Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting

[KSG_Standard]

Simon Ledger arrested for 'racism' after performing Kung Fu Fighting | Mail Online

Pub singer arrested for racism after Chinese passers-by hear him perform Kung Fu Fighting

* Later that night, he was phoned at a Chinese restaurant and then arrested

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 bar where he was singing.

The entertainer regularly performs the 1974 number one hit, originally by disco star Carl Douglas, at the Driftwood Beach Bar in Sandown, on the 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?’

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhUkGIsKvn0]YouTube - Carl Douglas - Kung fu fighting(original)[/ame]

Racist bastards.

 

[Howard2k]

Insanity.

 

[dudu]

He must've been singing out of tune.

 

[Scooter2112]

And he was arrested later in a Chinese restaurant??

You couldn't make this stuff up.

If a British court convicts this guy, we'll need to start re-arming the Luftwaffe and apologize to them.

 

[SteveGangi]

Political correctness run amok, and the law protecting every miserable malcontent's right to be offended by everything. Stop the world so I can step off.

 

[mtgguitar]

They should have arrested they guys who put that POS out in 1974.

 

[SteveGangi]

For noise pollution.

 

[mtgguitar]

For noise pollution.

 

[Blues4U]

This brings the term "Thought Police" right there for the world to see--

I know this--every single member on this site, from the UK would sing this song at a drunk karaoke contest--and think it was funny as heck--

Crazy worl you guys created-tolerate over there--

 

[The Refugee]

(sigh)

What has it come to where you can't even play a damn song anymore without being under investigation.

 

[Standard]

"He added: ‘If a victim believes that an alleged crime is racially aggravated, the police will treat it seriously."


what about this is in anyway a crime? the guy was singing a song. even if he did start the song right as they were walking by that would just make him an asshole. this isn't a crime and the fact that he was actually arrested it absolutely ludicrous.

 

[guitarbob123]

I agree with his comment. A lot of people want equality when it suits them. Racism works two ways!

 

[mtgguitar]

Can someone provide tab or at least fill in the chords?

Carl Douglas
Kung Fu Fighting Lyrics

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 new 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

 

[upl8tr]

Makes me proud to be British
TBH, It's just another nail in the common sense coffin, not really that surprising.

 

[Deus Vult]

be sure to thank your local progressive

 

[Sinmastah]

be sure to thank your local progressive

And it started already

 

[chazza]

That story was in the Daily Heil, so treat it with caution.

That paper can turn a story about a grandmother winning a cake baking contest into an anti-immigration-PC-gone-mad-black-kids-have-all-got-knives-and-want-to-rape-your-sister rant.

 

[KSG_Standard]

I think the story originated in the Isle of Wight Gazette...
ISLAND COPS WERE FAST AS LIGHTING | Isle of Wight News- #IW NEWS Isle of Wight Gazette

 

[SteveGangi]

Can someone provide tab or at least fill in the chords?

Kung Fu Fighting Chords by Carl Douglas @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com

Dead simple, transpose to any key you want

 

[chazza]

I think the story originated in the Isle of Wight Gazette...
ISLAND COPS WERE FAST AS LIGHTING | Isle of Wight News- #IW NEWS Isle of Wight Gazette

Indeed, but compare the tone of the original article with that of the Mail's version.
It goes from a light-hearted joke feature ("Island Cops were Fast As Lightning") to a PC bashing tirade ("Pub Singer Arrested For Racism...").

Interesting side note - the guy who recorded and engineered the first CD of my old band (mid - late 90s) was the session guitarist who played on the Kung Fu Fighting single recording.