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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Music Is My Hot Hot Sex
Cansei de Ser Sexy Lyrics
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From all the junks the one I need more is music
From all the boys the one I take home is music
From all the ladies the one I kiss is music (muah!)
Music is my boyfriend
Music is my girlfriend
Music is my dead end
Music is my brother
Music is my great-grand-daughter
Music is my sister
Music is my favorite mistress
From all the shit the one I gotta buy is music
From all the jobs the one I choose is music
From all the drinks I get drunk is music
From all the bitches the one I wannabe is music
Music is my beach house
Music is my hometown
Music is my kingsize bed
Music's where I meet my friends
Music is my hot hot bath
Music is my hot hot sex
Music is my back rub
My music is where I'd like you to touch
Claro-que-sim
Fui escoteira-mirim
Direto da escola, não
Não ia cheirar cola
Nem basquete, pebolim
O que eu gosto não é de graça
O que gosto não é farsa
Tem guitarra, bateria, computador saindo som
Alguns dizem que mais alto que um furacão (rhéum)
Perto dele eu podia sentir
Saía de seu olho e chegava em mim
Sentada do seu lado
Eu queria encostar
Faria o tigela até o sol raiar
Debaixo do lençol
Ele gemia em ré bemol
Fiquei tensa
Mas tava tudo bem
Ele é fodão, mas eu sei que eu sou também
The lyrics of Cansei de Ser Sexy's song Music Is My Hot Hot Sex is a tribute to music, as the title suggests. The singer talks about how music is more important than anything else in her life. She compares music to various things like drugs, junks, boys, and ladies, but music is the only thing that she needs more. The line "From all the bitches the one I wannabe is music" highlights her love for music as it is the only thing that she aspires to be.
The chorus "Music is my boyfriend, Music is my girlfriend, Music is my dead end, Music’s my imaginary friend, Music is my brother, Music is my great-grand-daughter, Music is my sister, Music is my favorite mistress" shows that music is everything to her. No matter what phase of life she is in, music is always there to accompany her. Music is her beach house, hometown, king-sized bed, and where she meets her friends. The lines "Music’s my hot hot bath, Music is my hot hot sex, Music is my back rub, My music is where I’d like you to touch" shows the intimacy she shares with music.
The final paragraph of the song is sung in Portuguese by Lovefoxxx, the lead vocalist, and it talks about how she was always into music even as a child scout. She loved things like guitar and drums and didn't use drugs like inhaling glue or play sports like foosball. She explains how she felt sitting next to her musical idol and wanted to touch him. She also talks about how they would make music all night, and it would be loud as a hurricane.
Line by Line Meaning
From all the drugs the one I like more is music
Music is the most addictive thing in my life.
From all the junks the one I need more is music
I need music more than anything else.
From all the boys the one I take home is music
The only companion I take home is music.
From all the ladies the one I kiss is music (muah!)
I show my affection to music through kisses.
Music is my boyfriend
Music is my companion like a boyfriend.
Music is my girlfriend
Music is my companion like a girlfriend.
Music is my dead end
Music is what I turn to when I have run out of options.
Music's my imaginary friend
Music is like an imaginary friend to me.
Music is my brother
Music is like my brother.
Music is my great-grand-daughter
Music is like my great-granddaughter.
Music is my sister
Music is like my sister.
Music is my favorite mistress
Music is like my favorite mistress.
From all the shit the one I gotta buy is music
Music is the only thing worth buying.
From all the jobs the one I choose is music
I choose music over jobs.
From all the drinks I get drunk is music
Music is the only thing that gets me high.
From all the bitches the one I wannabe is music
I aspire to be like music.
Music is my beach house
Music is like a beach house to me.
Music is my hometown
Music is like a hometown to me.
Music is my kingsize bed
Music is like my kingsize bed.
Music's where I meet my friends
I meet my friends through music.
Music is my hot hot bath
Music is like my hot hot bath.
Music is my hot hot sex
Music is like my hot hot sex.
Music is my back rub
Music is like a back rub to me.
My music is where I'd like you to touch
Music is where I want to be touched.
Claro-que-sim
Of course, yes
Fui escoteira-mirim
I was a young scout
Direto da escola, não
Not straight from school
Não ia cheirar cola
I wasn't going to sniff glue
Nem basquete, pebolim
Not basketball, nor foosball
O que eu gosto não é de graça
What I like is not for free
O que gosto não é farsa
What I like is not fake
Tem guitarra, bateria, computador saindo som
There are guitars, drums, and computers making sounds
Alguns dizem que mais alto que um furacão (rhéum)
Some say it's louder than a hurricane (rhéum)
Perto dele eu podia sentir
I could feel it close to me
Saía de seu olho e chegava em mim
It came out of his eye and reached me
Sentada do seu lado
Sitting next to him
Eu queria encostar
I wanted to touch it
Faria o tigela até o sol raiar
I would stay up all night with it
Debaixo do lençol
Under the sheets
Ele gemia em ré bemol
It moaned in D-flat
Fiquei tensa
I got tense
Mas tava tudo bem
But everything was fine
Ele é fodão, mas eu sei que eu sou também
It's great, but I know I am too.
Contributed by Ruby B. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@felicialifestyle
Gente vcs tem noção que essa música é de brasileiros e esteve na Billboard hot 100? Isso é demais
@elinaldodossantossilva5011
Sim um classico da geração 2000 que era o maior hate dos brasileiros na epoca kaka
@felicialifestyle
@Elinaldo Dos SANTOS silva sempre gostei desse hit, e isso é o que me faz acreditar que todo brasileiro pode hitar fora do Brasil, só precisa acertar na ideia e no marketing! Essa musica é um mito 😌
@cabeloDoPardal2
Seven Nation Army (White Stripes) também.
@j.gleidson8797
Fiquei sabendo isso hoje
@b_b_b5146
Tenho.
Gosto do trabalho deles desde 2009. A primeira coisa que eu fazia era pesquisar o nome e as origens das minhas bandas preferidas no Wikipedia 😅
@lillizz4life
Yessss.... Had this as my main song on my myspace page YEARS ago way before Facebook lol. This song never gets old especially the awesome Portuguese rap in the end
@wellcosttta
If you like this search for "bichinho de matar com pedra".
@zangahaboubacarbamba7157
Me on my hi5 main page
@vaginallyorwellian7928
Music is my bitch house!