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The video gaming youth crew known to the world as 14 Year Old Girls started years and years ago. Like two or something. The band’s five members, with a combined weight of 724 pounds, met one Sunday at a matinee showing of The Wizard at a megaplex in a suburb of Los Angeles, CA.
Originally called The Link and the Zeldas, our heroes lost that name in a Street Fighter II competition and got stuck with the name 14 Year Old Girls. With their combined gaming skills they have local world championship records in Custer’s Revenge, ChuChu Rocket and Mach Rider.
Billy, El Halfy, Honey, Kimmy, Morizy. Ready for action.
14 Year Old Girls are a loosely combined unit, held together by electricity and 8-bit. They make music to accompany your 25-minute drive to work while you dream about stabbing your boss and going home to play hours and hours of video games. While your girlfriend yells at you to stop playing Halo and start playing Pokemon Puzzle.
14 Year Old Girls have appeared on G4 Tech TV's X-Play, The Screen Savers, and Players, been written up in GamePRO, EGM, GameNOW and more, have played shows with the likes of Gravy Train!!!!, Pansy Division and The Briggs. They once played at Magic Mountain and they have played at an Elks Lodge. Maximum Rock'n'Roll called them "Quite endearing" and Punknews.org declared them "the inventors of Nintendo punk."
14 Year Old Girls are about not selling out (yet) and about positive game legislation. This is punk. Nintendo punk.
Game Trafficking
14 Year Old Girls Lyrics
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With half a ton of contraband
Tight black shirts and pink armbands
Don't tell our parents, they wouldn't understand
Maybe it's our ADD
Or the rush of the secret inside of me
Or being the first to play
Don't play dumb
You're not ignorant of its happening
Us cool sexy seniors
Involved in illegal game trafficking
They won't understand
Maybe its our ADD
Or the rush of the secret inside of me
Or being the first to play
All of Tokyo's latest games
Don't play dumb
You're not ignorant of its happening
Us cool sexy seniors
Involved in illegal game trafficking
Guns to our heads
The Katsu clan
Has different plans
Operation lives in Japan
The song "Game Trafficking" by 14 Year Old Girls describes a scenario where a group of cool, sexy seniors leave Japan with contraband video games, including tight black shirts and pink armbands. The lyrics portray a sense of rebellion and excitement as the group ventures into illegal activity, fueled by the rush of being the first to play Tokyo's latest games. The chorus encourages the listener not to play dumb or be ignorant of what is happening, implying that this behavior is not uncommon or frowned upon among young people.
The use of the phrase "Maybe it's our ADD" implies that the group may be motivated by a need for constant stimulation and excitement, rather than a desire for profit or malice. The sense of danger in the second verse is highlighted by the mention of guns to their heads and the Katsu clan with different plans, indicating that their actions may have put them in harm's way.
Overall, the song portrays a somewhat glamorized view of illegal activity and encourages young people to embrace rebellion and disregard for authority.
Line by Line Meaning
As night falls we left Japan
Under the cover of darkness, we departed from Japan.
With half a ton of contraband
We smuggled a large amount of illegal goods.
Tight black shirts and pink armbands
We had a specific style for our mission.
Don't tell our parents, they wouldn't understand
We knew our parents wouldn't approve of what we were doing, so we kept it a secret.
Maybe it's our ADD
Perhaps our impulsivity and short attention spans led us to take on this risky venture.
Or the rush of the secret inside of me
The excitement of doing something illicit secretly fueled us.
Or being the first to play
We wanted to be the first to experience the latest video games in Tokyo.
All of Tokyo's latest games
We had our sights set on being ahead of the game in terms of the Japanese gaming scene.
Don't play dumb
Don't pretend you're unaware of what's going on.
You're not ignorant of its happening
You know what's going on just as well as we do.
Us cool sexy seniors
We considered ourselves to be hip and attractive high school seniors.
Involved in illegal game trafficking
We were engaged in illegal activity related to video games.
Guns to our heads
We found ourselves under threat of violence.
The Katsu clan
A group known as the Katsu clan was involved in our situation.
Has different plans
The Katsu clan had their own agenda and it didn't align with ours.
Operation lives in Japan
Our plan, which was centered around the video game scene in Japan, was not without danger and risk.
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@ijumpoffstuff6
I cant say I like the song, but the editing was great, and i like the ideas. and that square shaped guitar.... NICE.
@qinella
Not bad, not bad.. the Nintendo idea was cool
@pindtorr
they sound really shitty on this video, i got this song and a couple more from a cd that came from an EGM mag and they sound really cool!