https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2LRROpph0
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 13 March 2011 02:24 (thirteen years ago) link
1. The way she has a frowny pooping sun written on the Thursday page of her planner
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 13 March 2011 02:25 (thirteen years ago) link
2. and that she then wrote "Hooray!" on Friday
3. she picked a very nice note to sing and was v wise in not straying far from it
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 13 March 2011 02:26 (thirteen years ago) link
4. "with chicken on it, on everybody's Russian"
5. the redundancy of "Gotta get down to the bus stop" followed immediately by "gotta catch the bus". Like, what else would you possibly do at the bus stop?
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 13 March 2011 02:27 (thirteen years ago) link
6. ...except for FRIENDS ROLLIN UP!!! Which seat is she gonna take??!?
7. Why the fuck are you standing up in the back of a car that is driving down the highway? I can't even.
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 13 March 2011 02:28 (thirteen years ago) link
8. FYI when today is Friday, tomorrow is Saturday, and Sunday comes afterwards.
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 13 March 2011 02:29 (thirteen years ago) link
9. Yesterday was Thursday
― Buff Orpington (Abbbottt), Sunday, 13 March 2011 02:30 (thirteen years ago) link
10. TGI Friday's marketing ppl, did you hear this?>?
― Buff Orpington (Abbbottt), Sunday, 13 March 2011 02:31 (thirteen years ago) link
11. there's this moment around 2:53 that makes me feel like Kristen Bell and NatPo fucked and then had a baby and that baby grew up and then fucked the Bird Lady from KitH and then that baby reached adolescence, and then made this music video.
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 13 March 2011 02:32 (thirteen years ago) link
12. beats a level of Super Mario World at 0:44
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 13 March 2011 02:39 (thirteen years ago) link
13. bowl/seery-ohl
― Buff Orpington (Abbbottt), Sunday, 13 March 2011 02:45 (thirteen years ago) link
14. Green screen halo on the way to the full moon prom
― Buff Orpington (Abbbottt), Sunday, 13 March 2011 02:46 (thirteen years ago) link
15. how obnoxiously she enunciates the "r" sound in "partying"
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 13 March 2011 02:50 (thirteen years ago) link
16. featured rapper going "R! B! REBECCA BLACK!"
― teledyldonix, Sunday, 13 March 2011 09:34 (thirteen years ago) link
17. boy in the back seat beckoning
― teledyldonix, Sunday, 13 March 2011 09:37 (thirteen years ago) link
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO MY ATTN, this is definitely the best
18. Fun! Fun! Fun! Fun!
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Sunday, 13 March 2011 12:12 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i55.tinypic.com/30avti8.jpg
― oppet, Sunday, 13 March 2011 13:50 (thirteen years ago) link
I do feel a bit sorry for this girl, possibly.
― oppet, Sunday, 13 March 2011 13:51 (thirteen years ago) link
So certain it was a (solid) parody that I was ready to mock people who fell for it, but after reading about the guys behind it I'm stunned. Still, I'm sure someone is taking the piss at some level, even if they do it in a cynical money-grabbing way.
― abcfsk, Sunday, 13 March 2011 13:55 (thirteen years ago) link
It's easy to imagine she's singing about fried egg.
― bendy, Sunday, 13 March 2011 14:03 (thirteen years ago) link
19. The rapper's smugface at 3:25
I'm surprised it took so long for a business like this to spring up. When people are dropping $300k on a party or $150k on a car for their little cherubs, getting them to fork out a few grand for a music video seems like a potentially profitable venture. Ultimately, it's just an updated, super-rich, version of the customised books you got when you were ten that had your name / photo in the story.
Of course, you could argue that a few of the legit pop stars around at the moment didn't have a particularly different route to fame.
― ShariVari, Sunday, 13 March 2011 14:06 (thirteen years ago) link
20. Underage driving
― BLOOMPS 2012 (rip van wanko), Sunday, 13 March 2011 14:18 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DwT_2QQU64
There does come a point when it's slightly creepy. 2:25 is solid gold though.
― ShariVari, Sunday, 13 March 2011 14:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, kinda struggling to find a meaningful, useful difference between these and, e.g., Ke$ha, who is equally as retarded and equally manufactured but doesn't have the excuse of age or ambitious stage parents. It's razor-thin line between "Wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy" and "Hannah Montana is wearing my jeans."
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Sunday, 13 March 2011 14:43 (thirteen years ago) link
21. Not wearing seatbelts because it could get in the way of "FUN FUN FUN".
― prolego, Sunday, 13 March 2011 15:42 (thirteen years ago) link
22. Shading the girl on her left by singing "my friend is by my right".
― prolego, Sunday, 13 March 2011 15:44 (thirteen years ago) link
23. The puzzling omission of Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
― Mark, Sunday, 13 March 2011 16:03 (thirteen years ago) link
i thought this was real until it got to the bridge
― Whiney On The Goon (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 13 March 2011 16:08 (thirteen years ago) link
A dramatic reading of Rebecca Black’s “Friday”
― prolego, Sunday, 13 March 2011 16:09 (thirteen years ago) link
what does "real" mean in this context?
― Mark, Sunday, 13 March 2011 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^^^^^^
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 13 March 2011 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhzhamfLq01qfqhot.jpg
<3
― prolego, Sunday, 13 March 2011 16:59 (thirteen years ago) link
So certain it was a (solid) parody that I was ready to mock people who fell for it, but after reading about the guys behind it I'm stunned.
When I first saw this I thought 'it's like some totally regular and unremarkable kid got a wish granted somehow to be a pop video artist' and...I was right.
― Buff Orpington (Abbbottt), Sunday, 13 March 2011 17:03 (thirteen years ago) link
24. the first few comments (pre-"fame") on the video from users that COINCIDENTALLY joined youtube the same day this video was posted, including:
"Song is fun, very upbeat and age appropriate. Catchy tune. Singer has a powerful voice with great range. Harmonies show off her ability. She demonstrates great confidence."
"I like this video and this song! Hey, who doesn't look forward to Friday and the weekend? These kids have it right. And she can hit some diva notes!"
― teledyldonix, Sunday, 13 March 2011 18:09 (thirteen years ago) link
I haven't posted in--literally--ages, but as soon as I sat down and properly watched this I had to come see what ILX had to say about it.
I really love the rap feature. "Tina? You know a black dude, right?" "Uh. Yeah, Rebecca. Why...?"
― Andrew Kornfan, Sunday, 13 March 2011 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Maybe this is a stretch, but this whole idea seems like an outgrowth of the fact that the rich in the U.S. have gotten so much richer. The top 1% has more money than they know what to do with so they pay $50k or whatever something like this costs to have their kids be pop stars. Within a day or two this will have a million views. Crazy times.
― Mark, Sunday, 13 March 2011 19:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Pick a parody/reinterpretation, any parody/reinterpretation:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rebecca+black+friday&aq=f
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 13 March 2011 19:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Personally I'm all about this, but I would be:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1M5Q3onsX4
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 13 March 2011 19:07 (thirteen years ago) link
^ this is probably better than anything Kevin Shields might ever deign to release
― corey, Sunday, 13 March 2011 19:11 (thirteen years ago) link
She should change her name to Rebecca Black Friday, or maybe just Black Friday.
― Mark, Sunday, 13 March 2011 19:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Hard to beat this one as far as passionate delivery:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EdUUMdcUYU
― Mark, Sunday, 13 March 2011 19:13 (thirteen years ago) link
25. How she can get up at 07:00 and still straighten her hair in time for school.
― prolego, Sunday, 13 March 2011 19:18 (thirteen years ago) link
The happy hardcore version resulting here rules:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cazsLHi9fI
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 13 March 2011 19:23 (thirteen years ago) link
"Yesterday was Thirsty, Thirsty/Today it's Fried Eggs, Fried Eggs"
― prolego, Sunday, 13 March 2011 19:27 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/bnkcX.jpg
― prolego, Sunday, 13 March 2011 19:31 (thirteen years ago) link
1. omg2. ...how does this thing manage to be an actual earworm >:(
― lex pretend, Sunday, 13 March 2011 23:30 (thirteen years ago) link
there's this moment around 2:53 that makes me feel like Kristen Bell and NatPo fucked and then had a baby and that baby grew up and then fucked the Bird Lady from KitH and then that baby reached adolescence, and then made this music video.
I want to marry this sentence, it is such a thing of beauty. And so accurate.
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Sunday, 13 March 2011 23:45 (thirteen years ago) link
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li0qg2OhIb1qi1tuao1_500.png
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 March 2011 00:16 (thirteen years ago) link
This is quickly becoming my favourite moment:
http://i55.tinypic.com/50npdi.jpg
― prolego, Monday, 14 March 2011 00:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Imagine what tomorrow at school is going to be like for these girls. They went home on Friday afternoon being nobodies, and they'll go back Monday being the toast of the whole internet.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 March 2011 00:24 (thirteen years ago) link
I just can’t tell if this is serious or not. If you look at all the other videos uploaded by www.youtube.com/trizzy66, they are all music videos for serious songs that are trying to promote young artists who are supposedly part of “Ark Music Group.” They even have an official website, www.arkmusicgroup.com
I am just really confused. If it supposed to be funny and a parody video of a Top 40 songs, it is funny. If it is supposed to be a real song and a video working to promote a young artist as the website claims to do, it is terrible. Either way, Rebecca Black is blowin’ up the internet. However, how will this effect the legitimacy of the other “artists” Ark Music Group supposedly represents? What happens to those people now? Are they part of a comedy website, or a musical promotions site? Or…can it be both?
― harlan, Monday, 14 March 2011 00:29 (thirteen years ago) link
26. Okay there are a ton of little goofs and off moments that would have been edited from a PRO video but my favorite and the most subtle is the tiniest little eye shift to the left at 2:05
― BLOOMPS 2012 (rip van wanko), Monday, 14 March 2011 00:31 (thirteen years ago) link
There's an explanation here:
http://www.bohemian.com/citysound/?p=7181
― Mark, Monday, 14 March 2011 00:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh god that horrible nasal autotuned voice why did I click on this
― one time, something happy craz (Trayce), Monday, 14 March 2011 00:38 (thirteen years ago) link
makes me think of
http://sharetv.org/images/guide/350642.jpg
― one time, something happy craz (Trayce), Monday, 14 March 2011 00:40 (thirteen years ago) link
i think i had a fit watching this.
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Monday, 14 March 2011 00:51 (thirteen years ago) link
so hilair
― plax (ico), Monday, 14 March 2011 00:54 (thirteen years ago) link
27. multiple neon-lit space needles going by in the background on the highway shot
― like a musical album. made by a band. (fucking in the streets), Monday, 14 March 2011 01:47 (thirteen years ago) link
GIT'ING DOWN ON FRIDAY
― Not the real Village People, Monday, 14 March 2011 01:49 (thirteen years ago) link
dunno, I have an eerie feeling that all these girls have leukemia or CF or holes in their hearts, and Ace Music is giving them their first and last chance to feel like popstars before the inevitable happens. the over-the-top makeup, the vocal effects...I'm sure the producers are working very hard to make these girls look and sound like happy, healthy teens, but in the end you just can't autotune the pain of a dying child.
just listen to the way Rebecca stretches out "Sunday comes afterweeeeeeerds", as if she knows that her life is slipping away and she wants to make it last as long as she can, surrounded by the friends she loves (and a black guy).
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Monday, 14 March 2011 02:00 (thirteen years ago) link
:/
― BLOOMPS 2012 (rip van wanko), Monday, 14 March 2011 02:11 (thirteen years ago) link
ok, never mind my cynicism. this one is quite good (and not in a jokey/ironic way) so long as you fast-forward past dude w/ goatee:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xHfRUW99aI&
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Monday, 14 March 2011 02:21 (thirteen years ago) link
They just gave it an official remix, striking while the iron is hot!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnL0Mtkv5UU
― Mark, Monday, 14 March 2011 02:26 (thirteen years ago) link
"Hey Kids! Wouldn't ya rather listen to this song...listen to this song rather than Charlie Sheen?"
^yes, that's a real line in the remix.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 March 2011 02:30 (thirteen years ago) link
The "educating you on the days of the week" part seems like it might have been written in response to the YouTube comments of the last 36 hours, trying to pass it off as tongue-in-cheek.
― Mark, Monday, 14 March 2011 02:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, these guys fucking suck
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 14 March 2011 02:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Guys, we're laughing AT you, not WITH you. Trying to roll along with it and chuckle with us and pat our backs is just going to make you look like even bigger fucking tools.
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 14 March 2011 02:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Tomorrow is Pi Day so if their school forces them to acknowledge this I can imagine some kids might replace the chorus with "Pi Day Pi Day."
― billstevejim, Monday, 14 March 2011 02:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Also by the time next Friday actually happens most of us will have moved onto something more substantial.
― billstevejim, Monday, 14 March 2011 02:57 (thirteen years ago) link
a million views
― dead perez (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 14 March 2011 03:05 (thirteen years ago) link
i like this one!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_GwMeD0X3I&feature=related
― scott seward, Monday, 14 March 2011 03:09 (thirteen years ago) link
I fully expect at least one of these artists to be hailed as a genius in a 2k-word post on the rolling teenpop thread.
― Mark, Monday, 14 March 2011 03:22 (thirteen years ago) link
it's a smart idea. star camp for girls. they do a pretty good job.
― scott seward, Monday, 14 March 2011 03:27 (thirteen years ago) link
i wonder what they charge.
― scott seward, Monday, 14 March 2011 03:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, I looked on their website earlier and saw nothing
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 14 March 2011 03:29 (thirteen years ago) link
you need the secret password. i did learn that little naynay is dropping a new album soon. that's always good news.
http://arkmusicfactory.com/
― scott seward, Monday, 14 March 2011 03:31 (thirteen years ago) link
someone should start a company where you get to make videos with your favorite pop and rap stars from the 80's and 90's. some of those people could probably use the money right about now. like rock camp for budding musicians, but you get to post the results on youtube and be a star.
― scott seward, Monday, 14 March 2011 03:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Ark Music Factory's Independent Record Label is based in the heart of the entertainment capital of the world, Hollywood, California. Our producers and team of collaborating writers have worked with artists like Cindy Santini (US - Fontana/Universal), Miley Cyrus, Backstreet Boys, Ashley Tisdale, Ibrahim Maiga (Slovakia), Psquare (Africa - 2009 MTV Best Group), Samantha Lombardi (Australia - FourScreen USA), LadyBird (Latvia - Best Pop Artist 'Top of the Pops') etc., and have also produced music for US Emmy winning and four time Emmy nominated Nickelodeon Television (Growing Up Creepie). ARK's main objective is to discover future #1 artists and produce the next outstanding star. Our established relationships within the entertainment industry umbrella keeps us committed to producing solid results for the artists' career, whether it be an independent release/distribution, a major label signing or an original licensing opportunity on Film/TV. Our team at ARK have certainly recognized that raw talent alone is sufficient to get noticed. However, to further advance as a professional within the music industry, it is absolutely essential for an artist to have hit singles and a well executed image - all within that marketable package!We at ARK make it possible for emerging independent artists from a variety of popular genres to be discovered, defined and delivered, to advance in their chosen career and be successful.
We at ARK make it possible for emerging independent artists from a variety of popular genres to be discovered, defined and delivered, to advance in their chosen career and be successful.
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Monday, 14 March 2011 04:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Rebecca Black is a fun, loving, 13 year old. She loves to sing, dance and act, and she is always looking to try something new. Now in 8th grade, she landed the lead role in her school musical, Oklahoma! She started dance classes when she was three years old and has continued studying dance since. She studied Jazz, Ballet, Hip Hop, and Tap. She starred in a local commercial when she was 7 for the building toy Puzzlecraft. She participated in a patriotic performing group. performing at over 50 locations including singing the Star Spangled Banner at the Angels Stadium. At age 11, she signed with a modeling management company. She started vocal lessons at 10 years old, and she's continued with it ever since. Singing is her passion, and it's what she loves to do. In the summers of 2008 and 2009 she participated in a musical theatre summer camp. When she started going to her local public school, she immediately auditioned for musical theatre, and now succeeds with flying colors. She starred in the school's rendition of Guys and Dolls, and their variety shows such as Showtime America, Broadway, USA, and Star Search. This past summer, she visited New York and participated in various workshops with cast members of West Side Story, Memphis, and In the Heights.
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Monday, 14 March 2011 04:54 (thirteen years ago) link
28. One of the dudes is named John Benett Ramsey
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 14 March 2011 05:04 (thirteen years ago) link
LOL I noticed that too.
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 13 March 2011 13:26 (Yesterday)
This is cracking me up.
― one time, something happy craz (Trayce), Monday, 14 March 2011 05:26 (thirteen years ago) link
She is trending worldwide.
― billstevejim, Monday, 14 March 2011 05:30 (thirteen years ago) link
I just hope she never realises she's trending in about the same way Tommy Wiseau has.
― one time, something happy craz (Trayce), Monday, 14 March 2011 05:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Well every one of these tweets is negative... Maybe she can't read.
― billstevejim, Monday, 14 March 2011 05:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Well she seemed to be able to be able to make it to the Bus Stop...
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 14 March 2011 05:39 (thirteen years ago) link
she recognized the sign :(
― corey, Monday, 14 March 2011 05:41 (thirteen years ago) link
29. The fact that she is standing on some sort of elevated platform in front of a crowd, singing to them that it's Friday. I am imagining some sort of Dark City-esque alternate universe where everybody's short-term memory is constantly wiped out and no one knows what day it is except for Rebecca Black, so they all have to travel to her to find out what day it is. Except they're aware of--and embarassed about--their memory condition, so to make them feel better she sings every day of the week as a fun song.
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 14 March 2011 05:49 (thirteen years ago) link
30. "My friend is on my right..." Her friend on the left must have been devastated by the snub.
― Simon H. Shit (Simon H.), Monday, 14 March 2011 06:00 (thirteen years ago) link
If she's 13 what the heck are they all doing driving cars?
― one time, something happy craz (Trayce), Monday, 14 March 2011 06:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Has anyone slowed this down to 60% yet like "Gimme Pizza Slow"?
― billstevejim, Monday, 14 March 2011 06:09 (thirteen years ago) link
I would like to know Andrew WK's opinion on this song.
― billstevejim, Monday, 14 March 2011 06:12 (thirteen years ago) link
stage manager parents are the scariest
― deej, Monday, 14 March 2011 06:13 (thirteen years ago) link
31. singing in front of a tree trunk
― like a musical album. made by a band. (fucking in the streets), Monday, 14 March 2011 07:27 (thirteen years ago) link
32. she questions whether to sit in the front seat or back seat, yet there is never really a choice--the two front seats are already taken.
― prolego, Monday, 14 March 2011 07:32 (thirteen years ago) link
i thought this video was pretty boring & not very memeworthy -- just seemed like a cheaply made video involving a girl that really loved 'lizzie mcguire' -- if bad green screen is all it takes to be a meme these days, someone should dig up some videos from the 90s
the song is fucking terrible tho & i don't really understand how it could be released to the internet
― J0rdan S., Monday, 14 March 2011 07:39 (thirteen years ago) link
all in all this is a far, far cry from "take u to da movies"
― J0rdan S., Monday, 14 March 2011 07:40 (thirteen years ago) link
the bridge is something else tho
― J0rdan S., Monday, 14 March 2011 07:41 (thirteen years ago) link
i think the funniest thing about this is that somehow, despite...everything, it's still an earworm. how was this stuck in my head as i went to sleep last night and then STILL THERE WHEN I WOKE UP? after just one viewing, most of which was spent making the :o face?
― lex pretend, Monday, 14 March 2011 07:45 (thirteen years ago) link
33. never gets that bowl of cereal or catches a bus
― like a musical album. made by a band. (fucking in the streets), Monday, 14 March 2011 07:48 (thirteen years ago) link
probably of this trending every friday for the next 6 months? FUN FUN FUN
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Monday, 14 March 2011 08:52 (thirteen years ago) link
34. Autotune moment #1: the way that the word 'Friday' is transformed into 'Fra-ee-day'.
35. Autotune moment #2: the tortured-robot scream at ~2:52.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Monday, 14 March 2011 10:25 (thirteen years ago) link
36. The background "WEEK-end, WEEK-end"
― corey, Monday, 14 March 2011 14:12 (thirteen years ago) link
so awesome on ned's shoegaze version when they all shout after "party!". sounds very crazy and very cool.
― scott seward, Monday, 14 March 2011 14:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah that was a favorite moment of mine too. On the sped-up version the 'FUNFUNFUNFUN' bit is the killer.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 March 2011 14:16 (thirteen years ago) link
doesnt really seem like english is her first language
― plax (ico), Monday, 14 March 2011 14:16 (thirteen years ago) link
I laid down to go to sleep last night and this chorus was ringing in my head, it was strangely similar to tinnitus.
― Mark, Monday, 14 March 2011 14:17 (thirteen years ago) link
the little half-step glissando thing she does going into "FER-IGHDEY" keeps coming back to me
― corey, Monday, 14 March 2011 14:19 (thirteen years ago) link
It's an earworm because Baby by Justin Bieber with the word Baby changed to Friday.
And I'm like Friday Friday Friday OH.
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 14 March 2011 14:37 (thirteen years ago) link
maybe if there's enough backlash people will start writing melodies composed of more than two notes
― corey, Monday, 14 March 2011 14:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Guys we are starting to repeat ourselves (#30 and #34)
Surely we can come up with more
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 14 March 2011 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
has anyone pointed out the hidden adult driver?
― corey, Monday, 14 March 2011 14:49 (thirteen years ago) link
"5. the redundancy of "Gotta get down to the bus stop" followed immediately by "gotta catch the bus". Like, what else would you possibly do at the bus stop?"
cop a dime bag.
― errant flynn, Monday, 14 March 2011 14:55 (thirteen years ago) link
i couldn't sleep last night because this song wouldn't leave my head
― teledyldonix, Monday, 14 March 2011 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Butterflies is the top Ark Music joint:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xHfRUW99aI
― errant flynn, Monday, 14 March 2011 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Songs In Rebecca Black's Day Planner
― dead perez (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 14 March 2011 15:06 (thirteen years ago) link
38. when you watch it in 720, you can see a zit under her right eye and now i can;t unsee it
― dead perez (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 14 March 2011 15:08 (thirteen years ago) link
the whole "yesterday was thursday, today is friday...tomorrow is saturday, and sunday comes afterwords" is kinda zen...or totally retarded, i can't decide
― gr8080 sings the blues (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 14 March 2011 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link
The inevitable dubstep remix:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5sP6uxGHTk
& here is "Friday" performed by ~Bob Dylan~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FISHEO3gsM
― prolego, Monday, 14 March 2011 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Dylan thing is funny, but I wish it was a little faster and more picky/strummy. Right now, it sounds like a Pink Floyd ballad.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 March 2011 18:13 (thirteen years ago) link
― lex pretend, Monday, March 14, 2011 3:45 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark
This morning at the office, my coworker asked me if I’d heard this new internet sensation by some girl named Rebecca Black. I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when I realized it was already playing in my head when he asked. So I cried.
