Album: Fever To Tell (2003)
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  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs get very punk rock on this song, where lead singer Karen O expresses her love for her man, even though - or maybe because - he makes her want to do crazy things, like kill and die.

    It's not to be taken literally. "Sex and desperation, you can't really be too serious about those subjects," she explained to Kerrang!.
  • Running just 1:49, "Man" is a track from Yeah Yeah Yeahs' debut album, Fever To Tell. The band had already released two EPs and were well known in the New York City indie rock community, and in the UK, where they got a lot of buzz. The hit from the album ended up being "Maps," a gentle, sensitive song not at typical of their sound.

Comments: 2

  • Theresa from Murfreesboro, TnKaren O is a fearless frontwoman.
  • Jessica from Redding, Cai think this song is incredibly bad a**.
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