Saturday, January 30, 2010

I wasn't lying when I said Sexy Bach was popular. It consistently gets 30 or 40 views a day, which is pretty good as far as I'm concerned, and it's well on its way to outshine my previous video, BaRock Obama.

There only seems to be one problem: the only people watching the video don't seem to speak English. Take a look at this map:



Italy's blowing up, and Romance languages on the whole seem to take the cake.

I know, I know--music is the universal language, but I don't think people from other countries are really getting the video. I'm not seeing any comments or as many of the usual five-star ratings I've become accustomed to. The problem seems clear: foreigners (as always, several years behind the musical trends of the U.S.), misspelling "Sexy Back," stumble upon my video. After hearing the discordant opening seconds, they leave, without further engaging the song. Perhaps if they stuck with it another thirty seconds or so, they would find that there are some rather intriguing, humorous and, yes, even accessible, moments to be heard.

Also, the video portion itself is fucking wack. I'm open to ideas of making new visuals. Dan or Ezra?

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