433. "Phenomena" Yeah Yeah Yeahs

"Phenomena"
Yeah Yeahs Yeahs
Show Your Bones
2006

Somebody told me once that this song was about LL Cool J, but it wasn't INSIDER ROCK KNOWLEDGE, and I don't buy it.
First Karen O is way cool, and LL Cool J is not. The way you can tell he is not way cool is that he changed his name to LL Cool J. Way cool don't advertise, LL. Also LL probably has a cone head, according to my friend Aaron. This explains the constant headgear.
Yeah, I know Sonic Youth did "Kool Thing" (#501 on my list, by the way), but I always kinda felt that Kim was taking a piss on that song, and also Chuck D was there to make sure things didn't get too out of hand. Like, "Yeah, we know LL Cool J blows, but we brought this other hip hop dude around to say 'fear, baby' and supposedly this guy has cred. Who knows, rap is just a fad that will be over by 1994 anyway."
So in conclusion there is no way this song has anything to do with LL Cool J and there is no evidence anywhere that will prove me wrong.

Wait what?



Huh.
You know I always thought "Mama Said Knock You Out" was a pretty good song.