The band name is Portuguese for “Tired of Being Sexy” (taken from something Beyoncé once commented to the press: “I am tired of being sexy”).
The members are: Lovefoxxx (vocals), Adriano Cintra (drums, guitar, vocals and production), Luiza Sá (guitar, drums and keys), Ana Rezende (guitar and harmonica), Iracema Trevisan (bass) and Carolina Parra (guitar and drums).
In an interview, guitarist/harmonica player Ana Rezende explains the band's name: "[...] we heard that Beyoncé had said that she was really tired of being sexy, which is a really retarded thing to say. It's like saying, "Oh, I'm tired of being rich." So "tired of being sexy" in Portuguese is cansei de ser sexy, so we put it on the flyer to promote the show that we were playing and we kind of got stuck with that name. It was just the stupidest name that we could have ever come up with, but it's funny and I love it. But sometimes people think that we're serious and we're tired of being recognized for our bodies or something like that, and it's nothing like that at all.."
CSS owes a lot of its success to word-of-mouth promotion on the internet, starting with the Trama Virtual website, a kind of Brazilian MySpace. A live performance in 2004 at Tim Festival on the same stage as 2 Many DJs and Kraftwerk increased their fanbase.
In 2005, they signed with Trama Virtual and in October of the same year their first album was released in Brazil.
At the beginning of 2006, CSS signed with Sub Pop to release their first international album and in July they made a thirty-gig tour through USA and Canada along with DJ Diplo and Bonde do Rolê.
The live performance CSS offers is uniquely energetic and entertaining. Lovefoxxx dodges among her bandmates and involves the audience in virtually every song. Sá, Cintra, and Parra switch instruments so often it's easy to forget where they started.
Tours of the US and Europe with Ladytron and Basement Jaxx in 2006 were followed by gigs in Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
In 2007 18 year old student and Apple fan Nick Haley created a home made iPod Touch commercial by piecing together various clips found at apple.com and adding the fast paced and catchy CSS song "Music Is My Hot Hot Sex" as the soundtrack.
After uploading the home made commercial to YouTube Haley was contacted by Apple agency TBWA/Chiat/Day who was allowed to create a TV commercial based on his original spot, claiming instant fame for the CSS tune as well as for the user generated commercial.
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Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above
CSS Lyrics
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Came by plane all alone
Spend the afternoon making a speech
Speech made you nervous that you couldn't eat
You came to show your mad love
You came to tell it's not enough
Come and erase me and take me with you
Kiss me I'm drunk, and don't worry it's true
Come and attack me it's not gonna hurt
Fight me, deny me if I fear when your close
Let's make love and listen death from above
Let's make love
Let's make love...
And listen death from above
You knew my ideas when they were in my head
They were my secret evening plans
Wine, then bed, then more, then again
Wine, then bad, then more, then again
Run run run, to make your heart shake
Kiss kiss kiss, will make this earth quake
I'm gonna get what I'm willin to take
This gotta worth the miles you made
Come back I'll warm you up
Make me breakfast, I'll make it up
You are so talented I'm in love
Let's make love and listen death from above
Let's make love
Let's make love...
And listen death from above
I'm back with a smack and I'm ready to attack
Stare at my lips and I see they were wet
I know how you're doing by looking at your pants
And this is how we call it a comeback...
And listen death from above
Screaming your name on the microphone
Going back home all alone
Listen to the tunes that you sent to me
Listen to them good company
I want to show my mad love
You have to know it's not enough
Come and complete me, stay here with me
This is all true, it's water I drink
I want you to show me how mad is your love
Come and attack me it's not gonna hurt
Fight me, deny me if I fear when you're close
Let's make love and listen death from above
Let's make love
Let's make love...
And listen death from above
Let's make love
Let's make love...
And listen death from above
Let's make love
Let's make love...
And listen death from above
The lyrics of CSS's song Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above describe the desire for passionate love and a sublime sense of euphoria. The opening lines of the song suggest the singer is being called by someone they are attracted to. The person arrives alone after flying from somewhere, and they spend the afternoon together discussing matters that seem to make the other party nervous. The desire for connection and intimacy is evident in the lyrics, as the singer says, "Come and erase me and take me with you/Kiss me I'm drunk, and don't worry it's true/I wanted to show me how mad is my love/Come and attack me it's not gonna hurt."
