hot97 rap radio makes fun of tsunami victims

[TRELAX]

You can thank the radio station Hot97 for this "touching" tribute to the poor people of Indonesia.
http://www.hot97.com/av/audio/morningShow/USA_For_Indonesia.mp3
I have a feeling they'll all get their's in hell, but feel free to email them at morningshow@hot97.com and let them know exactly how horrible it was of them to play this song live on the air.

[laxbabe2121]

hhehehe it made me laugh

[laxtime24]

your sick lax babe. Do you know how many people died in that tsnunami

[Longest]

The only thing between tragedy and comedy is time.

Dan

[enjoi]

hhehehe it made me laugh

You are off my favorite Asian list. :nono:

[laxbabe2121]

your sick lax babe. Do you know how many people died in that tsnunami

yea about 150,000 people, and there's still thousands missing. i get a weekly update from my dad about this. there's no point mourning over it for so long, and when that radio station made that song it just brought alittle humor to the situation.

[SDS416]

How anyone can find any sort of humor in this sort of crap is beyond me. To poke fun at a disaster such as this is totally disgusting.
Yet it does not amaze me that there are people in this world who feel the need to create this sort of trash. It appeals to the unitelligent, selfish, uneducated simpletons who find this somehow humorous. And after all that is probably this shows intended audience. It also appeals to those who are so pathetic that they can only find enjoyment and humor at the expense of others.

And as for the comment "the only thing between tragedy and comedy is time", there are some tragedies so horrible that no matter how much time has passed, attempting to use them as a punch line will always be seen as baseless and classless attempts at humor.

[TRELAX]

And as for the comment "the only thing between tragedy and comedy is time", there are some tragedies so horrible that no matter how much time has passed, attempting to use them as a punch line will always be seen as baseless and classless attempts at humor.

Exactly- Case in point - holocaust.

[anjang86]

yea about 150,000 people, and there's still thousands missing. i get a weekly update from my dad about this. there's no point mourning over it for so long, and when that radio station made that song it just brought alittle humor to the situation.


Ellen, nobody makes fun of 9-11, nobody with a right mind would do something like that. There's no point in mourning? No theres no point in dwelling on it but mourning lasts forever. The radio station brought no humor, they made fun of the situtation and the lyrics they use fu*king pisses me off. This is absolutely bullsh*t.

Whats with them saying they'll buy the kids into slavery? I can't believe ppl would be bold enough to air something like this.

[laxbabe2121]

but buying kids into slavery is true for the situation overseas. they're basically telling the straight up truth. There's still people that believe that the holocaust was indeed the right thing to do, and just beucase you believe differently than them doesn't mean that they're wrong. And people don't make fun of 9-11. I sorta agree with that, but i've heard a few wise cracks on the situation. There are some people even here on campus that i've talked to, and they agree with the actions that occurred during 9-11. It's all about what you believe in. There's also some people that watch this one guy on the internet pretend to have tourettes syndrome, and they laugh like hyenas when in reality they're making fun of disabled people. Crude humor and stupid comedy is part of our lives wether we want to admit it or not. it's what makes life interesting

[Longest]

There are plenty of Holocaust jokes. Racist jokes. Dead baby jokes. Ethnic jokes. It's possible to find them funny and yet view them as tragic in a more serious contemplation. Was it in bad taste? Probably, it's only been a month. But I'm sure there's people out there who found it funny. And beyond that, is has obviously attracted quite a bit of attention to a radio station that heretofore I did not know existed. Will they lose or gain viewership? Who knows. Whether they even thought about the end result of that or just thought it was funny themselves, we are in no position to know. If it bothers you, write to someone in charge at the station and voice your complaint.

"You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it." - Bill Cosby



Dan

[1/2man1/2amazin]

It's just a ridiculous song that has a really low comedic value. But seriously people, stop being so uppity. If you are seriously hurt by the tsunami tragedy that much why not sell your computer and your radio and give the money to the relief fund instead of whining about a song some big bad radio dj made.

And just for the record I've heard some pretty funny holocaust jokes.

[anjang86]

It's just a ridiculous song that has a really low comedic value. But seriously people, stop being so uppity. If you are seriously hurt by the tsunami tragedy that much why not sell your computer and your radio and give the money to the relief fund instead of whining about a song some big bad radio dj made.

And just for the record I've heard some pretty funny holocaust jokes.

what? so we let them play the song?

[1/2man1/2amazin]

This may come as a shock, but they're going to play the song whether a kid in Virginia likes it or not. The point I'm trying to make is that if you're so outraged by it quit fueling it and making it a bigger issue when your time could be better spent actually helping the people that were involved with the Tsunami. Complaining about the realities of their lives on a lacrosse message board, or any message board for that matter, doesn't really help either situation.

[laxbabe2121]

if you dont like it, then turn it off when you hear it. it's created by that one radio station located in NY, so most of you won't even hear it unless you choose to click on the link.

[Longest]

what? so we let them play the song?

