Harry Kari Yes Sir, That's My Baby

1953 novelty song by Harry Stewart (AKA Harry Kari)

[@jadyassine8484]

Hello, samuraiguitarist fans

[@DatMetalBoi75]

Thanks for the welcome

[@soysauce05]

hey there

[@jacobleetaylor]

Got ya free pentatonic course guys 🤘🏻

[@mgscheue]

That's what brought me here, and it's even worse than I expected.

[@DatMetalBoi75]

@@mgscheue I was expecting it to be bad, but holy shit were my expectations exceeded in the worst of ways

[@andrewsullivan4309]

who’s here from Wikipedia

[@johnolson2216]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_music_considered_the_worst

[@richardbraley7774]

Me

[@nesensej]

Wow, nice ad from Wikipedia)))

[@doctorpickles79]

Listening to all the worst songs on that list and starting at the top!

[@jazmin6031]

Me too!

[@aa23music]

whos here after samuraiguitarist 👇

[@BlankPictures-1]

Me

[@zhiracs]

0% autotune 0% over-production 0% trap beats 0% respect 100% raw uncut straight ass 🔥🔥🔥

[@yok939a]

Same as adventures of the smart patrol version of U Got Me Bugged

[@srfiipi2096]

200% racism

[@SlyHikari03]

Thx Wikipedia

[@Satans_Legion_of_Evil]

Imagine if the world is ending and this is the last song you'd hear...

[@jubalcalif9100]

Talk about dying with a smile on your face !! 😂

[@jasonnstegall]

Since I do believe that Armageddon is coming, I wouldn’t be too surprised if SOMEONE was listening to this as this system of things ended…

[@quecessamusic9329]

😅

[@-teacherwade4993]

This song is a real puzzle in a thunderstorm.

[@justingerber1649]

I'm gonna need a citation on that ;)

[@ladysilverwynde]

That's a scathing observation.

[@marshalll9257]

Jumanji!

[@jonahledesma]

This song is just utterly fascinating in a morbid sort of way.

[@xyshomavazax]

My face is all of the crowd from the opening number in the original Producers.

[@JimPigMuseumOfSound]

I just heard this for the first time, while eating my lunch, and nearly choked from laughing

[@ricarleite]

The person singing this died 3 years later of a violent, brutal death

[@jubalcalif9100]

@@ricarleite Did people hate the song that much ??

[@rotunda57]

@@jubalcalif9100 Harry Stewart died in an automobile wreck. It was accidental

[@am-db7vi]

Omggg this played for me randomly on yt 3 months ago and i forgot to save it somehow and 2 days after the song was in my head but i forgot the song and lyrics and i have been typing out random stuff last 3 months and finally found it!!!!

[@BoysJustthe]

My goat

[@Findulidas]

Violently racist, crossing the line so blantantly it becomes funny again.

[@ricarleite]

Yeah I guess it was an artifact of its time, but now we laugh not at the content but at the lack of utter taste.

[@nerysghemor5781]

It makes the Aristocats Chinese cat and We are Siamese look so tame in comparison. 😮

[@scottpeterson7500]

Classic episode of the Citation Needed podcast 🤪🍹

[@wrylyo]

You dont even have to wait for the vocals to know exactly what kind of racist this is going to be, you know as soon as that cymbal crashes

[@geoffaldwinckle1096]

Im here from the wiki page about Tony Burello's "New Sound".

[@Spencerras67]

Interesting! I’m here from there “worst songs of all time” list 🤣

[@jubalcalif9100]

I'm here after hearing it was included on the classic album "Scintillating Sounds of the Inscrutable Orient".

[@jasonnstegall]

HILARIOUS!!!

[@cantamusquerbeat]

This is so bad it hurts! But it's still not as bad as Nap XIV.

[@officialFredDurstfanclub]

Charted at #29

[@rommix0]

It only charted due to the notoriety of how bad the song was.

[@reggiebadunkadunk]

Rearry great song to risten to!

[@goldenphonautogram6141]

This comment got me

[@andrewlamont3053]

ohh wow Sammy G was right... that's soo racist you can't help but laugh

[@triggerhydepark]

I have not heard this for 25 years.. Great to hear again!!

[@jubalcalif9100]

Indubitably ! Totally hilarious ! 🤣

[@belsnickel9568]

I’ve heard worse.

[@robertcreighton4635]

What the hell?

[@InzidenzPanik]

Sounds like something Andy Kauffman would play on a routine…mighty mouse style. Steve found quite the stinker

[@samp.8099]

"Harry Kari"... mmmh...

[@reliancelandinc.6361]

As a asian this is comedy

[@jubalcalif9100]

And as an immigrant from Slobovia (and a proud Slob), I too find it exceedingly joyful ! Fun stuff indeed ! 😊

[@jimmygale1435]

Love it! "...Hello Joe, what do ya know....What ya got cookin' in Tokyo? Remember this was recorded only 7 plus years after Japan's Surrender.

