o/t Musician arrested for singing Kung Fu Fighting

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/8994875.Musician_arrested_for_singing_Kung_Fu_fighting/?ref=mr

He should be arrested just because it's a sappy song. as should anybody singing a John Denver tune.

Tom

As an American of Chinese ancestry I find nothing racially demeaning in the lyrics to "Kung Foo Fighting" at all.
I actually think it might be a fun novelty tune to consider adding to my own act now.
I suspect the headline saying Simon Ledger was arrested for simply singing the song not the complete story,
and that there's more to this than merely singing the song. He might have added racially mocking jestures and speech.
Freedom of speech I suppose, but in a Chinese restaurant? If nothing else, he may have simply been arrested for public intoxication and disturbing the peace. The article headline seems more an attention grabber device than anything else.

Scott,

Why are you up so early?

Tom

Hi Tom
Sleep. . . what's that? Woke up in the middle of the night and with my instant on iPad so coveniently accessible next to my bed on the nightstand, its too easy to quickly 'check up on and even touchscreen post' on the forum with my iPad or Android phone anywhere I am 24 hours a day, both home or on the road. I actually spend more time on Synthzone thru these wireless portable devices than thru my home desktop PC now. Ok, back to sleep to get a few more winks.

??? "Annie's Song" is one of my favorites...the lyrics are so beautiful.......JD went too soon.

I love Back Home Again, Tom. He had some great songs along with the fluff.
On my way to jail now.

DonM

Don,

Do you need a cake with a file in it? John Denver's lyrics can't begin to compare with the better Beatle stuff like "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" and "You Know My Name Lookup the Number".

Tom

How bout this classic Country Hit?
I enjoy it mostly because Freddie Hart actually takes it so 'seriously'.

He didn't sing in a Chinese restaurant, he sang somewhere else and later he was arrested in a Chinese restaurant. If he was a racist I doubt he would be mocking Chinese and then popping in a Chinese restaurant for some Peking Duck.

You gotta be kidding me. You're slamming John Denver on SZ in the same sentence as "sappy?" That is the ultimate in irony. That man was a fabulous singer-songwriter, as self-made as they come. He wrote the majority of the songs on his albums. How many people can take a guitar, a voice, their own songwriting prowess, their own initiative and make a career? Not many. How many can build a following of millions based on a positive, uplifting outlook and ideals? Wanna know more? I doubt it, but here ya go...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Denver

The article ends up saying he had done nothing wrong and was not arrested, but police were just responding to a report they had received.

Bill,
It was a joke. I do however put him in the same catagory as Barry Manilow who is also a great singer songwriter musician.

Tom