Dance To This Song

First, I want to take a moment to thank (in no particular order) Wong Fu Productions, Kev Jumba, and David Choi for making "Dance To This Song."  If you haven't heard it yet, feel free to take a moment and play it.




Clever, right?  Not only is it successfully satirical, but it is also, as it promises, pretty damn catchy!  From random cheering to auto-tune, "Dance To This Song"is an irreverent spoof (is that redundant?) to Top 40s music.  My favorite line is in the opener.  "Yeah, uh, it sounds like that other song." "But it's NOT, it's THIS song."

The best part of all?  ASIANS!

Why you gotta do dat, recycleorburn?  Why bring race into this?  Sorry, it's what my blog's about.  Okay, okay, that's all I had to say about the fact that it was made by Asians. Now let's see if we can get it on the radio!

Kev Jumba also had another video blog (is that what he calls them?) about the ridiculousness of lyrics.  You can watch it, of course. (optional. no wait. EXTRA CREDIT. oh, whatever, it's just fun.  PLUS, you can see people livin' it up like Ke$ha and brushing their teeth with Jack Daniels! SPOILER ALERT: it's not pleasant)






Top 40 music has a tendency of talking about partying, sex, and drugs. Check out the Billboard Hot 100 for yourself. Lady Antebellum's crossover hit "Need You Now" is the sole country song in the top 10, and even that is about drinking! Lately it's been a face-off between B.o.B and Rihanna for the #1 spot, and it looks like Jason DeRulo's heading on up! (Okay, maybe not, but I just really love Jason DeRulo! "In My Head") Now this is a bad example because B.o.B.'s "Nothin' on You" is actually a sweet little diddy about fidelity and both inner and outer natural beauty. Rihanna's "Rude Boy," on the other hand, is a raunchy piece about sexual prowess. But you didn't know that, did you? Do people listen to lyrics anymore? "Come here, rude boy boy, can you get it up? Come here, rude boy boy, is you big enough?" REALLY? What do you think this song is about?


Take heed and be sure to listen to the lyrics. Do you really want to be caught singing lyrics like these? You know, everytime I note that Timb[aland + erlake]'s "Carry Out" is about the fast food industry, everyone always goes, "Wait, WHAT?!" Go ahead and listen to the lyrics of your favorite song. As the internet's favorite 5 Asian guys said...


"Drink, girls, dance, beat, blah blah, repeat"