Hope you all had an awesome weekend!
So Saturday night I was out at this video bar in Boston... my cousin was in town and I wanted to show her and her friend a good time. We gathered up some folks, did a little bar-hopping, and wound up at this fun club. The VJ there was broadcasting dance music videos on the monitors all around, and he picked some great ones... Ultra Nate "Automatic," a bunch of pop remixes, and this 10-minute long medley of Madonna hits, with clips from her videos, live performances, etc. Pretty sweet stuff! We had a blast.
It got me thinking... with dance music as with all music, sometimes a music video can totally MAKE a song. Y'know... sometimes you see a visual with a song and it finally HITS you in a totally new way. Unfortunately, it's tough for dance videos to get airplay in America... except for in video bars like the one where I was. But MTV? VH1? Yeah, right... they're too busy doing reality shows with B-list "celebrities" trapped in a house... or on an island... or in a cardboard box, whatever :)
Anyway, I was debating with my friend over the "best dance video" of the last few years. We were left without a definitive answer, but I voted for Eric Prydz "Call On Me." The video was hilarious and danceable, but it also did dance music a service by becoming a video phenomenon in and of itself... even with people who aren't necessarily dance fans.
So I got home, a bit buzzed, of course :) And I decided to search for the video on YouTube to check it out once more. Well, that's when I discovered that in addition to being one of the best dance videos of the last few years, it is also (apparently) one of the most parodied!
That says something right there... I mean, it's not every day that pop culture lampoons dance music. You won't turn on Saturday Night Live and see someone doing a Kristine W impersonation :) But apparently this video made enough of an impact!
I went through and tried to scour for some of the funnier parodies. That said, I wouldn't bother watching the full clips... I mean, they each get kind of old after a while. But it's funny to see the different tracks people took!
Have a chuckle... we all need one on Mondays! ;)
THE ORIGINAL:
Parody One: An all-guy cast, with all-girl workout clothes. Sports bras will never be the same! (There's even a "blooper reel" at the end)
Parody Two: This one is great - these guys do their hip thrusting aerobics in public, which leads to some pretty priceless facial expressions from passerby!
I'm the same boy I used to be,
JOHNNY
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