Sorry for the delay in getting this up! I was having issues pulling up umw blogs.
My song is called Zombies Ate My Neighbors and it is by Single File. Yes, it’s really about zombies. I decided to take a pop culture approach to this assignment. I’ll put the lyrics and my analysis behind a cut so it doesn’t take up too much room:
When posting the video earlier, I forgot to post the video that is actually pertinent to my research! This 2008 video is called “China: A Little More Gay” and provides a very brief overview of the homosexual experience in Shanghai, including the growing nightlife/bar scene and has a few interviews with Chinese people regarding homosexuality.
Two crucial things to keep in mind during this video are 1) homosexuality was a mental illness until 2001 in China, so this is all very new, and 2) this is Shanghai, which is much more modern and “Westernized” than much of the rest of the country (from what I know).
I couldn’t embed this, since it isn’t a youtube link, but it’s right here:
http://current.com/items/89095645/china_…
So it’s been awhile since I posted, but I came across this video today in my Google reader and thought it was pertinent to what we’ve been studying and interesting in it’s mix of old and new. From what I can tell, Jay Chou is a Taiwanese pop singer who sings about social issues, and the lyrics to this song, “Ninja”, are translated here: http://www.jaychoustudio.com/jay-chou-tr…
While the lone comment on Danwei says, “it’s not art, it’s a disease!” I think it’s really worth watching.
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