DAS RACIST and the annual indie fuxxor electronic novelty hit

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sorry if this is too @hipsterrunoff or whatev, but...

So like every year we're pretty much gonna get one electronic novelty hit that crosses over to bloggos as hot jam/reference/joke/meme because it's a catchy beat with someone saying something dumb/silly/filthy/wacky over and over and over and over and over again.

How do we feel about DAS RACIST? What can you add to this list?

1997: DJ Assault - "Ass 'N Titties"

2001: Detroit Grand Poobahs - "Sandwiches"

2007: dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip - "Thou Shalt Always Kill"

2008 LeLe - "Breakfast"

2009: Das Racist - "Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell"

Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:19 (3 years ago) Permalink

at least it isn't a taco bell / long john silver's. those are the worst.

some of the greatest artists ever are bland (los blue jeans), Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:22 (3 years ago) Permalink

das racist is like "lazy sunday '09"

us_odd_bunny_lady (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:23 (3 years ago) Permalink

i think this song is dope + funny

swag serf (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:24 (3 years ago) Permalink

i was gonna say - if this was a 'digital short' it would be canonized w/ "lazy sunday" and "dick in a box"

swag serf (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:24 (3 years ago) Permalink

Pizza Hut is changing their name, so this shit is gonna be a relic by next year

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/pizza-hut-changes-its-name.aspx?GT1=33009

Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:25 (3 years ago) Permalink

i think these things were definitely annual at some point, but around 2007 they became monthly. and will probably be weekly by the end of '09.

some dude, Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:26 (3 years ago) Permalink

lotsa blogs missed the boat with the original "pizza hut/taco bell" so they're furiously trying to pass off like 20 remixes as "superior" versions. wtf internet.

Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:28 (3 years ago) Permalink

1994: Sagat - "Why Is It? (Funk / Fuk Dat)

some of the greatest artists ever are bland (los blue jeans), Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:30 (3 years ago) Permalink

otm

Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:30 (3 years ago) Permalink

wallpaper. remix is better btw

swag serf (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:30 (3 years ago) Permalink

xpost
i never knew there was a dirty version! wow!

Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:32 (3 years ago) Permalink

wallpaper. remix is better btw

Man, Funk Dat

Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:32 (3 years ago) Permalink

it sounds like the same song anyway tbh

swag serf (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:33 (3 years ago) Permalink

no doubt Sagat was a novelty hit but i dunno doesn't seem indie fuxxor enough for this thread. shit got played on MTV and rap stations.

some dude, Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:36 (3 years ago) Permalink

for all i know Sagat still lives in Baltimore, btw, it's one of my on-again-off-again goals to track him down for an interview one of these days.

some dude, Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:37 (3 years ago) Permalink

xpost
yeah, but alternageeks at the time quasi-irono-referenced it in the same way, so I think it applies, even if only as a forebear

Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:38 (3 years ago) Permalink

indie fuxxors were a different breed in 1994

some of the greatest artists ever are bland (los blue jeans), Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:38 (3 years ago) Permalink

yeah but i dunno..i heard "lucas with the lid off" and "cantaloop" on alt-rock stations at the time, not so much "funk dat," so it feels like somehow of a different breed.

some dude, Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:40 (3 years ago) Permalink

this is not about radio play, it's about embracing a novelty electronic song in a slightly ironic wacky way, which applies to both Doc Martin hipsters in 94 re sagat and keffiyah kidz in 09 re wacky fast food song

Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:42 (3 years ago) Permalink

i don't know if you're 15 or something like the rest of the autogoon cru or whatever, but flannel dudes at my school were def doing the "maaaan... funk dat" thing for about 6 weeks.

Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:43 (3 years ago) Permalink

what about "genie in a bottle" + "hard to explain" - certainly that was "a novelty electronic song" that was embraced in a "slightly ironic wacky way"

swag serf (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:44 (3 years ago) Permalink

xpost: yes. to me that's what makes it fit this mold better. it was referencing the "other".

some of the greatest artists ever are bland (los blue jeans), Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:45 (3 years ago) Permalink

i dont think anyone irl outside of ppl who live in brooklyn know about "combination pizza hut and taco bell" - people are still shouting "I'M ON A BOAT" tbh

swag serf (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:45 (3 years ago) Permalink

xxpost

pedantic jordan s. missing the fuckin point is becoming a monthly occurance too.

Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:46 (3 years ago) Permalink

I don't remember anyone embracing genie in a bottle, but I wasn't hanging around too many ironical dudes at the time

some of the greatest artists ever are bland (los blue jeans), Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:46 (3 years ago) Permalink

1st ironical embrace of genie I can remember is the strokes mashup

some of the greatest artists ever are bland (los blue jeans), Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:47 (3 years ago) Permalink

i dont think anyone irl outside of ppl who live in brooklyn know about "combination pizza hut and taco bell" - people are still shouting "I'M ON A BOAT" tbh

i'd love to be all BUT PEOPLE IN KANSAS CAN READ BLAWGZ, but you're probably right. consider this thread a prediction of pizza song's oncoming cult status.

Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:48 (3 years ago) Permalink

xxpost

pedantic jordan s. missing the fuckin point is becoming a monthly occurance too.

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, June 21, 2009 12:46 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

whatever man - i dont know any of these songs - yall can talk about 1994 i was 6 yrs old \(o_O)/

swag serf (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:49 (3 years ago) Permalink

internet people def know about this esp since it got reviewed on pitchfork but if people at your college were going around referencing "funk dat" for 6 months i can guarantee that people at my college are not sending me texts that say "i'm at the pizza hut!!" and we went to comparable colleges size/city wise

swag serf (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:50 (3 years ago) Permalink

llbean back pack full of cassingles slung over one shoulder, mang

some of the greatest artists ever are bland (los blue jeans), Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:51 (3 years ago) Permalink

I think maybe I wouldn't have to go on screaming rampages about my shitty job prospects at Twitter conferences if I spent more time looking for work and less time having 2 a.m. chat sessions with people that used to watch Eureeka's Castle.

Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:53 (3 years ago) Permalink

tbh the annual indie fuxxor electornic novelty hit of 09 is that 3OH!3 song

swag serf (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:53 (3 years ago) Permalink

3OH3 is mainstream fuxxor iirc

Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:54 (3 years ago) Permalink

i mean people who are going to women/men/boys/girls warehouse shows probably aren't fucking with 3OH!3 but people who are vampire weekend/decemberists/broken social scene "mainstream" indie fuck with that song as far as i can tell

swag serf (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:56 (3 years ago) Permalink

i thought only Bamboozle Fest Fall Out Bros with the big text T-shirts listened to that shit, and no one who actually listened to, like, any indie band that stereogum would cover

Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 21 June 2009 05:58 (3 years ago) Permalink

I've been meaning to make a shipley-style Idolator post where I categorize the 30 types of hipster so we stop just calling all these disparate groups "hipsters"

Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 21 June 2009 06:00 (3 years ago) Permalink

im basing that post on small anecdotal evidence but it's not thaaaaat far of a bridge from "discovering" justice to "liking" a 30H!3 song if you listen to stereogum bands

swag serf (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 21 June 2009 06:00 (3 years ago) Permalink

im sure lots of it is "this pop song is so bad it's good!!" or whatever but still

swag serf (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 21 June 2009 06:02 (3 years ago) Permalink

I was under the impression that 3ought!3 is more of a nu-hot topic band. Like maybe there are some people that like them and justice and vampire collective or whatever but they are just the people that list a bunch of new bands + Johnie Cash (sic) on their social profiles.

some of the greatest artists ever are bland (los blue jeans), Sunday, 21 June 2009 06:07 (3 years ago) Permalink

yeah probs

swag serf (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 21 June 2009 06:08 (3 years ago) Permalink

idgi, it's more "stupid" than "funny" to me but admittedly I am kind of humorless.

Monday Nite Tranny Party (The Brainwasher), Sunday, 21 June 2009 06:19 (3 years ago) Permalink

i thought only Bamboozle Fest Fall Out Bros with the big text T-shirts listened to that shit, and no one who actually listened to, like, any indie band that stereogum would cover

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, June 21, 2009 1:58 AM (21 minutes ago)

whiney's otm here, i can't see anyone who facies themself a hipster liking this song, it's more the warped-tour types

what a disaster for 1p3 (k3vin k.), Sunday, 21 June 2009 06:24 (3 years ago) Permalink

of course most of this shit dan go fuck itslef imo

what a disaster for 1p3 (k3vin k.), Sunday, 21 June 2009 06:26 (3 years ago) Permalink

I've been meaning to make a shipley-style Idolator post where I categorize the 30 types of hipster so we stop just calling all these disparate groups "hipsters"

WOULD READ, MIGHT LAUGH.

