By Gene Mueller
The thing is, it's a pretty decent song.
Trouble is, who's going to hear it ?
R-and-B singer Erykah Badu let the cameras as she dropped her clothes for a video for her new song "Window Seat".
Did I mention that the impromptu striptease happened in Dallas, Texas. At Dealey Plaza. Where President Kennedy was assassinated. In front of horrified onlookers (the murder AND the video).
Look for yourself.
Badu defends the move as an artistic statement. No one called the cops, and she hasn't been charged with anything.
So, is it art, or is it a publicity grab?
If it's the second, it worked. I'm not the only mope blogging about it, and the video supposedly is going viral on YouTube, according to the Dallas Morning News where you can read much more.
Like I said, it's a pretty decent song. Would you have even known it existed without Badu's naked romp? Is it bad taste, or solid (if tastefully questionable) marketing? Free speech, or sensationalistic exploitation of a national tragedy?
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