Thursday, November 22, 2012

MC Hammer

And now the post I don't want to write.  Not because I didn't introduce Dasha to something new, because I did.

You see, Psy was on some big music awards show performing his hit Gagnam Style. At about three minutes into the performance, the lights go out, and the words "It's Hammer Time!" are heard.

And then it became a mashup of Gagnam Style and 2 Legit 2 Quit.

And I realized that Dasha probably had no idea who this guy was that was dancing with Psy.  So I asked her, "Do you know who that is?"

"No."

"What about the other guy?"

"Yes. Where does he even come from? His song is awful."

So she knew who Psy was, but she'd never heard of MC Hammer. Which - in all honesty - shouldn't surprise me all that much - she wasn't even born when U Can't Touch This was a huge megahit single.

Does that make anyone else feel old?

So I did what any hateful person would do: I visited YouTube for the video linked above.  Because no-one's suffering is complete until they have seen that video.

"Did you know," she asked me after a few seconds, "That those pants are back in style? And for women, too?"

A short time later, "He sings, too?  This is awful!"

So we are in complete agreement.

I wonder if she knows Vanilla Ice ...