R. Kelly is constantly flirting with the line between New Sincerity (“Ignition Remix,” “Step in the Name of Love”), and Old Irony / Bad Sincerity (“I Believe I Can Fly,” “Trapped in the Closet”).
According to Best Week Ever Blog (current home of our old pal Alex Blagg), he premiered a new song at a show last night at Radio City Music Hall called “The Zoo.” Among the lyrics:
“It’s like Jurassic Park, but I’m your Sexasaurus” and “You and me hopping like two kangaroos… you got me locked in your cage of ecstasy and I don’t want to be free… I’m your Tarzan and you’re my Jane.”
Simply amazing. The Arruh has topped the interlude on which he said “It’s the Pied Piper, your musical weatherman, and it’s love o’clock, baby.” And all of the food/sex metaphors in Sex in the Kitchen. And to think the man is functionally illiterate.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: The Fader Blog has a great rundown of the show. Among the highlights:
At the end of “Feelin On Your Booty”, the lights go down. When they come back up, Kells has on a hat, the Pied Piper mask, and a cape. Standing before him is a stand with sheet music. He holds a conductor’s wand. The band launches into a huge, orchestral number and – you guessed it – Kells knocks out an opera remix of “Feelin On Your Booty”.
Oh shit.