Say Hi (previously known as Say Hi to Your Mom) is a Seattle-based indie rock band formed in Brooklyn in 2002 by Eric Elbogen. Say Hi's albums are mostly recorded at Elbogen's home, with him playing all of the instruments and providing vocals.
Background information
Eric Elbogen was born in 1976 and grew up in San Fernando Valley, California. He attended UCLA. He then moved to Brooklyn, New York and created Say Hi to Your Mom in 2002.
He plays a Fender Jazzmaster guitar.
History
Elbogen most often tours as a solo act, but occasionally employs friends to accompany him as his backing band.
Their fourth release, Impeccable Blahs, was written almost entirely about vampires, though Star Trek is also mentioned. The song "Angels and Darlas" is a reference to Angel and Darla from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff Angel both created by Joss Whedon.
With the release of their fifth album The Wishes and the Glitch, the band shortened their name to "Say Hi". This was done because the earlier name reflected an aesthetic that no longer matched the band's tastes.
A maternal insult (also referred to as a "yo mama" joke) is a reference to a person's mother through the use of phrases such as "your mother" or other regional variants, frequently used to insult the target by way of their mother. Used as an insult, "your mother..." preys on widespread sentiments of filial piety, making the insult particularly and globally offensive. "Your mother" can be combined with most types of insults, although suggestions of promiscuity are particularly common. Insults based on obesity, incest, age, race, poverty, poor hygiene, unattractiveness, or stupidity may also be used. Compared to other types of insults, "your mother" insults are especially likely to incite violence. Slang variants such as "yo mama", "yo momma", "yer ma", "ya mum", "your mum" or "your mom" are sometimes used, depending on the local dialect. Insults involving "your mother" are commonly used when playing the dozens.
Although the phrase has a long history of including a description portion (such as the old "your mother wears combat boots", which implied that one's mother worked as a prostitute in the military), the phrase "yo mama" by itself, without any qualifiers, has become commonly used as an all-purpose insult or an expression of defiance.
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Say Hi
ALBUMS
- Endless Wonder released: 2014
- Um, Uh Oh released: 2011
- The Wishes and the Glitch released: 2010
- Oohs & Aahs released: 2009
- Impeccable Blahs released: 2006
- Ferocious Mopes released: 2005
- Numbers & Mumbles released: 2004
- Discosadness released: 2002
Ferocious Mopes
Released 2005- The Twenty-Second Century
- The Death of Girl Number Two
- The Forest Scares the Hell Out of Me
- Yeah, I'm in Love With an Android
- I Think I'll Be a Good Ghost
- Dimensions and Verticals
- Recurring Motifs in Historical Flirtings
- Mosquitos in the Stucco
- Poor Pete Is a Bit Self Conscious
- As Smart as Geek Is Chic Right Now
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Mosquitos In The Stucco
by: Say Hi To Your MomThere's something about this place that's spooky.
There are mosquitos in the stucco,
as if it was built with blood.
So let's rule out nothing, except maybe unicorns,
because we've got to get to the bottom of it all.
You take the one wing and I'll take the other
and we'll meet in the middle and swap our notes.
But let's rule out nothing, except little magic men,