My new Coco Lee CD just came in the mail.
Poor Coco. Apparently you could take Coco Lee out of Taiwan, but you couldn’t take the Taiwan out of Coco Lee — her American album was a disaster, so she went back to what she knows best: Taiwanese manufactured cheese-ness. Right down to the CD packaging (Space Channel 5 + Barberella + Asian porno = CoCo Lee’s new cover) and the album name “ZhenAiRen YOU & ME.” That’s translated as “Real Lover You and Me, I Have Shamed Myself and My Domineering Mother by Not Releasing a Successful American Album” for you white folk out there.
So I’m listening to the CD right now. A lot of slow R&B songs sung in Mandarin, no surprise. And then, all of the sudden, in track #3… oh my god, is… is that Silk E. Fyne? You know, with the ghetto “Romeo and Juliet” song? How the fuck did that happen? Did she like fly to Taiwan to record the song? I can’t even fathom the type of conversation they could have. Well, maybe I could:
CoCo: HA-LO Silk E! My name Coco Lee! Congratulation, You are first black to ever arrive in Taiwan! Please buy my American Album, make Coco to #1! *peace sign*
Silk E. Fyne: (puts down her joint, picks up her glock and blows CoCo’s head off)
Okay, my hate-mail will commence… now.