Posted on 02/13/2020 7:31:43 PM PST by DoodleBob
A Hong Kong singer has struck a humorous chord during the coronavirus outbreak with a parody of Natalie Imbruglia’s number “Torn,” in which she sings about using hand sanitizer and hibernating.
Kathy Mak opens her version with the lines: “Back during SARS, I was just a child/Didn’t seem to know, didn’t seem to care about the virus running wild/ But now I’m freaking out all right/I sterilize, I sanitize/My hands are always frickin’ dry.”
The chorus of the original song by the Australian-British singer contained the lyrics: “I’m all out of faith/This is how I feel, I’m cold and I am shamed/ Lying naked on the floor.”
In her take, Mak sings: “How do I use the lift/How do I get to the door/I hold on to my bags/’Cause all the germs fall to the floor,” according to the South China Morning Post.
“We need a little faith/ We’ll get through this Hong Kong,” Mak sang during a fundraising event Saturday at the Social Room for Australian bush fire relief efforts — applying hand sanitizer to applause from the crowd.
Mak, who is also an actress and dancer, told the news outlet she wasn’t surprised her cover version of Imbruglia’s song had connected with people during the outbreak.
“I had a feeling it would go viral, to be honest – I made an effort to ensure I’d get a good video, so it would have a better chance of getting likes and shares,” she said.
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It is one my favorite songs..by Natalie Imbruglia!
Parody of The Knack's My Sharona.
Sorry.. I fail to see the humor.
Nice video. Wish the sound quality were better, but you can’t have everything.
Gallows humor. It has a place.
I get your concern but the last thing I ever want to lose is my sense of humor.
‘I can’t find bok choy no more’. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t laughing.
Ring Around the Rosie supposedly came out of the Bubonic Plague...
Achoo, achoo all fall down! (Sneezing was an early symptom of bubonic plague.)
You’ll never defeat Bok Choy ~ Old Darksheare line...
That was a tagline awhile ago, yes.
“You will never defeat Bok Choy” had a small Kung Fu movie skit with it.
Bok Choy was the leader of a Kung Fu bandit gang, the “hero” arrives, the line is said, hero shows off his powerful Kung Fu moves, trip and faceplants.
Bok Choy rolls into his face and kills him, gang lifts the cabbage high while cheering “ANOTHER victory for Bok Choy!”
Brilliant. Funny. Thanks for posting.
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