Comments on: “Perpetrating” the Lyrics: A Critical Exegesis of the 1989 Young MC Hit “Bust a Move”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 25 May 2010 22:05:24 +0000

“perpetrate” is hip hop slang for faking something. MC Young is saying that Black women lay on the beach to meet men not get darker.

By: Matt Penn

Matt Penn — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:04:14 +0000

FUN FACT: Following the admission by Antonio Pettigrew that he took banned substances before and during the 2000 Summer Olympic games in Sydney, Australia, the United States Men’s 4×400 relay team had to surrender their gold medals recently. The team was: Pettigrew, Men’s 400m world record holder Michael Johnson, and the identical twins ALVIN & CALVIN Harrison!

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:41:14 +0000

Now if they were named Will and Bill, ok, I could see that as being a bit off, but Harry and Larry (and those sadly inevitable sisters of theirs, Mary and Carrie) seem fine. Plus, you could hook up with Carrie, as I hear she’s easy.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:35:28 +0000

I had two great uncles named Boyd and Floyd, so people DO actually do that.

By: Matt Penn

Matt Penn — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:44:10 +0000

Soap on a Rope is for felons. So, apparently, is the priesthood. No, when I need me some celibacy, I just rely on my personality. . .

By: Matt Penn

Matt Penn — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:21:32 +0000

Once again, my friend, you’ve hit the nail on the head!

While it may be theoretically possible to use that spray-on shit for nefarious purposes, for the most part anyone going the Lee-Press-On-Tan route just sticks with that plot even after nudity ensues. The tan may be an ersatz* glow, then, but no different in that respect than dyed tresses or tinted contact lenses.

No, I feel compelled to come out of retirement to point out that, of course, you’re right. A tan cannot really be “perpetrated”.

Cleavage, on the other hand. . .

* Fans of erudite merriment may be interested to know that ersatz is to Chelsea Mind Games what limn is to a Michiko Kakutani book review. That is, ersatz will find its way into the proceedings some how; some way. Bet on it!

That’s because, while ersatz is obviously a good vocab word few can use correctly in a sentence, it also happens to be the capital of Poland.

Now you know.

By: Kenny

Kenny — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:33:02 +0000

I…uuuummm…*cough* kinda go a little overboard with the karaoke business. I’ve stood on pool tables, gotten kicked offstage for twirling the microphone, sang/screamed “too loud”, danced with strange women, and more often than not, stuck the mic in the faces of a confused crowd(or lack thereof) for backups or a glorious “sing-along” chorus. The latter has rarely yielded any participants, except in the case of my comic friends. Go figure. I also once dated a woman who swore she’d only do karaoke in Mexico. I still don’t get it.

By: Vicki (Jen's Mom)

Vicki (Jen's Mom) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:05:20 +0000

What is wrong with two brothers being named Harry and Larry?
You have a brother/sister named Benifer…….. Cringing yet?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:09:31 +0000

For the longest time, I thought the line was actually “Don’t hang yourself with a soap-on-a-rope,” which made absolutely no sense to my 12-year-old mind.