― shudder, Monday, 14 March 2011 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link
They photoshopped "Friday" on the Dylan 45 but didn't think to give R. Black the writing credit.
― i been serving humble pie since he had small faces (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 14 March 2011 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link
39. "chillin in the frontside, in the backseat"? no, token rapper, we can all see that there's no homies in the backseat and no homies riding shotgun. you are so very alone.
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Monday, 14 March 2011 18:38 (thirteen years ago) link
40. that one zit on her right cheek that they left untouched so that she'll have something to work with when Neutrogena comes callin.
41. sympathy zits on two of her female friends' cheeks.
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Monday, 14 March 2011 18:40 (thirteen years ago) link
42. Silly Bandz and a white BIEBER FEVER bracelet around her wrist in the living room scene
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Monday, 14 March 2011 18:45 (thirteen years ago) link
― dead perez (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, March 13, 2011 11:05 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
2.3
― I love victorias but I've chosen maidenform (Edward III), Monday, 14 March 2011 18:48 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/KFnUK.png
Not sure whether she's going to be mortified or loving the attention.
― Ha ha ha ha. Jack my swag. (ShariVari), Monday, 14 March 2011 18:56 (thirteen years ago) link
"Dylan" version is great - helping to wipe the original from my brain.
― I've been dancing since 9 and I'm tired and hungry (Dorianlynskey), Monday, 14 March 2011 19:01 (thirteen years ago) link
http://twitter.com/#!/_RebeccaBlack_
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Monday, 14 March 2011 19:05 (thirteen years ago) link
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Monday, March 14, 2011 2:45 PM (20 minutes ago)
http://cache.dealbreaker.com/uploads/2010/11/drudge-siren2.gif correction: the white bracelet says NEVER SAY NEVER http://cache.dealbreaker.com/uploads/2010/11/drudge-siren2.gif
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Monday, 14 March 2011 19:07 (thirteen years ago) link
and that twitter account is a fake.
arent all twitter accounts fake?
― ullr saves (gbx), Monday, 14 March 2011 19:07 (thirteen years ago) link
not courtney love's!
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Monday, 14 March 2011 19:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Why are people talking about this video again?
― for real molars who ain't got no fillings (Hurting 2), Monday, 14 March 2011 19:15 (thirteen years ago) link
what would you like to talk about?
― scott seward, Monday, 14 March 2011 19:16 (thirteen years ago) link
i just saw this thing last night for the first time that's why i was talking about it. and i was stoned when i watched it so it kind of made an impression.
― scott seward, Monday, 14 March 2011 19:17 (thirteen years ago) link
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li19bvqAs51qarmewo1_500.gif
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Monday, 14 March 2011 19:18 (thirteen years ago) link
So basically Ark Music is a vanity production house for children of the rich:
― for real molars who ain't got no fillings (Hurting 2), Monday, 14 March 2011 19:22 (thirteen years ago) link
No, that's actually the real twitter account. There were about 10 other fake ones, though.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 March 2011 19:23 (thirteen years ago) link
we have already had that link and links to their website and discussion of those links on here. please try and keep up with this.
x-post
― scott seward, Monday, 14 March 2011 19:24 (thirteen years ago) link
from arkmusicfactory.com:
I have no official Facebook, Twitter, or Tumblr.* Posted by Rebecca Black on March 13, 2011 at 8:47pm
* Posted by Rebecca Black on March 13, 2011 at 8:47pm
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Monday, 14 March 2011 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh, okay.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 March 2011 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Sounds like a freestyle over Party in the U.S.A.
― A Very Small Bag of Phrases (Eazy), Monday, 14 March 2011 19:36 (thirteen years ago) link
it's definitely her twitter, she's deleted previous tweets she made where she criticised Justin Beiber for using autotune and called someone a cunt.
― prolego, Monday, 14 March 2011 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I would pay good money to see Andrew WK cover "Friday"... or is that too meta?
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Monday, March 14, 2011 12:18 PM (26 minutes ago)
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Monday, 14 March 2011 19:45 (thirteen years ago) link
i called justin beiber a cunt on twitter once but it wasn't my twitter rebecca black started a twitter account using my name.
― scott seward, Monday, 14 March 2011 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
auto cunt justin beiber
― ice cr?m, Monday, 14 March 2011 19:55 (thirteen years ago) link
_RebeccaBlack_ Rebecca Black @VederaMusic my family has an airport there! Hope you enjoy the stay :]23 May
― oppet, Monday, 14 March 2011 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
43. Girl with weird beauty mark riding shotgun making bored handmotion at 0.52
44. Drama! That girl gets ditched for green screeen moon riding party scene, replaced with less-bored looking girl who appears to enjoy friday
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 14 March 2011 20:28 (thirteen years ago) link
When Rebecca Black's Friday comesI'll stand down by the doorAnd catch the listeners when they dive from the fourteenth floor
― for real molars who ain't got no fillings (Hurting 2), Monday, 14 March 2011 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link
A+
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 14 March 2011 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
wtf is this song
loooooooooooooooool
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Monday, 14 March 2011 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm sorry but this is just XD
― ullr saves (gbx), Monday, 14 March 2011 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I love how the song boils down to: yay Friday do I sit in the front or the back seat of the car
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 14 March 2011 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link
will no one explain to me where the hell this came from
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Monday, 14 March 2011 20:48 (thirteen years ago) link
It's been posted a few times!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 March 2011 20:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Someone posted the youtube video on tumblr last Thursday or Friday and over the weekend it set the internet aflame.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 March 2011 20:49 (thirteen years ago) link
omg I was interrupted so I didn't hear the bridge the first time
also I know she's autotuned to death but still why does she sound like that
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Monday, 14 March 2011 20:50 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/bohoblog/City%20Sound%20Inertia/ArkMusic.jpg
Ark Music Factory was launched last month by Patrice Wilson and Clarence Jey—pictured here with one of their pop stars-in-training, J’Rose.
I am DYING
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Monday, 14 March 2011 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
the autotune makes her voice sound like a doorbell
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 14 March 2011 20:53 (thirteen years ago) link
DJP I am so ecstatic that you're finally here
you should put together a big choral version of this because if you get it up online by Wednesday it will blow the fuck up
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 14 March 2011 20:54 (thirteen years ago) link
btw this is all time lol
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 14 March 2011 20:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I think ILX could write a 'Friday' song that would out-mundane Friday even.
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 14 March 2011 20:56 (thirteen years ago) link
I know a whole bunch of professional singers and I don't think a single one of them could get through the bridge without wetting themselves
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Monday, 14 March 2011 21:01 (thirteen years ago) link
even better
― ullr saves (gbx), Monday, 14 March 2011 21:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Still lol at this one.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 March 2011 21:04 (thirteen years ago) link
omg the sped-up version
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Monday, 14 March 2011 21:05 (thirteen years ago) link
it just needs full-on happy-hardcore thump and it would be PERFECT
want so bad to hear Hilliard Ensemble singing "We We We We So Excited"
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 14 March 2011 21:08 (thirteen years ago) link
funfunfunfun
going round and round in my head
― lex pretend, Monday, 14 March 2011 21:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I have listened to this like 6 times in a row
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Monday, 14 March 2011 21:19 (thirteen years ago) link
everyone's not going to be laughing when a week from now it's revealed that this is an aural version of the video from "The Ring"
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Monday, 14 March 2011 21:22 (thirteen years ago) link
all right you guys, don't let me down: rebecca black vs. pomplamoose
― accredited butter grader and dairy technologist (reddening), Monday, 14 March 2011 21:22 (thirteen years ago) link
PS: PARTYING PARTYING YEAH
omg the sped-up version...it just needs full-on happy-hardcore thump and it would be PERFECT
Completely OTM.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 March 2011 21:23 (thirteen years ago) link
which seat can i taaa-aaake?
― lex pretend, Monday, 14 March 2011 21:23 (thirteen years ago) link
so who wants to guess what late night show gets her first and whether it happens this Friday or next
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 14 March 2011 21:24 (thirteen years ago) link
it's like Small Wonder hit puberty and made a song (note: haven't watched the video yet, too exposed at work)
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Monday, 14 March 2011 21:24 (thirteen years ago) link
KICKIN IN THE FRONT SEATKICKIN IN THE BACK SEAT
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 14 March 2011 21:25 (thirteen years ago) link
I still hold out hope that the rapper is saying "I BE REBECCA BLACK" because that would make just about as much sense as anything else in this song
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Monday, 14 March 2011 21:26 (thirteen years ago) link
J'Rose rockin the fake frown
― for real molars who ain't got no fillings (Hurting 2), Monday, 14 March 2011 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
omg dan if you haven't watched the video yet you have a TREAT ahead of you. seriously her charisma is something to behold
― lex pretend, Monday, 14 March 2011 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
I can't wait for you to experience the full joy of the video DP
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 14 March 2011 21:28 (thirteen years ago) link
oh my God Dan you're seriously...no video yet? go home early, do what you have to do
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 14 March 2011 21:28 (thirteen years ago) link
The guest rapper looks like Gary Sheffield.
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Monday, 14 March 2011 21:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Discovered the video at 4 am with a bunch of my fellow students pulling an all-nighter in the library. Weekend-long ILX/internet break meant that our first exposure to it was on no sleep and very little sanity. Laughed so hard I cried. My brain is still singing it.
The rapper swaying along to the beat in the car at the end is an undersung moment.
― Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill The Radio Star (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 14 March 2011 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Also, people who are the most "amazed" at the songwriting/performance of this song probably don't have kids/nephews/nieces and have been subjected to hours of Radio Disney, of which this would probably be a highpoint tbqh.
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Monday, 14 March 2011 21:34 (thirteen years ago) link
...or Frank Kogan^^^
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Monday, 14 March 2011 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li04ouPMQp1qaiyvx.gif
― prolego, Monday, 14 March 2011 21:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Fallon would be all over this.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 March 2011 21:37 (thirteen years ago) link
it's like Small Wonder hit puberty and made a song
The part about how Sunday comes afterward is esp robot/vulcan
― da croupier, Monday, 14 March 2011 21:38 (thirteen years ago) link
I would have gone home already but I am actually helping someone now
my lols will have to wait
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Monday, 14 March 2011 21:39 (thirteen years ago) link
There's a certain Phil Oakey quality to the lyrics too
― da croupier, Monday, 14 March 2011 21:39 (thirteen years ago) link
surprised no one has intercut this with "WHIPPED CREAM POURING LIKE WATERFALLS" yet
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Monday, 14 March 2011 21:41 (thirteen years ago) link
^^needs .gif
― Roz, Monday, 14 March 2011 21:41 (thirteen years ago) link
So this is like some tween Rodd Keith song-poem shit?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 14 March 2011 21:43 (thirteen years ago) link
the kid driving the car looks like my little brother
― brigitte beardo (donna rouge), Monday, 14 March 2011 21:44 (thirteen years ago) link
whoa this is seriously bolt-from-blue insightful imo
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 14 March 2011 21:45 (thirteen years ago) link
It'll be worth it.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 March 2011 21:45 (thirteen years ago) link
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li1wy9Izj41qde9zqo1_500.jpg
― prolego, Monday, 14 March 2011 21:53 (thirteen years ago) link
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Monday, March 14, 2011 4:31 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
hahahaha totally!
― gr8080 sings the blues (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 14 March 2011 21:56 (thirteen years ago) link
niiice. was lolling more at the bit at 0:38 tho. xp
― Roz, Monday, 14 March 2011 22:01 (thirteen years ago) link
http://api.ning.com/files/0KqUxahqxv8S8smW*mjOW8SCvymHvKflPPho3e5BHrr1fpBJeZkjHg*ULdiXWuCmguRHHhlQoXUcn4deOKhbvesHr-82-D2I/rebecca_black_banner.jpg
― teledyldonix, Monday, 14 March 2011 22:03 (thirteen years ago) link
http://arkmusicfactory.com/page/store-1
as hideously lolful as this is, it's got nothing on that Mac Miller shit in the frat rap thread. they should duet together as the Sonny&Cher from Hell
totally pwns Pomplemoose, inspires thoughts of Friday Fun instead of suicide
― herbal bert (herb albert), Monday, 14 March 2011 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
http://api.ning.com/files/WCutYWd9CKr9FoIDHSZZ9qZg*rmX3VgA1ZAHaZrRkJR9Ag7*0HgnXRnZGEuT9Art7RiQirCtd0HaYTyBzXOqWGF8KUbj1eyO/Pato.jpg
where is his cape?
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 14 March 2011 22:09 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean when it starts she looks like she's trying to make armpit fart noises and then it just falls apart. Even she doesn't appear to know what she's doing here.
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Monday, 14 March 2011 22:09 (thirteen years ago) link
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li140pdQkW1qfaih8o1_250.gif
Much better!
― prolego, Monday, 14 March 2011 22:10 (thirteen years ago) link
prolego killin it itt
― FUN FUN FUN FUN (gbx), Monday, 14 March 2011 22:11 (thirteen years ago) link
http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li12xaMsII1qgo2xlo1_500.gif
― history mayne, Monday, 14 March 2011 22:34 (thirteen years ago) link
hold on there's no way this rapper's name is actually Pato
― J0rdan S., Monday, 14 March 2011 23:03 (thirteen years ago) link
KBP needs to be informed of this
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 14 March 2011 23:06 (thirteen years ago) link
The most compelling thing for me is the look of panic that intermittently flashes across her face, as if she realises the futility of her brief fame even before it happens.
Top PR work by Ark Entertainment though.
― oigwheoiqng4g (seandalai), Monday, 14 March 2011 23:10 (thirteen years ago) link
http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li2ey5tGfw1qgsk1po1_250.gif
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 14 March 2011 23:20 (thirteen years ago) link
so were the other kids in the video actually her friends, or were they just paid to be her friends?
― sarahel, Monday, 14 March 2011 23:24 (thirteen years ago) link
holy shit
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Monday, 14 March 2011 23:28 (thirteen years ago) link
OMG the gifs
― one time, something happy craz (Trayce), Monday, 14 March 2011 23:30 (thirteen years ago) link
i just feel sorry for her.
― sarahel, Monday, 14 March 2011 23:32 (thirteen years ago) link
her daytime car friends look p overwhelmed by life, not incl. the enthusiastic backseat beckoner pictured above.
― plax (ico), Monday, 14 March 2011 23:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Its like a professional version of those insta-studios you can go to, karaoke it up in front of a greenscreen and then burn it to CD.
― le grenouille mange le pomplamousse (Trayce), Monday, 14 March 2011 23:36 (thirteen years ago) link
do you think she'd cry if she read this thread?
― sarahel, Monday, 14 March 2011 23:36 (thirteen years ago) link
yes, but only because today is monday
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 14 March 2011 23:37 (thirteen years ago) link
45. That not only is Rebecca Black's school bus stop designated with a large, diamond-shaped yellow sign, like you would see for a curve in the road or a lane merge, it was 'shopped in for fear that we'd think she was just a LOSER loitering by herself on the sidewalk. Just in case we didn't hear her talking about the BUS TWICE in the lyrics.
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Monday, 14 March 2011 23:42 (thirteen years ago) link
guys i still have this stuck in my head
― lex pretend, Monday, 14 March 2011 23:42 (thirteen years ago) link
worse than even that, i think i'm beginning to like it.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Monday, 14 March 2011 23:43 (thirteen years ago) link
i like how the lyrics expose the inherent mundanity of stream-of-consciousness, it's like...the brain in repose
― lex pretend, Monday, 14 March 2011 23:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Interview them all for a Guardian piece, Lex.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 March 2011 23:43 (thirteen years ago) link
i am pretty sure i like it
fun funfunfun
― lex pretend, Monday, 14 March 2011 23:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm pretty impressed that she craves a "bowl" before even having breakfast, that is hardcore
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Monday, 14 March 2011 23:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Wait why's she still asking which seat to take once she's already in the damn back seat cruisin down the green-screen way?
― le grenouille mange le pomplamousse (Trayce), Monday, 14 March 2011 23:46 (thirteen years ago) link
You'll all be surprised when this places #1 on the 2011 EOY poll.
― oigwheoiqng4g (seandalai), Monday, 14 March 2011 23:46 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost
well she got stuck with back middle which sucks, shoulda called shotgun
― what do it take to be a legend like noz is? (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 14 March 2011 23:47 (thirteen years ago) link
46. how her singing is so monotonous and staccato that it sounds like someone typing morse code with a telegraph machine
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 14 March 2011 23:47 (thirteen years ago) link
47. the fucking seizure-inducing mirror image of herself during WE SO SO SO EXCITED. it's like her molecules are reaching escape velocity and peeling off into a mirror version of herself which will go on to star in "Saturday"
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Monday, 14 March 2011 23:52 (thirteen years ago) link
do you think she eats cereal on Saturday, too?
― sarahel, Monday, 14 March 2011 23:53 (thirteen years ago) link
in the entire breakfast section she doesn't blink once, just the fixed stare and a monotone about cereal. capturing the true essence of all our mornings.
― lex pretend, Monday, 14 March 2011 23:54 (thirteen years ago) link
tbh - i drink coffee in the morning and blink a lot.
― sarahel, Monday, 14 March 2011 23:54 (thirteen years ago) link
cant wait for her ep of super sweet sixteen
― plax (ico), Monday, 14 March 2011 23:54 (thirteen years ago) link
the girl in the jeans video is better, i think.
― sarahel, Monday, 14 March 2011 23:55 (thirteen years ago) link
48. How her smile gets even smilier when she sings "I see my friends!"
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Monday, 14 March 2011 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Monday, 14 March 2011 23:58 (thirteen years ago) link
THERE IS ONLY ONE FREE SEAT
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 00:00 (thirteen years ago) link
GOD
yeah the jeans video one is so hamming it up and like into it, this girl just seems like she was going w/ it. idk arent spoiled rich thirteen yr olds all supposed to be doing coke and having sex parties in their parents summer house or something? when i was that age nobody would have been lame enough to think this fake hanna montana shit was a vaguely acceptable thing to do but maybe thats just bc my friends were all awesome and cool
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 00:00 (thirteen years ago) link
she just reminds me of the kind of girl that would audition for a community theater play and sing "A Little Fall of Rain" from Les Miz, but would get confused and kinda break down when the accompanist plays the song in a different key from the one she practiced in.
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
^
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 00:02 (thirteen years ago) link
the jeans video girl would totally get a part in any community theater production of Annie.
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 00:02 (thirteen years ago) link
there was an mtv show that basically did exactly this btw
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 00:03 (thirteen years ago) link
omg the jeans video
HA HA HA JACK MY SWAG
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 00:06 (thirteen years ago) link
okay wait no it didnt but it had a similar element of vanity and pointlessness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEtwh2esRaw
p impressed at this girls mastering of the dance move that me and my sister once spent like an hour trying to figure out and couldnt
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 00:07 (thirteen years ago) link
lol "enhanced cd"
unless these guys aren't just rich-parent-hustlers but creepy pedos (that one "5 days with CJ Fam" video has the camera following CJ and her little friend into an abandoned shed in the woods for some reason), they should totally exploit this net buzz for their own MTV series.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 00:11 (thirteen years ago) link
also holy shit no one's posted the CJ Fam video yet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oVnBGRIZSQ
It's about a small child who could maybe get a callback for Annie on Broadway wrestling with the price of fame
― da croupier, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 00:15 (thirteen years ago) link
"I'm not a diva, I'm sooo real and sooo down to earth."
crepeing all the way to the bank
― deej, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 00:16 (thirteen years ago) link
I was at a recording studio that gets a lot of big-paycheck clients, big place with multiple studios, and while we were there in like the C studio over in D was the daughter of a guy who owns this massive company whose products I have enjoyed since I was a child. They had 1) hired some of the people who write hits for Britney etc and 2) hired a vocal coach and 3) hired musicians to a) write a record for their daughter b) teach her to sing it and c) track it, at full studio rates. they were there for a week working all day on something that will never see the light of day, just indulging their idea that enough money & successful people could make their daughter a pop diva.
this made me lol really hard
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 00:17 (thirteen years ago) link
― lex pretend, Monday, March 14, 2011 7:43 PM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
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lmao otm
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 00:22 (thirteen years ago) link
lol cj fams producers flamboyant displays of weve got a hit on our hands
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 00:28 (thirteen years ago) link
hey were there for a week working all day on something that will never see the light of day, just indulging their idea that enough money & successful people could make their daughter a pop diva.
Have you heard the tapes?!
― for real molars who ain't got no fillings (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 00:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Let me explain to him in simple arithmetic. One, two three! Because you don't fuckin' get it, Burt! You give us the tapes. We get the record contract. We come back and give you your fuckin' money. Have you heard the tapes? Have you even heard them? We're guaranteed a record deal. Our stuff is that good!
― for real molars who ain't got no fillings (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 00:43 (thirteen years ago) link
For serious it is interesting how the Ark model is different from the old vanity stuff. You have autotune, which makes it really easy to make a talentless singer sound catchy and tuneful, and you have youtube, which makes the distribution costs nothing. So you can record high production value vanity shit for people, charge them a lot of money, and then put it out there easily, and if it takes off, more money for you, if not, no big deal.
― for real molars who ain't got no fillings (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 00:45 (thirteen years ago) link
this is fucking bonechilling
― Suicide Demo for Kemba Walker (govern yourself accordingly), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 00:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Holy shit that CJ Fam one is creepy as fuck! Whats with the two producer dudes and their leery smiles and nods? *&^^$
Also she totally looks like the kind of indulged fat brat who does precisely this kind of thing (or beauty contests) at the behest of pushy parents. UGH.
― le grenouille mange le pomplamousse (Trayce), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 00:46 (thirteen years ago) link
cj fam is deeply pomo
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 00:49 (thirteen years ago) link
oh man, the CJ Fame "behind the scenes with ark entertainment" vid I referred to has been made private.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 00:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Fam, I mean. I guess only exclusive members of the Ark Ent family get to know about the shed, now.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 00:54 (thirteen years ago) link
CJ's comments are still loaded with obvious plants going "fantastic voice!".
― le grenouille mange le pomplamousse (Trayce), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 00:55 (thirteen years ago) link
The faux-naivety ITT is like you guys have never seen "Tardy For The Party" or anything.