We're not letting them to do anything. It is their station and their right to play what the want. If enough consumers complain and threaten boycotts, they would be wise to reconsider. But note: pleas and complaints from people outside of their market are liable to fall on deaf ears. You will need to motivate people in that area to action. Beyond that, find who owns the station and complain to them.

Dan

[faceitoff]

You are off my favorite Asian list. :nono:

?! Explain, mister.

[livin4lax09]

It's a rap station, what do you expect? they're used to playing idiotic stuff. after all, they have a station devoted to it.

[stxbionic42]

thats twisted...

[roughrider]

The only thing between tragedy and comedy is time.

Dan

I believe we all have scene the South Park when Jared Fogle (of subway fame) gets Aides (AKA AIDS). I believe the scientific time before something becomes funny is 20 years

[MrTibs]

It's a rap station, what do you expect? they're used to playing idiotic stuff. after all, they have a station devoted to it.


See thats not fair.

Like longest said, The only thing between tragedy and comedy is time. Sure this isnt funny to you now but i bet if it came out like 3 months from now you would be laughin. On family guy they made a joke that said "Your excuses are lamer than FDR's legs". Thats pretty cold but funny. So if you dont like it forget about it. Dont go writing these people saying they are horrible and are goin to hell.

[faceitoff]

Well, this world can be pretty cruel. Many other people are going to hell, along with the rap station. Face it.

[Longest]

I believe we all have scene the South Park when Jared Fogle (of subway fame) gets Aides (AKA AIDS). I believe the scientific time before something becomes funny is 20 years

Did you just make that parameter up Tom?

Dan

[unta8]

yea about 150,000 people, and there's still thousands missing. i get a weekly update from my dad about this. there's no point mourning over it for so long, and when that radio station made that song it just brought alittle humor to the situation.
I wonder how many of you asian friends died?

[OutBurst]

That's pretty bad dude but still funny.

[anjang86]

I wonder how many people here would be offended if I just straight up made a song about 9/11

[wayzatalax2008]

thats really a horrible song. its just wrong to poke fun at 150000+ people dying. i had to stop myself from laughing though. (dont worry i didn't)

[Longest]

I wonder how many people here would be offended if I just straight up made a song about 9/11

Go for it.

Dan

[laxbabe2121]

I wonder how many of you asian friends died?

around 210,000 of them now. but at least i was able to help them by speaking in a conference to have Northface donate thousands of socks to the relief fund.

[OutBurst]

I wonder how many people here would be offended if I just straight up made a song about 9/11


I bet you can't sing...

[anjang86]

around 210,000 of them now. but at least i was able to help them by speaking in a conference to have Northface donate thousands of socks to the relief fund.

ok, yea so when they make a song making fun of kids trying to find their parents and then being sold into slavery you support it?

How mad were you guys when 9/11 happened and kids in Palestine were passing out candy and dancing in the streets?

Find something else to make fun of...

[laxbabe2121]

you know, there's a difference between finding the situation funny and finding the song funny. finding the song funny does not mean that we find the situation funny. how many people out there like a song but only catch pieces of the lyrics? it's not like we sit there, and tear at the lyrics listening to the song in great detail. and i wasn't mad when they showed the palestine people cheering on tv and shooting their guns off in the air. that's what they believe in, and so yea i gotta respect that. if i got pissed off at them, what was i going to do? punch my tv?

[Longest]

you know, there's a difference between finding the situation funny and finding the song funny. finding the song funny does not mean that we find the situation funny.

I could not have put it better myself I think so I'm forced to just concur.

Dan

[anjang86]

I have no idea what you are trying to say here. Are you saying you listened to this song and liked the catchy tune? What's the point of saying ppl dont "tear at the lyrics"?

[anjang86]

There was a time
when the sun was shinin bright
so i went down to the beach to catch me a tan
then the next thing i knew
a wave 20 feet high
came and washed the whole country away

and all at once
you can hear the screaming chinks
and the one who was saved from teh wave
there were africans drowning
little turnamin swimmed away
you can hear the ******* screaming

so now your screwed
theres a tsunami
you better go find your mommy

i just saw her float by
a tree right through her head
and now yoru children will be sold to child slavery

I dont see how people can think children dying is a good idea for a song.

[Longest]

I have no idea what you are trying to say here. Are you saying you listened to this song and liked the catchy tune? What's the point of saying ppl dont "tear at the lyrics"?

She'll have to explain that portion. I can understand being upset. It is a disaster with thousands of lives lost. And it was probably poor taste to put that song up after a month. But I don't see it as tasteless necessarily. I already said, tragedy becomes comedy after the passage of time and I stand by that. In some ways, horrendous things live on through comedy when serious means would not. People can only take so much Al Sharpton race badgering but if Chris Rock does the same thing in his role as a comedian, people pay money to hear it, they repeat it, they consider it, they laugh about it. Some would say that is tasteless, others disagree.

Dan

[Longest]

I dont see how people can think children dying is a good idea for a song.

Maybe what you mean is, "...making fun of children dying is a good idea for a song"; as you have it phrased you think death is out of bounds, and deaths and suffering are very popular topics for songs.

