Kung Fu Fighting

[Gob]

A pub singer has been arrested on suspicion of racism for singing the classic chart hit Kung Fu Fighting.

The song, performed by Simon Ledger, 34, is said to have offended two Chinese people as they walked past the pub where he was singing.

The entertainer regularly performs the 1974 number one, originally by disco star Carl Douglas, at the Driftwood Beach Bar in Sandown, Isle of Wight.

But after one of the passers-by reported his routine on Sunday afternoon, Mr Ledger was arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated harassment.

‘We were performing Kung Fu Fighting, as we do during all our sets,’ he said. ‘People of all races were loving it. Chinese people have never been offended by it before.



‘But this lad walking past with his mum started swearing at us and making obscene hand gestures before taking a picture on his mobile phone. We hadn’t even seen them when we started the song. He must have phoned the police.’

Officers later called Mr Ledger while he was eating in a Chinese restaurant to arrange a meeting. The singer assumed it was a prank – but he was later arrested and is still under investigation.

‘They seemed pretty amazed but said the law is the law and it was their duty,’ he is reported to have said. ‘It’s political correctness gone potty. There are plenty of Welsh people at our shows – does it mean I can’t play any Tom Jones?’


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[@meric@nwom@n]

Oh man.

[Long Run]

Caine: I seek not to know the answers, but to understand the questions.

[Jarlaxle]

Ye. Gods. Talk about stupid.

[The Hen]

Just to turn this on its head a bit ... It could be that the mother had never heard this marvelous uplifting 1970s song and may not have realized that the potentially inflammatory (to them) lyrics were just "of the era".

To remind you all exactly what the words are, allow me to reproduce Carl Douglas's only hit * drum roll *

Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning
In fact it was a little bit frightning
But they fought with expert timing

They were funky China men from funky Chinatown
They were chopping them up and they were chopping them down
It's an ancient Chineese art and everybody knew their part
From a feint into a slip, and kicking from the hip

Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning
In fact it was a little bit frightning
But they fought with expert timing

There was funky Billy Chin and little Sammy Chung
He said here comes the big boss, lets get it on
We took a bow and made a stand, started swinging with the hand
The sudden motion made me skip now we're into a brand knew trip

Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning
In fact it was a little bit frightning
But they did it with expert timing

(repeat)..make sure you have expert timing
Kung-fu fighting, had to be fast as lightning

[oldr_n_wsr]

So which lyrics are actually racist in that song?

[Crackpot]

.... And Dude? Please, China man is not the preferrred nomenclature. Asian American.

[oldr_n_wsr]

How do we know they were "American"? and doesn't Asia encompass more than just China?

[Crackpot]

Obviously You're not a golfer.

[Rick]

He deserves to be arrested, I intensly dislike that song...