The pop culture phenomenon known as "Gangnam Style" has finally reached the highest office of the United States. When asked about the craze, President Obama simply remarked, "I think I can do that move."
大热的《江南style》终于流传到了美国白宫。在被问及全球掀起的这股流行文化风潮时,奥巴马总统简单地回答说:“我觉得我也能跳骑马舞。”
Here’s Obama’s “Gangnam Style.” It’s a fake, but we can dream.
We can't speak of President Obama's confidence in the turnout of the 2012 election just yet, but he seems pretty secure in his dance moves. The hardest-hitting question President Obama has been asked yet was
put forth1(提出,发表) by an interviewer curious as to whether or not the president had caught Gangnam fever yet.
On Tuesday, during a radio spot with WZID-FM in New Hampshire, President Obama was pressed on the issue, asked whether or not he or Michelle would eventually do a rendition of South Korean rapper PSY's international viral hit, which has currently
notched2 up just over 6.5 million views on YouTube.
"I just saw that video for the first time," Obama replied. "I think I can do that move. But I'm not sure that the
inauguration3 ball is the appropriate time to break that out."
"Maybe," he concluded, "I'll do it
privately4 for Michelle."
"Gangnam Style" has
spawned5 numerous public odes and
parodies6(拙劣的模仿) across the internet including a US
Naval7 Academy version, a Saturday Night Live mock-up, and a Late Show with David Letterman clip that superimposed GOP candidate
Mitt8 Romney's head on the Gangnam dancer.
Personally, I think that the inauguration ball would be the perfect
venue9 for a re-elected President Obama to go "Gangnam Style" with Michelle. PSY would probably have a heart attack.