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.

Get It
Peaches Lyrics

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We've got giving and getting
We've got giving and getting
That's what we got

You wanna get it give it got it

Well it may sound like a simple idea but

To get it
Gotta give it

We've got giving and getting
We've got giving and getting
That's what we got

To get it
Gotta give it

I thought you were down with me
Why are you down on me
Will you get down with me
Oh baby go down on me

We've got giving and getting
We've got giving and getting
That's what we got

To get it
Gotta give it

You wanna get it
You're gonna give it
You wanna get it
You're gonna give it

To get it
Gotta give it

To get it
Gotta give it

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Peaches's song "Get It" are all about reciprocity in relationships. The singer is talking about what she and her partner have: they have each other, they have love, and they have a desire to give and receive. The repeated phrase "we've got giving and getting" emphasizes that these two things are intertwined and necessary for a healthy partnership.

The chorus then suggests a simple idea: "you wanna get it, give it, got it." This means that in order to receive love and attention, you have to give it in return. It may seem obvious, but it's a message that many people need to hear. The lyrics continue with the idea that in order to get what you want, you have to put in some effort: "to get it, gotta give it."

The bridge of the song addresses a possible conflict in the relationship. The singer asks why her partner is "down on her" when she thought they were on the same page. She pleads with him to "get down with her" and offers herself to him ("go down on me"). This section of the song highlights the importance of communication and understanding in a relationship.

Overall, "Get It" is a catchy song with a simple but powerful message: in order to receive love, you must give love.

Line by Line Meaning

We've got giving and getting
The concept of both giving and receiving is present in this situation.

That's what we got
This is what we have to work with.

You wanna get it give it got it
If you want to obtain something, you must be willing to give something in return.

Well it may sound like a simple idea but
Although this idea seems straightforward, it actually has more complexity and depth to it.

To get it Gotta give it
In order to receive something, one must be willing to give something in return.

I thought you were down with me Why are you down on me Will you get down with me Oh baby go down on me
The singer questions why the other person seems to be unsupportive instead of being a partner in the mutual process of giving and receiving.

You wanna get it You're gonna give it You wanna get it You're gonna give it
Reiterating the idea that in order to obtain something, one must be willing to sacrifice or give something in return.

To get it Gotta give it To get it Gotta give it
The cycle of giving and receiving must continue in order to maintain a mutually beneficial relationship.

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