Cunga, Sunday, 21 June 2009 06:48 (3 years ago) Permalink

3oh!3 just seems like next-decade sugar ray -- which means more electro-disco and whatever. frat-party warped-tour bad-beer and all that, but ilx 2019 will be repping it.

us_odd_bunny_lady (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 21 June 2009 06:54 (3 years ago) Permalink

(over asher roth, i hope)

us_odd_bunny_lady (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 21 June 2009 06:55 (3 years ago) Permalink

lol, i hope i'm sb'd by then

what a disaster for 1p3 (k3vin k.), Sunday, 21 June 2009 06:56 (3 years ago) Permalink

i wouldn't worry about it if i were you

swag serf (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 21 June 2009 06:58 (3 years ago) Permalink

Rolling Crabcore Thread 2019

some of the greatest artists ever are bland (los blue jeans), Sunday, 21 June 2009 06:58 (3 years ago) Permalink

i have nothing against these guys but honestly i'd rather read their blogs than listen to their records

^^at some point i went from this to genuinely enjoying the music, at least 'sit down, man' and heems' solo mixtape.

40oz of tears (Jordan), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 16:52 (1 year ago) Permalink

3 months pass...

2001 was a very special year for indie fuxxor electronic novelty hits

calm me maybe (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 10 June 2012 00:35 (11 months ago) Permalink

i know i'm pissed but i'm struggling to work out on which level Green Velvet is an indie fuxxor

'Last Moments Robot' Comforts You To Death (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 10 June 2012 03:45 (11 months ago) Permalink

i'm guessing it's either on the Whiney challenging my perceptions of what makes an indie fuxxor level or alternatively on the Whiney is drunker than me level

'Last Moments Robot' Comforts You To Death (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 10 June 2012 03:46 (11 months ago) Permalink

i mean if i actually had to place a bet

'Last Moments Robot' Comforts You To Death (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 10 June 2012 03:47 (11 months ago) Permalink

Read first post imo

calm me maybe (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 10 June 2012 04:50 (11 months ago) Permalink

still don't get it but have come round to the i'm drunker than you were theory

'Last Moments Robot' Comforts You To Death (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 10 June 2012 04:55 (11 months ago) Permalink

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'Last Moments Robot' Comforts You To Death (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 10 June 2012 04:56 (11 months ago) Permalink

i know i'm pissed but i'm struggling to work out on which level Green Velvet is an indie fuxxor

― 'Last Moments Robot' Comforts You To Death (Noodle Vague), Saturday, June 9, 2012 10:45 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wondering if this might be the fault of recent updates to the is deej a hipster thread

littledotheyknow (D-40), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 05:59 (11 months ago) Permalink

dj assault and sagat got called fuxxors itt, so the concept of this thread is kind of bs to begin with

they loooovin the crut (The Reverend), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 08:09 (11 months ago) Permalink

rev missing the point completely

la musica de harry frogbs (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 12:55 (11 months ago) Permalink

I get it, Whiney

you can pencil in "212" on this thread, too

Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 13:38 (11 months ago) Permalink

sagat was mainstream and therefor should be penciled out

lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 13:39 (11 months ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

i really like kool ad

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 17 July 2012 18:12 (10 months ago) Permalink

there's just going to be gigantic thinkpieces about das racist popping up every week for the next ten years, aren't there

some dude, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 18:25 (10 months ago) Permalink

40oz of tears (Jordan), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 18:27 (10 months ago) Permalink

"...i mean it's me just rapping, bro"

fauxmarc, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 18:33 (10 months ago) Permalink

there's just going to be gigantic thinkpieces about das racist popping up every week for the next ten years, aren't there

unfortunately

the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 18:35 (10 months ago) Permalink

almost makes me long for MIA thinkpieces

the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 18:36 (10 months ago) Permalink

i kind of miss the old days of thinkpieces on M.I.A. or Odd Future instead of people whose music basically functions as thinkpieces responding to unwritten thinkpieces like Das Racist and #seapunk

camp lo magellan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 18:38 (10 months ago) Permalink

I just stopped playing Fleetwood Mac so I could play "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell"

PITILESS LIVE SHOW (DJP), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 18:38 (10 months ago) Permalink

did Le1f do the production on that song? I'm really loving his mixtape from this year

that one guy (loves laboured breathing), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 18:46 (10 months ago) Permalink

3 months pass...

this thread has been so inspiring to me!

sarahell, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 19:55 (6 months ago) Permalink

you working on the indie fuxxor electronic novelty hit of 2013?

