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schmoyoho | Season 1 Ep. 12b | Added: July 31, 2010
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bed-...
Antoine's shirts: http://www.districtlines.com/Antoine-...
After Antoine Dodson, a young hero from Huntsville, AL, saves his sister from an attack, he sings an important message both to his community and to the attacker himself. Evan Gregory then proceeds to play a heartfelt cover of the resulting song.
Follow the Gregory Brothers for more remixes/songifications:
http://www.youtube.com/autotunethenews
http://www.twitter.com/autotunethenews
http://www.facebook.com/gregorybrothers
Original Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua-OqY...
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Click http://www.cocojams.com/content/text-analysis-run-and-tell-phrase-popula... for an examination of the phrase "run and tell that" in various songs, including a R&B song, a Broadway song, and a Gospel song.
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BED INTRUDER
(Antoine Dodson; The Gregory Brothers)
Well, obviously there's a rapist in Lincoln Park [spoken]
[autotune singing begins]
he's climbin in your windows
he's snatchin your people up
tryna rape em so y'all need to
hide your kids, hide your wife
hide your kids, hide your wife
hide your kids, hide your wife
and hide your husband
cuz they're rapin errbody out here
you don't have to come and confess
we're lookin for you
we gon find you
we gon find you
so you can run and tell that,
run and tell that
run and tell that, homeboy
home, home, homeboy
we got your t-shirt
you done left fingerprints and all
you are so dumb
you are really dumb--for real
the man got away leaving behind evidence [spoken by the female reporter]
i was attacked by some idiot in the projects [spoken by Kelli]
so dumb, so dumb, so dumb, so
chorus
(These words are from the spontaneous interview that Antoine Dodson & Kelly Dodson gave to a news reporter)
Here's a comment that I wrote about this video:
There’s a lot of racist comments posted on the multiple YouTube viewer comment threads about this newscast/autotune song. There are also a lot of racist comments posted on threads on Antoine Dodson’s facebook page. But racism is only one part of this mix. I think what most viewers are finding “funny” about this video is the fact that Antoine is a low income, effeminate young Black man. Unfortunately, many Americans-regardless of their race-consider being effeminate laughable in & of itself.
That said, Antoine does have a unique way of talking. His lyrical manner of speaking, his body language when he speaks, and his use of repetitive/rhyming street sayings* are straight out of traditional & contemporay African American singing & oral traditions (think Rev. Jesse Jackson’s use of rhymed sayings & Attn. Johnny Cochran’s “If the glove doesn’t fit/you must acquit” sentence.) Furthermore, in my opinion, Antoine’s addition of “hide your husband” in his “hide your kids, hide your wife” statements was an unexpected ending which therefore merited a smile.
As an African American woman who was raised in the projects (public housing development)- I love the fact that neither Antoine & Kelli came across as “victims”. In their unscripted interviews both were strong, confident, and defiant in the face of a situation that could have beat them both down. Both Kelli and Antoine looked directly into the camera and said what they felt like saying.
I’m glad that the Gregory Brothers (who produced the autotune video/song) are ethical enough to divide the profits from that 50/50 with Antoine.
I’m glad that Antoine is using his new found fame to help himself and his family. I hope the rapist is caught soon, and I say more power to both Kelli & Antoine!
-Azizi Powell, August 24, 2010
Here's an excerpt from http://thisisconlan.com/2010/07/31/run-and-tell-that-homeboy/
“Run and tell that, homeboy”
By Conlan | Published: July 31, 2010
"Quick quiz: Do you know what the No. 89 song on the Billboard Hot 100 is? No? It's "Bed Intruder (Featuring Kelly Dodson)" by Antoine Dodson and the Gregory Brothers, the (so far!) best-known example of converting non-musical words into a marketable song via Auto-Tune.
With the single, Auto-Tune, a computer plug-in originally intended to be used sparingly for pitch correction, has broken new ground, turning a regular human conversation (OK, rather irregular, but it was still just talking) into commercially successful music.
"Bed Intruder" made the charts despite receiving apparently no airplay and no physical sales -- Andrew Gregory wrote in an e-mail to Surge Desk that "our understanding was that it cracked the Billboard [Hot] 100 based almost solely on iTunes sales."
The Hot 100 chart has included digital sales since 2005. As of this writing, "Bed Intruder" is No. 58 on the overall iTunes singles chart and No. 26 on the pop singles chart, although it had previously reached No. 3 on the R&B chart and No. 15 on the overall chart.
The "band," consisting of the three Gregory brothers -- Andrew, Michael and Evan -- and Evan's wife, Sarah, said in a recent interview with Wired that they were splitting the profits 50-50 with plucky hero and unintentional lyricist Antoine Dodson. AOL News' Billy Baker interviewed Dodson earlier this week and learned about his fantasy about going on a road trip to California with his sister, his brother and Michael Jackson. In addition to his venture with the Gregory Brothers, Dodson has branched out into merchandising.,,
Cocojams Jambalayah It seems to me that what makes this song so likeable is 1. what Antoine & Kelly said and 2. how they said it.
Added to that, the creativity & skill of the Gregory Brothers in producing a video based on that news cast helped to make this a viral video/song.
I'm going to take the liberty of reposting comments from http://thisisconlan.com/2010/07/31/run-and-tell-that-homeboy/
“Run and tell that, homeboy”
By Conlan | Published: July 31, 2010
This [The Gregory Brothers "Bed Intruder"] video succeeds, it seems to me, by following three rules.
1. Respect the source material.
Even with the “auto-tune” vocal effects, the best parts of the original video aren’t buried or obscured by carelessness. Rather, they’re highlighted. The phrasing, the physical mannerisms—it’s all maintained here and augmented by the production surrounding it. And for viewers who may not have seen the original, enough context remains to keep them from being completely lost.
2. Add something to it.
The auto-tune effect, used well here, is a funny way to make speech sound kind of like singing (as any number of Top 40 artists can tell you). But they didn’t stop there. This is so much more than audio effects over a generic beat. They wrote an effing song, complete with verses and chorus. What’s more, it’s a damn good song, catchier than most crap on the radio these days.
3. Be awesome.
The creators are talented musicians (who have, thankfully, chosen to use their immense powers for comedy, not evil) as is clear by the music. You can see the care that went into everything: the selection of the best clips to use, the background vocals and handclaps, the tight editing and overall production. This is how you make a funny tribute video."
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