Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Party in the PRC

When I first arrived here, my classmate, who hails from Chicagorlando, asked me what was popular in the States. "I never know what's popular, " she explained, "I feel like I'm always behind the times." That's definitely me with music (but not just music). Not that I was so into music in the States. I'm no music aficionado: my music standards follow what is on the radio or what my friends introduce me to. With the power of the internet, though, I no longer have to be a pop song ignoramus. I think I'm about 3 months off of the most popular music now. Listening to Miley Cyrus' "Party in the USA" (see what I said about music standards?) led me to consider buying it off of Amazon's MP3 site. This is where I found an interesting phenomenon. People will make covers of popular songs and try to trick others into buying the covers under the pretense that is the original song. One of the best is by Miles Cyrus. The lyrics are slightly different and the vocal quality is more than slightly worse. This combination makes it a tempting purchase. In the spirit of all these covers, I present my five readers my version, "Party in the PRC". If someone buys the DJ instrumental track and the Miles Cyrus version (c'mon, he put some work into it) off of Amazon and gives it to me, I will also record myself singing over this. Party in the PRC I hopped off the cab at Xingmingyuan With my wife and a stupid grin Welcome to the land of the Chinese, (woah) Am I gonna fit in? Jumped on my bike, Here I am for the first time Look to the right and I see a Chinese sign This is all so crazy Nobody here speaks English! My tummys turnin' and I'm feelin kinda sick Too much spice that they serve us, Then KFC turned up their radio and a Backstreet song was on and a Backstreet song was on and a Backstreet song was on CHORUS: So I put my hands up They’re playing my song, And the butterflies fly away Noddin’ my head like yeah Moving my hips like yeah, And I got my hands up, They’re playin my song All the Chinese are looking at me! Yeah, it's a party in the PRC Yeah, it's a party in the PRC Get to the school on my bicycle Everybody's lookin at me now Like “Whos that guy who can't speak? He's gotta be from out of town” So hard with squatties all around me Its definitely not a Western potty Cause’ all I see is big holes I guess I never got the memo My tummys turnin and I'm feelin kinda sick Too much spice that they serve us, Then KFC turned up their radio and a Britney song was on and a Britney song was on and a Britney song was on CHORUS BRIDGE: Feel like hoppin' on a flight (on a flight) Back to my hometown tonight (town tonight) Something stops me everytime (everytime) KFC plays my song and I feel alright! CHORUS

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