Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Something about the Venga Boys and parody as homage
Remember when the Venga Boys were all about poppy, nondescript songs about banging all night? It is such a great piece of ephemeral pop culture. "Boom Boom Boom Boom" was ubiquitous for a brief period and then gone. During its heyday, it was everyone's guilty pleasure.
Rye Rye was nine years old when the Venga Boys released The Party Album, which I suppose is just old enough to be aware of what was going on. I don't think I was listening to the radio on a regular basis when I was nine and I certainly wasn't driving around listening to music or trading CDs with friends. Maybe Rye Rye was. Her song, "Boom Boom" is a ridiculous piece of dance rap that is wonderfully self-aware and the accompanying video is gaudy and fun. All credit to my sister.
# posted by seventeennightsinthecity @ 10:18 AM 
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