“Summer Day in the Mountains” and “Hot in Herre”

Reading Li Bo’s “Summer Day in the Mountains” Reminded me a lot of Nelly’s 2002 Pop hit “Hot in Herre.” Here are the words of the poem

Lazily 
waving 
a 
fan
 of
 white 
feathers,

Stripped
 naked 
here
 in 
the
 green
 woods,

I 
take
 off 
my
 head band, 
hang
 it 
on 
a
 cliff,

My 
bare 
head
s pattered 
by 
wind 
through 
pines.

Here’s an excerpt from Nelly’s song as well.

“Check it, got it locked at the top of the four seasons
Penthouse, roof top, birds I feedin
No deceivin, nothin up my sleeve, no teasin
I need you to get up up on the dance floor”

Nelly describes in his song as he being hot on a rooftop, and penthouse at the very tall Four Seasons Hotel. In the poem the author is on top of a mountain, with his headband hanging on a cliff. Many would say that skyscrapers are the mountains of today. Nelly is “locked at the top,” he’s is stuck up their or has no plans of leaving. Just as we can see from the poem that he is implying that he is stuck on the top of the mountain, suffering from the heat.

We also see both authors referencing birds. In Li Bo’s poem he tried getting over the heat by “waving a fan of white feathers.” Part of Nelly’s attempt to getting over the heat (other than stripping) was to go on the roof and feed the birds. “roof top birds I feedin”

Nelly than goes on in his song to describe how he is feeling on the rooftop.

“It’s getting hot in here so take of all your clothes.”

This compares to when Li Bo is “stripped naked in the green woods.” Suffering from the heat both artists have no choice but to take of their cloths. We can see from the song he was suffering from the heat just like Li Bo, especially when he says “I am gettin so hot, I wanna take my clothes off.” But instead of wanting to be naked in the green woods, Nelly wants everyone to get naked on the dance floor.

I wasn’t sure if the music video is appropriate for class so I just attached this awesome lyric video. Enjoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fUjcPCUWD0