Sweet Soul Alabama
Who says you can't dance to really, really white music?
I don't know what prompted me to create this, but it sure makes me smile. Maybe I just love to see weird juxtapositions and revel in the bizarre, but here we have Redneck Southerners and Urban Blacks finding common ground.
The concept is simple: do a YouTube search for "Soul Train," then do a search for the whitest music known to man, then combine the two. You'd think they'd have nothing in common. Think again. No video editing was done to sync the dancing with the music. So, as it happens, Lynryd Skynryd could be considered funky. Or Soul Train dancers from the 70s could interpret 70s Southern Rock. Who knew? I may have found a new hobby.
This could do more for race relations in our country than the candidacy of Barack Obama. Even more than that Red Hot Chili Peppers video directed by Chris Rock.
Yes We Can put Country First.
And if it makes HighJive laugh, I'm halfway home.
I don't know what prompted me to create this, but it sure makes me smile. Maybe I just love to see weird juxtapositions and revel in the bizarre, but here we have Redneck Southerners and Urban Blacks finding common ground.
The concept is simple: do a YouTube search for "Soul Train," then do a search for the whitest music known to man, then combine the two. You'd think they'd have nothing in common. Think again. No video editing was done to sync the dancing with the music. So, as it happens, Lynryd Skynryd could be considered funky. Or Soul Train dancers from the 70s could interpret 70s Southern Rock. Who knew? I may have found a new hobby.
This could do more for race relations in our country than the candidacy of Barack Obama. Even more than that Red Hot Chili Peppers video directed by Chris Rock.
Yes We Can put Country First.
And if it makes HighJive laugh, I'm halfway home.
Labels: Barack Obama, Chris Rock, John McCain, Lynryd Skynyrd, multiculturalism, music video, Neil Young, race relations, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soul Train, Sweet Home Alabama, YouTube
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7 Comments:
Awesome :D
You can probably do this "backwards" as well -- line dancing set to hip-hop...
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Anonymous, at August 18, 2008 at 12:07 PM
Actually, I meant square dancing, but line dancing seems just as white.
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Anonymous, at August 18, 2008 at 12:08 PM
That will happen soon, Cleanser - but whites dancing to black music is nothing new. Square dancing, though - that's a great idea.
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RFB, at August 18, 2008 at 12:21 PM
Nice work.
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FavreLansky, at August 18, 2008 at 5:53 PM
Oh. My. God. That is AWESOME! 'Scuze me I have to go send this to about 20 people.
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Thinking In Vain, at August 18, 2008 at 9:04 PM
Thanks, man. I have alot to do tomorrow that will now be pushed back until jeebus knows when.
By
Anonymous, at August 18, 2008 at 10:39 PM
hysterical.
By
shaun., at August 19, 2008 at 8:53 PM
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