
Although mostly hetero, a reasonable amount of gay boys and girls do attend. The critically acclaimed Coachella Music and Arts festival is one of various music festivals in the United States,nbsp;that carries a certain cachet that’s hard to match. It is graded as the list one music festival in the world.Perhaps it’s the scenery – listening to music on a grassy polo field surrounded by swaying palm trees and craggy desert mountains. Or perhaps it’s the charge of discovering new artists and rediscovering old ones standing shoulder-to-shoulder with friends, strangers and the random Hollywood celebrity. Like
But Jizz In My Pants, by The Solitary Island, is a call you’re unlikely to ever see on Australian radio.It’s just too rude.The track – about an unfortunate recurring subject of premature ejaculation – includes the lines: “Checked my call and saw you rang and I / JIZZED IN MY PANTS / Open my window and a breeze rolls in and I / JIZZ IN MY PANTS / When Bruce Willis was utterly at the end of sixth sense I / JIZZED IN MY PANTS”.Sydney’s mainstream broadcast giant, Nova 969, played the song just twice during the week, both times later in the evening.On Nova and Sea FM stations nationally, the call was aired 10 times – in total.The Solitary Island – Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer – confirmed radio stations were also avoiding the cult hit in the US.”It’s selling very good on iTunes and it’s received millions and millions of hits on YouTube, but I don’t believe many radio stations are actually playing it because it’s so dirty,” they told news.com.au.”We do get a clear version which we’ve been sending out, where they bleep out the ‘jizz.’ There’s some moaning that goes over the ‘jizz.’ It’s me and Andy going “errrrrr, in my pants,” but we’re not certain how many are acting it,” said writer and singer Jorma Taccone.Nova 969 music director Toni Pipicelli said the song’s strong following on YouTube could mean increased play.“It’s great talking point with our listeners, and with it now doing so good on the iTunes charts, we’re giving it about more spot play,” she said.The Solitary Island describe the cross as “pretty harmless”, and say that’s borne out by the want of dissent from Christian and family groups.”There has been surprisingly little fanfare. I mean, who’s going to deal with the guy in the corner jizzing in his pants, you but feel bad for him, you only need to check out of his way. Hopefully most people will only see that it’s all in decent fun.”They say the ground for the song’s success is simple.”People are very immature. I guess it’s the compounding of a hilarious concept, married with a hot beat. That degree of irony is never going to get out in print.”The trio said while “cleaning up the song” dimished its comedic appeal, they were willing to do it to get their music to a broader audience.”The primary reason we’re making this book is so kids can listen to it and I believe if they can even get the trick and it remains something that parents deem appropriate for them to learn then its a win, if it’s a little softened up, it’s because it’s for people who should see it a little softened up.”The want of airplay hasn’t put the celebs off either.The Solitary Island album Incredibad features Justin Timberlake as the lead of their hit Dick in a Box, Natalie Portman has her own rap song called Natalie’s Rap, T-Pain collaborated with them on I’m On A Boat and other celebrities such as Jack Black, Norah Jones and Julian Casablancas of The Strokes have united in.The Californian trio – dubbed by critics as the world’s “funniest comedy team for the internet generation” – has now landed a three-album deal with Universal Republic.So with some of the biggest names in America clambering to get a man of The Solitary Island, is there any chance they’d try to get Obama on board?”I really hope he has better things to do than hang out with us making songs,” they laughed.By Alison Stephenson – NEWS.com.au – March 03, 2009 09:00am* Incredibad is released in Australia on March 27