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 01:01 (thirteen years ago) link
i have never seen 'tardy for the party' or anything
― history mayne, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 01:02 (thirteen years ago) link
i saw something
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 01:04 (thirteen years ago) link
but i couldnt make out what it was
some people here have probably not even heard Alana Lee's "Butterflies", and that makes me sad b/c it is a much better song than "Friday":
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 01:14 (thirteen years ago) link
That video has been posted 3 or 4 times already.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 01:16 (thirteen years ago) link
tru, but some people here have probably not even heard it.
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 01:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Or anything.
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 01:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Fried egg, fried egg
― le grenouille mange le pomplamousse (Trayce), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 01:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Ive been going around singing "fried egg" since last night much to N's bemusement.
recently i have started interpreting the "which seat can i take?" as a direct question to the audience, asked the same way dora the explorer and the guy from blues clues ask their viewers where the tree/clue/whatever is
― teledyldonix, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 01:25 (thirteen years ago) link
this entire thing is super creepy to me
― deej, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 01:45 (thirteen years ago) link
did lol @ those lex posts ice craem reposted tho
"Fried egg, fried egg" reminds me of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZpKdR76Y_U
― oigwheoiqng4g (seandalai), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 01:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Lex's analysis has made me realise that this song corresponds exactly to the picture of Kafka Judith Butler put forward the other week:
precisely because of this apparently objective and rigorous mode of writing, a certain horror opens up in the midst of the quotidian, perhaps also an unspeakable grief
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 01:53 (thirteen years ago) link
no it's also terrible just less memorably so
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 01:59 (thirteen years ago) link
In 15 minutes, everyone will be famous.
― for real molars who ain't got no fillings (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 02:00 (thirteen years ago) link
says the man who provided the terribly memorable soundtrack to the terribly memorable moment in Armageddon where Ben Affleck makes animal crackers stampede across Liv Tyler's half-naked body.
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 02:19 (thirteen years ago) link
(/cheap shot)
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 02:20 (thirteen years ago) link
― for real molars who ain't got no fillings (Hurting 2), Tuesday, March 15, 2011 2:00 AM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark
I missed it while watching Baseball Tonight :(
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 02:31 (thirteen years ago) link
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this sequence of lex posts is slaying me
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 02:55 (thirteen years ago) link
haa
28. One of the dudes is named John Benett Ramsey― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux))LOL I noticed that too.― one time, something happy craz (Trayce)
― one time, something happy craz (Trayce)
No he isn't.
:D :D
― dom p's rusty Nuts (sic), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 02:56 (thirteen years ago) link
"haa" @ cad btw
"this entire thing is super creepy to me"
ooh so creepy. more goofy than anything.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 02:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Man I am sad it's not actually John Bennett Ramsey
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 03:01 (thirteen years ago) link
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idk stage parents embarrassing their teenaged children on a massive public stage is p gross
― deej, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 03:05 (thirteen years ago) link
do you think their kids are embarrassed though!? if anything there will be a hundred more kids knocking down this company's door. 2 million youtube views! all the snarky comments in the world won't deter them. look at snookie!
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 03:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah but its 2m people laughing at her :/
― le grenouille mange le pomplamoose (Trayce), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 03:41 (thirteen years ago) link
you guys, this video is extreme lol
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 03:49 (thirteen years ago) link
well duh!
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 03:50 (thirteen years ago) link
"Yeah but its 2m people laughing at her :/"
even more than that laughing at snookie! i don't really think the negative matter to people anymore.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 03:54 (thirteen years ago) link
matters
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 03:55 (thirteen years ago) link
my friend P3tey on FB just now: "I have now seen the video. HORRIFIC.Her friends all look like they are in a serious amount of pain."
― le grenouille mange le pomplamoose (Trayce), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 04:00 (thirteen years ago) link
the terrible overdubs at the end
I seriously cannot deal, they are too lol
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 04:04 (thirteen years ago) link
I like what scott's saying on this thread
I have to admit as a long time fan of things like Y. Bhekhirst and Ken DeFeudis, it's been interesting what the internet has done to the idea of 'outsider music' -- technically incompetent but completely earnest and slightly strange songs suddenly finding a huge mainstream audience. the second repetition in the chorus of 'Friday' totally hits my nervous system, something totally genuine about it (even though it's the same performance cut and pasted for every chorus)
and I know these gifs are meant as mocking but face it the longer you look at them -- behold ACTUAL 13 YEAR OLD GIRLS looking completely awkward on camera -- if this is the way things are going, this is 9000x better than kesha or katy perry or any of that straight up bullshit that I've seen grown people on this board make an argument for that is absolutely, inarguably confusing and poisoning the landscape for other actual 13 year old girls
things like "Hot In The Airport" will never make 2.5 million hits in two days, I know this is something different, but it's the same lineage and it's a hell of a lot more interesting to me than most of the stuff usually taking up space on new answers
― Milton Parker, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 05:28 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean it is interesting -- the lineage is less true complete-outsiders like Ken DeFeudis and more the dial-a-song poem people as mentioned upthread. I know this is a factory, not true expressive wellspring, and I think the people saying 'creepy' are more responding to the factory aspect of it. But I like that too, the factory aspect is more laid bare here than ever before, if you find this creepy it completely exposes all the other factory pop you've ever let yourself like, and I like that too
you don't get to 2.5 million hits by accident, this isn't just 'oh wow this is the worst', this is recognition
― Milton Parker, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 05:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, I agree with all that.
― A Very Small Bag of Phrases (Eazy), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 05:32 (thirteen years ago) link
this song immediately reminded me of dahv, whose time i guess has passed now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSr5l19Xnmo
― brigitte beardo (donna rouge), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 05:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Milton - has anyone autotuned Florence Foster Jenkins?
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 05:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I think she also makes for an interesting comparison. The problem I have with this in terms of previous outsider music, is that a lot of the charms of the historical stuff is its earnestness, but how "earnest" can you be, or be perceived, with autotune? Like it's too polished to really have that aesthetic.
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 05:50 (thirteen years ago) link
why does she only sing the second syllable on weekend most of the time
― rumpie's trusty nuts (electricsound), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 05:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Maybe it's just me but does the yellow BUS STOP sign move just a teeny bit around when she says "stop", like right before the edit?
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 05:52 (thirteen years ago) link
how many times have you watched this, Stevie?
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 05:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Honestly? Maybe 15
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 05:59 (thirteen years ago) link
48. The background "Friday, Friday" paired with impassioned hair-stroke at 3:17-3:18
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 06:01 (thirteen years ago) link
49. when all the other kids are either waving or pumping their fists, there's one person in the front right corner of the crowd who is either making devil horns or pointing at RB as if to say, "this girl! this girl!"
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 06:12 (thirteen years ago) link
I can dig the earnestness of this kind of stuff. I can dig the honesty. But just being earnest and honest isn't enough. I mean, Bright Eyes is earnest and honest. It still sucks.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 07:16 (thirteen years ago) link
50. Revelation of CHILD ENDANGERMENT! (when "rapper" owns up to being lapped, in the fast lane, by a school bus)
― Spectrist, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 07:23 (thirteen years ago) link
i woke up with this song stuck in my head for the second day running and nothing else i try to listen to feels adequate ;_;
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 08:51 (thirteen years ago) link
man that ark music factory page is so fucked up -- shit looks like a cross b/w a child porn site and an escort service
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 March 2011 09:10 (thirteen years ago) link
I FEEL A LAWSUIT COMIN' ON
― Ned Raggett Reads Autumn Almanac (King Boy Pato), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 09:15 (thirteen years ago) link
How dare they destroy a well-respected brand like "King Boy Pato", seriously.
― Ned Raggett Reads Autumn Almanac (King Boy Pato), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 09:18 (thirteen years ago) link
lol yeah i'm reading herta müller's the passport atm and it ALL FITS
btw when i went downstairs this morning the words "gotta have my bowl gotta have cere-owl" sprang unbidden to my lips
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 09:52 (thirteen years ago) link
― Milton Parker, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 05:28 (4 hours ago)
totes
i thought it was 'just a bad song' for the first min or so
kid has an endearingly unaffected manner, and one imagines a preponderance of 'you be the youtube star' competitions in which ordinary tweens compete (or more hopefully, are randomly selected) for a $20k autotune + greenscreen makeover
― kid 606: the nultness (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 09:59 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsocXXe1KSw
compare / contrast with these retards
― kid 606: the nultness (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 10:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean it is interesting -- the lineage is less true complete-outsiders like Ken DeFeudis and more the dial-a-song poem people as mentioned upthread. I know this is a factory, not true expressive wellspring, and I think the people saying 'creepy' are more responding to the factory aspect of it. But I like that too, the factory aspect is more laid bare here than ever before, if you find this creepy it completely exposes all the other factory pop you've ever let yourself like, and I like that tooyou don't get to 2.5 million hits by accident, this isn't just 'oh wow this is the worst', this is recognition― Milton Parker, Tuesday, March 15, 2011 5:32 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark
― Milton Parker, Tuesday, March 15, 2011 5:32 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark
christ
― history mayne, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 10:02 (thirteen years ago) link
fucking ilm
yeah i'm more in the "2.5 million lols" camp myself.
― le grenouille mange le pomplamoose (Trayce), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 10:04 (thirteen years ago) link
why does it offend you? xp
― kid 606: the nultness (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 10:04 (thirteen years ago) link
"I like that too, the factory aspect is more laid bare here than ever before, if you find this creepy it completely exposes all the other factory pop you've ever let yourself like, and I like that too"
just seems a retarded comment to me
― history mayne, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 10:07 (thirteen years ago) link
if you can't get a solid lol out of this, sans popist wank, then i don't even
― history mayne, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 10:08 (thirteen years ago) link
ya but you probably got trolled by 'dogville' too
not like foregrounding of artifice (willingly or otherwise) began in 2k11
― kid 606: the nultness (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 10:09 (thirteen years ago) link
you guys wouldn't be laughing if I'd made the awesome music video that I imagined in my head in middle school. I think it involved me lipsyncing the song IN SPACE.
― Morty Maxwell (crüt), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 10:09 (thirteen years ago) link
90% of the lols are from the video, 10% lyrics
― kid 606: the nultness (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 10:10 (thirteen years ago) link
if you can't get a solid wank out of this, sans popist lols, then i don't even
― Morty Maxwell (crüt), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 10:11 (thirteen years ago) link
:D
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 March 2011 10:11 (thirteen years ago) link
yes... this is why milton's comment caused me great eye-rollage. and even then this isn't foregrounding artifice, it's just a badly made video that is funny.
― history mayne, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 10:12 (thirteen years ago) link
FRIDAYFRIDAY
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 10:13 (thirteen years ago) link
IT'S IN YOUR HEAD ADMIT IT
― Morty Maxwell (crüt), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 10:11 (1 minute ago)
surprising lack of lecherous comments in the youtube
― kid 606: the nultness (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 10:13 (thirteen years ago) link
ppl keep telling me I dance like the car friend girl :(
― oppet, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 10:15 (thirteen years ago) link
ouch.
when i woke this morning my first thought was OH GREAT ANOTHER GRIM DAY OF CATASTROPHICALLY SPIRALLING SELF-REFLECTION, and then my next was FRA-EE-DAY, FRA-EE-DAY, and then my next was :).
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 13:41 (thirteen years ago) link
51. when her friends open their mouths, the demonic voice of Zuul issues forth like a black contagion to infest the ears of non-believers
― dayo, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 13:49 (thirteen years ago) link
52. token asian makes me feel I too could be a part of this scene
― dayo, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 13:52 (thirteen years ago) link
53. definitely proves the "we the best" theorem as laid out by dj khaled: verbs are mere window dressing in the english language
WE SO EXCITED
― dayo, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 13:53 (thirteen years ago) link
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, March 15, 2011 6:13 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, March 15, 2011 6:13 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark
I watched like 1/2 of it yesterday morning and yet somehow found myself humming it as I walked to get some coffee just now. WTF.
― ENBB, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 13:54 (thirteen years ago) link
also, what the fuck is this new video editing effect where you strobe the image at a 45 degree slant on the left side of the image, and only the left side of the image
― dayo, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 13:54 (thirteen years ago) link
I thought Tracer was doing some ungodly Rebecca Black/Cranberries mashup for a second
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 13:55 (thirteen years ago) link
And I love pink top girl. My awkward ass 13 year old braces wearing self would have got down with her.
― ENBB, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 13:56 (thirteen years ago) link
53. rebecca's house gives me fond memories of when the mccallisters packed for france at the last minute
― dayo, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 13:56 (thirteen years ago) link
54. the lyric "sunday come afterwards" is the giveaway that this is actually the latest pinnacle of po-mo - "sunday comes after words", or after words, sunday, the end of the week, traditionally seen as God's rest day, God...the Word... after... words...
― dayo, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 14:00 (thirteen years ago) link
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li0cask0ny1qdmb7jo1_400.png
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 14:02 (thirteen years ago) link
oh no
I am going to hell for laughing at that
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 14:02 (thirteen years ago) link
omg
― ENBB, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 14:03 (thirteen years ago) link
!!!! :D
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 14:05 (thirteen years ago) link
heee
― VegemiteGrrl, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 14:07 (thirteen years ago) link
I've just listened to the sped-up version five times in a row...help :(
― oigwheoiqng4g (seandalai), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 14:13 (thirteen years ago) link
That's because it's brilliant. (Did about the same last night.)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 14:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm supposed to be working (and I kind of am) but my internal world is all FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY and my head's nodding and I think everyone's looking at me...
― oigwheoiqng4g (seandalai), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 14:16 (thirteen years ago) link
imagine how you're going to be feeling when it is ACTUALLY FRI-EE-DAY
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 14:19 (thirteen years ago) link
WHOO!
― oigwheoiqng4g (seandalai), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 14:19 (thirteen years ago) link
the sad irony is that by friday, no one's going to give a shit anymore
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 14:19 (thirteen years ago) link
partying partying YEAH
whoever mentioned Andrew WK upthread, you are OTM
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 14:19 (thirteen years ago) link
These seem to be legit:
http://twitter.com/#!/arkmusicfactoryhttp://twitter.com/#!/REBECCAFANCLUBhttp://twitter.com/#!/CJFam
― oigwheoiqng4g (seandalai), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 14:24 (thirteen years ago) link
the video is kind of all about how cool cars are to 13-year-olds
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87QCmugOST4&feature=player_embedded#at=439
Lil Naynay's claim that "I started rapping before I could talk" makes my head explode
― o0o00h really? (boxedjoy), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 14:50 (thirteen years ago) link
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS??? Who attends events like this?! Where do you get the money to indulge yourself to this extent?
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 15:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean do these people really think that they matter to any degree? For real?
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Watched this with gf last night, much cracking up over the REJECTION! REJECTION! REJECTION! girl in particular. Thought Lil Naynay was actually the best of the stable.
― oigwheoiqng4g (seandalai), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link
I think the reason I dislike this video so much is that Rebecca Black reminds me of the girl that was always really enthusiastic at the synagogue youth group events my dad made me go to.
― for real molars who ain't got no fillings (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 15:26 (thirteen years ago) link
just thinking about this this morning made me lol
― FUN FUN FUN FUN (gbx), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link
42. Silly Bandz and a white BIEBER FEVER bracelet around her wrist in the living room scene― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Monday, March 14, 2011 2:45 PM (20 minutes ago)correction: the white bracelet says NEVER SAY NEVER― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Monday, March 14, 2011 3:07 PM (Yesterday)
correction: the white bracelet says NEVER SAY NEVER
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Monday, March 14, 2011 3:07 PM (Yesterday)
well fuck, her twitter pic revels that it actually says NEVER SHOUT NEVER, which is the name of a musician who is 1000 times more awful than herself.
http://i51.tinypic.com/2ngg3m9.jpg
yes this issue is very important to me.
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 15:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah I figured it was a NeverShoutNever bracelet; wd fit her demo and also no one wears bracelets that say NEVER SAY NEVER
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 15:42 (thirteen years ago) link
her green bracelet says Justin Bieber, no lie:
http://i56.tinypic.com/29c313s.jpg
http://i54.tinypic.com/2qm2ih3.jpg
this is very shocking and fascinating because very few 13-year-old American girls are fans of Justin Bieber.
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
fuck i love that bob dylan version
― SBlendor in the grass (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link
like obviously it is a song that lends itself to the stripped-down one dude+acoustic guitar 'ironic' cover — but the dylan impression takes it to a whole nother level
― SBlendor in the grass (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 16:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Rebecca Black could be starting a garage band with other 13 year olds and playing in her friends' living rooms. Bet she'd have more fun.
o_0 o_0 o_0
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:12 (thirteen years ago) link
it took me a while to even notice the rap part in the midst of all the craziness, but it's kinda...bizarre...like it's designed to SOUND like a rap, but it doesn't really rhyme...or even really make sense, it's like random words delivered in the cadences of a rap....it's like a sub-par Kool Keith verse done in a Radio Disney style...it's kinda hard to understand but i tried to transcribe it as best I could:
R&B - Rebecca Blackso chillin' in the front seatin the back seatI'm drivin', cruisin'fast...lane...switchin' laneswith a car by my side (WOO!)passin' by is a school busin front of memakes tick tock, tick tockwanna screammy time is Fridayit's a weekendwe gonna have func'mon c'mon y'all!
― what do it take to be a legend like noz is? (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:15 (thirteen years ago) link
ITUNES LINK
― prolego, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Queen of the music industry. ***** by iLike iTunes Michael Jackson who? Beyonce who? Britney Spears who? Lady GaGa who? Rihanna who? Ke$ha who? Katy Perry who? Justin Bieber who?
brilliance in the purest form ***** by Crashnate never in the history of music, except for maybe King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man" has there been such cohesion between musicality and creativity in one song. This song is flawless, may it go down in history as the perfect jam for literally any occasion, be it a funeral or an 11 year old's birthday party. perfection.
This song is a masterpiece. ***** by Sandfishies Duchamp did it with his "Fountain." Swift did it with Gulliver's travels. Rebecca Black and her team of song-writers are one in a long line of satirical genii taht have exposed to us the sheer obviousness of everyday farce.
So bad it's amazing doesn't even begin to cover it.
Genres: Pop, Music, Children's MusicReleased: Mar 14, 2011
― Milton Parker, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm drivin', cruisin'fast...lane...switchin' laneswith a car by my side (WOO!)
Like, I was p sure this is what he said but my hearing's kinda shot and I was convinced it couldn't actually be that awful. "Fast lane, switchin' lanes"?
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link
i believe it's a sex thing. nothing wrong with that.
― history mayne, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link
DYING at this being sent to US Top 40 Radio
http://addboard.mediabase.com/AddDetails.asp?sngcde=BLACF21
None of the stations have added it so far though... :/
― prolego, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Ew. Just.... ew.
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Like these guys are grossing me out more and more.
This is like "Digital Love" for 2nd graders.
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:48 (thirteen years ago) link
― SBlendor in the grass (bernard snowy), Tuesday, March 15, 2011 12:32 PM Bookmark
Kind of think it sounds more like Pearls Before Swine or Bill Fay.
― for real molars who ain't got no fillings (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:58 (thirteen years ago) link
where American Idol (and Pop Idol, X Factor, et fucking cetera) made an industry performing what i once considered a very valuable service - namely, proving again and again to young Americans that being famous involves actual practice and skill rather than sheer cheek - this whole ARK thing is like the backlash, the anti- American Idol. we will create this little bubble of yes-men for you.
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:03 (thirteen years ago) link
actual music writers feel free to expand that into an article for the Observer
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:05 (thirteen years ago) link
idk i don't think that's the case really, unless they planned this to happen alla long, which...idk, how could they? seems like all of this itunes stuff is just an attempt to strike while the iron is hot briefly exists. what the ark actually do is just a manifestation of a thing that's long existed, this whole "pretend you're a pop star for a day!" competition prize thing.
i think reality tv & the internet have long proved to young people everywhere that being famous requires no practice or skill whatsoever
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:08 (thirteen years ago) link
How far did Jedward get on X-Factor?
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:09 (thirteen years ago) link
how much money can you make from a video with 4 million views btw?
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:09 (thirteen years ago) link
$23.59
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah lex that why i say i "once considered" because pretty quickly after the first couple of seasons of these shows the (often totally incompetent) runners-up became even bigger stars
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
i should correct this - becoming famous doesn't necessarily require practice or skill, but once you're known for a certain thing you do or a certain persona or a certain look, maintaining that to stay famous probably requires as much practice and skill as anything else
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:12 (thirteen years ago) link
i just feel like ARK is totally catering to all the people who are like man, american idol would be perfect if we could just get rid of all the snooty judges
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:13 (thirteen years ago) link
ARK is catering to people with more money than they know what to do with
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:14 (thirteen years ago) link
like these ARK videos are the stuff of Adorno's nightmares
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link
nah that would be the russian hebeprhenic winning Stravinsky vs Schönberg
― kid 606: the nultness (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:18 (thirteen years ago) link
like who though? you've got your one-off freakshows like jedward but i think most of the people getting famous through XF and AI are still the ones deemed competent. i'm not sure the ark has anything to do with that - it may be a factory but it's so amateur - their MO isn't "we'll make you a superstar" it's "we'll make you feel like a pop star for a day"
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:18 (thirteen years ago) link
have you read his Cadillacs essay, nakh?
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:18 (thirteen years ago) link
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, March 15, 2011 1:09 PM (7 minutes ago)
the thought did occur to me that this is all a scam to make millions of AdSense dollars from views
― corey, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Surprised they don't have ads on the Youtube...
― oigwheoiqng4g (seandalai), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:24 (thirteen years ago) link
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:18 (1 minute ago)
no, do you know the title?
― kid 606: the nultness (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Why Rebecca Black's Much-Mocked Viral Hit 'Friday' Is Actually GoodThe teen unknown's surprise internet hit is an unintentional parody of modern pop
By Matthew PerpetuaMARCH 15, 2011 1:15 PM ET
Rebecca Black's "Friday," a song and music video produced by the Los Angeles company Ark Music Factory, has gone viral over the past few days, bubbling up from Tumblr and Twitter to become one of 2011's fastest-growing memes. The clip has already been parodied, covered and remixed many times over, and will likely inspire further variations as it spreads throughout internet communities and pop culture. The fascination with the video mainly comes down to its subpar production values, grating hooks and extraordinarily stupid lyrics. (This is a song that makes a point of explaining the sequence of days in the week.)
But there's something else going on here, something that makes "Friday" uniquely compelling. After all, there's no shortage of insipid failed pop music out there, and Ark Music Factory is responsible for many other music videos by young unknowns that are just as cringe-inducing, if not much worse. When you see this video, you immediately notice everything that it does "wrong," but it actually gets a lot of things about pop music right, if just by accident.
