Because there are sometimes that music doesn’t need to be difficult or overblown or pretentious – just fun. Plus, the description/reasoning for him performing it at a strip club was pretty fantastic in and of itself:
“…Freedia encourages the dancers at Sassy’s to shake not for the customers specifically, but rather for their own pleasure and expression. The result is evident in the cheering and support of the crowd. In these three songs money rains on the stage (a necessary part of the work these girls do) despite the fact that the girls themselves rarely acknowledge the crowd. No longer performing “for” the men and women who are visiting the club, the energy of the room transcends the practical nature of “stripping as a profession” and illustrates that what works the best when trading sexuality for sustenance is a genuine expression of sexual joy.”
Whatever you want to call it, Big Freedia: I dig the track. (Head over to Stereogum to watch the video, which is very NSFW.)
Big Freedia // Azz Everywhere [mp3] from Hitz Vol. 1999-2010
