For the uninformed, the GP was quoting "Surf Wax America" from Weezer's 1994 self-titled album. All the songs on that album are good, and it's definitely worth a listening to if you've never heard it before, or if you haven't listened to it recently.

Actually, Python does allow you to multiply an int and a string, but like you said, it assumes you know what you're doing and allows it for convenience.

>>> 5 * "foobar"
'foobarfoobarfoobarfoobarfoobar'