Collected Item: “The Holderness Family's Corona Culture Parodies”
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The Holderness Family's Corona Culture Parodies
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Music videos parodying popular songs with a COVID-19 twist
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The following music videos cover different aspects of the 2020 COVID-19 experience through a family's hilarious parodies of popular songs. In "Wash or Dang Hands" (March 2020), "End of the Roll" (April 8 2020), and "Quarantine (is Not Quiet Over)" (May 4 2020) the Holderness family uses humor to lift the spirits of people affected by increased sanitization, toilet paper shortages, and a longing for the pandemic to end. The videos take the everyday pandemic experiences of millions of people to produce funny lyrics that resonate with listeners because of their light-heartiness, and truthfulness. While all fun and games, these songs also help people to begin to crystalize their thoughts about Corona Culture and develop a better understanding of their experiences and the experiences of the world they live in. "Quarantine (is Not Quiet Over)" in particular serves as both a much shared expression of hope and a sort of prophecy for the future. It expresses the fatigue the world is experiencing due to the demands of COVID-19 and also expresses wishful hope (and doubt) that 2021 will see the end of the pandemic. These songs merit more study because of their immense cultural value during the Corona era.
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#HST494, #ASU, #ConronaCulture, #Texas, #Humor, #Pastimes
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiAOS92bjeQ, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVFL6GtKDA0, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygdB-ZE0daY
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The Holderness Family
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2021-04-05