The most white song ever written.

[rug]

[Laffy Kat]

1. Hahahahaha.

That is so true and it's one of my favorite S & G's.

[rug]

2. Me too.

(superficial sigh)

[Wolf Frankula]

3. Why Would This Song be Considered 'White?'

What makes a song 'White'? This is performed by two Jewish guys. And what, out of curiosity, would be the most 'Black' song ever written?

Wolf

[rug]

4. Gabardine, lace, and superficial sighs.

And Emily Dickinson.

Here's a whiter version, by Klara Söderberg and Johanna Söderberg.

[MosheFeingold]

5. Had the same thought

I'm old and tend to be very un-PC, in part because I am tired and in part because I grew up in a era where bigotry was common.

Some is probably refreshing. Some is probably bigotry.

To filter the refreshing from the bigotry, I have a mental trick. I change the race/sex/religion of the statement in mind through a couple of iterations.

If it sounds really bad talking about one race, it's bad for all. If it's funny for all or self-deprecating or some such, I let it past the filter.

Calling a song the "whitest ever" has really bad racist connotations, especially if reverse it (as you did) and say "blackest ever" or "most Asian ever" or whatever.

Ergo, this is something I would not say.

And the joke is really not about race. It's about that certain sweater-vest wearing subset of our population that tends to drive Volvos or Saabs, Could be the Huxtables of TV fame. So figure out what to call the subset and use that term instead of a race.

[Wounded Bear]

6. Never thought of it as "white" vs some other race/ethnicity...

but then, I don't go there on initial impressions anyway. It's why I've always been a bit of an unintentional racist.

It does speak to something I would call a kind of middle class angst, or middle aged depression.

One of many S&G favorites of mine.

[rug]

8. It comes from a place of privilege.

[Donkees]

7. It seems to be about two people intellectualizing love/life, disconnected from the heart/nature, and

looking for answers outside themselves and not within. Like trying to understand compassion instead of being it, no borders; not creating, being bored.

[retread]

9. Thought it was going to be this one.

[retread]

10. Could have been this one.

[firerises]

11. That's not country.

That's not country.

[ms liberty]

13. I thought it was going to be The Carpenters

"We've Only Just Begun" I immediately thought of it when I read your thread title.

[retread]

14. On further reflection there is this:

[LeftInTX]

15. Very White by Chevy Chase

I can't find the song anywhere. He performed it on SNL. It was hilarious. Parody of Barry White. Song about white privilege.

I only found partial lyrics:

"Baby, I remember the first time I saw you — you were down on the beach, entertaining the Van Der Camps. And I was at the tennis camp, looking for a fourth for mixed doubles."

All done in Barry White style with lots of Oooooh baby, Ooooooh baby, babyyyyy

[rug]

16. is this it?

[LeftInTX]

17. No. But the Muzak line in Golden Throats was kinda white

I think NBC is real stingy about any YouTubes, so that is why it isn't available.

In Very White, Chevy keeps falling off his piano bench. And lyrics are basically about being white.

[oberliner]

19. Posted a link to the lyrics below

Doesn't quite do it justice though.

[oberliner]

18. Same character, different song

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75nwhite.phtml

[rug]

20. Now I really want to see the video.

[LeftInTX]

22. LOL- He starts doing crescendos just like he's Barry White

But instead of continuing the sexy boom, his voice whimps and mutters in white person fashion.

It's really funny.

That entire SNL episode is great.