For one thing, Black's voice is totally bizarre. It's not just the processing on her vocals – she has a peculiar tonality that inadvertently highlights the absurdity of boilerplate pop lyrics that may not seem as ridiculous if, say, Katy Perry was singing instead. When she sings the "Friday, Friday" hook or the "fun fun fun fun" refrain, she sounds unlike anything else in pop music. Perhaps the closest comparison is Laraine Newman in Saturday Night Live's Coneheads sketches – pinched and stilted, like an alien attempting to pass an average American girl. Obviously, this isn't the most pleasant sound in the world, but Black comes out sounding like a distinct singer with an alluring sort of anti-charisma.
With a voice as strange as this, Black probably doesn't belong in the world's most generic modern pop song, but here she is. "Friday" is exactly what you expect from teen-oriented pop in 2011, from the sing-song melodies on down to a guest spot from an anonymous rapper who's only tangentially related to the rest of the song. If the video was intended to be a parody of teen pop convention, it would be on par with some of the best SNL Digital Shorts by Lonely Island.
And thus Black and Ark Music Factory have made a video that forces its audience to reckon with a particular formula for pop music. It's not as if any of this was ever actually cool, but suddenly it seems as if any legit pop singer goes anywhere near the vibe of "Friday," it will just seem like a joke.
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:28 (thirteen years ago) link
"an alluring sort of anti-charisma", fuck me
― SBlendor in the grass (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:30 (thirteen years ago) link
rich kid karaoke is the new punk rock
― SBlendor in the grass (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Lo, his writing style is more amateur than Rebecca Black's performance.
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:31 (thirteen years ago) link
xxp - i don't remember off the top of my head, but there's also an essay critiquing it called something very close to "Adorno Meets the Cadillacs" that is also worth reading. Both were on the syllabus for Popular Music Criticism class I took in college 15 years ago.
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Tracer wasn't in this class, I think I was the only MCM person in it - everyone else was Ethnomusicology grad students iirc
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:33 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah will read that, thanks
users.ipfw.edu/tankel/PDF/Gedron.pdf
― kid 606: the nultness (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I said the same shit as Perpetua way, way upthread in like one tenth of the words: Yeah, kinda struggling to find a meaningful, useful difference between these and, e.g., Ke$ha, who is equally as retarded and equally manufactured but doesn't have the excuse of age or ambitious stage parents. It's razor-thin line between "Wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy" and "Hannah Montana is wearing my jeans."
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:35 (thirteen years ago) link
il perpetua anorexico
― kid 606: the nultness (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:37 (thirteen years ago) link
"Friday" is exactly what you expect from teen-oriented pop in 2011, from the sing-song melodies on down to a guest spot from an anonymous rapper who's only tangentially related to the rest of the song. If the video was intended to be a parody of teen pop convention, it would be on par with some of the best SNL Digital Shorts by Lonely Island.And thus Black and Ark Music Factory have made a video that forces its audience to reckon with a particular formula for pop music. It's not as if any of this was ever actually cool, but suddenly it seems as if any legit pop singer goes anywhere near the vibe of "Friday," it will just seem like a joke.
― SBlendor in the grass (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:38 (thirteen years ago) link
iow i think everyone is just making up excuses for enjoying a silly catchy novelty song
― SBlendor in the grass (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:39 (thirteen years ago) link
her voice isn't that distinct.
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:39 (thirteen years ago) link
someone should arrange this for big band and do a sinatra impression over it
― SBlendor in the grass (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:40 (thirteen years ago) link
waiting for power metal cover, personally.
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:40 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm late to the party on this whole thing, but is Ark Music Factory like the 2011 version of those 'Song Poem' records? You know, "we'll set your lyrics to music, just send us money?"
― Partyin', partyin', fun fun fun fun (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:40 (thirteen years ago) link
a peculiar tonality
I don't hate on this dude like everybody tends to but I really, really, really, really wish music writers would think twice, or three times, even, before using a word like "tonality" - it's fine to not actually have studied musical terminology (I guess, and even if it isn't fine, the horse has left the barn) but using it like you knew what it meant is a bummer
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:41 (thirteen years ago) link
xp essentially
― SBlendor in the grass (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:41 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm late to the party on this whole thing, but is Ark Music Factory like the 2011 version of those 'Song Poem' records? You know, "we'll set your lyrics to music, just send us money?"― Partyin', partyin', fun fun fun fun (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, March 15, 2011 1:40 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
― Partyin', partyin', fun fun fun fun (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, March 15, 2011 1:40 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
my old housemates had a business doing this for a while
― FUN FUN FUN FUN (gbx), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:43 (thirteen years ago) link
man aero how many horses are even left in yr barn???
― FUN FUN FUN FUN (gbx), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
gbx, great screen name. I'll research new one stat...
― Partyin', partyin', fun fun fun fun (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
her voice is just funny because it's monotone and slightly worried, like she is nervous about screwing up and this nervousness/the song's general ridiculousness is getting in the way of her connecting to it at all; she is singing the same way you dance when you're hauled on stage during dinner at Uncle Billy's Restaurant in scenic Hilo, Hawaii to learn and dance the Hukilau while everyone laughs and takes pictures of you, which is basically exactly what is happening, except it's happening with an incongruous budget and on youtube
ke$ha is awesome and not remotely like this at all but we don't need to go into that
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I know I flog the hell outta that phrase
you might say I'm flogging a
well you get the general idea
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I feel kinda bad for her tbh, imagine if that fake pop song you recorded in your bedroom when you were 12 was all of a sudden being parodied by 5 million ppl and perpetua was calling you non-charismatic
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
didn't someone do a record/project releasing these Song Poems years after the fact?
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
perpetua was calling you non-charismatic
pretty sure even a 13-year-old can get the irony here
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:45 (thirteen years ago) link
hueg lol
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:45 (thirteen years ago) link
― Partyin', partyin', fun fun fun fun (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, March 15, 2011 1:44 PM (18 seconds ago) Bookmark
haha, no worries, entirely possible i poached it?? the whole song is potential display names imo
― FUN FUN FUN FUN (gbx), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:45 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOqn-I5u1MY
xp to sarahel
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
i just really want to know if the other kids in that video were her real friends or not.
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
i think i was emotionally scarred by "You Can't Do That On Television" where one of the girls on the show is told that all the other kids were paid by her parents to be her friends, and she doesn't have any real friends. Most of this was due to people in grade school telling me I kinda looked like that girl.
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:48 (thirteen years ago) link
"the world's most generic modern pop song"
I HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS
actual modern pop songs really don't use this narrating-everything-as-you-go lyrical style? as anyone who actually listens to pop music would know? jesus, perpetua.
― c sharp major, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:49 (thirteen years ago) link
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:44 (1 minute ago)
that shit is the worst, like beyond the guetta principle in terms of 2k10s aesthetic vileness
awkward tween singing silly naive song about the end of the school week having meme fame accidentally foisted upon her vs relentlessly ugly frat hedonist retard anthems
― kid 606: the nultness (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:49 (thirteen years ago) link
you're not supposed to say that!!!
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
you didn't need to go into that
― kid 606: the nultness (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost to self:
like if it was a series of generic statements about being in a club: fine, yeah, modern pop.
but this 'now i'm doing this, now i'm doing that, making a statement of fact' super banal stuff is actually more reminiscent of the first robin sparkles song on HIMYM than actual charting pop music.
― c sharp major, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:52 (thirteen years ago) link
no, someone just got yelled at about an hour ago for calling someone retarded.
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:52 (thirteen years ago) link
not reading 'that thread' (assuming....)
― kid 606: the nultness (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:53 (thirteen years ago) link
xp again i'm not gonna do this because what's the point, but without getting into actual value judgments i'd just say that like 65% of the joke with "friday" comes from how stilted and robotic she sounds, like she's just barely clinging to this weird edifice that's been built for her, whereas ke$ha does not sound like that, because she's throwing herself into her relentlessly ugly frat hedonist retard anthems and giggling and preening and doing weird voices and affecting deliberately obnoxious vowel sounds and this is like literally the opposite of what is going on with "friday". that's all.
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:53 (thirteen years ago) link
'now i'm doing this, now i'm doing that, making a statement of fact'
read this in rebecca black's voice — actual lols
― SBlendor in the grass (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:53 (thirteen years ago) link
ke$ha is also an adult whose junk boys want to touch.
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:54 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm guessing some of the <3 apologists itt have for this track is because, as tweens or former tweens, they empathize with the simple joy of the school week finishing
― kid 606: the nultness (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:54 (thirteen years ago) link
don't forget according to iatee's recent poll, many ilx users are actually 13
― kid 606: the nultness (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:55 (thirteen years ago) link
xxpokay I'm at the club, yeah goin' to the clubgotta get boys, have 'em touch me on my junkordering drinks, gosh look at all these drinkshave to pick a drink, and then I'll get drunk
― SBlendor in the grass (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:56 (thirteen years ago) link
(also everything c sharp major is saying about the lyrics to this not actually being anything like any actual pop at all is otm, that is why it is so funny)
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:57 (thirteen years ago) link
except the "fun fun fun" part - pretty sure that's been in a pop song before
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:57 (thirteen years ago) link
but this 'now i'm doing this, now i'm doing that, making a statement of fact' super banal stuff
'Cause you're hot then you're coldYou're yes then you're noYou're in then you're outYou're up then you're downYou're wrong when it's rightIt's black and it's whiteWe fight, we break upWe kiss, we make up
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:58 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, but that is about "~feelings~" not eating a bowl of cereal
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:58 (thirteen years ago) link
that is a structured description of contrasting abstract states that happen over the course of a relationship
vs an unstructured list of physical things happening in the order that they are happening
like again that is the opposite of "friday"
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:59 (thirteen years ago) link
had a 30 second search but couldn't find anything for
thread for random crit theory bloggers discussing pop music
would appresh if any relevant material is posted there
― kid 606: the nultness (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:00 (thirteen years ago) link
itt a lot of special pleading
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:01 (thirteen years ago) link
This list is a lot different from that list because of because
she's totally ditching in that video, right?
― slugbuggy, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:01 (thirteen years ago) link
i guess there are some similarities between this song and Beastie Boys' "Fight for Your Right to Party"
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:02 (thirteen years ago) link
i think ppl calling this a 'typical' pop lyrics are probably using "Party in the USA" as a reference point, and it's true, this is kind of like an artless version of
Jumped in the cab, here I am for the first timeLook to my right, and I see the Hollywood sign[...]I'm noddin' my head like yeahMovin' my hips like yeah
― SBlendor in the grass (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:04 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost also "a hard rain's a-gonna fall"
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:05 (thirteen years ago) link
ibut this 'now i'm doing this, now i'm doing that, making a statement of fact' super banal stuff
trapped in the closet, minus sex, conflict and midgets.
― m the g, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:05 (thirteen years ago) link
r kelly does the "now I'm doing this" thing all day
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:06 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean I'm not trying to equate Rebecca Black and Ke$ha or whomever as performers and difficult listening hour is correct in re: their dedication to their performances, but when it comes to the, eh, I don't know, songwriting values? we're into some narcissism of small differences territory here, big time.
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:06 (thirteen years ago) link
in 5 yrs we will look back on this girl as the 'star wars kid' of the 2010s
― SBlendor in the grass (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:06 (thirteen years ago) link
narcissism of small differences = equating a 13 year old girl with an adult woman? Pretty sure Chris Hansen would have something to say about that.
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:07 (thirteen years ago) link
That's not what I'm doing. At all. I'm talking about the songs qua songs, not the performers behind them.
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:08 (thirteen years ago) link
I get up when I want, except on Wednesday's, when I get rudely awakened by the dustman. I have a cup of tea, out my trousers on, and think about leaving the house. Fun fun fun fun.
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:09 (thirteen years ago) link
when it comes to the, eh, I don't know, songwriting values? we're into some narcissism of small differences territory here, big time.
get this even if i don't agree, doubt either of us would benefit from arguing it.
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:10 (thirteen years ago) link
in this case, how easy is it to separate the song from the performer though?
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:10 (thirteen years ago) link
and the subject matter of the songs are different -- ke$ha's are adult in nature.
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:11 (thirteen years ago) link
xp what are you, william butler yeats?
― SBlendor in the grass (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:12 (thirteen years ago) link
like dumb songs about getting wasted and getting laid have a qualitative difference than a dumb song about a pre-teen eating cereal and waiting for the bus.
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:13 (thirteen years ago) link
get up, get out of beddrag a comb across my headmade my way downstairs and drank a cuplooking up, i noticed i was lategrabbed my coat, grabbed my hatgotta get down to the bus stopgotta catch the bus'cuz its FRI-EEE-DAY, FRI-EEE-DAY
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:14 (thirteen years ago) link
also has anyone considered the possibility that if this girl 'sounds like' ke$ha it's because maybe she LIKES ke$ha and was trying to emulate her? "gotta have my bowl, gotta have cereal" is kinda like a crude 13-year-old approximation of "wake up in the morning feelin' like p.diddy", right?
― SBlendor in the grass (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:14 (thirteen years ago) link
But it's not like this is the Numa Numa guy in his bedroom, RB has to some degree signed up to "being a pop star" with whatever promotion Ark can offer. It's a bit sad that she finds out how the world/Internet works in such a public way but she or her parents should have known better.
― oigwheoiqng4g (seandalai), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:14 (thirteen years ago) link
but this 'now i'm doing this, now i'm doing that, making a statement of fact' super banal stuff is actually more reminiscent of the first robin sparkles song on HIMYM than actual charting pop music.― c sharp major, Tuesday, March 15, 2011 6:52 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark
― c sharp major, Tuesday, March 15, 2011 6:52 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark
haha yes, 'let's go to the mall' has inexplicably been in my head as a result of r.b., though idk, they're not quite the same
― history mayne, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:16 (thirteen years ago) link
i guess because partying *is* exciting but going to the ma-a-all isn't.
― history mayne, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:17 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm gonna do this version of the song as some serial killer type might do it and I'll be like super-viral, it'll be so funny
then I will live another 40 years or so with the shame of my act, and then die
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:20 (thirteen years ago) link
an incognito rebecca black will place roses on your grave once a year
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:23 (thirteen years ago) link
man it's gonna be even more awesome to be dead than I thought
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:24 (thirteen years ago) link
she'll only visit your grave when the night winds wail, though.
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link
all the lonely people where do they all come fromfun fun fun fun
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link
gotta have my bowl gotta visit my serial
killer
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:26 (thirteen years ago) link
wait what the hell that doesnt even make sense
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:27 (thirteen years ago) link
thread is moving so quickly that you could declare 'friday' to be the vacuous pop analog of 'life: a user's manual' and nobody would notice. hitler. poo.
― kid 606: the nultness (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:27 (thirteen years ago) link
friday's probably the best english translation of a perec work yeah
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:28 (thirteen years ago) link
clearly her agonizing over whether to get in the front or back seat is symbolic of the anxiety teen girls feel regarding their impending womenhood. does she ride in the chaste front seat, or become a creature of sexual agency by choosing the back seat?
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:32 (thirteen years ago) link
there are levels of complexity here you sneering ghouls have not even begun to scratch
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
seeing as the rapper is actually the adult version of her, one could say that this dilemma is resolved by learning to be comfortable in both seats
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
first you insinuate she is a timeshifting biracial hermaphrodite, and then recommend a path of polymorphous, perverse sexuality? you sir are a cad.
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:36 (thirteen years ago) link
can someone plz explain this i dont get it ;_;
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 20:17 (thirteen years ago) link
LOL politics blogger John Cole:
Apparently this is the newest big thing, and it is sweeping the intertrons because it is apparently really, really bad. Critics are panning it, and Sullivan included one critic who stated that “Black’s video for ‘Friday’ is one of those rare occurrences where even the most seasoned critics of Internet culture don’t know where to begin. From the singing straight out of Auto-Tuned hell to lyrics such as ‘Tomorrow is Saturday / And Sunday comes afterwards / I don’t want this weekend to end’ and a hilariously bad rap about passing school buses, ‘Friday’ is something that simply must be seen and heard to be fully appreciated.”Here’s my problem, and why I think I am getting old. First, I’d never heard of it. Second, I watched it and listened, and to me, it seemed not much worse than most of the crap you hear every day anyway. Flip through the television and watch any of the shows on Disney or those networks geared towards teens, and you hear this kind of crap every single day. Don’t get me wrong, it isn’t my style of music and I think it is bad in that sense and I will live a very happy life if I never have to listen to it again, but I have a hard time describing it as qualitatively worse than any crap that has spewed from Miley Cyrus or the likes. If I were in a store or restaurant and that was playing in the background I wouldn’t stop and say “That’s really bad,” because it sounds just like all the other crap out there passing itself off as music.And I thought the young girl singing it had a sweet smile.
Here’s my problem, and why I think I am getting old. First, I’d never heard of it. Second, I watched it and listened, and to me, it seemed not much worse than most of the crap you hear every day anyway. Flip through the television and watch any of the shows on Disney or those networks geared towards teens, and you hear this kind of crap every single day. Don’t get me wrong, it isn’t my style of music and I think it is bad in that sense and I will live a very happy life if I never have to listen to it again, but I have a hard time describing it as qualitatively worse than any crap that has spewed from Miley Cyrus or the likes. If I were in a store or restaurant and that was playing in the background I wouldn’t stop and say “That’s really bad,” because it sounds just like all the other crap out there passing itself off as music.
And I thought the young girl singing it had a sweet smile.
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
xp the sound effect in the background is basically equivalent to when you cross the final gate-thing in a super mario world level
― teledyldonix, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
hahahah nice, that's pretty subtly down in the mix! XD
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 20:46 (thirteen years ago) link
You can depend on The Ark for subtlety.
― Spectrist, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 20:55 (thirteen years ago) link
55. The kid in the green shirt at 1:57 shouting "yeah," he's like a one man Smashmouth Junior.
― Threadkiller General (Viceroy), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 20:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Don’t get me wrong, it isn’t my style of music and I think it is bad in that sense and I will live a very happy life if I never have to listen to it again, but I have a hard time describing it as qualitatively worse than any crap that has spewed from Miley Cyrus or the likes. If I were in a store or restaurant and that was playing in the background I wouldn’t stop and say “That’s really bad,” because it sounds just like all the other crap out there passing itself off as music.
Though I would never resort to this kind of crochety old guy language, he's basically otm.
― for real molars who ain't got no fillings (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 21:13 (thirteen years ago) link
if production cost for videos that **look** professional hadnt come way way down in the past couple years 'professional' critics wouldnt have a child's vanity video to get all haughtily critical about. i kind of get the feeling its taken seriously at all bcuz it has a veneer of similarity to 'the real thing'
― deej, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 21:28 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^^
I think John Cole's inability to distinguish b/w Rebecca and Miley et al stems from the fact that he's probably unaware that there are rules at work in even the most simplistic, sub-literate corporate pop.
People find "Friday" hilarious not because it's appreciably more stupid in general than other pop songs, but because somehow it's also stupid about pop notwithstanding the fact that clearly a lot of people involved either have experience in the area or money to hire other people who do.
The key mistake "Friday" makes being that it's form is pop-as-storytelling and yet it has no story to tell (or rather, one so banal it's not worth telling) and no sense of how to tell a story. If it was designed for dancing to the lyrics wouldn't feel as prominent as they are. And that general mistake flows through to all the specific mistakes: the insane and meaningless level of detail with which Rebecca describes events that no-one seriosusly could imagine the listener caring about similarly sets her up to be lambasted for the poor writing in general.
We could of course go after Britney's "Three" (or "Hold It Against Me" for that matter) for similar reasons but any listener who has a basic working understanding of pop knows that the lyrics there are simply placeholders for some functional sex-and-dancing-frission effect.
But obv "Friday" isn't worth getting haughty about - if anything it's like an instructional video for budding pop songwriters. If I was running an Ark equivalent my project for students would be to take the song and make it good while changing as little as possible.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 22:04 (thirteen years ago) link
ugh wrong "it's" totally undermines everything I just said.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
when she says "gotta have cereal" her lips say something totally different. maybe they changed the lyric in post?
― hey jelixy (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 22:11 (thirteen years ago) link
like maybe she said the brand name of a cereal in the song and they made her change it?
― hey jelixy (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
ok, this is going to destroy me, who reads lips?
― hey jelixy (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 22:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I can - she was originally saying "smoke weed every day"
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 22:13 (thirteen years ago) link
The song that it reminds me of a bit is Ashlee Simpson's "L.O.V.E." (crossed with the Degrassi Junior High theme tune), which is barely more intelligent or thoughtful in the lyrical department - but this really shows up the difference, in that Ashlee doesn't perform "L.O.V.E." in a storytelling style, so when she simply starts spelling out the letters in the title it doesn't feel (as it does with Rebecca when she starts repeating "fun fun fun") that she's simply run out of things to say, it's more like she's just messing around and, if particular factual nuggets emerge from the mix ("my boyfriend should be calling me now anytime" etc.) these are impressionistic condiments rather than solid plot points.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 22:13 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah most of the people finding it hilarious are people who actually love pop. and who love pop going to extremes, like this is so hilarious a new low that it just elicits pure delight. j shep and i were talking about this on twitter, you gotta talk about the rules of camp w/r/t this song's "popularity" - obv m-perp failed to even come close to this - and the thing is even the people still stuck on "hating" it, who keep talking about how it's THE WORST - they're playing by the exact same rules of camp as all the kids on ONTD and last.fm calling her the wig-snatching new queen of pop.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 22:16 (thirteen years ago) link
if anything it's like an instructional video for budding pop songwriters
yeah the lyrics really feel like placeholder lyrics - like when a songwriter has a structure and melody mapped out and is just singing la-la-la stream-of-consciousness words to sketch it out.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 22:17 (thirteen years ago) link
are we sure it's not an actual instruction manual for teens put into a song?
― VegemiteGrrl, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 22:18 (thirteen years ago) link
A modern Schoolhouse Rock, then.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 22:19 (thirteen years ago) link
really looking forward to lots more thinkpieces about the vanity-commissioned song that went viral - high hopes for some really awesome thinkpieces
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 22:19 (thirteen years ago) link
the first couple of lines just made me think of like a fascist camp for school children
7am wakin up in the morninggotta be fresh gotta go downstairsgotta have my bowlgotta have cerealgotta give thanks to my lord and protectorgotta serve our nation's great leader
― VegemiteGrrl, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 22:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Man, so wanna post a picture now of Kim Jong-Il with "IT'S FLIE-DAY, FLIE-DAY" lyrics but it just seems in bad taste.
