It's no Newport, but it's home (sadly)

Following the success of 'Ymerodraeth: Newport State of Mind' - parodying Jay-Z's 'Empire State of Mind', someone's done 'Wolverhampton Gurls', echoing Katy Perry's 'California Gurls'.



It's not very good (little wit, poor tune and an American accent, which completely defeats the point), but apparently Chris Moyles has played it on Radio 1. So it must be culturally significant.

This is how to do a parody.

I wish EMI would just die

Those miserable bastards have forced Youtube to take down the brilliant Welsh Jay-Z spoof, Newport (Ymerodraeth State of Mind), proving once and for all that they have no sense of 'fair use', humour or of art.

Luckily, it's still up elsewhere, so feast your eyes on this:

Newport State Of Mind

This'll silence you carpers

I meant to post this a while back, when unreconstructed Classic Labour MP Paul Flynn mentioned it.

It's pure genius. It's a loving tribute to Newport in all its grimy glory, and to Jay-Z's 'Empire State of Mind'. Top marks for the use of the word 'babbles' and rhyming Rap Star with Hamster.

Enough of me. All hail 'Newport (Ymerodraeth State of Mind)'. Ymerodraeth is Welsh for 'Empire'.