Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer Elisa Jordana has come a l… Read Full Bio ↴Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer Elisa Jordana has come a long way since her days as “one of those troubled girls with a guitar writing sad songs.” As “Nymphomaniac” – her down ’n’ dirty reinvention of the Flashdance chestnut “Maniac” – attests, the girl’s developed some genuine joie de vivre and a wickedly delicious sense of humor.

She wields the latter to excellent effect in the frequently downloaded “Unstable,” a not-so-thinly veiled recollection of her days playing keytar in the dance-rock outfit Cobra Starship, with whom she toured extensively. (That track is so beloved by Jordana’s legion of online fans that a handful have gone so far as to create YouTube videos to accompany it.)

Not that Jordana is a one-note gal. “Sweet Rosalyn” is a contemporary “I lied on the stand for you, baby” torch song, and “Young Love” is a balls-out alt-rock classic in the making. Equally at home performing pop, new wave, hip-hop, rock, disco and various combinations thereof, she’s also skilled in piano, guitar, the aforementioned keytar and a host of electronic music-making tools.

And she knows how to pick collaborators. She’s recorded with up-and-comer Secondhand Serenade and written with Colby Odonis (“What You Got”), currently signed to Akon’s Konvict Music, as well as *NSYNC’s JC Chasez and The Summer Obsession’s Lucien “Luke Skywalker” Walker. Skywalker is a particularly apt partner, as evidenced by his rhyming on “Nymphomaniac” and “Unstable.” “Madonna was my idol growing up,” Jordana volunteers, “partly because she always collaborated with such great people.”

Another influence, The Beatles, inspired Jordana to add guitar to her repertoire. “I started taking piano lessons when I was four,” she says. “But then I fell in love with the Beatles. I went from singing their songs to wanting to play their songs – on guitar. I thought guitar was the cooler instrument.” She remembers seeing and being “all over” Sade, Whitney Houston and New Kids on the Block, but it was Debbie Gibson who really inspired her. “I was drawn to her,” she confirms. “I thought I was just like her because she sang pop music and she wrote her own material, and I was writing songs just like hers.”

Jordana’s first composition, written when she was seven, was about a lost dog named Chessie who was wondering around the ranch where she and her family vacationed. She recalls, tongue firmly in cheek: “It had two chords, D minor and A. It was sad but still poppy, with a monster hook. And it had that great chorus lyric: ‘I love Chessie.’”

Come middle school, Jordana tried to put together a band. “But I was the only one who took it seriously, so I was forced to become a solo artist,” she says. Her efforts paid off in high school when she was asked repeatedly to write songs for the school musical. “That was my reason to live,” she insists.

Raised in Old Bridge, N.J., Jordana lit out for New York City at 17. She fell in with Queen Latifah’s Flavor Unit crowd, and eventually found herself in a studio with Wyclef Jean, who encouraged her musical ambitions, and, of all people, Tom Jones. During these vagabond days, she occasionally found herself homeless, which she’d remedy by spending the night at Penn Station or couch-surfing, i.e. “meeting people at clubs and staying with them for as long as they’d have me.”

Clubs were also fertile ground for performing, employment and gathering ideas. A stint as a go-go dancer was particularly instructive. “I loved the music,” she says. “I’d hear it in my head after I left the club and it would inspire all these melodies. By the time I got home, songs would be pouring out of me.”

It was also at a club that she met Cobra Starship frontman Gabriel Saporta, whom she’d seen perform years before. She marched up to him and, after very little preamble, said, “I should sing in your band.” “Of course he said, ‘I’m singing,’” she relates. “So I said, ‘I can play any instrument in that band; what do you want me to play?’ And that’s how I ended up in Cobra Starship playing keytar.”

Her tenure in the band saw her sharing stages with Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco, Gym Class Heroes, 30 Seconds to Mars and Jack’s Mannequin, among others. She also appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” playing “Bring It,” Cobra Starship’s contribution to the Snakes on a Plane soundtrack.

In 2007 her membership in the group was revoked, about which Jordana remains philosophical. “Gabe gave me a huge break,” she says, “and he really inspired me. Being in that band was an important experience for me. I’d watch Gabe onstage every night, and it just made me want to write and sing and do my own thing.”

Her own thing took a giant leap forward after an afternoon of playing Guitar Hero with a seven-year-old. He subsequently turned her on to the recording program GarageBand. “I bought a Mac that day,” she says, “and started playing around on GarageBand. I recorded a bunch of songs” – some of which feature her dog barking in the background – “and put them up on MySpace, and all of a sudden people were contacting me and telling me how much they liked my music.” Music-industry types began sniffing around not long afterward.

Jordana, meanwhile, is well on her way to amassing enough material for an album, with “Nymphomaniac” likely its first single. This would surely please the commentator who recently opined on the music site www.threeimaginarygirls.com: “If you … have spent the last several years lamenting the dearth of upper-middle-class suburban wink-wink hip-hop song recasting, you will dance the dance of joy when your ears are massaged by the songs ‘Nymphomaniac’ and ‘Barbados.’”

Speaking of the dance of joy, Jordana declares: “A lot of people complain about where music’s going these days, but I like it. I love progressive, innovative, crazy dance music and I hear interesting stuff like that all the time. It doesn’t take itself too seriously, and neither do I.”

