Just to let you know, I have no idea what kind of authority "Pineapple Express" has to play this song in their stoner-ruled trailer. The movie seems cool, but the song got popular due to its use to the movie. So...you know, anyone who knew this song before that trailer came out, awesome.
"All I wanna do is *BANG BANG BANG*, and *KACHING*...take your money". What kind of indecent person would write this in our country's time of crisis? M.I.A. would! And I'm glad she did. It seems controversial, although it hasn't been blocked from the radio. Shooting people and taking their money sounds pretty serious...but hey, does this song sound serious itself?
I actually have an Entertainment Weekly magazine (#1009, September 5, 2008, two ladies of 90210 at the front) with an interview from M.I.A. I know not a lot of magazines can be reliable, but this one isn't always wrong...plus it gives you an idea that the whole song is really her sort of joke.
EW: You had to cancel a festival performance last year because of visa problems. Is it true "paper Planes" was inspired by your experience with the immigration authorities?
M.I.A.: I'd just gotten into New York after waiting a long time, and that's why I wrote it, to have a dig. It's about people driving cabs all day and living in a shitty apartment and appearing threatening to society, but not being so.
EW: What's the significance of the gunshots and the cash-register rings on the track?
M.I.A.: You can apply it on a street level and go, Oh, you're tlaking about somebody robbing you. But it could be a much bigger idea: Someone's selling guns and making money. Companies that manufacture guns - that's probably the biggest moneymaker in the world.
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