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 22:25 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah it's a shame cuz in the right context that would seem witty and thought provoking
― kid 606: the nultness (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 22:28 (thirteen years ago) link
I had the SouthPark pokemon training camp in the back of mind the wholetime, so I am picking up what you're putting down there, Phil
― VegemiteGrrl, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 22:32 (thirteen years ago) link
gotta have my bowlsmoke weed, listen to sade
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 22:42 (thirteen years ago) link
I'd say it's actually not very stupid about pop at all if you take into account the low expectations one normally has from a vanity song. I mean when I first saw it without knowing what it was I didn't mentally categorize it as another zonday-type lol video, I just thought "here's another unambitious and mediocre pop song." Once you find out that it's a vanity thing I feel like you can only come to one of two conclusions: (1) that it's become incredibly easy to make a moderately catchy pop song or (2) that Ark Music are awfully good for vanity producers. Or possibly both. Seems like there's maybe an underlying attempt by the Ark Music guys to show that they can make a hit with ANYONE, that the singer doesn't matter at all. Which is sort of interesting, I guess.
The thing is I don't feel like there are clear rules of camp anymore, because camp so dominates the culture. I can't tell if the lyrics of this song are supposed to be funny or not and either way they seem so mind-numbing that it doesn't matter to me.
― for real molars who ain't got no fillings (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 22:59 (thirteen years ago) link
maybe she wrote it! are their song credits anywhere? maybe i missed them somewhere.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 23:03 (thirteen years ago) link
lex, you were born for this thread/song/etc or something. write something about it somewhere.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 23:04 (thirteen years ago) link
And I thought the young girl singing it had a sweet smile.And I thought the young girl singing it had a sweet smile.And I thought the young girl singing it had a sweet smile.And I thought the young girl singing it had a sweet smile.And I thought the young girl singing it had a sweet smile.And I thought the young girl singing it had a sweet smile.And I thought the young girl singing it had a sweet smile.And I thought the young girl singing it had a sweet smile.And I thought the young girl singing it had a sweet smile.And I thought the young girl singing it had a sweet smile.And I thought the young girl singing it had a sweet smile.And I thought the young girl singing it had a sweet smile.And I thought the young girl singing it had a sweet smile.And I thought the young girl singing it had a sweet smile.
― FUN FUN FUN FUN (gbx), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 23:11 (thirteen years ago) link
i think it's true what scott said about the negative just not mattering to anyone any more. the ridicule doesn't mean a single thing to rebecca black and/or ark. they are officially the hottest thing on the internet as of this moment right here and i feel very confident that every single downvote or negative comment they see as just the inevitable haters hatin. the bigger you are the more haters you get, etc.
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 23:18 (thirteen years ago) link
the ridicule doesn't mean a single thing to rebecca black and/or ark.
maybe not to ark, but i wouldn't be so sure of the 13yo girl.
― FUN FUN FUN FUN (gbx), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 23:19 (thirteen years ago) link
oh even less to her, i would imagine. she might have a couple of doubts at first but her friends - possibly the one on her right - will buck her up. "haters gonna hate!"
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 23:22 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean otherwise she'd implode from embarrassment. it's sink or swim.
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 23:23 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean when I first saw it without knowing what it was I didn't mentally categorize it as another zonday-type lol video, I just thought "here's another unambitious and mediocre pop song."
O.T.M. My immediate thought was, "Wow, Radio Disney has just given up completely here."
Seems like there's maybe an underlying attempt by the Ark Music guys to show that they can make a hit with ANYONE, that the singer doesn't matter at all. Which is sort of interesting, I guess.
Well, and that's the thing with these songwriting/production teams, they have these beats and structures and maybe some melody or instrumentation sitting around and can plug anything and anyone into it depending on who they're working with. Kinda like the Ryan Tedder/Kelly Clarkson/Beyonce kerfuffle from last year.
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 23:23 (thirteen years ago) link
http://fuckyeahcjfam.tumblr.com/
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 23:29 (thirteen years ago) link
party like a rich kid guys
http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhzhsykFnD1qcnhhzo1_500.gif
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 23:31 (thirteen years ago) link
listening to teena marie 'i need your lovin' when that gif popped up on my screen, lolz for some reason
― deej, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 23:38 (thirteen years ago) link
I realize we're already across the rubicon here, but that CJ Fam tumblr seems to be in poor taste.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 23:39 (thirteen years ago) link
"I realize we're already across the rubicon here, but that CJ Fam tumblr seems to be in poor taste."
THE DEFINING WORDS OF THE POST-EMPIRE
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 23:41 (thirteen years ago) link
The song didn't go viral because it's an unambitious piece of daytime radio filler, it went viral because it united everyone from Britney fans to 4Chan in laughing at how terrible it is. It has a surface feel of slick studio professionalism but the beating heart is one of hapless amateurism - something clearly distinct, for the majority i'd wager, from the junk Disney comes up with on its off days. That said, hapless amateurism isn't limited to vanity projects - if something like Vanilla's No Way, No Way, were around today, it would have the same kind of reaction.
I'd be genuinely surprised if Ark Music had any idea that this song, or any of their others, would get more than 60,000 or 70,000 Youtube views. The primary audience is surely the friends and family of the kids concerned. The objective isn't to turn average kids into stars with their songwriting / studio wizardry, it's to make them feel like stars, while pocketing a healthy cheque from their parents.
One of the most interesting things, for me, has been the general lack of malice in the meme-generating responses. She's quite an easy target - someone fundamentally talentless getting to live her dreams on a public stage thanks to the largess of her wealthy parents - but the ribbing has tended to be pretty good natured, by tumblr-bait standards. Again, i think it comes down to the amateurism - there's a kind of goofy charm that comes with it that an equally bad song by a pro singer might not carry.
― Ha ha ha ha. Jack my swag. (ShariVari), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 23:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Quincy Jones' voice emanating from the iPad at the launch party is an underrated moment in all this, I think.
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 23:47 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i get it if the song sounds "real" to people who aren't all that familiar with or interested in teenpop, or who hate it, but otherwise your immediate response is "either something weird is Up with this or it is a really, really unprecedented low". my reaction was basically tim's--the song is so incompetent in so many weird ways; i'd never seen anything like it.
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 23:50 (thirteen years ago) link
hearing it was like hearing half the music i listen to through the ears of half the people i know.
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 23:51 (thirteen years ago) link
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP)
I know this is the 2nd time I have otm'd a weed post in this thread, but Jamie_ATP otm
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 23:55 (thirteen years ago) link
i played this for the lovely Emma b and she said "I can see why people like watching it, there's something genuine about her"
kinda hard to argue with
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
there's something genuine about her
The one... TR00 ARK
― Spectrist, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 00:02 (thirteen years ago) link
http://images.wikia.com/indianajones/images/a/aa/Death_by_face_melting_2.jpg
i wonder though if this is in fact the death of autotune. if jay-z was not the light, he was only bearing witness to the light.
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 00:03 (thirteen years ago) link
― for real molars who ain't got no fillings (Hurting 2), Tuesday, March 15, 2011 6:59 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
eh i knew something was wrong right away, p sure most people did, hence the memeification - tim is all over this one w/the specifics
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 00:31 (thirteen years ago) link
this comment has shown up on her official page, i don't know if it's real but lol anyway.
At 12:59am on March 15, 2011, john black said…Wow!What a wild last few days,huh?I hope you take this new found fame(or infamomy in some cases)and grab hold of it!Don't look back,look forward to your next great thing that will come your way.This such a lucky break that doesn't come along very often for most singers.It's yours right now to mold your future if you choose to embrace this opportunity!Way to go my little star! Dad
― teledyldonix, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 00:32 (thirteen years ago) link
I want my infamomy!
― oigwheoiqng4g (seandalai), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 00:37 (thirteen years ago) link
wait whats this abt?
Suggest Ban Permalinkil perpetua anorexico― kid 606: the nultness (nakhchivan), Tuesday, March 15, 2011 6:37 PM (Yesterday)
― kid 606: the nultness (nakhchivan), Tuesday, March 15, 2011 6:37 PM (Yesterday)
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 00:49 (thirteen years ago) link
this will have its own panel at the next emp pop conference. people had idol fever at the one in los angeles. idol idol idol. they could do a whole conference on idol. there are so many angles you can take. s whole world of idol! forever and ever. and rebecca/ark is similar. there is lots to talk about here! i don't agree with the couple of people on here who don't think it's worth talking about. it's fun to talk about.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 01:08 (thirteen years ago) link
i was really thinking the craziest thing is that we haven't even experienced an actual friday with this song in our lives
― hey jelixy (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 01:10 (thirteen years ago) link
kindof enjoy that temporary suspension
so crazy
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 01:11 (thirteen years ago) link
the buildup is a little excruciating. keep looking at my calendar...
― scott seward, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 01:14 (thirteen years ago) link
i think the annoyance about "talking about it" is due to the self-referential nature of the discussion. eventually we're just talking about the fact that we're talking about it, ad infinitum. the think pieces and analysis that follows is just as predictable and tiresome. it's like this ride no one can get off...
― ryan, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 01:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I think this is the quickest turnaround from the time a meme goes viral to the time my mother forwards a link of it to me.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 01:22 (thirteen years ago) link
...if something like Vanilla's No Way, No Way, were around today, it would have the same kind of reaction.
i had to google this; we didn't get this one in the u.s. afaik.
lol, lol
lol.
― dell (del), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 01:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Rickrolling is dead. Long live Blackroll!
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 01:40 (thirteen years ago) link
i'll take this over sheen any day
― brigitte beardo (donna rouge), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 01:43 (thirteen years ago) link
I find this song to be hilarious and bad and goddamn I cannot wait for FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY on ILX
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 01:44 (thirteen years ago) link
when does one of these kids commit suicide and we're all technically responsible for the bullying?
― hey jelixy (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 01:46 (thirteen years ago) link
based on corey haim I would say 2030.
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 01:49 (thirteen years ago) link
it's almost as if everybody's lookin forward to the weekend
weekend
(xpost)
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 01:49 (thirteen years ago) link
http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/7379/cjdeal.gif
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 01:51 (thirteen years ago) link
The worst thing is we haven't been given any guidance about how to deal with Tuesday or Wednesday. I mean, if it were Thursday, I'd know what's going on.
― oigwheoiqng4g (seandalai), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 01:52 (thirteen years ago) link
fuck I haven't even thought about front seat or back seat yetAGH THE PRESSURE
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 01:53 (thirteen years ago) link
it's a kind of sign of something about me that every time this song goes through my head (which is all the time now) it now goes "n*gg*s in the FRONT seat, n*gg*s in the BACK seat"
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 01:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Just listened to the Dylan version. A++++++
― oigwheoiqng4g (seandalai), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 01:57 (thirteen years ago) link
She makes Tiffany seem like Muddy Waters
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 02:01 (thirteen years ago) link
gotta have my bowlgotta have "cereal"
― Hippie J0hn D. (Pillbox), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 02:02 (thirteen years ago) link
maybe she eats her cereal in a bread bowl, that's why they are listed separately
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 02:04 (thirteen years ago) link
nope! she is obv smoking the chronicwhich would explain why she has such a hard time to figure out where to sit in her friends' caranother sign of deviant behavior: faking her parents out by pretending to catch the school bus when she is really planning to ride (recklessly at that) w/ her underage delinquent friends.
― Hippie J0hn D. (Pillbox), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 02:08 (thirteen years ago) link
*which would explain why she has such a hard time figuring out where to sit in her friends' car
― Hippie J0hn D. (Pillbox), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 02:10 (thirteen years ago) link
been having some 'cereal' myself, you see..
Greil Marcus weighs in on Rebecca Black. This is some of his best work since Mystery Train!
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 02:13 (thirteen years ago) link
i see my frieannns
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 02:17 (thirteen years ago) link
kickin in the front seat
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 02:19 (thirteen years ago) link
we we we we so excited
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 02:19 (thirteen years ago) link
disappointed that the artist wasn't someone named Rebecca doing a song called Black Friday
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 02:20 (thirteen years ago) link
the sped up happy hardcore remix makes me lololololol
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 02:25 (thirteen years ago) link
supposedly the video getting posted on the Tosh.0 blog last week was what really helped the thing blow up, so it was disappointed that they didn't show it on tonight's episode of the show.
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 02:31 (thirteen years ago) link
plus Tosh said the show won't be on next week so by the time they do cover it in 2 weeks it'll be ancient
yea, by then she'll have released the Weekend Trilogy
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 02:32 (thirteen years ago) link
by then she will have already chosen a seat
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 02:33 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 02:37 (thirteen years ago) link
yea, that one goofy looking boy's face
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 02:38 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm really becoming obsessed with how the seat thing is this recurring pre-chorus thing and by the 2nd time around they've got little arm movements to go with it, like they're anticipating it. like, it's funny enough as a throwaway verse, but it's a goddamn refrain.
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 02:38 (thirteen years ago) link
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, March 16, 2011 2:13 AM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark
omg I'm gonna give you such a punch
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 02:40 (thirteen years ago) link
I totally fell for that too
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 02:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Who on here knows Andrew WK? I would pay $$ to hear him cover this I GET WET style... maybe Cherie can do the guest rap.
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 02:57 (thirteen years ago) link
I know his mom!
― *emergency alternative display name (Pillbox), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:01 (thirteen years ago) link
would pay to hear Andrew wk's mum cover this
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:03 (thirteen years ago) link
"Rickrolling is dead. Long live Blackroll!"
Blackball
― for real molars who ain't got no fillings (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm psyched. I'm going to start blackballing people immediately.
― for real molars who ain't got no fillings (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:05 (thirteen years ago) link
is that like teabagging
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:05 (thirteen years ago) link
haa kornrulez
― dom p's rusty Nuts (sic), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Share some of yer 'cereal' with me Pillbox; you know where I live...
― hapshash jar tempo (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:24 (thirteen years ago) link
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/125/m_478b5a4cc2134f7688a49991530deb16.jpg
Sure thing, Drugs A. Money!
― *emergency alternative display name (Pillbox), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:30 (thirteen years ago) link
i feel like one of the things abt this song is how shes says which seat can i take instead of which seat should i take - i mean she really cant figure out which seat is available even - shes standing right there - im sure this has been mentioned
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:33 (thirteen years ago) link
maybe she has alpha female status, and therefore has the option of claiming shotgun & demanding that "flow hands" girl move to the back (though, being a benevolent dictator, she allotted herself backseat status).
― *emergency alternative display name (Pillbox), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:35 (thirteen years ago) link
well notice she ends up in the backseat both times the dilemma arises -- i'm pretty sure that means she likes it in the butt
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:38 (thirteen years ago) link
dude..
― *emergency alternative display name (Pillbox), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Hee heee heee
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:42 (thirteen years ago) link
This thread has improved my quality of life. Thank you, ILM. Thank you, Ark Productions. Thank you, Rebecca Black.
― relentlessly ugly frat hedonist retard anthems I have loved (staggerlee), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:43 (thirteen years ago) link
LOVE this songwriter analysis of why it's catchy.
― The Construction of the Duck Character (Eazy), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Friday – 27Weekend – 18Partyin’ – 16Fun – 16Seat – 7
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:48 (thirteen years ago) link
fuck, I kept meaning to do that re: the lyrics
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:53 (thirteen years ago) link
word cloud
― ryan, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Rebecca Black kind of reminds me of Maya Rudolph's character on the SNL "Wake Up Wakefield" sketches.
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:56 (thirteen years ago) link
http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_li4nrbvu561qi2zyzo1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2&Expires=1300334450&Signature=dzHlv03XGJB5Tbuyts2USNYCDCY%3D
― ENBB, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 04:02 (thirteen years ago) link
less than three always looks like a scrotum to me btw
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 04:03 (thirteen years ago) link
plax, take your pointy ballsack to ILTMI, please.
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 04:06 (thirteen years ago) link
That girl is so boring.
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 04:16 (thirteen years ago) link
fyi you don't need a www. in front of girlinpinkdancing.tumblr.com
you can sit down now
― dayo, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 04:16 (thirteen years ago) link
can i just..
― *emergency alternative display name (Pillbox), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 04:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Ark launch party vid is amazing.
"Give it up, everybody! Another young artist! That has more talent, WOO! Than my little toe ... [nano-moment of grammatico-existential horror - then, nothing else for it, into the breach] and my body got in it!"
― relentlessly ugly frat hedonist retard anthems I have loved (staggerlee), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 04:24 (thirteen years ago) link
It's a shame it cuts off her left arm; that is where most of the lulz are imo.
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 04:25 (thirteen years ago) link
― plax (ico), Wednesday, March 16, 2011 12:03 AM Bookmark
I always think it looks like a naked person bending over, top view
O}<3
― for real molars who ain't got no fillings (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 04:25 (thirteen years ago) link
it looks like an ice cream cone with two scoops, fuiud
― dayo, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 04:26 (thirteen years ago) link
laughs, *applause*
― Odult Ariented Rock (Ówen P.), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 04:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Partyin’ – 16Fun – 16
Doesn't she say fun twice as often as partyin?
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 04:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Also the word "we" should have been included even though it's a pronoun, just for lulz
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 04:42 (thirteen years ago) link
partyin partyin yean x2fun x4
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 04:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Sign her to Turquoise Jeep stat
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 05:01 (thirteen years ago) link
dude walks up a gives her a lil smack on the tush @1:53
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 16 March 2011 05:03 (thirteen years ago) link
would like to brag that it will be Friday here first, by like 11 hours
FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN
― dayo, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 05:03 (thirteen years ago) link
You better not take my spot in the front seat
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 05:21 (thirteen years ago) link
think u mite fine NZ will beat u. Also mayb us?
― Fun Fun Fun Fun auf der Autobahn (Trayce), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 05:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Wait Trayce aren't you in Oz?
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 05:37 (thirteen years ago) link
(r.i.p. nice knowin u guyz)
yeah it will be LJ first then the mongs
― fried egg on my mind (electricsound), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 05:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Lj might be busy nudge nudge :D
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 05:56 (thirteen years ago) link
you have no idea what I have planned
― acoleuthic, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 05:57 (thirteen years ago) link
surprise us
― fried egg on my mind (electricsound), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 05:57 (thirteen years ago) link
let's just say it'll be a particularly unconfined celebration of our weekly solstice
― acoleuthic, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 05:58 (thirteen years ago) link
so unless there's a tongan out there lurking, u all gonna be looooosers
FUN FUN FUN FUN FUNFUN FUN FUN FUN FUNFUN FUN FUN FUN FUN
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 05:59 (thirteen years ago) link
will there be a vacuum y/n
( jokes)
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 06:00 (thirteen years ago) link
we need to recruit a Tongan stat
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 06:01 (thirteen years ago) link
it's on!
― sarahel, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 06:20 (thirteen years ago) link
what the hell were yall doing last Friday when this thing hit? Certainly not getting it permanently lodged in your head so that by Sunday you had to ban all mentions of it from your house, by the sounds of it...
― Not the real Village People, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 06:58 (thirteen years ago) link
This thread is the evil twin of the Ignition (Remix) one.
― B-Boy Bualadh Bos (ecuador_with_a_c), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 07:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Tap-dancing Jesus Christ on a cracker!
Meet the old meme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA
Same as the new meme.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 08:03 (thirteen years ago) link
so has anyone figured out what part of orange county she's from? the o.c. register wouldn't say anything more than that she attends a "northeast orange county middle school." no stalko, just curious.
― minsktrans.by (get bent), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 08:10 (thirteen years ago) link
ummmmm well i looked at the profile of "john black" who commented on her ark music factory page claiming to be her father. his profile lists his location as anaheim, so i guess that could be it.
― teledyldonix, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 08:17 (thirteen years ago) link
oh and i guess that would also make sense in light of the fact that her bio says she has sung the national anthem at the angel stadium
― teledyldonix, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 08:28 (thirteen years ago) link
nope! she is obv smoking the chronic
i know right! and cereal = ketamine
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 08:41 (thirteen years ago) link
http://sickmouthy.com/2011/03/16/who-is-rebecca-black/
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 09:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Very nice, Nick.
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 11:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Thank you.
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 13:26 (thirteen years ago) link
god it really is impossible to wake up the day after hearing this for the first time without having it stuck in your head
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 13:53 (thirteen years ago) link
How is this any worse than "Party In The USA"?And, has anybody noticed how good Fergilicious sounds these days?
― Odult Ariented Rock (Ówen P.), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 13:58 (thirteen years ago) link
"Fergalicious" has always been great.
― Joseph Beuys II Men (jaymc), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 13:59 (thirteen years ago) link
"Party In The U.S.A." is completely awful but it doesn't derive any particular entertainment value from being as incredibly awkward as "Friday"
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:04 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah "fergalicious" is a terrific song
"my humps" is the real comparison point here
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:04 (thirteen years ago) link
the people who go "it's just a mediocre pop song, how's it different from a lot of real chart hits" confound me, like, did you watch the whole thing or what
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Then he walks back to the room. Right now I'm sweating like hellChecks under the bed (bed)then under the dresser (dresser)He looks at the closet (closet)I pull out my berretta (berretta)He walks up to the closet (closet)He’s close up to the closet (closet)Now he’s at the closet (closet)Now he’s opening the closet (closet, closet, closet)
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:07 (thirteen years ago) link
fwiw "Trapped In The Closet" was also a horrible trainwreck
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:08 (thirteen years ago) link
I wonder what all this does for Ark's business model? Surely no parent who googles them is going to think "hmm...my daughter would love if that happened to her". At the same time this is clearly a one-off fluke event, so they have no future as a million-view monetisation machine either.
― oigwheoiqng4g (seandalai), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:09 (thirteen years ago) link
I know DJP I am just trying to be funny
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:12 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm aware of what the differences are, I'm just not convinced that they're significant.
As a point of comparison, here's a current video from a Radio Disney star. Lots of similarities in the milieu, the "storyline," the lyrics, the structure, etc. Miranda Cosgrove has obviously been raised to be a star (she was in "School of Rock" 8 years ago) and puts something into her performance that Rebecca Black is clearly not (yet?) capable of, but still.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiOumJEe2yQ
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:12 (thirteen years ago) link
ppl reacted to "Trapped In The Closet" much with the same reaction that they are reacting to this; gleeful fascination with watching someone crash and burn before their very eyes while saying some amazingly stupid shit
the big difference is that if ppl take Rebecca Black's banality as representative of white ppl, it shows that white ppl are boring and slightly confused about car seats, whereas with R. Kelly taking that shit as representative of black ppl would make you think they are all insane nymphomaniacs; it would seem ludicrous to think that ppl would actually take R. Kelly's nonsense at face value until you go look at The Corner
xp: oh curse you I'm posting this anyway
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Rebecca Black's banality as representative of white ppl
next aerosmith album "I Am...Rebecca Black" already slated for June release
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:14 (thirteen years ago) link
and yeah I agree with you that R Kelly's schtick is irresistible flypaper to racists but I mean I feel like if we don't have fun with him (because R Kelly is clearly to my mind having a lot of fun in his work) then we're letting the bad guys win
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:17 (thirteen years ago) link
it is, IMO, much easier to have fun with him if you aren't black
but I have said this before and no one outside of my family and Bill Cosby actually agrees with me
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Fun, fun, think about funYou know what it is
― Moka, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:22 (thirteen years ago) link
agree... damn this song, listened once, endless repeat loop in head today
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:27 (thirteen years ago) link
no I actually can imagine, or imagine that I can imagine - complicated q imo (it's the same race-relations basket roughly as white people find the dope dealer persona super-cool, isn't it?) I was just saying that the argt that this song could actually be popular has support in r kelly's (and plenty of country singles I think) (and king diamond's) tendency to do this documenting-a-live-moment-as-it-develops schtick
bonus side quiz, how pissed are people going to be at us if this thread stops bringing lols and becomes a performing-race thread
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:29 (thirteen years ago) link
http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/5822/benniuv.jpg
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:29 (thirteen years ago) link
with other Disney pop songs and especially "Party In The U.S.A." I think the main difference beyond the level of competence is the cynicism involved at every level of the conception, execution and reception of a song like that. with "Friday" instead there's total naiveté and a resulting haphazard strangeness that goes way beyond Miley being an awkward post-Alanis warbler or Ke$ha saying dumb rhymes in AutoTune.
