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), Luiza Sá (guitar, drums and keys), Ana Rezende (guitar and harmonica) and Carolina Parra (guitar and drums). Former members are Iracema Trevisan (bass) and Adriano Cintra (drums, guitar, vocals and production).
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
Cansei de Ser Sexy 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
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're so talented I'm in 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 loonking at your pants
And this is how we call it a comeback...
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
The lyrics to Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above by Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS) seem to be an ode to passion and recklessness. The song revolves around a passionate encounter, possibly between two individuals, who have a strong attraction towards each other. The song talks about how one character came alone to meet the other, and despite a speech make displayed nervousness and eventually let's themselves go. They ask the other person to "Kiss me, I'm drunk," and to show them the extent of their love.
The lyrics seem to be a continuation of a long-distance relationship, with the characters reminiscing about past encounters and plans for the future. They seem to be aware that their passion may hurt them, but they still ask for more, with lines like "Fight me, deny me if I fear when you're close." The title of the song, "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above," seems to be a call for reckless abandon and living in the moment.
Overall, the song's lyrics paint a picture of intense attraction, passion, and recklessness, with the characters giving in to their desires and living in the moment. The lyrics are full of energy and seem to be a celebration of living on the edge.
Line by Line Meaning
Callin me high on the telephone
You called me on the phone while you were under the influence of drugs
Came by plane all alone
You traveled alone on a plane to see me
Spend the afternoon making a speech
We spent the afternoon talking to each other
Speech made you nervous that you couldn't eat
You were so nervous while talking to me that you couldn't eat
You came to show your mad love
You came to me to show how much you love me
You came to tell it's not enough
You came to me to tell that my love for you is not enough
Come and erase me and take me with you
Take me away with you and erase everything else
Kiss me I'm drunk, and don't worry it's true
Kiss me, I'm drunk, and don't worry, my feelings for you are true
I want to show me how mad is your love
I want you to show me how crazy your love is
Come and attack me it's not gonna hurt
Come and aggressively pursue me, I won't be hurt
Fight me deny me if I fear when your close
If I get scared when you're around, fight me, deny me
Let's make love and listen death from above
Let's have sex and listen to some loud music
You knew my ideas when they were in my head
You understood my thoughts even when I didn't express them verbally
They were my secret evening plans
Those were my plans for the evening that I kept secret
Wine then bed then more then again, wine then bad then more then again
Drink some wine, go to bed, have sex, drink more wine, have more sex
Run run run, to make your heart shake
Run, run, run to make your heart race with excitement
Kiss kiss kiss will make this earth quake
Kissing passionately will create an intense emotional experience
I'm gonna get what I'm willin to take
I'm determined to get what I want
This gotta worth the miles you made
This relationship is worth the distance you traveled to see me
Come back I'll warm you up
Come back to me, and I'll make you feel warm and comfortable
Make me breakfast, I'll make it up
Make me breakfast, and I'll make it up to you
You're so talented I'm in love
Your talents have made me fall in love with you
Let's make love and listen death from above
Let's have sex and listen to some loud music
I'm back with a smack, and I'm ready to attack
I'm back with a bang and ready to aggressively pursue you
Stare at my lips and I see they were wet
You're staring at my lips and notice that they are wet
I know how you're doing by looking at your pants
I can gauge your level of excitement by looking at your pants
And this is how we call it a comeback...
This is how we define our successful return
Screaming your name on the microphone
I'm shouting your name into the microphone
Going back home all alone
You're headed back home alone
Listen to the tunes that you sent to me...
I'm listening to the music that you sent me
Listen to them good company
Listening to music is good company
I want to show my mad love
I want to show you how fiercely I love you
You have to know it's not enough
You need to know that my love for you cannot be satiated
Come and complete me, stay here with me
Come and complete me emotionally, and stay with me
This is all true, it's water I drink
This is all true, I'm being genuine
I want you to show me how mad is your love
I want to see how intense your love is for me
Come and attack me, it's not gonna hurt
Come and aggressively pursue me, it won't hurt
Fight me, deny me if I fear when you're close
If I'm frightened when you're nearby, fight me, deny me
Let's make love and listen death from above
Let's have sex and listen to some loud music
Contributed by Bailey L. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@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...