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hey mister, mtv really likes your song
By Eric | February 7, 2002 4:13 pm
Custom’s ‘Hey, Mister’ Makes Its Move, But Not On MTV
February 7, 2 p.m. ET, Launch
New York modern rock artist Custom continues to make a name for himself with his single, “Hey Mister,” an edgy, graphic rock tune detailing a sexual relationship as described by the man to the woman’s father.
The song debuted on both the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts in late December and has climbed to Number 26 (Modern) and 28 (Mainstream) on the current listings.
However, one outlet that has turned its nose up at the song is MTV. “We took a pass on the video due to lyrical content,” a spokesperson for the cable network tells LAUNCH. Lyrics include “God gave her a perfect body, now I’m all up in it” and “hey mister, on your way to work in your Volvo, suit, and tie, we’ll be crawling in your bed soon messing around, maybe getting high.”
Custom tells LAUNCH that the idea for the song came to him while he was in a New York club. “I looked over and there was some guy picking up on my little sister, she was 17, and you have that immediate knee-jerk reaction as a big brother, like, ‘I’m gonna go crush that guy, I think that’s wrong. That’s bad.’ And then I look over and my other sister’s getting picked up on. Then I kind of look at myself and I’m picking up on someone. And I’m like, ‘Oh, this is bad. I’m the same as those guys, I’m just trying to get into someone’s pants. I don’t really like them necessarily, I don’t really necessarily want to talk to them, I just want to get laid, and this is bad,” he says.
Oh, like that’s any worse than any of the rap videos they normally play on MTV…. suddenly MTV gets a conscience? since when??? (BTW, I think the song is hilarious, especially the radio edit, where one of the lines is changed from “tell your wife you’ll be home late cuz you’re at the titty bars” to “… bitty tars” BITTY TARS!!! I dunno, cracks me up 🙂
Topics: Blog | Tags: NT, video, Work | 1 Comment »
June 23rd, 2003 at 8:40 pm
the proud owner of Tom 02-07-2002 18:38
“… bitty tars” BITTY TARS!!! I dunno, cracks me up :)”
lol the way u typed/said that cracked me up hahaha
Adrienne 02-07-2002 19:11
1st tiem i heard that song, I thought it was sooo dumb… what a terrible thing to say…. but then I just laffed! haha Just like what the guy said, its sooo true (sad, but true) LOL
Eric 02-07-2002 22:34
“I hope I never have a daughter…”
Mary 02-08-2002 6:59
MTV does to have a conscience
and a Jesus Aura about them…
scott 02-08-2002 11:35
Is THAT what he says? I could never figure out what the hell that was….
the infinitude of ME 02-08-2002 17:49
i want to be all up in it too