In Latin Impact class tonight, Glenda had us dance to a song by some group called The Soca Boys. It’s called Follow The Leader but in the middle of the song they start singing “The Roof, The Roof, The Roof is on FIRE! Never mind the water, let the ____ – ____ BURN!” I always feel really uncomfortable because I want to sing the bleeped words but it’s not really appropriate, is it? Did you know that the Bloodhound Gang did not come up with the whole, “The Roof is on Fire” bit? I always thought they did! I knew it was about the MOVE incident and the Bloodhound Gang are from the Philly area, so it made sense. The song came out in 1984 by Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three. Not The Bloodhound Gang. The lead singer of the Bloodhound Gang is named Jimmy Pop. I met him years ago. We worked on a movie together. He acted and I held a boom mike. He tried to steal my car. But he apparently felt bad and brought it back. Or maybe he just took it for a joy ride. I don’t know. It was weird.
donnaville
sugar and spice and everything groovy
When I was in the service, I had a couple of Sargeants who like to have us sing that part of song while we marched to-and-fro. The worst of the two was the one I met at boot camp. Of course this was back in the mid to late 80’s and the military wasn’t as PC as it is now.