This song was the Swedish band Whale’s one and only alternative hit in 1993 and it was an instant Classic to me. When I was thirteen, I was reading some teenmag and MTV alternative nation, or whatever it was called, was on in the background. That show was always one big heap of noise to me, because I mostly listened to whatever was in the charts. Ugh, this sounds like the opening sentences of Diary Of An Indie Girl: How I Broke Free From My Pop Loving Shackles, but don’t get me wrong I love pop music. Especially pop music from the early nineties! I was just not aware that there was this whole other world of weird bands outside the charts who made unusual, but no less wonderful music. Anyway, this song caught my ear thanks to that creepy little girl voice that sings the most disturbing lyrics I had ever heard, and what sounded like a rabid pack of men belting out the chorus. When I looked up from my magazine I wasn’t sure what kind of sick, freak show I was looking at – that video is trippy as frick – but I was surprised that I liked it a lot. Now, I’m still not sure what it’s about, but it is one of the most exciting songs I’ve ever heard.
Whale – Hobo Humpin’ Slobo Babe
Here’s the video. If you’ve never seen it before I should probably warn you about the freaky, armpit licking and aluminum ass spanking with a lollipop that goes on in it …
OOOOOOOOOH! WHALE!
In his day, this song was the most noisy, annoying thing ever… but i couldn’t help liking it. Video was disturbing!
oh, the memories!
The song is about older, well-worn but sexually predatory women trolling the beach looking for nubile young, rather naive men to have sex with. Simple as that, really! ALL beaches have them, they just don’t get noticed as much as their male counterparts do,lol!
Of course the video ISN’T gonna show an older, worn-out female as the song depicts, shucks.
Cheers,
Shirley Pena