Hank asks viewers why internet dance-craze songs are so often bilingual (2013)
ask · status: reported back · last event: result reported (2013-02-22) · owner: Hank
In February 2013 Hank asked viewers why internet dance-craze songs are so often bilingual. A week later he reported their consensus: we hear the passion in the words and project our own circumstances onto them.
Told alongside: Hank asks Nerdfighteria how many languages it speaks, in an Our Pants forum discussion (2013)
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| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-02-15 | asked | Hank asks viewers for ideas on why internet dance-craze songs are so often bilingual. | Baby, Harlem, Obama, Dance Crazes, Big Week 00:01:34 |
| 2013-02-22 | result reported | Hank reports viewers' consensus on why we dance to songs we don't understand: we hear the passion and project our own circumstances onto the words. → refers to Baby, Harlem, Obama, Dance Crazes, Big Week | Translating Dance Songs 00:00:00 |
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2 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2013-02-15 · Baby, Harlem, Obama, Dance Crazes, Big Week — ask: Hank doesn't know why dance-craze songs are bilingual; his guesses aren't good enough to share, so he asks viewers for ideas. — 00:01:25
- 2013-02-22 · Translating Dance Songs — Hank reports viewers' consensus on why we dance to songs we don't understand: we hear the passion in the words but project our own circumstances onto their blank canvas, which he finds nice and sensible. — 00:00:00