I don't personally find that funny but I don't see a problem if someone does.

Dan

[anjang86]

I know jokes will be made of the tsunami eventually, but jokes that are a little more tastefull than the crap on this song. It's not cool man to sing about kids who saw their mom's dead w/ a tree through her head.

If Chris Rock repeated these lyrics you'd be lying if you said you wouldn't be shocked.

[anjang86]

Maybe what you mean is, "...making fun of children dying is a good idea for a song"; as you have it phrased you think death is out of bounds, and deaths and suffering are very popular topics for songs.

I don't personally find that funny but I don't see a problem if someone does.

Dan

death isn't out of bounds if you're making REAL music, even then talking about children in such a way is still taboo.

This song was made to poke fun at something, it wasn't meant to win a grammy.

[laxbabe2121]

i ment tearing apart at the lyrics. who's gonna listen to the song so intently and take the time to write down all the lyrics, and decipher every little detail to the song. so what excatly is real music, i'd call that song real music. was the heaven 9-11 song by DJ sammy real music? i thought it was, but its excatly like this tsunami song. it was a song created by a radio station that reflected on the 9-11 incident. nothing wrong with that.

[anjang86]

who's gonna listen to the song so intently and take the time to write down all the lyrics, and decipher every little detail to the song.

I did
The writers did

YOU did... how can you find the song funny if you didn't catch the lyrics? Are you amused by the tune?

[Longest]

death isn't out of bounds if you're making REAL music, even then talking about children in such a way is still taboo.

This song was made to poke fun at something, it wasn't meant to win a grammy.

Who decided it's taboo Anjan, you? Who decided this isn't real music? What's real music anyway? Does all music have to be made to try to win a grammy?

Dan

[roughrider]

Did you just make that parameter up Tom?

Dan

Its from South Park. AIDS had never been funny until it was the 20th aniversary of it in the show, then it became hilarious. That was their parameter, not mine

[Longest]

Its from South Park. AIDS had never been funny until it was the 20th aniversary of it in the show, then it became hilarious. That was their parameter, not mine

Nice, I didn't see that.

Dan

[laxbabe2121]

YOU did... how can you find the song funny if you didn't catch the lyrics? Are you amused by the tune?

actaully i didn't catch any of that african part or the tree thru the head, but if you disagree with the song why are you even listening to it anymore. obviously you had to play it a few times to get those lyrics down. yeah i think its funny, but i've only played it once, it's not like i'm listening to it consistently. some of you guys need to learn to relax a little and get a laugh outta things.

[anjang86]

actaully i didn't catch any of that african part or the tree thru the head, but if you disagree with the song why are you even listening to it anymore. obviously you had to play it a few times to get those lyrics down. yeah i think its funny, but i've only played it once, it's not like i'm listening to it consistently. some of you guys need to learn to relax a little and get a laugh outta things.

Dont try to tell me you only listened to that song once.

What if I told you "if you dont like what my posts say, dont read them then"

I can't just "not read/listen" to things... it doesn't work that easily.

Who decided it's taboo Anjan, you? Who decided this isn't real music? What's real music anyway? Does all music have to be made to try to win a grammy?

Dan

I didn't decide anything, we all should know that I'm not stating anything here but my opinion. I'm 100% sure the purpose of that song is to get laughs and nothing else.

[laxbabe2121]

Dont try to tell me you only listened to that song once.

What if I told you "if you dont like what my posts say, dont read them then"

I can't just "not read/listen" to things... it doesn't work that easily.


Why dont you IM my roommate and ask her how many times i've listened to it since you dont believe me. Don't try and tell me how many times i've listened to this song. You aren't in my room 24/7, so what right do you have stating that i've listened to this song more than once? I don't like rap that much, so i dont listen to it. It's not hard to change radio stations. If you don't like my opinion about the song then why don't you just skim past my posts then.

[anjang86]

Why dont you IM my roommate and ask her how many times i've listened to it since you dont believe me.

look, I dont really care that much, maybe you need to listen to it more than once to understand what I'm talking about then.

[TheKOB]

I believe we all have scene the South Park when Jared Fogle (of subway fame) gets Aides (AKA AIDS). I believe the scientific time before something becomes funny is 20 years


Way less than that....with the shock jocks now, pushing the edge of decency. It depends on how major and devestating the event was. With the "shock humor" type out now, and ignorant people to find things funny, it's been shortened to a couple days...enough for people to take in what has happened.

And I didn't listen to the song.

[1/2man1/2amazin]

I wonder how many people here would be offended if I just straight up made a song about 9/11

How can you even compare that? How many people died in 9/11? How many times more people died in the tsunami? If I'm not offended by a ****ty song about the tsunami, I'm not gonna be offended by a song about 9/11.

[anjang86]

How can you even compare that? How many people died in 9/11? How many times more people died in the tsunami? If I'm not offended by a ****ty song about the tsunami, I'm not gonna be offended by a song about 9/11.

I think you misunderstand the comparisan I'm trying to make...

but thanks anyways for your answer