An example of American xenophobia with music
Posted: January 27th, 2013, 11:28 am
OK, this song here, Michael Telo's "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" was pretty much the most popular song in the world last year, pretty much tied with that Korean song "Gangnam Style" (which I find sorta dumb.)
I think it's a pretty neat song. Not like some deep philosophical masterpiece or anything, but nice happy pop song that's not very explicit. This song was immensely popular in Europe, even though it's in another language.
For whatever reason, the only form you hear this song on the radio in the States is like this:
We had to get some rapper to talk sexually explicit gibberish over it? Huh wha? What was wrong with the original song? I mean it was like the most popular song in Europe. Why do we need some rapper to talk gibberish over it?
Can anyone expand upon this?
I think it's a pretty neat song. Not like some deep philosophical masterpiece or anything, but nice happy pop song that's not very explicit. This song was immensely popular in Europe, even though it's in another language.
For whatever reason, the only form you hear this song on the radio in the States is like this:
We had to get some rapper to talk sexually explicit gibberish over it? Huh wha? What was wrong with the original song? I mean it was like the most popular song in Europe. Why do we need some rapper to talk gibberish over it?
Can anyone expand upon this?