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Chap-Hop

The Lord of Leisure | November 24, 2010

The wonders of the internet never fail to bring both joy and confusion to so many at the same time, and this particular trip down You-Tube lane cannot be a finer example.

You see, it appears that some strange individuals roaming the countryside of this far nation of ours, while asking for 40p for a cup of tea, have taken it upon themselves to create a new spin on a modern classical music genre, known as the hip-hop.

Hip-Hop of course as we all know originated from William Shatner, who while in-between Star Trek movies and filming episodes of the multi-award winning show that brought us world peace and cake for everyone; TJ Hooker, decided he was the real slim shady all those years ago and brought us singing via speaking.

Along came some more people who were unhappy at which the speed the Shatner shat out his lyrics and proceeded to speed it all up and then make it all rhyme in a jolly nice fashion. Thus the modern day hip-hop was born.

But it was all sang by people who saw fit to wear trousers that didn’t cover their underpants and hats at slightly jaunty angles, so to address the balance, some blokes in Britain decided to get out their banjos and sing about cricket, tea and everything that David Cameron loves; Chap-Hop was born, and here is an example of the art in action…
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