[@TheBlackcredo]

Thank you Samurai Guitarist, this is dreadful.

[@epsilon6516]

I think it’s too bad to actually be offensive

[@1rewd133]

I rearlry rike a-this.

[@RockfordRoe]

Vely coor music from Japanese maln. vely acullite and not lascis

[@jubalcalif9100]

Ha ! That's rich !! 😄

[@BlankPictures-1]

This is so bad that it kind of slaps.

[@hbhc_95]

Reading these comments I can automatically assume the complexion of the “this isn’t racist or offensive” types without ever having met them. Wikipedia is bang on when they say this is one of the worst songs ever made.

[@whothennow24]

I found the guy who's just a blast to talk to at parties.

[@rockycomet4587]

@@whothennow24 ikr!

[@MF-SCAR]

😂

[@nathanielgreer2764]

I couldn’t finish this. I don’t know how it didn’t rank higher on the list of worst songs ever.

[@u8qu1tis]

Lol

[@raanangeberer1903]

I prefer Joe Jitsu

[@asher5048]

why are yall laugin this is unironically a masterpiece

[@jubalcalif9100]

I certainly have notion to second that emotion ! 😅

[@gabrielgolden4336]

One of the most nakedly racist things I've ever heard and I love it

[@shonwooten6550]

This is so damn racist, but I can't stop chuckling. It's on the same vein as N**ga(x3) by Gangsta Rap in just pure 'Wtf made you do this?'

[@weswolever7477]

Who remembers this from Dr Demento?

[@BatHunterofDevon]

Siss song so lacist! Hollible!

[@theodorbentzen9013]

I dont see why critics consider this song as one of the worst ever made.

[@vlad3858]

Ikr that doesn't make any sense

[@Madcapredcap]

the Funny Oriental Man voice probably does it - -the song itself is from the 1920s and isn't that bad in its original versions.

[@ROOKTABULA]

Seriously. Other than the fact that it is DEFINITELY a steaming pile of shit.

[@zonesquestiloveunderworld]

lol Are you kidding? It's utter trash. "Novelty" songs are for people with absolutely no taste in music. Middle-aged fuddy-duddies and grandmas listen to this shit.

[@wowisms]

@@zonesquestiloveunderworld I listened to this when I was maybe 4 years old and learned every word. I loved it and still do. It puts a smile on my face... If that's bad taste, bring it on! If you don't like this version, listen to one that you can relate to. As a song it's actually very good. Even Sinatra sang it.

[@hillblocksview]

Samurai Guitarist does not approve

[@Hatohime]

Yep, this is truly terrible. The joke is just "haha bad Japanese accent"

[@rommix0]

Which is a subgenre of "Japanese people are our enemy. Let's make fun of them like we do with black people". Makes sense since Pearl Harbor was fairly recent in people's minds in 1953.

[@IsmailofeRegime]

​@@rommix0 It's funny how dramatically that image changed within thirty years. By 1983 tons of Americans regarded anything from Japan (technology, fashion, etc.) as cool, and lots of pop culture assumed that by the 2000s Japan would surpass the US economically.

[@yttrailers9470]

I can’t even understand what the hell he’s saying!! God this song sucks! 😡

[@Gatsu1Berserk]

This song is so brutally racist. But its still funny as F.

[@stanislavsrezeps5979]

that's not racist, just giggly

[@anthonybradley1555]

i dont see all the hate for this song... its a crassic tune

[@jubalcalif9100]

Indubitably ! Why would anyone hate it !? It's absolutely hilarious ! 🤣

[@yefartz108]

Lolll yesss

[@edpp3687]

You lacist

[@sashaqureshi6204]

It’s a rovery song

[@abbeyna01]

Uhhhh no!

[@fredo1070]

Well that's what you get for bombing Pearl Harbour, LOL.

[@jubalcalif9100]

Ha ! Talk about "Sweet Revenge" !! 😊

[@wowisms]

Funny I had this tune in my head this morning, remembering this original 78RPM record of my childhood. I didn't think it would be possible to find it, but here it is! Wonderful stuff. As a kid in the 50s and 60s I knew all the words. I don't regard it as racist... I think it's just fun. Racism doesn't mean anything in my world, only that people who are offended have their own inner work to do. I had the 78RPM record until about 12 years ago when I left it in Spain along with nearly everything else I owned. Thanks Randy for uploading this gem to youtube.

[@hbhc_95]

You’re an ignorant fool

[@guystudios]

Racism doesn’t exist, really? So, Jim Crow happened why, exactly?

[@MAXthespicyvideomachine]

I think maybe you’re a racist

[@baseddoggie]

Boomers are disgusting. "Racism doesn't mean anything in my world, only that people who are offended have their own inner work to do." It doesn't matter if racism means nothing to you. Narcissist.

