The Nosebleed Section
Hilltop Hoods * Track #9 On The Calling
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The Nosebleed Section by Hilltop Hoods
Release Date
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Hilltop HoodsProduced by
SuffaWrited by
SuffaAbout
The first of many Hilltop Hoods hits, this Suffa solo track saw them depart from the underground, going from “a pub band to playing festivals and selling records independently.”
Acting as the lead single of their breakout album, The Calling, “The Nosebleed Section” was an unconventional upbeat anth...
The Nosebleed Section Lyrics
[Intro: Suffa]
For my people in the front
In the nosebleed section
[Verse 1: Suffa]
This is for the heads that's loving the mix
My people in the front, all covered in spit
Batter's in the box, Suffa to pitch
Hilltop Hoods all up in this bitch
And we the funk leaders, punks, you can't beat us
We bump and pump meters, we drunk, you chumps need us
So jump with us, down the front if it’s
Your flavour, come get drunk with us
This life turned out nothing like I had planned
Why not? By now I should’ve had some land
Some money in my hand, 'round about fifty grand
But I got nothing, I write rhymes on the bus
I keep suffering; fuck the lines of the dust
You keep sniffing, that shit is for the punk hoes
This shit is for my bros, my people in the front row
[Chorus: Melanie Safka]
You know I looked around for faces I'd know
I fell in love with the people in the front row
You know I looked around for faces I'd know
I fell in love with the people in the front row
[Verse 2: Suffa]
I got hip-hop taste buds
I wanna hear that bass when I make love
Wanna hear some lyrics when I wake up
Write rhymes to get me through a break up (bitch!)
Rough like whisky straight, no chaser
Went through fifty breaks, no flavour
Till I found this one, and made the
Bass hook with the drum my saviour
This is a comeback, tongue that’s sharp like a thumbtack
It's so tight James is saying, "Give my funk back"
One track, eight track, ADAT, residual noise
Man, fuck that, we clean with the digital toys
I'm the Apache, you're failing to match me
Throw your hands in the air like you're hailing a taxi
And move to the funk flow, you stepping? Are you drunk, bro?
This is for my peeps and the freaks in the front row
[Chorus: Melanie Safka]
You know I looked around for faces I'd know
I fell in love with the people in the front row
You know I looked around for faces I'd know
I fell in love with the people in the front row
[Verse 3: Suffa]
People don’t complain if Suffa’s in here
And you’re in the front row all covered in beer
And club owners don't say, "The place is wrecked, it's your fault"
If the roof is on fire, it's an electrical fault
Man, I bet you all bolt when I bring it live
Like Friday night footy, in my hoody I can hide
I get live on the breaks, son, like Pace One
Lads, if you’re heading to the bar, grab your mates one
Ladies come chill, come rock with me, honey
I got like half a mil' in Monopoly money
There's no stopping me, honey, so you can take my hand
We can lay on the beach and count grains of sand
And take a plane to Japan and drink saké with the mafia
Fly to Libya for some Bacardi with Gaddafi
A dinner date followed by a funk show
We'll rip off our tops and jump around in the front row
[Chorus: Melanie Safka]
You know I looked around for faces I'd know
I fell in love with the people in the front row
You know I looked around for faces I'd know
I fell in love with the people in the front row
[Bridge: Melanie Safka]
Put me here and I'm all yours
Not for the money and it's not for the applause
No, oh no, no, no
(It's for the nosebleed section)
[Chorus: Melanie Safka]
You know I looked around for faces I'd know
I fell in love with the people in the front row
You know I looked around for faces I'd know
I fell in love with the people in the front row
The Nosebleed Section Q&A
Who wrote The Nosebleed Section's ?
The Nosebleed Section was written by Suffa.
Who produced The Nosebleed Section's ?
The Nosebleed Section was produced by Suffa.
When did Hilltop Hoods release The Nosebleed Section?
Hilltop Hoods released The Nosebleed Section on Mon Sep 22 2003.
What has Melanie Safka had to say about the song?
Upon being asked whether they’d heard from Melanie about the song, Suffa revealed to Triple J that:
We heard from Melanie’s manager, who just got in contact with us to say that she heard the track and she really liked it and was glad that it was done in good taste. So, yeah, she’s been really cool...
How did this song come about?
Anyone who’s got a girlfriend knows about the ‘Sunday Drive’. The ‘Sunday Drive’ comes about when you’ve been out with your mates all weekend and your girlfriend’s like, “We should spent some time together today. Quality time. What do you wanna do?” So you say, “All right, let’s go see a movie or so...
What has Suffa said about producing this song?
It was the hardest thing I’ve ever chopped to make the flute and the bass line work. I spent a whole day on it ‘cause I wanted it to work so much.
So, what we got here is bits and pieces of the raw sample chopped. This was really chopped. This is the raw sample sped up a little bit, but I wanted to...
Did the Hoods always believe in this song?
SUFFA: Yeah, when I made that song I was really amped about it, and really happy with it, and then about two weeks I came to the boys and said, “We gotta drop it off the album”.
DEBRIS: That’s just Suffa.
PRESSURE: Matt gets delusional. He gets overexcited about things, and he burns himself out, a...
What did Hilltop Hoods say about "The Nosebleed Section"?
It blew up so quick that we never even made a film clip for it, we just let a flatland bmx video featuring Simon O’Brian be the placeholder for one. Eventually we stripmined a live video from ‘The Calling’ DVD that serves as the non-official music video to this day.
Suffa via Facebook
What is the "nosebleed section"?
Drawing on the lyrics in the sample, the song was intended to be a tongue in cheek reference to the phrase ‘the nosebleeds’, reimagining the nosebleed section to be at the front of the crowd (due to the mosh resulting in very real and tangible nosebleeds), rather than up in the bleachers. It was a c...