Ominous Tattoo Girl
I saw these two items tattooed on the shoulders and forearms of a 20-something Asian woman:
- A boom box
- A musical staff with notes
And these two phrases:
- A killer in me is a killer in you
- A pretty girl is a perfect grave
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Hopefully you just transcribed that tattoo wrong (or else she's going to be very unhappy with the typos on her arms someday) because the first slogan is a line from the chorus of a Smashing Pumpkins song titled "Disarm" however the lyric is: "THE killer in me is THE killer in you".
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/s/smashing+pumpkins/disarm_20126520.html
Disarm - Smashing Pumpkins lyrics
And the second slogan might be explained as this (again, maybe your transcription is wrong?):
"Pretty Girls Make Graves was an indie rock band, formed in Seattle in 2001, named after The Smiths song of the same name[1] (which came from a Jack Kerouac quote)." - from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Girls_Make_Graves
Posted by: Adam Turetzky | July 19, 2007 at 07:15 AM
Well Adam, you've made it glaringly obvious that I'm terrible at band lyrics and indie rock.
Posted by: Kevin | July 19, 2007 at 08:14 AM
Since the lyrics are from an older Pumpkins album, I'm gonna guess and say the "pretty girls make graves" was a reference to The Smiths as opposed to the band of the same name as the quote. Not sure, tho.
I wonder what the notes were to. No chance you remembered a couple, Kevin? Can we play "Name that Tune?" ;)
Posted by: Flynn | July 19, 2007 at 09:48 AM
The comment of her getting upset about a mistake that was, for all intents and purposes, hers reminds me of that nimrod earlier this year that got all upset when he got a tattoo that read "Chi-Tonw".
Posted by: cliff @ Berwyn | July 19, 2007 at 09:59 AM
Adam you are so right. Reality is the best comedy.
Posted by: T. Taylor | July 19, 2007 at 10:32 AM
what a great pumpkins song.
Posted by: michael kmak | July 19, 2007 at 10:44 AM
what a great song by The Smiths
Posted by: adam | July 23, 2007 at 10:48 AM
Was she a trixie?
Posted by: Joeyb | August 02, 2007 at 03:50 PM