CAKE!!!

Cake is a band that formed in 1991 in Sacremento, California. Their music is classified as indie or alternatice rock, although it also combines other genres such as funk, ska, pop, jazz, rap, and coutnry. Cake's music has droll lyrics with wordplay. The lead vocalist and guitarist, John McCrea's, voice has a distorted rap-like stlye backed by "catchy, distorted guitar riffs". Cake's biggest hits have included "The Distance", "Never There", and "Short Skirt/Long Jacket", which is packed with poetic devices.
"Short Skirt/ Long Jacket" is a very catchy, yet poetic song. It depicts a desire for a woman with very specific qualitiest. The narrator uses a first person narration to describe the woman of his imagination that would be his ideal girlfriend. However, it is almost like he is just watching some girl that already exists and describing what she looks like and what she is doing. "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" has an extraordinarily significant rhyme scheme while it also includes many poetic devices. There are many similes in "Short Skirt/ Long Jacket" including; "a mind like a diamond", "eyes that burn like cigarettes", "a voice dark like tinted glass", and the repeated line, "She is fast, thorough, and sharp as a tack". In addition, the song also has some imagery in the lines; "She is playing with her jewlery, she is putting up her hair", and "she is trading her MG for a white Chrysler Lebaron".
Cake's very unique song "Short Skirt/ Long Jacket" is simple but also has some poetic merit. It also humorous. Cake's music is unlike any popular nads. they deserve credit and recognition for being original. "Short Skirt/ Long Jacket" is just one example of their creative sound. This specific song also holds alot of poetic content, which puts the icing on the cake.