Believe me, I know! It looks like a monkey hammering away at a keyboard, but it’s Welsh. It’s actually Welsh for Empire State of Mind, the title of a great song by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys. I like this NY song better than any of the others, especially Sinatra’s New York.
I was tipped to a new version of Empire State of Mind about the small Welsh city of Newport. It is a spot-on parody of the New York version, right down to the black and white footage and the jump-cut photo montage at the beginning.
But what makes is fall-over-laughing hilarious are the words which describe some of the funnier parts of living in Wales. Luckily, the video is captioned, because it’s hard to work your way through a Welsh accent.
Take a look:
I love clever people!
welsh? i rather thought perhaps it was cat, because that's what it looks like when richard walks across my keyboard.
ReplyDeletegreat post! love Sinatra's NY NY
ReplyDeleteDude - the Welsh version has it all over the other one.
ReplyDeleteI detest rappers and their constant promotion of the drug culture (note the Welsh version doesn't have to be censored). The fact that thugs like him are living in a mansion and driving "an off-white Lexus" while the rest of us honest working people are barely hanging on by our fingernails really burns my biscuit.
The Welsh song kicks butt - "the leeks will inspire you"! HA!
And I even have two leeks in my fridge!
ReplyDeleteGood one Meg.
What a great and fun post.
ReplyDeleteBarbaraG
I hope you've seen granite state of mind, it's New Hampshire' parody of this song. It's soo funny!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX7nQrCgALM
Hilarious!!
ReplyDelete"The leeks will inspire you!"
Sending this to my Welsh in-laws as we speak.