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:30 (thirteen years ago) link
DJP who do you feel about the racial implications of Pato's role in "Friday," to steer this thread back on topic
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:31 (thirteen years ago) link
ha who=how
ha who?
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:32 (thirteen years ago) link
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-WQRXVX_HSg/R7mbB7kWGVI/AAAAAAAAADc/OwWqE1tOgT4/s320/nelson-muntz.gif
prefer "who" tbh lol xp
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:32 (thirteen years ago) link
I got thisyou got this
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:33 (thirteen years ago) link
i feel like even as we've become so tolerant or accustomed to different types of singing and different types of music, and tend to focus on things like melody and lyrics, there's a lot of subtle issues of intonation and inflection and meter that we kind of take for granted until we hear something that just flaunts convention in such an alien way. like you could so easily rewrite the part about cereal and catching the bus so that it's pretty normal observational pop song fodder, and sing it with more natural phrasing, but then it would just be boring and not entrancingly wrong.
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, not only do the two videos mirror each other but also that miranda cosgrove video ends with her whacking the alarm clock at the exact same time the rebecca black one starts with her waking up. splice em together and put a cowboy in the middle and you've got mulholland drive.
i.e. one's a hazy hollywood dream version and the other's your crappy reality.
― slugbuggy, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Mark my words Rebecca Black will one day be ackonowledged as a pioneer for troll-pop.
― Moka, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Read that as 'trollop' and thought you were being very rude.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:53 (thirteen years ago) link
how: Any adult is going to look incredibly creepy and out of place in this video so I think any racial implications are reinforcing grossness that would be there regardless.
who: Halle Berry
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
splice em together and put a cowboy in the middle and you've got mulholland drive.
Serious out-loud lols!
― Partyin', partyin', fun fun fun fun (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 15:03 (thirteen years ago) link
People aren't lolling because it's a banal video about a girl hanging out with her friends, people are lolling because it is a TERRIBLE banal video about a girl hanging out with her friends; comparing them and saying "aside from the polish" misses the point that the liberal application of anti-polish is what people are responding to.
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 15:03 (thirteen years ago) link
"Thoughtful Observer" digs deep:
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/6148/1300154451929.jpg
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Watched the Miranda Cosgrove video (thanks for posting it) and I think the analogy to Rebecca Black is that the Cosgrove clip/song is the slickly produced, fluffers on the set, story-line and sequels in the can Hollywood adult entertainment extravaganza whereas Black's is a quickie gangbang filmed by some guy in a Hoboken Motel 6 that emulates the former but is clunky, poorly framed and doomed to a life of hastily thrown-together "all amateur" DVDs and PornTube hits.
And yes, given the ages of those involved, this analogy does make me feel a little dirty. But it's just an analogy so Chris Hanson can ask someone else to have a seat over there.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
what is it about 13-year-olds that make people so eager to bust out the pr0n analogies
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm always eager to bust out porn analogiues though.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 15:34 (thirteen years ago) link
touche
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 15:34 (thirteen years ago) link
13-yr-old girls to be exact. they kind of weird me out w/r/t r.black b/c she's not remotely sexualised
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 15:40 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Ovel0.jpg
― Moka, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 15:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Okay, no, this is nothing like "Fergalicious", which wasn't even inherently good itself. The only reason it was in any form a "good song" is because JJ Fad's "Supersonic" and Afro-Rican's "Give It All You Got" are good songs.
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link
one thing abt this song is how literal it is - like every song p much has some aspect of metaphor or idiom or imagery - its just how people naturally communicate - w/friday its scrubbed clean into this laundry list of sterile events
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:25 (thirteen years ago) link
its the sound of complete terrified amateurism - like getting up on stage and forgetting all your lines - youve lost connection to any sort of naturalness or flow
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:27 (thirteen years ago) link
does not compute. please couch in pr0n terms
― dell (del), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Negatory, please do not couch "naturalness or flow" in pr0n terms, think of the children.
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah let's not bring up R. Kelly again
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link
porn couch terms
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:35 (thirteen years ago) link
So ARK very condescendingly wrote this, right?
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:36 (thirteen years ago) link
i feel like she had to have written this
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, that was my question above re: Ark: do their video stars bring in their own lyrics, or was this a pre-written thing?
― Partyin', partyin', fun fun fun fun (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Right but are 13 year olds really THAT vapid? It seems like an adult approximation of 13-year-old vapidity. Like I know it's like "lol kids are so simple, they care about cookies and treehouses and getting A's" and shit, but srsly do you have N O T H I N G else to write abt besides Friday in and of itself? Or is it her putting herself in some wacky frame of mind of how she thinks songs ought to be written?
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:40 (thirteen years ago) link
hate to break it to you but most of the population are not thinking deep thoughts
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link
all the articles about Ark so far seem to imply that they provide the whole package for their clients -- writing/producing the songs and just putting them in front of the microphone to sing it
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:43 (thirteen years ago) link
(xpost) http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Q3h4eZWxRY8/TUdmOMaSioI/AAAAAAAABUY/dxJatSM5WDw/s1600/MLS%2B31%2B-%2BDeep%2BThoughts%2BCard.jpg
― Partyin', partyin', fun fun fun fun (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:43 (thirteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Black
""Friday" is a song written by Clarence Jey and Patrice Wilson, performed by Rebecca Black"
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:44 (thirteen years ago) link
i feel the elephant in the literal room is her parents, watching over the production and paying the bill. it HAS to be bland and naive so as not to offend Mom
― herbal bert (herb albert), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:44 (thirteen years ago) link
"what's so amazing about really deep thoughts"
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:45 (thirteen years ago) link
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, March 16, 2011 12:44 PM (20 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
unbelievable!
which reminds me when i was a boy one of my fav tv shows was double dare - oh man i used to sit there thinking of how i would crush that obstacle course - anyway the girl contestants when asked abt their hobbies would typically include writing pop songs - i remember not really understanding wtf they were talking abt - like im sure i knew what a pop song was, maybe i didnt realize that someone had to write them, or maybe i just couldnt imagine little girls writing them, or what theyd do w/them - not sure that any of them actually did write pop songs or what particularly that meant in context or if it was just a cool thing to say on double dare or w/e - anyway friday is a song by a double dare contestant basically
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:45 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah if an actual 13-year-old girl wrote this it might well still be bad but it would be bad in a v. different way.
― difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:45 (thirteen years ago) link
a mom ok with them standing in a convertible w no seat belts lol
― deej, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:45 (thirteen years ago) link
figurative elephant in literal room
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
xps to herb
― deej, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Patrice Wilson = Pato i assume?
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
i assumed the ark wrote it because i assumed that footage of pato had been shot months earlier and plugged in
― max, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
btw for those not familiar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F31cn7E7yw
fyi family double dare was wack - kids only o.g. double dare 4 lyfe
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Right but are 13 year olds really THAT vapid?
If my niece's FB page is any indication the answer is "Yes, but more so."
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:49 (thirteen years ago) link
haha so this song is top 100 on US/AUS itunes already?
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link
that video doesn't actually feature kids eating shit does it? bad look imo
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:51 (thirteen years ago) link
double dare should have just strapped those kids to a donkey and set the ostrich after em
― max, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:51 (thirteen years ago) link
btw i still cant watch the rebecca black video all the way through, it ruins me
― max, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Like the 13 year old me writing a song would have at least talked about DOING SOMETHING on the weekend, like dying your hair blue or going to Hot Topic or pinning a Fugazi patch on your hoodie or something
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:56 (thirteen years ago) link
"13-yr-old girls to be exact. they kind of weird me out w/r/t r.black b/c she's not remotely sexualised"
yeah, lots of projection going on. but maybe everything is so sexualized now that people see it everywhere no matter what. like when people were talking about that other video and saying OMG creepy abandoned house who are these perv music company people! and it IS kind of a weird scene, but on the other hand, little kids explore outside all the time! and go into weird abandoned buildings and stuff. so, really, its kinda cute or something? interesting how people read these things though.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:56 (thirteen years ago) link
not a bad tune but I prefer the 'moose
― brownie, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:57 (thirteen years ago) link
http://http://www.nndb.com/people/449/000109122/craig-david.jpg
"Hey, the days of the week thing was MY idea!"
― Grandpont Genie, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:58 (thirteen years ago) link
they ARE doing something on the weekend! partying!
― brigitte beardo (donna rouge), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:59 (thirteen years ago) link
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, March 16, 2011 12:56 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark
well, in her case a NeverShoutNever bracelet instead of a Fugazi patch
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean, 13 year old girls do not party on the weekends, okay? They just don't.
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't think a 13 year old would write that.
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:04 (thirteen years ago) link
you're hanging out with some lame 13-year-old girls, dude
― brigitte beardo (donna rouge), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:04 (thirteen years ago) link
It's just this laughably generic and meaningless idea of what a "fun time" is supposed to be, without any sort of real thought or substance.
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, March 16, 2011 1:03 PM (49 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
they also dont drive
― max, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Why do you hate partying?
― oigwheoiqng4g (seandalai), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:05 (thirteen years ago) link
I feel like rich 13 year olds probably have more 'parties' than not rich 13 year olds
― iatee, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:07 (thirteen years ago) link
It doesn't make sense, it's like if I wrote a song about how excited I was move to Florida and retire and work on my Precious Moments collection.
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:07 (thirteen years ago) link
it's called ~imagination~ stevie
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:08 (thirteen years ago) link
you don't realize how awesome that song would be tho, that's why you don't have 8 mill page views
xp
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link
they want to party, because they have heard partying is cool thing to do in a song
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link
um, I remember 13-year-old girls partying quite a lot back in the day
I also remember a startlingly high number of teen pregnancies starting around age 15
FUN FUN FUN FUN
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link
So Friday is #69 on US iTunes - I'm surprised that anyone has bought this, but do we have any idea what kind of sales this would translate to?
― oigwheoiqng4g (seandalai), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link
exactly, also makes them pretty much like everyone else xp to ice
― iatee, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link
except for kesha, there are a lot of miles on those tires
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Does anyone have access to SoundScan?
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link
they want to party, because they have heard partying is cool thing to do in a song― ice cr?m, Wednesday, March 16, 2011 12:09 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, March 16, 2011 12:09 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark
But my whole point is that it isn't even "they"! It's two guys' idea of "they"
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:15 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm guessing this song's chart ascent will be so widely reported that it's just a matter of time til we get exact sales figures
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Will it chart higher on the Hot 100 than "Bed Intruder"?
― Joseph Beuys II Men (jaymc), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:16 (thirteen years ago) link
absolutely
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:21 (thirteen years ago) link
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, March 16, 2011 1:15 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i refuse to engage w/the concept of these 'two guys' theyre too weird i dont understand them
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:22 (thirteen years ago) link
at 13, all my songs were about how depressed I was b/c girls like RB wanted nothing to do w/ me. I was soooooo misunderstood, see..
― *emergency alternative display name (Pillbox), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:25 (thirteen years ago) link
I've posted the only song I remember writing when I was 13 on the boards before:
Poems You Wrote When You Were 15
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link
http://twitter.com/_RebeccaBlack_/status/47718066150309890http://twitter.com/_RebeccaBlack_/status/47730311290814464
i think she might be awesome
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:31 (thirteen years ago) link
can really see this going #1 on itunes, the day that comes after thursday. the next day after is is saturday, and after that comes sunday.
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 18:01 (thirteen years ago) link
*after it
lol @ lex thinking her being a panic at the disco superfan is awesome
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
'A', he'd say. Then 'B'. 'C' would usually follow...
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 18:11 (thirteen years ago) link
obviously you guys have never seen catherine hardwicke's cinema-verite thirteen
― difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 18:13 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^ive seen this, classic material. also slightly racist iirc?
― deej, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 18:30 (thirteen years ago) link
oh word? it's a good film, way the hell >>>> larry clark.
― suggest and ban is my favourite combination (history mayne), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 18:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Wasn't Thirteen cowritten by the actress who played the corrupting friend?
― Joseph Beuys II Men (jaymc), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 18:34 (thirteen years ago) link
xxpost
I don't remember any racism? A lot of the kids (not girls) the protag. hung out with were minorities....
....wait.
― yeah (kelpolaris), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 18:34 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, it was based partly on her own life iirc
― brigitte beardo (donna rouge), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 18:35 (thirteen years ago) link
so i guess we can't rule out that partying on friday involves whippets and punching one another in the face
― brigitte beardo (donna rouge), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 18:36 (thirteen years ago) link
I swear this video reminds me of the Shaggs updated for 2011 more than anything else. There's the general idea of what a song is, how it's sung, what a video should look like, etc. but the specifics remain mysterious and just out of reach. Technology has changed a lot, so on first listen it's hard to hear the fact that this isn't all that far from Foot Foot.
― dlp9001, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
― yeah (kelpolaris), Wednesday, March 16, 2011 1:34 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
minority men were cast as crepes & white dude was the only one who was like, 'you are too young 4 boning' iirc
based on a tru story complicates that somewhat i suppose
― deej, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
i can't remember it that well. but in itself that's not necessarily racist.
― suggest and ban is my favourite combination (history mayne), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 18:47 (thirteen years ago) link
so has anyone figured out what part of orange county she's from? the o.c. register wouldn't say anything more than that she attends a "northeast orange county middle school." no stalko, just curious.― minsktrans.by (get bent), Wednesday, March 16, 2011 4:10 AM (10 hours ago)
― minsktrans.by (get bent), Wednesday, March 16, 2011 4:10 AM (10 hours ago)
heck, with a bit of googling, you can find out what school she goes to (surprisingly it isn't one that charges tuition and/or is run by $cientologists) and see photos of her in theatrical garb, standing next to a male schoolmate who also appeared in the Friday video. but when I earned my google degree, I took an oath not to spread that kind of personal info abroad.
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 18:48 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.urbanedjournal.org/reviews/breview0008.pdf
this dude lays it out.
Evie draws Tracy into her world of cool older boys, nearly all of whom are African American. Amazingly, not one of these older males of color is possessed of any sort of moral compass. They are represented as utterly amoral, freely trafficking in drugs and sex with middle-school aged girls. I suppose this gives the audience the doubly transgressive thrill of watching 13 year old girls having interracial sex. Yet I was disturbed by the fact that none of the film’s black males ever questions whether it’s OK to commit statutory rape with 13 year old girls, to provide them with illicit drugs and alcohol, or to swap them like baseball cards.
I suppose this gives the audience the doubly transgressive thrill of watching 13 year old girls having interracial sex.
how_to_win_an_argument
― suggest and ban is my favourite combination (history mayne), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
well... no more racist than thishttp://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/8912576.Midsomer_Murders_producer_suspended_after_race_row/
kinda inevitable that we've been trained to look at everything from a PC perspective as well. 13, i think, manages to violate that with little aim to harm, as seen here ^
― yeah (kelpolaris), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link
I have a hunch that Ark representatives visited school and community singing/acting programs in upscale areas and pitched their music video scheme to wide-eyed kids and their neurotic but filthy rich parents. that's what I'd do if I had no shame. I really doubt that Ark gets all of its business from random people who stumble across their website.
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link
the money's out there: pick it up it's yours
― suggest and ban is my favourite combination (history mayne), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 18:54 (thirteen years ago) link
"your child is amazing!" why because $50,000."
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 19:00 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, i did a bit of googling but got bored and gave up. *shrug* congrats on the degree tho!
― minsktrans.by (get bent), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 19:19 (thirteen years ago) link
but there is a wikipedia page now for "friday" and it says anaheim hills.
― minsktrans.by (get bent), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 19:21 (thirteen years ago) link
it's hard for me to make the Shaggs comparison because it's such a different aesthetic and the tools of production have changed so much. It's harder to hear earnestness through autotune ... but maybe that's just me.
― sarahel, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 19:22 (thirteen years ago) link
ha ha oh shit, rebecca black attends my old middle school! and she'll probably attend my old high school if the ~fame~ doesn't take her.
― accredited butter grader and dairy technologist (reddening), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link
THE FAME MONSTER
― minsktrans.by (get bent), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 19:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Until the Fame Takes Her - a Rebecca Black Metal documentary
― sarahel, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 19:26 (thirteen years ago) link
man if she's an anaheim hills drama kid i guess i can't hate on her for making a goofy pop song w/ friends. when i was her age my friends and i were trying to send x-files spec scripts to chris carter.
― accredited butter grader and dairy technologist (reddening), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 19:37 (thirteen years ago) link
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Don't know why I find this so funny.
― oigwheoiqng4g (seandalai), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 19:40 (thirteen years ago) link
lmao this song is, at the very least, very likely to chart in new zealand, where it is currently the #13 track on itunes.
― teledyldonix, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 20:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I love NZ!
― bugs a. bunny (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:02 (thirteen years ago) link
sheep will listen to anything
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
― Joseph Beuys II Men (jaymc), Wednesday, March 16, 2011 2:34 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― brigitte beardo (donna rouge), Wednesday, March 16, 2011 2:35 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
lol marketing
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
umm no.
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:09 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah this has absolutely nothing to do with the Shaggs
― frogbs, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
I hope this isn't some kind of sardonic "people are sheep remark" because if it is ughhh
― frogbs, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Pretty sure it was about actual sheep
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
So given the local connection I'm going to be writing a small piece on this for the OC Weekly tomorrow. Should be fun!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
xp It's got a bit to do with the Shaggs, I'd think. Though it's p much an inversion of, like, earnestness.
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
It's like comparing Showgirls to Plan 9 from Outer Space
^otm
― bugs a. bunny (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah that's a good comparison, but things are just so much different. With the Shaggs the joke was that they couldn't play, sing, keep time, or write songs, while "technically" there's really nothing wrong with "Friday", it's not really that much different from say Justin Bieber if you're not listening close (you know "my WUHRRRLD, is your WUHRRRRLD), but if you pay attention it becomes bizarre and hilarious. I mean you can connect them on some sort of overall general level but I dunno, she's got more to do with Mrs. Miller I'd say
― frogbs, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:23 (thirteen years ago) link
sorry totally disappeared for two hours and now the discussion has thoroughly moved on, but xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxpost: yeah thirteen is eyeroll and easily-shocked-parent-baiting in many, many ways, one of which is how all the bad kids are black, but it's also weirdly powerful. the stuff between holly hunter (<3) and wood is really good.
― difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:25 (thirteen years ago) link
i think it was a joke about how new zealand has a lot of sheep (apparently even more than it has humans)
― teledyldonix, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:31 (thirteen years ago) link
can't wait for Black's Christmas song later this year
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link
http://beerandscifi.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/black-sheep-poster-horror-movie.jpg
this movie is awesome, they should totally do a sequel called Rebecca Black Sheep
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link
oh i've been meaning to see that
― FUN FUN FUN FUN (gbx), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I've been wanting to see that movie forever!
― bugs a. bunny (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link
lol I forgot that Thirteen was a Catherine Hardwicke movie
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Guys, nothing she does again is going to be anything like this. There's now a conscious awareness of audiences' perception that makes it more or less impossible for her to recreate this in any form. Like, anything she does is going to be with a huge wink or something that will negate everything that makes "Friday" funny/amusing/great in the first place.
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:39 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean clearly this was supposed to be "Hey, fun pop song, so cool!", not the laughing stock it turned out to be. There is no more room for any sort of naïveté
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:41 (thirteen years ago) link
i still think it's a cute pop song.
― minsktrans.by (get bent), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:44 (thirteen years ago) link
it's no worse than, like, a back-to-school jc penney commercial
― minsktrans.by (get bent), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:46 (thirteen years ago) link
i think when i was thirteen shit like this kindof bummed me out that obviously loads of other thirteen yr olds were partying like mad every weekend and i was like "why do we only like shoplift and hang out in the alley beside the cinema"
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:46 (thirteen years ago) link
which is the kind of simulacra any thirteen year old would buy into in writing a pop song i think
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:47 (thirteen years ago) link
like it would be a p cool and smart 13 year old that would write a song about their actual real experiences instead of like "i love you baby" shorthand
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:48 (thirteen years ago) link
my 13th year was either spent in the principal's office or in my room listening to metal records
― minsktrans.by (get bent), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:49 (thirteen years ago) link
mine was listening to red hot chili peppers and being way too cool and superior try smoking
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:50 (thirteen years ago) link
there have been like indications tho
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link
shoplifting & hanging out in the alley > partying like mad
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 22:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Having a daydream that there will be a rockist version soon, where a 56-year-old general counsel/vintage Gibson collecter pays to have Ten Years After reform with himself at the bassist.
― bendy, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 22:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Guys, nothing she does again is going to be anything like this. There's now a conscious awareness of audiences' perception that makes it more or less impossible for her to recreate this in any form. Like, anything she does is going to be with a huge wink or something that will negate everything that makes "Friday" funny/amusing/great in the first place.― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, March 16, 2011 5:39 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban PermalinkI mean clearly this was supposed to be "Hey, fun pop song, so cool!", not the laughing stock it turned out to be. There is no more room for any sort of naïveté― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, March 16, 2011 5:41 PM (4 minutes ago)
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, March 16, 2011 5:39 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, March 16, 2011 5:41 PM (4 minutes ago)
I don't think her handlers were naive. I mean I doubt Ark's attitude was along the lines of, "genius! this'll go straight to the top of the chart's!" their business model was to cut low-budget music videos that stage kids and their parents would be proud to add to their portfolios.
