Yesterday’s viral video ‘Chinese Food’ struck me as a less racist, PG version of Day Above Ground’s ‘Asian Girlz,’ a clip that took the web by storm months ago.
I never really understood the outrage wrought by this absurd music video. It is so clearly over the top that it can’t possibly be taken as anything but bawdy humor.
This time, it’s pretty clear Patrice Wilson is in on the joke.
Wilson, co-founder of ARK Music Factory and writer of Rebecca Black’s infamous ‘Friday,’ has released a new song destined for viral infamy. This one is called ‘Chinese Food’ and it’s performed by another blandly anonymous pre-teen, Alison Gold.
This song, along with its brethren on the City of God soundtrack, represent the most exotic music in my library.
I’ve never been into “world music,” though I certainly appreciate it in its Americanized form thanks to Paul Simon, David Byrne and others. The only foreign language artist I listen to is Shakira, and that was more a happy accident than anything.
No, my music collection is pretty much an Anglo affair.
By some measures, this is the first proper James Taylor post on this blog.
I’ve posted three tracks featuring Taylor over the past five years, but each earns as asterisk.
The one Taylor original, ‘Mexico,’ was posted without comment during one of my vacations. ‘Our Town‘ is a Randy Newman Pixar tune that Taylor performed (beautifully) for the movie Cars.
The most-read Song of the Day in the history of Meet Me in Montauk is (drum roll, please) Paul Simon’s ‘Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes.’ Top two spots go to Mr. Simon! Must be some meaning behind that.
Even factoring out the Bob Dylan tracks, this post is far and away the winner. It has been viewed 3,690 times, second only to the Hancock post, and more impressive as all of these views have come the old-fashioned way.
In the three and a half years since I posted it, it has never received more than 211 views in a single month. But it’s good for about four page views per day, every single day.