Nymphomaniac
Elisa Jordana Lyrics

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I get excited by all the money in the club
I get excited by the boys showing me all their love
I get invited to the parties thrown around the world
I guess that I'm just a lucky little party girl
I heard about you girl, you're into that new freaky shit
I like to rock you boy, and you dont know the half of it
So now it's on and I got you in my bed
I'll give you a night you wont forget

I'm a nymphomaniac, maniac oh boy
Boy she's a nympho boy
I got her doing things she's never done before
Boys she's a nympho boy

I know you think that I'm just screwing them, bruising
I know you think that I'm just losing
My last man got me thinking crazy incidents
All night, S and M with certain emphasis
That's what I'm talkig 'bout girl, oh baby
But every boy wants to lay me and play me
What you did in your past doesn't faze me
Why don't you come here say

I'm a nymphomaniac, maniac oh boy
Boy she's a nympho boy
I got her doing things she's never done before
Boy she's a nympho boy

Nymphomaniac - you got me to bed
I got you to pose with no clothes in every photo (You got me to bed)
I got you to do it in the bathroom (You got me to bed)
I got you and your friends to join in with my friends (You got me to bed)
Making home movies like Tommy and Pam (You got me to bed)

I get high from every little fantasy
Of having someone every second being next to me
But I'm unsatisfied until the day I die
But that ain't stopping me from living my life
Girl you can live your life, I dont wanna interfere
Wait boy, you know that I want you here
We can take it fast
Or we can take it slow
But, there's no denying you're a nympho

I'm a nymphomaniac, maniac oh boy
Boy she's a nympho boy
I got her doing things she's never done before
Boy she's a nympho boy

Nymphomaniac - You got me to bed x4 Nymphomaniac
Boy she's a nympho boy

Overall Meaning

Elisa Jordana's song "Nymphomaniac" takes a bold and provocative look into the life of a sexually adventurous and liberated woman. The lyrics celebrate the singer's love for money, attention, partying and the thrill of the unknown. These themes are explored through various metaphors and graphic descriptions of sexual encounters, emphasizing the singer's promiscuity and fondness for unconventional sex acts.

The song presents a feminist perspective that challenges traditional gender roles and stereotypes, painting a positive picture of female sexuality and empowerment, free from judgment and stigma. The lyrics also highlight the importance of living life to the fullest, indulging in one's desires and not conforming to societal norms.

Elisa Jordana's "Nymphomaniac" is a testament to her bold artistic vision and willingness to push boundaries, both musically and lyrically. With its catchy hooks, energetic beats, and provocative lyrics, the song has become a cult classic and an anthem for those who embrace their sexuality and lack inhibitions.

Line by Line Meaning

I get excited by all the money in the club
I am aroused by the financial status of the people in the club.

I get excited by the boys showing me all their love
I feel excited when boys show me affection.

I get invited to the parties thrown around the world
I am frequently invited to attend parties held in various parts of the world.

I guess that I'm just a lucky little party girl
I consider myself fortunate to be a girl who enjoys attending parties.

I heard about you girl, you're into that new freaky shit
I have heard that you are interested in trying new and unusual things.

I like to rock you boy, and you dont know the half of it
I want to please you physically, and there is much more to me than what you already know.

So now it's on and I got you in my bed
Now that we are intimate, I have you in my bed.

I'll give you a night you wont forget
I will make sure that you remember this night for a long time.

I know you think that I'm just screwing them, bruising
I am aware that you believe I am just having sex with them and hurting them in the process.

I know you think that I'm just losing
You may believe that I am losing control of my life.

My last man got me thinking crazy incidents
My previous partner made me experience very unusual situations.

All night, S and M with certain emphasis
We engaged in kinky behavior with a focus on sadomasochism throughout the night.

That's what I'm talkig 'bout girl, oh baby
That is what I am referring to, my dear friend.

But every boy wants to lay me and play me
Every boy desires to have sex with me and treat me like a toy.

What you did in your past doesn't faze me
I am not bothered by your past experiences.

Why don't you come here say
Why don't you come here and tell me?

I get high from every little fantasy
I experience an exhilarating feeling from every single fantasy I have.

Of having someone every second being next to me
I crave the presence of someone being next to me constantly.

But I'm unsatisfied until the day I die
However, I will never be content until I die.

But that ain't stopping me from living my life
Despite this fact, I am still going to enjoy my life.

Girl you can live your life, I dont wanna interfere
You can live your life however you want, and I do not want to intervene in it.

Wait boy, you know that I want you here
Hold on, I want you to know that I want you to stay here.

We can take it fast
We can be intimate quickly.

Or we can take it slow
Alternatively, we can start by taking things slowly.

But, there's no denying you're a nympho
Regardless of our approach, we cannot deny that you are a nymphomaniac.

Nymphomaniac - you got me to bed
Nymphomaniac - you have brought me to bed.

I got you to pose with no clothes in every photo (You got me to bed)
I managed to convince you to take pictures with no clothes on that were taken while we were in bed.

I got you to do it in the bathroom (You got me to bed)
I convinced you to have sex with me in the bathroom, which led to us being in bed.

I got you and your friends to join in with my friends (You got me to bed)
I managed to convince you and your friends to participate with me and my friends in sexual activities that ultimately led to us being in bed.

Making home movies like Tommy and Pam (You got me to bed)
We recorded ourselves engaging in sexual activities, similar to how Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson did, which ultimately led to us being in bed.

Nymphomaniac - You got me to bed x4 Nymphomaniac
Nymphomaniac - you have brought me to bed (four times). Nymphomaniac.

I'm a nymphomaniac, maniac oh boy
I am a nymphomaniac, a person with excessive sexual desires.

Boy she's a nympho boy
She is a nymphomaniac, a person with excessive sexual desires.

I got her doing things she's never done before
I persuaded her to try new sexual activities she has never tried before.

Boys she's a nympho boy
Boys, she is a nymphomaniac, a person with excessive sexual desires.

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