"Friday"s producers were probably well aware that it was a goofy, ramshackle affair, but I doubt it mattered to them as long as it made the customer happy. on a spectrum between total naivete (i.e. unselfconsciously thinking the song was awesome and radio-ready) and total jadedness (i.e. setting out to make a "so bad it's good" meme), I think these Ark people fall somewhere in the middle. even if they take note of the song's ironic hipster appeal, I doubt they'll change their priorities much because that would mean compromising their main source of income, i.e. the rich kids and parents who need to be convinced that the project is being done in complete earnestness.
I'm not going to speculate on how all this internet attention will affect Rebecca's self-perception, because I really don't know.
Tay Zonday is a good example of a guy who started out in earnest but lapsed into self-parody once he gauged the public's reaction. but he started out as a self-employed, unpaid nobody of a singer, so he had nothing to lose by winking and joining the side of the people who mocked him. I can't say the same about our friends at Ark.
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
xxpost yeah seriously when i Regret not doing cool teenagery things when i was 13 it's mostly "hanging out in the alley"
i played starcraft and made parody film noirs
― difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 22:17 (thirteen years ago) link
a million xposts to frogbs - "sheep will listen to anything" comment was 100% lol New Zealand is populated entirely by sheep ie poor attempt at regional humor
but I stand by it
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 22:20 (thirteen years ago) link
when I was 13, I would do magic shows at the birthdays of 11 year old girls who would nowadays want to make a video with the Ark.
― bendy, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 22:22 (thirteen years ago) link
I kind of hope for RB's sake that she turns down whatever offers are being made at the moment and doesn't try to be a real pop star. I don't see how things can end well if she tries to make more of this than it is.
― oigwheoiqng4g (seandalai), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 22:22 (thirteen years ago) link
When I was 13 I had three friends and spent most of my time doing homework. Now I wish I'd been doing something else, e.g. partying.
― oigwheoiqng4g (seandalai), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 22:23 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.rockcamp.com/
― da croupier, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 22:28 (thirteen years ago) link
don't take it personally...I have spent a lot of time on message boards like RYM, SomethingAwful, and 2+2 that totally take the humor out of things like this and say stuff like "this is LITERALLY the end of humanity", so yeah I'm kinda jaded
― frogbs, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 22:29 (thirteen years ago) link
my sister just reminded me that rebecca black's celebration of friday is some straight-up BULLSHIT because fridays are when you have to do the "coyote run" at our old middle school. you do a half-lap around the track, run up this steep incline near the edge of campus that's right next to the foul-smelling dumpsters of nearby businesses, run all over campus while people who aren't in class laugh at you, and then come back and do another half lap for completionism's sake. all the parties in the world couldn't make me look forward to friday coyote runs.
also if today's drama nerds are anything like me and my friends were, she and her crew probably spend their weekends acting disaffected at the starbucks down by cinema city.
― accredited butter grader and dairy technologist (reddening), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 22:30 (thirteen years ago) link
re: rockcamp
Is that rainbow beard from the Nilsson documentary?!!
― bendy, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 22:33 (thirteen years ago) link
There's a shot of that Two And A Half Men kid in the rockcamp intro video - sadly he doesn't have a rock video on youtube yet
― da croupier, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, March 16, 2011 5:39 PM (54 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i think the last thing anybody expects is that she will do anything that's remotely as funny as "Friday" or helps "Friday" seem funnier. honestly anything we learn about her other than that she's a normal untalented rich teenager will be a bummer, and that includes sad personal life, winky in-on-the-joke antics, etc.
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link
her followup, "The Seat I Chose," is a much more introspective affair
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 22:38 (thirteen years ago) link
oh my god
http://www.rockcamp.com/images2/corpTileNew.jpg
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 22:43 (thirteen years ago) link
This is making me v uncomfortable/embarassed
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Wednesday, March 16, 2011 6:12 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
obviously their #1 business plan/revenue stream is attracting gullible clients to finance these songs and videos, but i definitely think part of the whole idea was that eventually one of them would (non-ironically/comedically) become a hit or one of the kids would become a YouTube superstar and they'd cash in big on that. i mean their non-Rebecca Black videos are generally as polished if not way more polished than the videos that launched Justin Bieber's career, it's not that hard to believe if they kept doing these for a year or two they'd stumble into actual success.
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 22:44 (thirteen years ago) link
that this song is an earworm has been well-documented in itt, and I too have had it stuck in my head all day. The maddening part is that, instead of the whole thing, or even a complete verse, the only thing that has been cycling over and over ad infinitum is: partyinpartyin YEAH partyinpartyin YEAH, FUN FUN FUN FUN, partyinpartyin YEAH partyinpartyin YEAH etc.
― *emergency alternative display name (Pillbox), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
a good bro of mine runs this business, he's an amazing guitarist and manages to eat off rock camp for dadz
http://rockcampfordads.com/
― what do it take to be a legend like noz is? (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 23:02 (thirteen years ago) link
the only thing that has been cycling over and over ad infinitum is: partyinpartyin YEAH partyinpartyin YEAH, FUN FUN FUN FUN, partyinpartyin YEAH partyinpartyin YEAH etc.
yup
― FUN FUN FUN FUN (gbx), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 23:21 (thirteen years ago) link
your username is not helping the earworm leave my head btw gbx :)
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 23:24 (thirteen years ago) link
tbh it reminds me less of Rebecca Black and more of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc4G8w3Ocbo
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 23:32 (thirteen years ago) link
I think Rebecca's missing one key point -- weekends suck when you're a teen. yea, it's awesome to not have to go to school, but anything you do on the weekend is likely dictated by your parents and requires you doing a ton of chores first. and fuck it if you're grounded.
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 23:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Unless you're spoiled rotten.
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 23:42 (thirteen years ago) link
when I was 13, everything was worth it as long as I wasn't go to school
― Morty Maxwell (crüt), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 23:43 (thirteen years ago) link
going
you can see where this philosophy got me
― Morty Maxwell (crüt), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 23:44 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean my weekends were ok but that's cuz i played sports and stuff....some of my friends had shitty assed weekends
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 23:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I definitely wasn't partying, partying yeah, but I had plenty of fun fun fun fun
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 23:44 (thirteen years ago) link
i had fun that didn't involve other people cuz they hated me
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 23:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh, man, the reviews on iTunes. I can't C&P from there, but they're worth reading, especially because there are at least a few people who have obviously encountered the song for the first time while browsing through iTunes and are reviewing it on its own merits.
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Thursday, 17 March 2011 01:33 (thirteen years ago) link
i see my frieeeensss
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Thursday, 17 March 2011 01:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I see my
http://mrbellersneighborhood.com/images/various/lebowitz.jpghttp://www.sandlerink.com/images/Fran-Drescher.jpghttp://www.born-today.com/btpix/mcdormand_frances.jpg's
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 17 March 2011 01:45 (thirteen years ago) link
looooooooool
― brigitte beardo (donna rouge), Thursday, 17 March 2011 01:49 (thirteen years ago) link
I showed my wife this earlier this evening, and literally a minute later I heard my three year old, happily playing in another room, start singing a similar upbeat song about the days of the week. "Friday, Friday, Friday! Then comes Saturday and Sunday!"
It was adorable. And scary.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 March 2011 01:51 (thirteen years ago) link
weekends suck when you're a teen. yea, it's awesome to not have to go to school, but anything you do on the weekend is likely dictated by your parents and requires you doing a ton of chores first.
Man, seriously!? My weekends in high school involved sleeping in, sitting in my room writing a lot of stories, and roller skating.
― Fun Fun Fun Fun auf der Autobahn (Trayce), Thursday, 17 March 2011 01:55 (thirteen years ago) link
And certainly not being told what to do my my parents - they let us be kids and go play/ride our bikes/etc
I dont recall any 13 years olds I know ever driving cars though, haw.
― Fun Fun Fun Fun auf der Autobahn (Trayce), Thursday, 17 March 2011 01:56 (thirteen years ago) link
self-mutilation was a blast 7 days a week iirc
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 17 March 2011 01:57 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm still back on my Frans
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 01:57 (thirteen years ago) link
I delivered newspapers in middle school, so my weekends carried the dread of having to wake up well BEFORE dawn to make my rounds. Esp. in the winter (shudder). Of course, this did not stop me from partyin partyin YEAH, FUN FUN FUN FUN.
― *emergency alternative display name (Pillbox), Thursday, 17 March 2011 01:59 (thirteen years ago) link
bffs best frans forever
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 17 March 2011 02:00 (thirteen years ago) link
omg the iTunes reviews
ummm no (1 star)by emme123bad voise, it sucked, pick a seat
bad voise, it sucked, pick a seat
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 02:03 (thirteen years ago) link
heee heee
PICK A SEAT, MORAN
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 17 March 2011 02:04 (thirteen years ago) link
this needs to win Pazz and Jopp 2011
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Thursday, 17 March 2011 02:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Rue (1 star)by LittleTeaTreesu wut
u wut
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 02:09 (thirteen years ago) link
argh that should be "uh wut"
i almost put that Insane Clown Posse song on my year-end list last year, so i wouldn't be surprised if i face similar temptation w/ this as it slowly takes over my brain
― some dude, Thursday, 17 March 2011 02:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Huh. (1 star)by arabella zThis may be the worst song written. I'm even a 7th grader and it's terrible for kids. The lyrics have no rhythm. Waiting at the bus stop. I see my friends! Honestly? When I first heard it,which was yesterday, I burst out laughing. When I played it for my sister she asked me if someone made this as a joke. She sounds like my 50 year old aunt. She sounds worse than Selena Gomez on her worst day. No one cares about what you do on Friday, rebecca.
This may be the worst song written. I'm even a 7th grader and it's terrible for kids. The lyrics have no rhythm. Waiting at the bus stop. I see my friends! Honestly? When I first heard it,which was yesterday, I burst out laughing. When I played it for my sister she asked me if someone made this as a joke. She sounds like my 50 year old aunt. She sounds worse than Selena Gomez on her worst day. No one cares about what you do on Friday, rebecca.
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 02:13 (thirteen years ago) link
C'MON BITCH EVEN CRAIG DAVID KNEW HOW TO SING SONGS ABOUT DAYS OF THE WEEK
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Thursday, 17 March 2011 02:14 (thirteen years ago) link
"No one cares what you do on Friday, Rebecca"....I hear this delivered with a perfect mean-girl tone
ReBECca
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 17 March 2011 02:22 (thirteen years ago) link
"We were all talking, and we decided that, like, since you are so bad at singing and everyone hates you and whatever, that you're out of the group."
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 17 March 2011 02:24 (thirteen years ago) link
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li54l6zuwz1qa72nyo1_400.gif
― corey, Thursday, 17 March 2011 02:56 (thirteen years ago) link
"the people who wrote, produced and put that insanely strong autotune on should be shoot!!!!!"
― Black Arkestra, Thursday, 17 March 2011 03:22 (thirteen years ago) link
10.4 million views.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 17 March 2011 04:10 (thirteen years ago) link
56. Writing a good "weekend" song is hard to pull off. I fear that the guy who prompted me to begin this thread will say "Nonsense! Anybody can write a good 'weekend' song!" When I see his "weekend" song on the charts, I will concede his point. Until then, I'll note that many, many "weekend" songs are released each year, but very few of them actually poke their heads above the surface. This is because most of them sound forced. Rebecca Black's greatest gift is his ability to sound natural; engaged; genuine. Even when he's singing in a very mannered fashion.
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 17 March 2011 04:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Thanking u, screen name
― bad voise, it sucked, pick a seat (Trayce), Thursday, 17 March 2011 04:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Rebecca Black's greatest gift is his ability to sound natural; engaged; genuine. Even when he's singing in a very mannered fashion.
...his?
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 March 2011 04:14 (thirteen years ago) link
The only "genuine" sounding thing about this girl is the fact she is utterly, absolutely tone-deaf and cannot sing. Her voice is flat, nasal and monotonic and even autotune cant save it.
― bad voise, it sucked, pick a seat (Trayce), Thursday, 17 March 2011 04:17 (thirteen years ago) link
And yes OK that didn't stop the likes of John Lydon but you know. Aaargrhh.
― bad voise, it sucked, pick a seat (Trayce), Thursday, 17 March 2011 04:18 (thirteen years ago) link
SHE's
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 17 March 2011 04:35 (thirteen years ago) link
100 Reasons Why "Ignition - Remix" Is So Damned Great
― dom p's rusty Nuts (sic), Thursday, 17 March 2011 05:03 (thirteen years ago) link
cost to mutchit suckno goodsend to many disk.Me and my friends took a bisk and lit it on fire and froze it slamedit angaisnt the boor.
― minsktrans.by (get bent), Thursday, 17 March 2011 05:36 (thirteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 March 2011 05:39 (thirteen years ago) link
tshirt koans '011
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 17 March 2011 05:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Frank hats for 30 rock:
Send to many disk
No good
― scorpions on my nips and smear peanut butter on my ass (the table is the table), Thursday, 17 March 2011 05:57 (thirteen years ago) link
dying over here
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 17 March 2011 05:58 (thirteen years ago) link
maybe tomorrow I will buy a cheap tshirt and write that on it and wear it
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 17 March 2011 06:07 (thirteen years ago) link
stevie if you do that you will be my hero
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 17 March 2011 06:18 (thirteen years ago) link
and then post a pic of yourself wearing it to the WDYLL thread
a perceptive comment, from user "bitchimspecial" on last.fm!
No but really, "Friday" reminds me of how I thought every teen felt about Friday when I was 8.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 17 March 2011 08:17 (thirteen years ago) link
― lex pretend, Monday, 14 March 2011 07:45 (3 days ago)
Yes. :(
― lycanthrope electrif (Pashmina), Thursday, 17 March 2011 09:22 (thirteen years ago) link
song of the year of the week for me!
― Adobie Gillistrator (latebloomer), Thursday, 17 March 2011 09:39 (thirteen years ago) link
http://api.ning.com/files/YyQFzYj1hk7cJ1INN4-GmWC17mRGzy-AhwVNw2Hdum3L6Ux2ONkmb8LjMABOOfn3unUBYmhy7WvsTF*9DNZTw*8DTZh40K8f/ItsFriday.jpghttp://www.grandprofile.com/Myspace_Comments/Date_Comments/Friday_Comments/images/Yah-It%27s-Friday.gifhttp://dl7.glitter-graphics.net/pub/1158/1158977qgiy4gaxos.gifhttp://sifrx.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/FUCK-YEAH-ITS-FRIDAY.jpghttp://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/128898337205477799.jpghttp://www.grandprofile.com/Myspace_Comments/Date_Comments/Friday_Comments/images/Time-To-Party-It%27s-Friday.gif
― WD-40 (acoleuthic), Thursday, 17 March 2011 11:00 (thirteen years ago) link
― lycanthrope electrif (Pashmina), Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:22 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
yeah, just came on to post abt how THIS morning it was:
"I don't want this weekend to eeeeeend / YO R. B. Rebecca Black! Front seat back seat, drivin' cruisin', fast lanes, switchin lanes!"
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 17 March 2011 11:41 (thirteen years ago) link
this would actually be a really hard karaoke song because so many of the lyrics are just filler words crammed in - nothing really follows logically from what preceded it
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 17 March 2011 11:45 (thirteen years ago) link
The rap is kind of like someone explained to the guy what rapping was and he had to do it at short notice without ever actually hearing an example of it
I like that on the Dylan one the top rated comment is a spoof inane Youtube nostalgia moment
― MPx4A, Thursday, 17 March 2011 12:21 (thirteen years ago) link
I agree. If only there existed this 'machine' that projected lyrics for the singer on a 'screen'
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Thursday, 17 March 2011 12:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Does this song sort of remind anyone else of united states of electronica?
― Fetchboy, Thursday, 17 March 2011 12:38 (thirteen years ago) link
"My name is Pato and I'm here to say,that Rebecca Black really loves Fri-day!"
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Thursday, 17 March 2011 12:41 (thirteen years ago) link
this song keep getting confused w/"california gurls" in my head
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 17 March 2011 12:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Finding CJ Fam's Ordunurry Perpstore more of an ongoing disturbance than Friday at present
― MPx4A, Thursday, 17 March 2011 12:53 (thirteen years ago) link
After several views it suddenly struck me that she's totally ditching school and going all Ferris Bueller on us. There she is, waiting at the bus stop, when suddenly her ne'er-do-well friends pull up in their (stolen? borrowed?) car, and she's thinking: do I go to school? Or do I ditch and hang with my homies? The decision is easy, though, because it's FRIDAY. Know what I'm saying? Next thing you know, we flash forward to the end of an all-day rager and they're all blissfully blitzed.
The dude rapping in the car? He's a cop on the way to bust the teen party. That's why he's so happy, and why he's flying solo.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 March 2011 12:54 (thirteen years ago) link
"it's friday" in my head pretty much all day yesterday and this morning. just repeating forever no matter what i think about. total parasite in my brain! i can't remember the last time this has happened. kinda spooky.
― scott seward, Thursday, 17 March 2011 13:10 (thirteen years ago) link
there must be some scientific explanation. the tone or something. it just repeats in a loop...
TS: "Fun fun fun til your daddy takes your T-bird away" vs. "Fun fun fun on the autobahn" vs. "fun fun fun fun."
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 March 2011 13:14 (thirteen years ago) link
this is the song u hear when u die
― frogbs, Thursday, 17 March 2011 13:15 (thirteen years ago) link
xp lol same here, like some awful mantra underlying every other thought. i was able to push it away for a time while meditating this morning but kept creeping back in - Fri-eeday Fri-eeday, ge'in down on Fri-eeday. MAKE IT STOP!!!
― herbal bert (herb albert), Thursday, 17 March 2011 13:16 (thirteen years ago) link
taking the baton from LJ:
it's Friee-day, it's Friee-day, gotta get down on Frieday!
we we we so excited
partyin' partyin'
― dom p's rusty Nuts (sic), Thursday, 17 March 2011 13:28 (thirteen years ago) link
god I love that line:
weweweso excited
― frogbs, Thursday, 17 March 2011 13:37 (thirteen years ago) link
the point in the video where those words flash on the screen right before she sings them was where my jaw kinda dropped and i was like "are they really gonna...OH GOD...THIS IS EVERYTHING PEOPLE SAID IT WOULD BE AND MORE"
― some dude, Thursday, 17 March 2011 13:45 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^^ yes
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 13:46 (thirteen years ago) link
jealous of our friends in timezones where it's already friday
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 17 March 2011 13:51 (thirteen years ago) link
it's fuckin thursday morning here
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 17 March 2011 13:52 (thirteen years ago) link
I watched this video once (on Tuesday) and I can't remember how the song goes and I am terrified to watch it again lest it lodge in my brain as it has for so many of you unfortunates.
― phantoms from a world gone by speak again the immortal tale: (Jenny), Thursday, 17 March 2011 14:01 (thirteen years ago) link
but Jenny, don't you want to be partying partying (YEAH)?
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 14:03 (thirteen years ago) link
(Keep in mind I pretty much only listen to the sped-up/happy hardcore version at this point. Then it's a PERFECT earworm.)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 March 2011 14:08 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm hearing a Swedish Chef thing happening with her voice; the overenunciation of the "i" syllable in "Friday", and the way she says "forward" ("foerr-werrd"). It's kind of the best thing about this for me right now.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Thursday, 17 March 2011 14:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Note to self: do not post on RYM anymore
Waiting to see what will happen to her next. If she'll become the next Justin Bieber or this was just a one hit wonder.
This is such a horrible song. The lyrics could have been written by a 3rd grader probably and its simply asinine and stupid as fuck. I hope she goes away, my ears already have to hear enough bad shit daily as it is.
No, really, that song was awful. Poor lyrics, arranged awkwardly, hurts the ears, saddens the soul. But this is RYM after all, the home of ironic fandom. My Pal Foot-Foot, anyone?
But this is RYM after all, the home of ironic fandom. My Pal Foot-Foot, anyone?
Whats the big deal? It sounds like every other pop song ever released.
The shame of it is really how they're exploiting the hell out of these naive kids. They're going to have very troubled teenage years once their classmates get a hold of this shit. Rebecca Black will probably end up being the next Brenda Ann Spencer.
I've heard people talk about this a bunch of times over the past couple days... what the hell is so special about this? Seems like a normal (though below average in my opinion) pop song to me.
I stopped listening to this song after the chorus. Does it get better?
'Somewhat'? The lyrics to this and the few other songs I've heard from these guys... well, they're like Futurama punchlines (Fryisms) in their degree of absurd redundancy (Lines like "I can't get you out of my mind. You got me thinking of you." as an entire chorus). I'm honestly a bit... er... not tired. What's the word? In disagreement. I'm a bit in disagreement with this sentiment that seems to be popular among RYMers that, basically, any pop song is good pop. Presumably, there's an assumption here that pop shouldn't have to have standards. Wait. Nevermind. You just said "catchy."
I'm honestly a bit... er... not tired. What's the word? In disagreement. I'm a bit in disagreement with this sentiment that seems to be popular among RYMers that, basically, any pop song is good pop. Presumably, there's an assumption here that pop shouldn't have to have standards. Wait. Nevermind. You just said "catchy."
as awful as this song is i do feel bad for her, she's been deulded by people that she's going to be a great pop star and that she has a wonderful voice when sh'es just going to be the butt of jokes and fade into obscurity. can't be particularly easy to deal with.
Everybody in that video deserves to die whilst painfully riddled with disentery. Bloody awful.
Ho hum. It's Friday here tomorrow. I was bored of this whole 'Friday' thing by yesterday (Wednesday). btw it's Thursday.
It's Friday here tomorrow.
I was bored of this whole 'Friday' thing by yesterday (Wednesday).
btw it's Thursday.
It's still an amusingly poor song, but I think all this hype has way overstated how bad it really is. It sounds like something from Disney Radio, and it's funny as a (as the first thread stated, "unintentionally funny") pop song. Is it really worthy of ten million youtube views and a writeup in Time Magazine? Not really.
I would not be surprised if the marketing team behind the video/song pushed the "worst ever" as a brilliant form of viral marketing. Taking a bad song by an unknown artist and making it seen by millions = genius even if the song is not.
Every single person on that thread is OTM (off the mark)
― frogbs, Thursday, 17 March 2011 14:21 (thirteen years ago) link
No thank you. As I recall from my one listen, she made partying sound singularly unpleasant.
― phantoms from a world gone by speak again the immortal tale: (Jenny), Thursday, 17 March 2011 14:27 (thirteen years ago) link
but it's so FUN FUN FUN FUN
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 14:29 (thirteen years ago) link
My god, you are like Odysseus tied to the mast.
