Several artists/groups:

1) Merrill Nisker (born 1966 in Toronto), be… Read Full Bio ↴Several artists/groups:

1) Merrill Nisker (born 1966 in Toronto), better known as Peaches, is an electroclash artist whose songs are mainly focused on sexuality

2) A swedish kids band formed by Tåve and Isabelle in 2000. Their music is sing-a-long disco/pop tunes. The band is now on hiatus.

3) An all-female group from New Zealand, active in the late 1990s, containing several members from the group When The Cat's Been Spayed.

4) Peaches Lavon known from Peaches & Bobo

5) Instrumentalist Nick Brojous of Wilmington, Delaware.

6) Female rapper from Memphis, Tennessee.

Merrill Nisker (born 1966 in Toronto), better known as Peaches, is an electroclash artist whose songs are mainly focused on sexuality. She lives and works in Berlin, Germany. She plays almost all the instruments for her songs, programs her own electronic beats, and produces her records.

Peaches' music is preoccupied with gender identity. Her lyrics and live shows self-consciously blur the distinction between male and female: she appears on the cover of her second album Fatherfucker with a full beard; when asked if she had chosen the title for shock value, she commented:

"Why do we call our mothers motherfuckers? Why do we stub our toe and say "Aww motherfucker!"? What is motherfucker? ...We use it in our everyday language and it's such an insanely intense word. I'm not one to shy away from these obscene terms that we actually have in our mainstream. Motherfucker is a very mainstream word. But if we're going to use motherfucker, why don't we use fatherfucker? I'm just trying to be even."

She refutes accusations of 'penis envy', preferring the term 'hermaphrodite envy', since "there is so much male and female in us all". Nevertheless, she does not shy away from identifying herself as a sexual being, although she rejects the sanitised portrayal of women in popular music.

Although she does not hold a teaching degree, she taught at private schools before her career in music.

Fancypants Hoodlum released in 1995 was released under her birth name Merrill Nisker

Members of her band are known as The Herms - JD Samson, Radio Sloan, Samantha Maloney.

Her songs have been featured in movies such as Mean Girls, My Little Eye, Lost in Translation, Waiting, and Jackass: Number Two. Her music has also been featured on Showtime's The L Word television series. Peaches performed guest vocals on P!nk's album Try This, on the song "Oh My God". Her lyrics are discussed as part of the Queer Studies course curriculum at the University Of Toronto, and she has been invited to lecture at the Contemporary Music Academy in Berlin. Her most notorious song, "Fuck The Pain Away", is also the name of an Electro night in Brighton.

Do Ya
Peaches Lyrics

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Livin' the dream
Whatever that means
It's time to come clean
When you're rockin' the scene

I am the one who will take you
Do you wanna go?
Be in my show

You could shake it a bit
Or scream and sweat
Some people get so wet
They need contact write that

[Chorus]
Do ya do ya do ya do ya
Do ya do ya do ya do ya

See that dream
Up on the screen
It's time to come clean
And make your own scene

I am the one who will take you

[Chorus: x2]

Some people get so wet
They need contact write that
I am the one who will take you

[Chorus: x2]

Overall Meaning

In Peaches's song "Do Ya," the artist talks about living the dream, and questions what that actually means for her. She admits that it's time to come clean and be honest about the realities of being in the limelight and "rockin' the scene." From there, Peaches offers an invitation to the listener - do they want to join her show, shake their body or scream and sweat along with the music? She hints at a sexual tone in the lyrics when she says that some people get so wet they need physical contact, emphasizing the powerful impact music can have on the body.

The song's message is one of empowerment, encouraging listeners to be honest with what they want to achieve and to create their own scene instead of following someone else's dream. The chorus's repetitive question, "Do ya do ya do ya do ya," asks the listener directly, inviting them to come to her show, to participate in the music actively, and to make it their own. In essence, the lyrics encourage the listener to let loose, be themselves, and live authentically.

Line by Line Meaning

Livin' the dream
Living the idealized version of one's life

Whatever that means
Although the phrase ‘living the dream’ is commonly used, its meaning is unclear and ambiguous

It's time to come clean
It's time to be honest

When you're rockin' the scene
When you're popular (in the entertainment world)

I am the one who will take you
I am the one who will guide and support you

Do you wanna go?
Do you want to join me on this journey?

Be in my show
Participate and contribute to my success

You could shake it a bit
You can show off your moves

Or scream and sweat
You can give it your all and perform energetically

Some people get so wet
Some people get excited and enthusiastic

They need contact write that
They require physical touch to fully experience the moment