Do you get pushback on that song in the modern age? Some of the women I’ve spoken to reacted poorly when I brought the song up, because it feels like an unfair male viewpoint...
To this day I think some people just brush us off because they hear that — the chorus sings, 'Stupid girl' — and granted, that’s not a cool thing to call somebody. We didn’t mean that to happen; that wasn’t what it was about. The irony of it was me, being such a loser and such a piece of shit, singing, ‘What’s wrong with my life today.’ The irony of me saying, ‘Well, she’s a stupid girl for being with me,’ is really all it was about. It really has nothing to do with a boy and girl, or women in particular -- it’s just about me being a villain, basically, and her being not the smartest person for staying with me, which, you could put that in any relationship to anybody. But, yeah, we did have some of that when it came out. Like I said, still to this day some people, from the title, will say that or from the way it’s delivered, which, if they really listened to the song and the lyrics in the chorus, it’s clearly not that.
Cold's The Things We Can't Stop comes out Friday, September 13, via Napalm Records, and is available for pre-order.
The band are currently on tour with Awake For Days and University Drive, so catch them live at one of the following dates:
September
04: Buffalo, NY @ Iron Works
06: Warrendale, PA @ Jergels
07: Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
08: Concord, VA @ DeVault Vineyards - Blue Ridge Rock
10: Greensboro, NC @ Blind Tiger
11: Atlanta, Georgia @ The Masquerade (Hell)
15: Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
17: Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bazaar
19: Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Sound Stage
20: Lakewood, OH @ Winchester Music Tavern
21: Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop
22: Cincinnati, OH @ Riverfront Live
24: Nashville, TN @ Exit/In
27: Houston, TX @ Scout Bar
28: San Antonio, TX @ The Rock Box
29: Dallas, TX @ Trees
October
01: Austin, TX @ Come And Take It Live
02: Lubbock, TX @ Jake’s Backroom
04: Denver, CO @ Herman’s Hideaway
05: Grand Junction, CO @ Mesa Theater
06: Colorado Springs, CO @ Sunshine Studios Live
11: Ringle, WI @ Q and Z Expo Center
12: Kansasville, WI @ 1175
13: Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
16: Belvedere, IL @ The Apollo Theater
18: Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
19: Champaign, IL @ The City Center
20: Lexington, KY @ Manchester Music Hall
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