bish don't kill my bosch (some dude), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 19:57 (6 months ago) Permalink

i think i've said too much already

sarahell, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 19:59 (6 months ago) Permalink

"i'm in the burger king, they're not playing the beatles"

bish don't kill my bosch (some dude), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 20:04 (6 months ago) Permalink

haha you just came up in my fb "people you might know" feed and i friend requested you so i could tell you the story

sarahell, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 20:06 (6 months ago) Permalink

ohhh sarahel that was you!! confirmed

bish don't kill my bosch (some dude), Thursday, 15 November 2012 02:51 (6 months ago) Permalink

http://gabetwee.tumblr.com/post/35257019932/regarding-the-time-i-met-das-racist

u_u

― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Wednesday, November 14, 2012 9:34 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark

das rapist

lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 15 November 2012 03:03 (6 months ago) Permalink

wow these guys are assholes, amazing, i'm so shocked, really

bish don't kill my bosch (some dude), Thursday, 15 November 2012 03:10 (6 months ago) Permalink

Jesus, these guys are the worst.

This Is Not An ILX Username (LaMonte), Thursday, 15 November 2012 03:16 (6 months ago) Permalink

wow these guys are assholes, amazing, i'm so shocked, really

wait so you've really just known these guys as the types to sexually assault this whole time?

fauxmarc, Thursday, 15 November 2012 03:56 (6 months ago) Permalink

i didn't know exactly what kind of assholes they were, no

bish don't kill my bosch (some dude), Thursday, 15 November 2012 03:58 (6 months ago) Permalink

the top comment (now deleted) on a das racist AMA asked about the incident

warning: reddit hivemind might make you want to kill yourself

LOL tolhurst (diamonddave85), Thursday, 15 November 2012 05:27 (6 months ago) Permalink

how is this not really blowing up as a story at all? only thing i really see is noz ranting about it on twitter

it just might not jive with you (fadanuf4erybody), Thursday, 15 November 2012 05:54 (6 months ago) Permalink

it's complicated. i mean, i think it will become more of a thing in the coming day or two. but it's hard for places actual news sites to run a story like this based of just a tumblr post. maybe someone will get an interview with the girl or something that would help solidify things a bit.

which of course isn't to say that the accusation isn't legitimate... but it's a tricky area when you're talking about covering it on a wide scale

lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 15 November 2012 06:01 (6 months ago) Permalink

also, some dude knew they were assholes already anyway

❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Thursday, 15 November 2012 06:06 (6 months ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

they dead

the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 3 December 2012 02:03 (5 months ago) Permalink

*insert "i miss you" here*

it just might not jive with you (fadanuf4erybody), Monday, 3 December 2012 02:07 (5 months ago) Permalink

i wish i actually cared about these guys.

Raymond Cummings, Monday, 3 December 2012 02:48 (5 months ago) Permalink

i think we know why they were assholes to some dude though:

It was rad and he spent a bunch of time making fun of me for coming to his show alone and then some dude rushes up to us and is being super annoying asking for Dap’s autograph and just generally being terrible until Dap just puts a hand up and goes,

“Dude. Can’t you see I’m busy? I don’t know if you’ve met my wife. But this is Gwen. My wife. My WIFE okay?? So I’d appreciate it if I could have some time alone with her.”

HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 3 December 2012 04:34 (5 months ago) Permalink

I really enjoyed DR's music but it's been pretty clear for the last couple years that they weren't enjoying what they were doing together. I don't remember the last time I saw a band get as jaded as quickly as these guys have

I will miss their brand of hip-hop, though. I know a lot of people dismiss them but I always found them refreshing. my ears are probably broken though

everythingsgross, Monday, 3 December 2012 05:20 (5 months ago) Permalink

lol jvc

these markers love soda (some dude), Monday, 3 December 2012 13:07 (5 months ago) Permalink

Huh. Tried to see them at the Virgin Festival back in October and their set got cancelled. We got told they broke up, but I never heard anything about it after that so figured it was a joke.

Vinnie, Monday, 3 December 2012 14:02 (5 months ago) Permalink

who performed in their place, 3OH!3

these markers love soda (some dude), Monday, 3 December 2012 14:18 (5 months ago) Permalink

If only.

Vinnie, Monday, 3 December 2012 14:35 (5 months ago) Permalink

i like them a lot (unashamedly), but this doesn't really bum me out 'cause i've listened to their solo tapes more than the DR stuff.

have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Monday, 3 December 2012 21:22 (5 months ago) Permalink


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