Wednesday, June 09, 2004

Does anyone else find Sarah Connor hilarious? Others may not be as pathetically tuned into top 40 radio as I am, so I'll give some background: she sings Bounce, which samples Mary J. Blige's Family Affair, and sounds like generic US chart fodder, in the tradition of hip-hop lite types such as J.Lo etc. Except that she's German. I was watching the clip, and I'm not sure if they're taking the piss, cause they have gone so massively overboard with the American signifers. They've got the booty, the cars, and the bling. She's even at one stage wearing pants with the US flag imprinted on them - is that a joke? Yet I notice that for their "bling" convertible sitting in the background, they've chosen a Chrysler Crossfire. If there are any car buffs out there, you'll know that Chrysler is part of the DaimlerChrysler group (aka Daimler's Chrysler) and is now as German as they come. The Crossfire is in fact a thinly disguised Merc SLK, which means its a German car trying to pass as American. Sound familiar? Someone is definitely taking the piss.

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