Many decades ago (we’re talking 1950s) when a pop music artist had a hit, often other artists would quickly do their own version (usually very close to the original – not much creative work going on here) of the tune to get on the radio as well. Elvis did this a lot. It was a popular and accepted practice. It’s interesting to see that practice continue in this century in the form of parodies.
If any of you listen to top40 radio, you may know one of this summer’s songs is Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe.” Here’s the original tune/music vid. Catchy tune and little twist/play at the end of the video:
Over the last couple of months lots of people have done parodies or remakes of the video and posted them on youtube. The Carly Rae did a fun version with Jimmy Fallon:
And then enter the fun people at Sesame Street, with their version (or is it Cookie Monster’s version?) of the song. Love it.
And if you just sat through that song three times, kudos to you. I’ll make you a root beer float next time you’re in town.