SubLAMBinal Messages

One day last May I tried to find subliminal messages in Gwen Stefani's songs off Love Angel Music Baby played backwards, then interpreted them based on little bits of gossip/blind items/speculation/trying to turn gibberish into words, and finally rated them on a scale of 1-10. Since I'm kind of busy with midterm exams right now and don'have time to write anything new until Thursday at the earliest, I'm putting this up.

DISCLAIMER: I am not implying any of these are true, because as far as I know they're not. Unless you're from a tabloid or gossip blog, in which case you can change them up a bit to make them sound true and then put them in your magazine or website.

1) "What You Waiting For" - Oh, we’d ambush, we’d ambush (chorus)
Here Gwen suggests her combat strategies. Unfortunately, they're kind of vague and thus no real use to anyone. Still, a good rallying cry the concerned parents can pick apart. 7/10

2) "Rich Girl" f/Eve - Whatever he owed got lost, it all turned out cool, whatever he had, went and sued, wonderful, word of the law over him (eve rap)
Well now we certaintly know how she got to be a rich girl, huh. 8/10

3) "Hollaback Girl" - We’ve been known to fake the belief, even in suffering (second verse)
This means Gwen isn't really being honest, especially when she's not doing great. It could imply that she puts on a psycho-happy exterior when inside she's all emo. 6/10

4) "Cool" - Fake you and I may be wearing out (last chorus)
A relationship played up for publicity purposes is failing. 5/10
same song - The perfect plan had made me waste down (first verse)
She is on some strict diet that made her skinny. If we got details I'd give it a higher grade. 5/10

5) "Bubble Pop Electric" f/Andre 3000 - What is happening, Hollywood? We make talent, man! (bridge)
Comment on how untalented actors get in movies while talented ones are stuck in roles below them. Gwen herself has only been in one role, so she must be speaking for other people. 3/10

6) "Luxurious" - Happiness, so happy, I'm so happy when I think you won again (final chorus)
Either she proud of her husband's accomplishments, or is submissive and is happy when overpowered. The latter is so strange that it sounds interesting. 8/10

7) "Harajuku Girls" - Perhaps he didn’t bring on a pregnant bishounen, oh heck yes! (fade out)
This is the one I heard most clearly. It is also the strangest one. I don't know what it means, I don't want to know what it means. Please don't tell me. 10/10
same song - He is so weird, name is Edmond. (last verse)
The song with the weirdest lyrics also has the weirdest backwards messages. While the other ones might have hints into her personal life, this is crazy. Proclaiming poor Edmond to be weird is, well, weird, but it's not pregnant bishounen. 7/10

8) "Crash" - Hey ugly, hey ugly, bully, bully (forwards: “Back it up, back it up, you got it, you got it”)
Perhaps she is imitating an insult towards her, then calling the insulter a bully for being mean to her. The normal phrase is a compliment, but backwards it is an insult, maybe suggesting that Gwen does not always say what she wants to say and might be a hypocrite (see Hollaback Girl message). 6/10

9)"The Real Thing" - In harmony we miss our outdoor party (bridge)
"Outdoor party" must be something symbolic because I don't get it. Maybe it could mean a wedding, since some people have outdoors weddings, and tells of both parties agreeing to cancel the wedding? Alot of this subliminal stuff must have been written before she got married. 4/10

10)"Serious" - Sending us no money, must make me look at you bad, it’s who knowing crazy, more for us, take no one at lamb, or leave heaven (second verse)
I'm not sure what this means, but my best guess is "Buy LAMB!" Subliminal marketing messages always score high, but since this one is so weird, plus the fact that there are many plugs for her line in the normal song lyrics of many songs, gives this one a lower than expected score. 6/10

11)"Danger Zone" - Hurry in, the loss we claim, passing in an accident (pre-chorus)
This one and "Rich Girl" are the only ones whose secret messages have something in common with the title (unless you think "Harajuku Girls" has something to do with pregnant bishounen). She is calling someone to come to the danger zone and view the loss. Apparently someone died in an accident. Could be a relationship metaphor. 7/10

12)"Long Way To Go" f/Andre 3000 - But they’re more likely Muslims (chorus)
This song is anti-racism, so I'm not sure why they're talking about religion. But I'm tired, so I couldn't come up with anything better. 7/10