Chicken Soup: Good for the Soles November 17, 2006

Cat Greenleaf, Lifestyle Contributor

In our world of video games, Internet, and tons of TV, I love to see people actually get out of the house and MOVE.

And when the kids in Harlem came up with the dance “Chicken Noodle Soup“, they were really moving! Then, when Bianca “Young B” Dupree and DJ Web-star came out with the rap song to accompany the dance, they didn’t fall back on X-rated lyrics or shoot-em-up hooks. As my colleagues pointed out on the set after we ran our piece about the duo, “Chicken Noodle Soup” is actually 3 minutes of good clean fun.

And without any disrespect to anyone else’s tunes, I find this one refreshing.
I like that kids like it, and it’s not explicit or overly mature. In fact young people -and older people- are dancing to it all over the nation, as simple and unassuming as it is. It’s funny – I find something very classic and calming in a song that’s gained fame through the modern youtube.com.

Go figure.