so i was reading Jeff's blog the other day and he had a video for a song/dance called the "Daddy Stroke." he said he think it might pop in parties and wanted to know what the readers thought. so i watched the video and thought "WHAT THE HELL!?"
this, sadly, is where some music has gone now days. we are the only race/ genre of music that makes up dumb ass songs for dumb ass dances. we have the stanky legg, swag surfin, flex, and now this... just to name a few.
now i'll admit, ive gotten caught up at a party and found myself doing some of those dances with everybody else. but then other times outside of that scene, i'd look at others doing it and just laugh to myself at how stupid they look.
i bet white people are lookin at us and just laughing too, in a small way proving the stereotypes involved in the minstrel shows. [& i dont mean this as saying that they're justified in laughing..i'm just throwing that out there]
its like anybody can get a record deal if they can produce a catchy song with a catchy lil dance that has no kind of depth or true musical talent involved at all.
yeahh, they're fun and catchy...but sometimes you gotta think about what you're listening to and doing.
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White people have the hoe-down. I laugh at them for that.
yeah me too. & square dancing..or is that like the same thing..?
But you have those white kids that be like "oooo can you teach me how to do the stanky leg" and they think because you black that you automatically know how to do it. But i agree with you on the whole you can make a hit just saying some dumb shit like "do the jump rope.... do the jump rope.... you jump side to side with cha hands by side ... now do the jump rope lololoololol...
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