Riccochets

It is here by popular demand, and by popular, I got one e-mail asking to see this video online.

There is a video out there on the internet that is very famous as being the sickest goddamn thing you can ever see. I'm going to spell it out, because I don't really want the traffic that would bring.... let's call it

T-W-O G-I-R-L-S O-N-E C-U-P

Yes, that video. I've seen it. It is gross. Very gross. So gross that it inspired a response, followed by many.

That is the riccochet. This video was originally posted to promote a pornographic movie. After going through the mass filter of the interweb, a popular trend emerged.

Show the sick video to friends and loved ones, and tape their response. It is safe to watch at work, and doesn't show any sick stuff. Just people being grossed out, which is good clean fun for all.

You have to love a medium that can reform a concept like that into something like this.

My favourite hip-hop group, the one and one and one and only hip-hop band The Roots gathered around the computer to watch the video. Kermit the Frog has a famous response up there as well, but Kermit, well, Kermit has strange tastes.

So, me being a bit of a sadist, showed that infamous video to my lovely partner, taped her response, and put it up here for us all to enjoy. She does say a few bad words though, but you would too:

It's the R to the double O the T S

"The good rappers ain't eatin'
They Olson twinnin'"

What a description of poverty induced anorexia...



New Roots. Like it, love it, wait for the 50 second mark when ?uestlove changes the beat. A Roots bridge could be an album for a lesser. Try to sit still. Go on, try it.

And listen to Black Thought (the rapper) at that 50 sec mark. He changes his delivery to accent the change in beat... or maybe it is the other way around. Either way, it works. As Thought himself so delicately puts it, he is "A legend in the flesh".

Plus, listen for how all the music drops out for that Olson twin line, the only part of the song where that happens.... that is for the guest rapper, Wale. How giving is that, setting up the most dramatic part of your song for a young guest you are trying to draw attention to.

For anyone who doesn't know about The Roots, first of all, shame on you. Now understand, this is the one and one and one and only hip-hop band. A band, no DJ.

But they sure seem convinced that John Travolta makes all the money... plus Oprah.

"She told me the radio been playin'
The same song all day long"