14 DAY TRIAL // Late last week, as American Idol continued airing auditions in Atlanta, the world got to meet a candidate named General Larry Platt, a 63-year-old rapper who performed for the judges his own creation, “Pants on the Ground.” The song, though it did not make the cut, became an instant viral hit, which has prompted the ladies on The View to ask Platt to come to perform it on their popular talk show, as the New York Daily News informs and the video below can confirm.
We were also telling you just days ago that, the moment Cowell heard “Pants on the Ground,” he said he had a very “bad feeling” about it that it would become a hit. It’s not the first time that he gets it right: parodies are sprouting all over the place, which has prompted many to call the song the latest viral phenomenon. General Platt, for all he’s concerned, is happy with the attention – and more than willing to talk about his inspiration for “Pants on the Ground.”
“Would-be American Idol contestant turned Internet sensation ‘General’ Larry Platt performed his hit song ‘Pants on the Ground’ on The View Monday morning. ‘Wow, that was so amazing,’ said co-host Sherri Shepard, as Platt, a 63-year-old civil rights activist from Atlanta, warbled the tune made famous when he sampled a bit of it for Idol judges, including the sharp-tongued cynic Simon Cowell, while auditioning for the show,” the aforementioned publication says of Platt’s appearance.
“I was walking one day. I see a guy with a baby bottle in his mouth, pacifier, with his pants on the ground. That’s what gave me an inspiration,” the General says of how he came to create the hit song. However, that was not before he performed it, including a series of now-trademark energetic moves, from spins to push-ups and sit-ups, much to the delight of the audience. Moreover, from the looks of things, the “Pants of the Ground” phenomenon will not be going extinct too soon either.
“Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre has become a ‘Pants’ follower. The View showed a clip of Favre and his teammates chanting ‘Pants on the Ground’ after beating the Dallas Cowboys into the ground with a 34 to 3 victory on Sunday. Meanwhile, usatoday.com reports that Marshall Manning, another would-be Idol who didn’t make the cut, has done a silky rap-happy riff on ‘Pants on the Ground.’ It’s called ‘Pants Up’,” the NY Daily News goes on to say.