Monday, April 12, 2010

"Window Seat" Parodies

Unless you've been hiding under a rock for the last couple weeks, you've heard about Eryka Badu's controversial new video to her latest track, "Window Seat". While pleasantly entertaining, there's nothing particularly special about the beat or the lyrics (for me) but the fact that Ms. Badu strips completely naked while walking down a public street in Dallas has made people stop and think, and question. People seem to fall into two different schools of thought: those who find the video empowering in the message that it sends and those who believe that Ms. Badu is an attention-seeking sex-fiend. And, a bad example for her children. Frankly, I did wonder about the fact that there was a kid or two on the street as Ms. Badu was filming but I don't see much difference between what she did and what the band Matt & Kim (who inspired Ms. Badu's video) did in the over-populated Times Square in New York a few years ago. They certainly caught people's attention, like Ms. Badu did, but I don't recall them catching as much of the backlash. Double standard? I think so! Regardless, i'm not here to discuss whether Ms. Badu is right or wrong but to share this and this, two parodies of "Window Seat". You knew the parodies would follow, right? Enjoy!

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