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The Hawthorne Country Day School is a long-running program in the New York area dedicated to educating children with serious disabilities. From their website:
The Hawthorne Foundation is a private, not-for-profit organization that has for over 28 years provided an education to children who are challenged by serious disabilities. In 1981, the Margaret Chapman school (predecessor to Hawthorne Country Day School), became the first ABA (applied behavior analysis) based educational program to provide services to children who were diagnosed with severe developmental disabilities, autism, and other behavior disorders. HCDS is the longest running and most successful ABA program in New York State. Over subsequent years, we have expanded our programs to include a full continuum of care for children, birth to adulthood.
They also operate group homes and day habilitation programs for adults with disabilities. All in all, this seems like a good foundation! If nothing else, their students have given us our latest summer jam: “Get Your Foot Off My Foot,” which deals with the common problem we have all faced at one point or another in our lives, when someone has their foot on your foot, and you want them to get their foot off of your foot. STORIES FROM THE STREETS!
In general, I try not to step on any toes. Literally! But I have a feeling that I’m going to spend the rest of the summer walking all over people’s feet just to see if they even know what is up. (Thanks for the tip, Sammy.)
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For all of our European readers, it’s more like “Get your 1/3 Of A Meter Off Of My 1/3 Of A Meter.”
This song performs a valuable public service, sure, but it still neglects the indignities perpetrated by anapests, iambs, and trochees. #poetrygum
What asshole kid goes around stomping on everyone feet as he walks down the hall?!
It’s good to see Wesley Willis’s influence on the new generation.
I know exactly how you feel…
Somehow, someway, Black Eyed Peas will steal this song.
Not necessarily, Wll.I.Am sometimes steals ridiculous songs for people other than his own band:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgCo5DVX3XQ
brief moment of silence for the wonderous phenomenon known as the teenage mustache.
I already feel self conscious enough about my giant Shaq feet without you writing a song about me
The war of getting feet off of feet will be won in inches.
Playing footsie in class has become such a big deal nowadays…
This is Quentin Tarantino’s least favourite song.
Good to see that Ma$e is back with a new project!
Typical Yankees fan.
Eh, I’ll wait for the Glee version.
I love to re-imagine songs to be about my dogs, so I am already singing this to them:
“Get your paw off my paw, get your paw off my paw, yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
I do that too! Oddly enough, my dog’s name is Layla yet I never sing her the Eric Clapton song, just every other song.
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75% of foot related assaults are perpetrated by an opposing foot.
When the guitar player with the flame fringed shirt came on I could hear my dad saying “No, seriously, get your foot off my foot: it’s on fire” #lamedadjokesarethebest
Usually, I’m all for making fun of whatever it is we make fun of, (Gwyneth crotchshots, I see you!) but I think this is a little to far? Like if you’ve ever spent time with kids with disabilities you’d know how hard it was for them to make this, and that they probably put a lot of genuine work and effort into this. I don’t mean to nag, its just something to think about.
nobodies making fun of them, but thanks for making me feel like an asshole for nothing.
next you’re going to me it’s not ok to get on stage in tennessee and go on an anti-gay tirade. enough with the political correctness, people!
That room needs more drums.
I don’t have anything funny to say. I just think this is a really fun thing that these kids got to do, and I’m happy that they got to do it. And I agree with their message – don’t step on people’s feet… it’s rude!
I really hate having feet on my feet. That thing when someone steps on the back of your shoe and knocks it off in public? It’s horrible! That said, I loved this song.