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Phew. I am glad that AIDS is over now. That was a close call! It was hard to get people to stop having pre-marital sex (the main cause of AIDS, I’m sure), but if you just listen to the lyrics you are like “yuck, no way, not anymore.” Did you know that this song is part of a full album? It is Track 7, and it is called “AIDS.” (Although, the alternative title “Stop the Spread of AIDS and…” is also a very good name for a song.) You don’t want to front-load all your hits. An album tells a story.
My favorite part of this video is around the two and a half minute mark when the backup singers stop even pretending like they are lip-synching. They just stand there, looking great. No offense, but I am pretty sure if AIDS was an article of clothing, it would be all of your shirts. (Via Dlisted.)
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That was fucking terrible. Why were they all smiling when they were singing “AIDS is on the rise”? Is that a good thing?
Also, nice NOT MENTIONING CONDOMS in your AIDS song.
“This is the song Walker played for me after he told me I had AIDS.” –Haley Joel Osment
It’s pretty cruel to play a song about preventing AIDS to someone who already has AIDS.
Oh man, now I’m going to have this tune stuck in my head for the rest of the day. If only we could get this group to write a track about health care – then I think we could knock out that problem by Christmas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVgOl3cETb4
Ta-da!
The chef’s jacket seems like an odd wardrobe choice for the girl on the left. Maybe it’s so she can rip it off when she’s splashed with burning hot AIDS?
Considering the kind of people who might find this music appealing, I think they’re preaching to the choir. ie: Themselves.
Apparently the guy who plays organ at baseball games will play music for any song if you pay him.
ALMOST as good as AC’s version of “I don’t like Lymes (Not Citrus)”
“If all AIDS are on the rise then the USA is not in debt!” Am I doing this right?
I think, in this context, that it should be spelled A*DS.
That “Stop the Spread of AIDS and…” is killing me over here. AND WHAT, STD CHEFS?! I WILL NEVER SLEEP UNTIL I KNOW!
totally downergum here–i have so much guilt for laughing at this. this video is hilarious and all kinds of bad, but considering the devastating toll that AIDS has taken especially on African-American women (leading cause of death for young african american women) it makes me feel just awful to hold it up for ridicule without presenting some sort of context. context presented.
Yeah I was sort of thinking the same thing. I made fun of the video’s backdrop, but there’s no making fun of the video’s REAL backdrop: the crippling AIDS epidemic! It might not be a bad thing to remind kids to think twice before jumping into bed with someone you don’t know so well. And I don’t know how else to get through to kids other than to stage musicals.
I can feel your seriousgummness, but this is so blatantly uninformed and patently ridiculous that the whole time I was all
The thing that most struck me was the bizarro background. What is that? Pulsating squares of blue and why light? I know it’s just some weird blue screen thing. The girl on the left keeps losing part of her shoulder to one of the white squares. But why did they go with something that is legitimately distracting from their otherwise very catchy and helpful song??
That bewildered shrug around :55-:57 is how I feel watching this.
I actually wanted AIDS before I heard this song… Now the whole idea of it kind of annoys me.
It’s so weird when your old high school principal and the ladies from the front office get together and do stuff like this.
You always wondered what they did on field trips to Six Flags. Apparently the “Make your own Music Video” booth was too much temptation. The album spawn was an unforeseeable externatlity.
They initially had better wardrobe planned, but after they got the bill from the Dodger Stadium Oraganist (Organ-player? Organizer?) they had to settle for their day-job-Applebees-uniforms.
in other news, i think i just ended the deadlock over what song my band should cover at our next show. this is a real humdinger of a number that is sure to get the kids a-swayin.
listening to this song made me want to do the exact opposite of what they were telling me to do. now i have AIDS. THANKS FOR NOTHING AND….
What does it say about me that the part of this song that most bothered me (no mention of condoms was a close second) was the phrase “STDs is on the rise…”
It should be ‘STDs are on the rise,’ awkward lip-syncing choir ladies!
The part that bothered me the most was “AIDS Disease.” 1. It’s a syndrome, not a disease, and 2. Syndrome is already in the acronym! Don’t add “disease” at the end!
I realized my comment could be misconstrued as saying that I don’t think there is a recognizable cause for AIDS (i.e. HIV). I actually meant that the “S” in AIDS stands for syndrome, so it’s redundant to say “AIDS disease.” Just wanted to clear that up!
What I like about this song is it takes that extra step of safeness by not stopping at “get married and be faithful.” Even after you choose one spouse to stick to you’re apparently still supposed to flee fornication. This woman thinks of everything. This is what spousal interactions will be like from now on:
Spouse 1: Can we have that sex we talked about tonight?
Spouse 2: *sigh* No,
I have a headache.I don’t want AIDS.If you thought Trichomoniasis was someones name, then you deserve Trichomoniasis.
I feel like Chris Brown should be singing this song because it is the worst, and he is the worst, and I learn that worst attracts worst.
The Heidi-Spencer rule of Entropic Attraction
If you think this is bad, you should hear the anti-AIDS anthem done to the tune of “New York, New York”.
Stop spreadin’ the AIDS…
Their original version “Gonna take my baby down to the ocean and I’m gonna dunk her head in the AIDS” didn’t fare so hot.
(I move away from the mic to breathe in AIDS)
The DeVry Institute really makes you jump through hoops for your Medical Transcriptionist certification these days.
Uhhh. From the album “Stop The Spread of Aids and STD’s 2.”
There was a prequel, you guys. Let’s find it.
AIDS Disease! You can have two or three!
What’s up with the way trichomoniasis is overdubbed? I have a feeling this lady can’t say trichomoniasis. (Me, I have a sister named Trichomoniasis )
Jacqueline Ray imma let you finish but Salt-n-Pepa had the best AIDS song out ever…wait are we still doing that?
Whoever told them that this song was a good idea needs to be caught and severly punished.
I find it especially disturbing that track #3 of this collection is called “When the Head Goes Up.”
I never liked you, but that’s a pretty good comeback post.