Turn Down for the Reason That Other People Might Be Offended By What You Think Is Cool

If you know me, you know I love this.

The video is amazing. The song is catchy. The dancing sublime. The face-melting impeccable. I love absolutely everything about this video except the fact that I didn't come up with it.

I've been sharing it nonstop. I feel like everyone needs to witness the greatness that is this video. How did it even get made? How did the idea come about? How did the directors get to be so awesome and how can I be like them?

Yesterday, I went to record a radio spot at a production studio in the loop. We had Banderas for lunch. Matt and I ordered Macho Salads (did you know that the plural form of 'oxymoron' is 'oxymora?'). I asked for mine without cheese because I THINK I might be lactose intolerant. Matt asked for his without almonds because he THINKS he's allergic to tree nuts (he's actually REALLY allergic to tree nuts. Like, deathly allergic. He could die if he eats tree nuts. Also, shellfish). The free lunch is the best thing about going on radio records because, hey, free lunch.

We had the lead voice talent come in and do her thing. She was a middle-aged mother of two and she was great. She pretty much nailed it on the second take. Two-take Tony over here. Her name wasn't Tony, but whatever.

Towards the end, we had her record a few wilds and alts for the ending. The scripted line was

Amazing!!!

but we wanted to get some more excitement out of her so we tried the following:

Yowza!!!
Gadzooks!!!
Ha-CHA!!!
Ermahgerd!!!
Turn down for WHAT???

Once she was done, she came into the studio to sign her contract and she mentioned that her teenage daughter hated when she used contemporary slang (in this case, 'turn down for what'). We asked if she had seen the video. She said she hadn't. Matt and I got really excited because a) we were getting to show someone else this awesome video and b) we never tire of watching it. So we pulled it up. And forced this sweet, innocent Puritan mother to sit down and watch it.

Which lead to "He's just standing there."

Which turned into "Oh, wow."

Then "Oh, my God..."

And "I can't show my daughter this."

And then "Wait. What? WHAT?!"

She covered her mouth, her doe-like eyes widening.

And then at the part in the video when the girl sits on the dude's face, she bolted and ran out of the room.

I felt really bad. I honestly/naively did not think anyone would be offended by this video, but then I forget that in the first thirty seconds, this dude starts humping the TV, his dick bulging out his pants like a chestburster in "Alien."

I just want to reiterate that I felt really, really bad. But at least it was a good reminder that not everyone likes what you like.

To each his own, my friends.