[@meredithrodriguez7703]

Ta horrible

[@muchocontenido32]

De que pais eres

[@peanutbuttercat4536]

I thought the song was funny and I heard it was an awful song

[@Typical.Anomaly]

This is MAGA approved 100%

[@baseddoggie]

I'm sure it is.

[@hikingdruid]

My Dad had this on a 45! My brothers and I listened to it over and over. We knew it was funny! And, we had Japanese cousins....so quit the racist crap! Also keep in mind that this song was only a few years after the end of WWII, so the nation was healing from Pearl Harbor...this fun song probably helped them move on from the pain. So many lost in such a violent struggle. We just loved, "Hey Joe, what'ya know, what are a-cookin' in Tokyo...that's just plain old funny stuff. Fun rhyming as well!!! More folks need to learn to look through others eyes better. Its called empathy. And that is wisdom. EnJoy!!! Ha-dee-ho-ha-HA!!!!

[@Hatohime]

It's racist, even if you enjoyed it. Sorry

[@hikingdruid]

@@Hatohime How intolerant of you... Sorry...but thanks for sharing your opinion with me...take care. Try to see through others' eyes sometimes, my dear friend!

[@napoopy]

"it's not racist because my japanese cousins are japanese and they like the song!"

[@rockycomet4587]

@@Hatohime 🤡

[@zhiracs]

Damn, I didn't know being racist was empathy.

[@Meme-zc4cw]

The whole Russian invasion of Ukraine could end if Ukraine just blasted this over lod speakers non stop. Bam, WW3 averted.

[@donkey3213]

Gay

[@jubalcalif9100]

As I do when I take off my hat, you make a good point !! 👍

[@herbchilds1512]

Flip side of "Twas in Yokohama, I met this hot mama,, selling radishes, octopus, rice and dried squid..." Outrageous postwar dialect satire. It was funny in 1946 (and still is today) but no way "politically correct."

[@user-xo4lr9xg6b]

Sadly things like this racist presentation still is considered humourous by so many.

[@bessied.5694]

This isn't racist, it's cariacture. Sadly the polical correctness fascists have .nothing better to do that hate on all things in american culture that predate Shmobama.

[@user-xo4lr9xg6b]

One suspects this was a relic (1953) held over from the racism of WWII, and that those listening to this comedy record were remembering Pearl Harbor, Guam, Bataan, Iwo Jima, Fat Man, Little Boy, and the USS Missouri. In their minds it was OK to hold onto their comfort of racism.

[@bessied.5694]

@@user-xo4lr9xg6b Nop. There has always been American humor based on ethnic stereotypes, e.g. "Family Guy" and everything by Mel Brooks.

[@kwmusic4560]

Back when people could laugh and weren't so desperate to be offended.

[@WedgePee]

This was considered bad THEN.

[@kwmusic4560]

@@WedgePee So when Stewart did his exaggerated accents for his Scandinavian, German and hillbilly characters, nobody cared or found it offensive it. But because this character is Asian it's somehow different than the others? The things people choose to be offended by are often ridiculous.

[@WedgePee]

@@kwmusic4560 I meant it was critically panned.

[@yefartz108]

I want to travel back anytime but now. Hate gen z era

[@tricksor6589]

@@yefartz108 The old generations of the past hate you like you hate the new generations.

[@bejingmao]

Thus say I: there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with jovially mocking other cultures! Comedians all over the WORLD in every language have been doing just that for millenia. Put THAT little observation in your hat and smoke on it.

[@bejingmao]

ps - this version of the song (and the song itself) is just pretty stupid, but he had fun doing it. so what?

[@bejingmao]

pps - the song was inspired by the rhythmic walking of a child's mechanical pig, who uttered repeatedly the first two notes of the melody as it walked. thus, how brilliant and profound of a song is it anyway, huh? yet, amazingly popular throughout the decades - and not just in the USA!!! go figure!

[@bejingmao]

ppps - the child in question was Eddie Cantor's daughter.

[@muchocontenido32]

HOLA. Soy chileno y músico y debo decir aue aunque no entienda nada como piojo con tifus la canción tiene un muy buen ritmo

[@bejingmao]

¡muy cierto!@@muchocontenido32

[@proto-geek248]

Wow, they were right. It's pretty bad. But it's still kinda charming in a racially insensitive sort of way.

[@Snandra66]

Unfunny

[@wowisms]

Maybe you'd prefer this song instead your majesty? Hahahaha... kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKO6ap97ed18bZY

[@guystudios]

Yep it’s pretty disgustingly racist

[@whothennow24]

@@guystudios Bravo, you're amazing and noble, God bless you, you incredibly decent human being.

[@patrickrancourt4782]

At least ...... nobody suicide whit this song than what planet earth endure in musak biznass since mid 90's shithole decade Agree or Not ?