The singer wants their lover to show the intensity of their affection and fears. The lyrics "Fight me, deny me if I fear when you're close/Let's make love and listen death from above" suggest that the singer wants their lover to embrace them with all their strength, even if it is painful or scary. They want to listen to "death from above," which may represent the power of love that overwhelms and brings one close to death.
The song speaks to the thrill and danger of falling in love, experiencing intense emotions, and living life to the fullest. It is a song about embracing one's desires and taking risks to pursue them.
Line by Line Meaning
Callin' me high on the telephone
You called me on the phone while high
Came by plane all alone
You came alone by plane
Spend the afternoon making a speech
We spent the afternoon talking
Speech made you nervous that you couldn't eat
You were so nervous during the speech that you couldn't eat anything
You came to show your mad love
You came to express your intense love for me
You came to tell it's not enough
You came to tell me that your love for me is never enough
Come and erase me and take me with you
Take me away with you and remove me from this life
Kiss me I'm drunk, and don't worry it's true
Kiss me in my drunken state, it's sincere
I wanted to show me how mad is my love
I want to express the intensity of my love
Come and attack me it's not gonna hurt
Come and passionately embrace me, it won't hurt
Fight me, deny me if I fear when your close
Challenge me, reject me if my closeness scares you
Let's make love and listen death from above
Let's have sex while listening to Death from Above
You knew my ideas when they were in my head
You understood my ideas before I even told you
They were my secret evening plans
These were plans I kept to myself for evening time
Wine, then bed, then more, then again
Drink wine, get intimate, more and more times
Wine, then bad, then more, then again
When drinking wine, bad things come out, more and more times
Run run run, to make your heart shake
Running, running, running to make your heart race
Kiss kiss kiss, will make this earth quake
We will make the earth shake with our kissing
I'm gonna get what I'm willin to take
I will get whatever I am willing to take
This gotta worth the miles you made
This has to be worth the distance you traveled
Come back I'll warm you up
Come back and I'll make you feel warm
Make me breakfast, I'll make it up
Make me breakfast and I will return the favor
You are so talented I'm in love
You are so skilled that I am in love with you
I'm back with a smack and I'm ready to attack
I'm back and ready for action
Stare at my lips and I see they were wet
You stare at my lips and notice they are moist
I know how you're doing by looking at your pants
I can tell how you're doing by looking at your pants
And this is how we call it a comeback...
This is how we make a comeback
Screaming your name on the microphone
I yelled out your name into the microphone
Going back home all alone
Going back home without any company
Listen to the tunes that you sent to me
I'm listening to the music that you sent me
Listen to them good company
Keep me good company while I listen to music
You have to know it's not enough
You need to understand that your love is never enough
Come and complete me, stay here with me
Complete me and stay with me
This is all true, it's water I drink
I'm telling you the truth, I drink water
Let's make love
Let's have sex
And listen death from above
While listening to Death from Above
Let's make love
Let's have sex
And listen death from above
While listening to Death from Above
Let's make love
Let's have sex
And listen death from above
While listening to Death from Above
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Written by: ADRIANO FERREIRA CINTRA, LUIZA HANAE MATSUSHITA
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@sarahl9398
Dude...my late teen years. Now I'm 30. Thank you CSS, rock on.
@massimocarta666
exactely the same!!! When we followed music on TV...
@coffeeinthenebula
Same. 31 and remember this loaded on my Zune.
@daisyrey98
Same now 29
@Jrloc1990
Same, now I’m 30. Saw this videos on rockamole
@raildopereira777
Same! 31 And remember this weird songs
@callmebee2133
This is nuts, this video was pre loaded on my Zune when I was an early teen. This had to be 13 or so years ago. I was obsessed with this music video, but after a few months my Zune crashed. I never knew the name of the song or the band and could never remember any lyrics.
It's been nearly 15 years. Every now and then I would try googling things, because all I could remember for sure was the paper ghost in the beginning. And I just now, after over a decade, finally found it. Crazy nostalgia happening to me right now.
@SarcasticElehctro
This song and red hot drops on the zune hit 😪❤️❤️
@EtheriumSky
Same! Had my zune forever ago with this pre-loaded, randomly and vaguely remembered it and now i'm here doing searches for "asian girl funny dancing backwards with paper cutouts music video" haha
@Born2DANCE93
I was looking for help on my css homework but I found this gem...