Update: Apparently the song is about the evil record executives. Which doesn’t, considering the make-up of the record industry’s top honchos, make a bit of difference to the awesomeness of my title. Especially not when it was written in the 70s. If it makes the Wilson sisters feel any better, I suspect record executives treat all musicians like they just fell off the turnip truck.
Doh! Totally caught. I put up a minor ode to the awesomeness of 70s-era Heart,* posted a video of “Barracuda”, and was informed by Auguste that Sarah Palin’s song leaving the stage after her acceptance speech was “Barracuda”. Which means two things:
1) I was totally caught. I didn’t watch her speech, instead spending my evening watching a DVD of the second season of “The Office”. I probably should have, for professional reasons, but yeah. “The Office”.
2) Really? “Barracuda”?
It’s an interesting insight into Republican sexism that they figured a song sung by a woman that screams “Barraaaaaacoooooodaaaaa” must mean that she’s bragging about her general bitch power. But actually, that’s not what the song is about at all. It’s not a particularly deep song, but here are some lyrics: