Tay Zonday the creator of the Internet smash hit “Chocolate Rain” (above) won the YouTube award for Best Music Video of 2007. If you haven’t seen the video, you probably have way more sex than I do. Therefore I hate you. The AP reports:
“It’s the new Emmys,” Zonday, 25, said of the video-sharing site’s awards in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. “It’s the next Oscars. The next People’s Choice Awards. It’ll be interesting to see what happens five years, 10 years (from now).”
The next Oscars, Tay? Reel it in there, Interweb singer. That being said, your art has inspired me to write my own version. I present “Chocolate Rain: The Superficial 2 Xtreme Version Remix Jam for the Children”:
Chocolate Rain,
Makes me write about my laser wang.
Chocolate Rain,
If it were real, I’d carry a cup outside.
Chocolate Rain,
Makes girls in bikinis drive the tanks all day.
Chocolate Rain,
Is this song about black dudes peeing?
Chocolate Rain,
If so, where is Kim Kardashian?
Chocolate Rain,
I should really wrap this up soon.
Chocolate Rain,
Holy crap, I want a sandwich.
Chocolate Rain,
Preferably with the mustard all spicy and brown.
Chocolate Rain,
I love to run a joke into the ground.
Chocolate Rain,
Hold on, I think I can squeeze out one more verse.
Chocolate Rain,
Never mind, I’m going to get my Subway on.
USA!
I guess it won on the lyrics and the voice. It basically talks about all the problems in society. People who are content in the age of Paranoia, everything is not suppose to be ok, and the reasons why that is. However, if you only look at Youtube videos to see people get hit in the crotch or pitch adjusted singers, sing about their: bitches, hoes, pimps, and/or generalized non-specific teenage angst/rage, then yes, this video does suck and does not deserve an award.
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Unwatchable. Unlistenable. Get the losers off the internet, you know the ones, that think every stupid is cool.
@ #44
Yeah, people ARE stupid… some, like you, can’t even spell ‘delusional’ or ‘loser.’
And why would people be making fun of him? What is there to be made fun of about the video? His voice and his looks? That’s pretty shallow and ignorant. Take a listen to the lyrics and come up with a mature judgment.
Oh, and to all the people who say that YouTube must really be a pitiful site if that video was voted #1, then stop complaining and start making some videos for YouTube yourself. People these days are so selfish… they take and take, but don’t want to give. If you have a problem with the music videos, make your own. This guy is intelligent and creative enough to do so… apparently none of you are.
For the record, I’m black and i don’t get that shit at all.
Listen last time I checked all “good” songs had a bridge, or chorus, discernable verses, etc. That song really just hurt my ears.
Instead of chocolate rain i’ll give him a hawaiian punch!?
@ #56
The song DOES have a chorus. When the chorus is sung, the music changes slightly. The chorus is:
Chocolate rain,
History quickly crashing through your veins,
Chocolate rain,
Using you to fall back down again.
[repeat]
The chorus is sung thrice. The verses are discernible; all three are each sung before a chorus.
And if you “don’t get that shit,” then that’s a sign that you need to spend less time on the Superficial and more time reading and enhancing your mind. If you understand the lyrics, you see how clever and meaningful and wonderful they are. If you don’t understand the lyrics, then don’t judge the singer; judge yourself for being too stupid to understand.
ITS CHOCOLATE REIN YOU MORONS!!!!! R-E-I-N. obviously a dumb “song”, but makes a bit more sense now?? Journalism now days…even CNN Has it wrong!!!! CHOCOLATE REIN!!!!!! NOT RAIN!!!!!! Damn!
REIGN. SORRY, that was a hasty mistake. Still a stupid song.
Do you catch the Yahoo video awards instead.
http://www.urbanread.com/news/winners-yahoo-video-awards
CHOCOLATE RAIN MAKES ME THINK OF GETTING THE RUNS.
CHOCOLATE RAIN FROM MY ASS, WTF?
CHOCOLATE RAIN MAKES ME THINK OF GETTING THE RUNS.
CHOCOLATE RAIN FROM MY ASS, WTF?
@ #58
It’s actually ‘rain.’
And how is it a stupid song? You can’t just go calling it stupid without a reason. Listen to the lyrics and make a mature judgment. What about the lyrics is stupid?
CHOCOLATE BRAINS!!!
It’s the best YouTube MUSIC Video of 2007. Not the best video OVERALL, stupid.
He’s weird but actually quite talented and his keyboard one (even though looped and quantized) is excellent. Excellent arpeggios on the Yahama.
The best video of 2007 on YouTube has to be the one where the herd of Buffalo go head to head with a pride of Lions. That one was gripping. Ever see a lion get horned and tossed into the air by a Bull? You gotta check that one out.
I’d like to see Tay Zonday get horned and flipped into the air by a Bull. That would really be some Chocolate Rain coming down.
Oh.. and check out his “Demons on the Dance Floor’ joint. The words are dumb, but the music is tight as hell.
IT’S CHOCOLATE REIGN!!!! HE SAID SO HIMSELF ON A RADIO SHOW, STUPID!!!!
More like:
CHOCOLATE WHINE
WHEN THE FUCK, WILL IT STOP
CHOCOLATE WHINE
HAS ANYONE SEEN MY POP?
CHOCOLATE WHINE
WAAA WWAAA BOO HOO BOO HOO
CHOCOLATE WHINE
WE HAVE AN EXCUSE SO WE DONT HAVE TO TRY
WAAA WAA BOOHOO POOR ME POOR ME
CHORUS AND FADE…..please fade…. the sooner the better …..so tired of the whining….
Dude, #43, that is the funniest thing I have ever read, I am literally STILL laughing. For some reason, that just appealed to my sense of humour and I can imagine lowering my toilet seat to hear “chocolate rain…. something something blah blah blah chocolate raaaain!”
You, sir, are a hero and you deserve a medal..
The song sucks, though, and this kid sounds like a retard.
Still, no one has answered me… what makes the song stupid? Listen to the lyrics and then make a judgment.
@67
It’s ‘rain.’ If it was ‘reign,’ then he would have titled the video and the mp3 ‘Chocolate Rain.’ Rain actually makes more sense… consider these lines:
Chocolate rain,
Build a tent and say the world is dry,
Chocolate rain,
Zoom the camera out and see the lie.
@68 the song is not stupid. it;s the video! geez. yea, the message is an eye-opener. but his voice?! i mean, i sound better than him and i’m not even a singer. how can you classify this as a good video? there are no variations just a frog-voiced guy singing on a made-up studio with *i move away from the mic to charge my light saber*. all i can say is..wtf. best video? NO WAY.
hey,maybe stupid song but ive never laughed so much in my life,i have peed myself laughing.everybody here has had this song in their mind for days.my cheeks hurt.
hey,maybe stupid song but ive never laughed so much in my life,i have peed myself laughing.everybody here has had this song in their mind for days.my cheeks hurt.
Ok, so here’s my take on this guy, the video, and his legitimacy as an ‘artist.’
First, The song is really just his keyboard, no other instruments are used. What he does with it is way too simple & repetitive for me to listen to for more than a minute or so. It’s like a jackhammer, do do doo do do doo. . . it’s just noise after a very short while. It lacks layers, other sounds other than his keyboard. If he played it like a piano, that would be different, but he just makes a single beat all the way through. There is no auditory journey for the ears to take, just do do doo do do doo… Even dance music and hip-hop, which are very repetitive by nature have some mixture through a song, but this one lacks any multi-dimensionality.
Second, although is lyrics have some meaning, they aren’t compelling. They don’t captivate an audience. The meanings of the words gets lost behind “chocolate rain….blah blah blah…Chocolate rain…..” It’s more like an assault on the ears than an entertaining song that i would like to listen to at any point in my life.
Third, his voice absolutely sucks a$$. It’s obvious that he is forcing his voice to sound that low, much like a voice actor would if they were playing a monster, ogre, villian, etc. The kermit the frog comment earlier is exactly true. It’s like the guy from “Crash Test Dummies.” The sad thing is is that i believe he really thinks that this is what singing is, but it is not. There’s no real pitch control of the voice, it’s just weird-sounding like an altered voice of an actor in a cartoon.
Just watch the footage of him doing this song live on Jimmy Kimmel (easy to find on you tube) AND pay close attention to the reactions he gets during the song. The faces of the audience members while they watch him play explains it precisely, more than words ever could. It’s like they are confused and horrified at the same time, and you can also hear how difficult it is for him to keep that silly voice going.
In-summation it is stupid to think that this is a legitimate song worthy of praise for it’s musical merit.
thanks y’all for listening!