the same metaphor would apply for the references to sexuality.

Or is that a too sensible post? biggrin.gif


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post Aug 6 2008, 09:30 AM
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QUOTE(raspberryman @ Aug 6 2008, 06:37 AM)

The song is mainly concerned with the pigeonholing of people and is speaking out against that so I would have thought that coffee is being used as a metaphor for how you deal with people. ie differentiating between black and white coffee as you would between people of different races, and then the same metaphor would apply for the references to sexuality.

Or is that a too sensible post? biggrin.gif

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