― phantoms from a world gone by speak again the immortal tale: (Jenny), Thursday, 17 March 2011 14:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Who will be the first to rock the ironic ringtone?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 March 2011 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link
will be so disappointed in our corporate media Overlords if she doesn't sing this on some show tomorrow
― herbal bert (herb albert), Thursday, 17 March 2011 14:36 (thirteen years ago) link
She is. Good Morning America's booked her.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 March 2011 14:38 (thirteen years ago) link
I wonder how her voice will hold up live? She's really pushing those pipes. In fact, I suspect some sort of studio sweetener, but I can't be sure.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 March 2011 14:48 (thirteen years ago) link
awesome, i can sing along while I have my bowl and have cereal
― herbal bert (herb albert), Thursday, 17 March 2011 14:53 (thirteen years ago) link
has anyone put a donk on this yet?
― some dude, Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSkLeRENiJUufGWgbn5jcCD13ZzqizAYInzPFVZw-CTytGi6ZgT
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:04 (thirteen years ago) link
"Fun fun fun on the autobahn"
hate to be THAT GUY but it's "wir fahr'n fahr'n fahr'n auf der autobahn"
― Morty Maxwell (crüt), Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:11 (thirteen years ago) link
The concept for the music video is based on a typical Friday for Rebecca Black.[11] She wakes up and then heads to school, meeting up with her friends on the way. The focus then turns to the evening, as Black and her friends ride in a Chrysler Sebring convertible, before arriving at a party.[12] An adult guest rapper makes an appearances towards the end of the song, driving a car.[13]
― Getting down on fried egg (seandalai), Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:11 (thirteen years ago) link
"driving a car"
― Getting down on fried egg (seandalai), Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:12 (thirteen years ago) link
"adult guest rapper"
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:12 (thirteen years ago) link
"concept"
― Spectrist, Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Usher also made a surprise appearance at Super Bowl XLV to sing his song, " OMG" with the Black Eyed Peas' musician will.i.am.[92] He appeared on a rope from above, in a similar style to the Back Eyed Peas.Most recently, in March 2011, Usher appeared as a guest rapper in the music video for "Friday," by Rebecca Black.
Most recently, in March 2011, Usher appeared as a guest rapper in the music video for "Friday," by Rebecca Black.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Usher_%28entertainer%29&oldid=418393132
― Getting down on fried egg (seandalai), Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:14 (thirteen years ago) link
oh oh ohoh ohoh oh my gosh
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Jey has also produced remixes. In 2010, he remixed US guitar legend and former member of glam rock band Poison, Richie Kotzen's top selling single "You Can't Save Me".[citation needed]
― Morty Maxwell (crüt), Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:16 (thirteen years ago) link
"[citation needed]"
― Getting down on fried egg (seandalai), Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link
That Usher thing is incredible, please let that stay
― frogbs, Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Hahahahahahaha at that Usher entry.
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:26 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=active&client=firefox-a&hs=Mvu&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=usher+rebecca+black&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:27 (thirteen years ago) link
good, i needed a new DN
― An adult guest rapper (donna rouge), Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Usher was in justin bieber's first music video, usher's in rebecca black's first music video. Am I the only one who sees a connection here
― frogbs, Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:36 (thirteen years ago) link
haha "that guy is Usher, right?" should really be in the rolling "Is This Racist?" thread
― some dude, Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:39 (thirteen years ago) link
i bought a new box of cereal yesterday just to be sure of not running out before frieday, frieday :)
― lex pretend, Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:42 (thirteen years ago) link
when did winnie cooper make this music video?
― The Scenario (chrisv2010), Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:42 (thirteen years ago) link
and whats up with brace face on the right and her lack of rhythm.
― The Scenario (chrisv2010), Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Clearly she chose the more unflattering seat in the car, duh. Next time she should think a little.
Guest rapper looks (and sounds!) more plausibly Timbaland than Usher. Restart this misinformation campaign, please.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:46 (thirteen years ago) link
the guest rapper is MC Frankenberry
― The Scenario (chrisv2010), Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:47 (thirteen years ago) link
whoever starts a #justinbiebervsrebeccablack hashtag on Twitter could be in for a few lolworthy responses
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
the (semi-)famous rapper Pato most resembles is Maino imo
― some dude, Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:57 (thirteen years ago) link
literally woke up with it in my head this morning
― FUN FUN FUN FUN (gbx), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link
i have watched this at least once every morning after i wake up, usually right before i have my bowl
― An adult guest rapper (donna rouge), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:11 (thirteen years ago) link
^^ otm ditto
― Mordy, Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link
conversation I had this morning:
WIFE: I don't know if you'll be able to go or not but I put my comp for tomorrow's show under your name.ME: That's this weekend? I thought it was next weekend.WIFE: Nope, it's tomorrow.ME: On FRIIIDAY FRIIIDAYWIFE: *exasperated noise*ME: PARTYING PARTYTING YEAHWIFE: You aren't allowed to come to the party after now.ME: FUN FUN FUN FUNWIFE: Aren't you late for work?
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:13 (thirteen years ago) link
i am djing a kind of uptight cultural event tomorrow.... y/n
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:15 (thirteen years ago) link
y!
― adult guest rapper (Eazy), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:16 (thirteen years ago) link
for some reason i just imagine a version where she gets to the FUN FUN FUN FUN part and the song just disintegrates into an endless loop of robotic FUN FUN FUN FUN
― FUN FUN FUN FUN (gbx), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:16 (thirteen years ago) link
y xp
― Mordy, Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Y
― iatee, Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:16 (thirteen years ago) link
omg Y
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:16 (thirteen years ago) link
YYYYYY
― lex pretend, Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:16 (thirteen years ago) link
those squares are gonna have to learn about partyin' partyin' YEAH sometime
― An adult guest rapper (donna rouge), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:17 (thirteen years ago) link
(oh, Donna Rouge beat me to the name, gotta change unless we all become adult guest rapper)
― adult guest rapper (Eazy), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:17 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqq3cgvZSTE
― lex pretend, Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:17 (thirteen years ago) link
omg yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:18 (thirteen years ago) link
:D :D :D
― An adult guest rapper (donna rouge), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:18 (thirteen years ago) link
this song is kinda like http://www.livescience.com/13046-zombie-fungus-carpenter-ant-brain-altering.html for humans and we don't yet know what it wants us to do
― Mordy, Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:18 (thirteen years ago) link
keep having the "partying, partying YEAH" go through my head with different verbs substituted, viz. "marketing, marketing, YEAH", "formatting, formatting, CLICK", etc
cannot look at any verbs with a 3-syllable present participle now, driving me mad
also imagining this little girl with rich parents who want to make this beautiful princess future for her, imagining ('magining YEAH) that her mother is in fact Philippe's mother from Achewood and she takes her new video home and mom is very concerned about why these pop lyrics have no verbs in. What is this "we we we so excited" business? did we not pay enough for grammar tutors for you?
― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:19 (thirteen years ago) link
seriously I wanted to do exactly that loop
my quest to drive myself insane via music proceeds nicely
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:19 (thirteen years ago) link
after a while that loop of "fun fun fun fun" starts to feel...incantatory. like some sort of shamanistic ritual chant.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link
haha its sounds like the field
― max, Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link
someone needs to rap over that shit
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h279/juicyfrt/untitled.jpg
― bugs a. bunny (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
NOW YOU KNOW IT
whew
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
"most people call him usher 2.0"
citation needed?
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Yahoo! Answers...no citations necessary
― bugs a. bunny (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link
i may be wrong but i think his name is husher
― max, Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:25 (thirteen years ago) link
that Fun loop is pure trance
― herbal bert (herb albert), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:25 (thirteen years ago) link
husher!!!!!
― lex pretend, Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:25 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/XaYr9.gif
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:25 (thirteen years ago) link
next time usher releases a shitty single, "husher" will be my one word review
― lex pretend, Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:26 (thirteen years ago) link
― I may be wrong but I think his name is Husher (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:26 (thirteen years ago) link
xxp the letters yud tuf nun lamed vuv summons the beast
― Mordy, Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:27 (thirteen years ago) link
also dying @ "most people call him usher 2.0"
― max, Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:28 (thirteen years ago) link
fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Source(s): me
― lex pretend, Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
hahaha yeah, they all agreed on tuesday xp
― An adult guest rapper (donna rouge), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
omg lex thanking you for that loop
― FUN FUN FUN FUN (gbx), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Damn, now I wonder if I can sneak in that loop into my story...
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:31 (thirteen years ago) link
something that might be obvious but im gonna say anyway is that part of the massive appeal of something like this (for me) is that it hasn't been seized upon by the normal media yet. the only commentary is like, animated gifs and comment boxes. (and the song and video itself is outsider art, in a way - also outside the "normal" media). as soon as she does her today show appearance, as soon as the onion does a NIB on her, as soon as SNL gets someone to imitate her, it'll be over (in that sense)
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link
so completely otm
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link
wau this loop is perfect
please extend it to 35 minutes long and play the 35-minute Bieberdrone underneath
― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
brb, rapping
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:39 (thirteen years ago) link
j/k everybody relax
this is my favorite of the 20,000 remixes anyway
Fun Fun Fun Fun loop makes it on ilx singles poll at the end of the year or I'll eat my hat.
― I may be wrong but I think his name is Husher (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link
dan your wish is my command
http://www.youtubedoubler.com/?video1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DQspuCt1FM9M&start1=&video2=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fv%2Fjqq3cgvZSTE%26fs%3D1%26hl%3Den&start2=&authorName=IGotThisYouGotThis
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh my god, will I get anything done today at all...
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:43 (thirteen years ago) link
you guys in that 5x slowed one it's really, really worth hanging on 'til she gets to the chorus at about the four minute mark. Huge empty space suspension between "take" and "Friday" - and in the space, peeking through, it's God
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:44 (thirteen years ago) link
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:32 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark
that's probably less true of this than most other internet memes, tbh. i mean, as i pointed out upthread, the main thing that really kicked off this video getting tons of hits (after being online for almost a month beforehand) was that it was featured on the official blog of Tosh.0, a TV show dedicated to making fun of online memes.
― some dude, Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
dan your wish is my commandhttp://www.youtubedoubler.com/?video1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DQspuCt1FM9M&start1=&video2=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fv%2Fjqq3cgvZSTE%26fs%3D1%26hl%3Den&start2=&authorName=IGotThisYouGotThis
*mind blown*
― Getting down on fried egg (seandalai), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Have to turn the volume down a bit on RB though.
huh! well, i'm still going to feel like something's been taken away when i see some late-night host cracking wise about it.
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:48 (thirteen years ago) link
― Getting down on fried egg (seandalai), Thursday, March 17, 2011 11:47 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
yeah, but then it's glorious
― FUN FUN FUN FUN (gbx), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:49 (thirteen years ago) link
why? the media is the internet and the internet is the media. we're not in an actual series of underground tubes. (xpost)
― some dude, Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:49 (thirteen years ago) link
dogg if u cant tell the difference between 4chan and leno...
― max, Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm not sure the ~mainstream media~ have yet got a handle on it and its appeal (yes APPEAL) - a lot of the commentary is stuck in the 5 minutes after you first hear it, the "omg this is the worst song ever" stage. that is insufficient! we are ~beyond~ that now.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:51 (thirteen years ago) link
god that little repeating synth doo DOO dadoo that I only noticed two minutes into FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN is beautiful.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:51 (thirteen years ago) link
― max, Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:50 PM (36 seconds ago) Bookmark
well some memes are confined to hardcore nerd sites like 4chan for a good while before spreading all over the net, that's not really the case here
― some dude, Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:52 (thirteen years ago) link
you guys the idea that this one hadn't reached bed-intruder saturation level by yesterday morning is hopelessly quaint
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:53 (thirteen years ago) link
I spent most of earlier listening to Emeralds-esque stuff and the "synth doo DOO dado" makes this fit right in.
― Getting down on fried egg (seandalai), Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:55 (thirteen years ago) link
†† ℜΞBΞCC▲ B\▲CK ††
― lex pretend, Thursday, 17 March 2011 16:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Fℜ†D▲Y
― lex pretend, Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:00 (thirteen years ago) link
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:53 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark
otm
― some dude, Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link
whoa @ that moment
― lex pretend, Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Aero, if you're referring to my question about whether "Friday" will outrank "Bed Intruder" on the Hot 100, I think that's a slightly different issue. (Though I do now think it's inevitable.)
― Joseph Beuys II Men (jaymc), Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:06 (thirteen years ago) link
a passing spacecadet requested slowbieberloop, not me! I want a Busta Rhymes a capella thrown on top of this
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:12 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.youtubedoubler.com/?video1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DafddnMZbc0A&start1=0&video2=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Djqq3cgvZSTE&start2=0&authorName=IGotThisYouGotThis
I wish I could adjust the tempo because the Busta a capella is just slightly off.
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:17 (thirteen years ago) link
anyone coming to this? http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=190535860984629
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Been listening to the Rebecca/Bieber mash for almost 20 minutes now. Must... stop...
― emil.y, Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Same here!
― Getting down on fried egg (seandalai), Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:24 (thirteen years ago) link
u give me butterflies deep insiiiiiiiideu give me butterfliesI dunno where 2 ruuun, ruuun, ruuun, ruuun from yoooooooouso I gotta sayu give me butterflies deep insiiiiiiiideu give me butterfliesI dunno what 2 dooo, dooo, dooo, without yoooooooouboy u give me butterfliiiies
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:26 (thirteen years ago) link
dammit i was thinking of making that Fun Fun Fun Fun loop earlier, and slowly cranking the distortion up over 5 minutes until its a robotic chant of doooooom
― zappi, Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
You should do it - much as I like the one as it stands, it wasn't quite what I was hoping for in terms of a 'spiralling into insanity' chant. It only really works for me with Bieber.
― emil.y, Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link
show of hands:
kickin' in the front seat?sittin' in the back seat?
rfi: which one can I take
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link
xp - And to be fair, everything works with Slowbieber...
― Getting down on fried egg (seandalai), Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:29 (thirteen years ago) link
― dayo, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 13:49 (2 days ago)
I laffed a lot at this, thx.
This record is terrible to the point where I actually feel kind of sorry for the girl, I mean I guess she probably thought she was making a proper pop rekkid, maybe even dreamed of it being a hit? Now there are like 250,000+ people all calling her a moron. Poor kid. I guess if it got playlisted and became part of the autotune morass I hear on the radio when I'm out in the car, it's very shambolicness might actually make it stand out from the crowd. It would actually be hilarious if the thing was a hit, and you couldn't get away from it for like 4-6 weeks or something. Probably ark music factory or w/e they're called's only chance of continuing, they must be cursing all this meme-y shit, which rich parent is going to use them in future after this? They'll have to splash out some real $$$$ and hire Stargate. Also, bad as this is, I have heard worse in the last few years eg dolly rockers or "my humps".
― lycanthrope electrif (Pashmina), Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't get why people feel sorry for her. I'm guessing she's probably psyched about all the attention that she's getting and the fact that her crappy song probably will turn out to be a legitimate hit. She's probably making major career plans right now!
― Moodles, Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:31 (thirteen years ago) link
even as young as she is, she was waaaay more aware that her likeness was going to be beamed out to the internet for admiration or ridicule than the overwhelming majority of youtube superstars
― some dude, Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:34 (thirteen years ago) link
xp - Yeah but that's kind of unlikely to work out for her.
― Getting down on fried egg (seandalai), Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:34 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean think of all the people we've laughed at who thought they were making a home movie or public access show that would be seen by 10 people, or who didn't even know there was a camera on them at the time
― some dude, Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:35 (thirteen years ago) link
It's probably already worked out better than she expected. The rest is gravy.
― Moodles, Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:39 (thirteen years ago) link
i think what will bear her psyche up in these go-go days of meme overload is the thought that "there is something about me that seems to hook people, even if the song IS bad" and i don't think she'd be wrong
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:40 (thirteen years ago) link
"also ILX likes me"
― An adult guest rapper (donna rouge), Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:41 (thirteen years ago) link
hmmm,needs some work, but this could be addictive:
http://www.youtubedoubler.com/?video1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Djqq3cgvZSTE%26feature%3Dplayer_embedded&start1=&video2=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D4gnTXlzITqk%26feature%3Drelated&start2=&authorName=skotrok#
― scott seward, Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh dear.
― Getting down on fried egg (seandalai), Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Am I the only one that sees a contemporary parallel to the whole song-poem "Beat of the Traps" MSR sort of pay someone to record your song scheme? I mean, clearly RB brought her own lyrics. Right? I hope?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Scott, I am almost 100% certain someone released that on Wax Trax! in 1988.
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:49 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LygC-phaJQ
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:49 (thirteen years ago) link
xp- Couple of song-poem comparisons upthread, but I think it's been established that the music and lyrics were composed holistically by Ark.
― Getting down on fried egg (seandalai), Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:50 (thirteen years ago) link
really like the busta/fun-fun loop mashup. like a lot
― I may be wrong but I think his name is Husher (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:51 (thirteen years ago) link
guys we need to talk more about how its FRIEDAY FRIEDAY GOTTA GET DOWN ON FRIEDAY
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:53 (thirteen years ago) link
oooh oooh where do I go to make fun of a 13 year old girl
― frogbs, Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:54 (thirteen years ago) link
right here!
― scott seward, Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link
her pained warbling at the beginning and weird pronunciation reminds me of the Cranberries
― herbal bert (herb albert), Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:56 (thirteen years ago) link
xxxxp janet jackson's chorus doesn't really mesh well with the fun fun loop, but when it's just busta rapping over it, it's a crazy new sort of greatness...
― I may be wrong but I think his name is Husher (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:56 (thirteen years ago) link
attention DJP and scott (if you are unaware of these people):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Broadcast_Network
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dh0iEkDEkUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w67DUjx7q0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKdjU7xfVDM
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:59 (thirteen years ago) link
guys i don't want this to ever not be the top of new answers
That's it! I couldn't figure out what it reminded me of, other than the Swedish Chef. Someone really should replace "fun fun fun fun" with "bork bork bork bork."
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Thursday, 17 March 2011 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link
haha YES
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 17 March 2011 18:04 (thirteen years ago) link
there's a bit of yarl in there, a weird lineage that stretches from pearl jam through the cranberries, backtracks through nickelback, takes an unexpected detour through rihanna and pops out here
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 17 March 2011 18:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Dom Passantino for Vice Magazine:http://www.viceland.com/wp/2011/03/life-after-rebecca-black/
― gr8080, Thursday, 17 March 2011 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
mobb black
http://youtubedoubler.com/S6qX
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Thursday, 17 March 2011 18:11 (thirteen years ago) link
that "human breakdown of absurdity" song-poem is so damn good
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 17 March 2011 18:12 (thirteen years ago) link
vice editor: "who can we get to make fun of 13 year old girls and possibly mention porn at the same time"
entire staff: "send up the dom signal"
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 17 March 2011 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link
ugh
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 17 March 2011 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Meme potential: Very, very low. She wears one of those tiny hats at an angle that fat middle class women wear on hen nights, and Fat Usher rolls up rocking a short-sleeved hoodie.
fatfatfattiefatfattasticfap
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 17 March 2011 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes. That is stunningly great.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 17 March 2011 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
With a couple of ILX quotes for good measure, my take on it all:
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/2011/03/local_record_review_friday_by.php
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 March 2011 18:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Ned tell me the truth does your editor force "Frankenstein's monster" or is that you
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 17 March 2011 18:23 (thirteen years ago) link
just curious not hating or anything
nicely done, Ned!
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 17 March 2011 18:24 (thirteen years ago) link
That was all me having to use something to say up against an unavoidable deadline and not necessarily being happy with everything I wrote. (I remember being irritated with it as I typed it but then I saw the clock again and had to live with it.)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 March 2011 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li7f1nCVym1qznilfo1_500.png
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 March 2011 18:33 (thirteen years ago) link
LOL
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 17 March 2011 18:34 (thirteen years ago) link
She's probably making major career plans right now!
She's probably dealing with stares during passing period between PE and Social Studies right now.
― Spectrist, Thursday, 17 March 2011 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
A piece of pop culture couldn’t have been more made for Tumblr than “Friday” if Jared Leto started tattooing Sylvia Plath quotes onto his cat.
what does this even mean
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Thursday, 17 March 2011 18:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Jared Leto started tattooing Sylvia Plath quotes onto his cat.
...with a topless woman from 1977 in the background.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 March 2011 18:52 (thirteen years ago) link
my favorite thing about this thread is whenever i refresh it bumps back to the "we so excited" pie chart.
― minsktrans.by (get bent), Thursday, 17 March 2011 18:52 (thirteen years ago) link
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Thursday, March 17, 2011 2:09 PM (51 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
there's a whole bizarre history of white girls choosing to sing like this for some reason. I blame Canada (specifically Alanis and Avril).
― some dude, Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:02 (thirteen years ago) link
You could probably go further back to Moon Unit Zappa tbqh.
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Ned, you should have used my entire quote!
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Believe me, I was tempted.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Meanwhile, interview!
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-03-17/rebecca-black-friday-and-cyberbullying/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link
At press time, the song was number 54 on the iTunes charts, ahead of Taylor Swift, Rihanna and Ke$ha.
But most of the feedback for the video involved questions like why are 13 year olds driving? Or why are they being followed by an adult rapper? Or is this a joke?
http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Rebecca-Blacks-YouTube-sensation-Friday-tops-iTune-charts/8018975
― Milton Parker, Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link
& from the interview Ned posted, clearing up some of the rich kid questions
Acing a casting-call audition, Black was invited to record one of two songs label heads had written for her. And, as part of a $2,000 package her mother paid for, they offered to produce an accompanying video in a bid to make a splash on YouTube. The song she picked: “Friday.”
“I didn’t write it at all,” Black said, clearing up a major misconception.
― Milton Parker, Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Acing a casting-call audition, Black was invited to record one of two songs label heads had written for her. And, as part of a $2,000 package her mother paid for,
― max, Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
this is like a megaexpensive version of that scam where people come up to you on the street and are like "you should be a model! heres my business card!" and then if you call back they try to charge you $50 for a photoshoot and pretend to be your agent
― max, Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
― lex pretend, Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:59 PM (2 hours ago)
― lex pretend, Thursday, March 17, 2011 5:00 PM (2 hours ago)
lmfao PLEASE let there be a witch house remix!
omg is she really going to be on good morning america?
― teledyldonix, Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
SO MUCH FOR THE OBCENELY RICH SPOILED PARENT BRAT SCENARIO.
― scott seward, Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean 2 grand is 2 grand but its not like the end of the world or anything. i'd say it was cheap.
― scott seward, Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Okay, straw poll...
At what point this week (if at all) did you make the switch into thinking this whole thing is kind of fun/cool instead of laughable/ridiculous?
I'm actually rooting for her success now.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:51 (thirteen years ago) link
this is like a megaexpensive version of that scam where people come up to you on the street and are like "you should be a model! heres my business card!" and then if you call back they try to charge you $50 for a photoshoot and pretend to be your agent― max, Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:47 PM (1 minute ago)
― max, Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:47 PM (1 minute ago)
5 million views for $2k? 2500 views for each $1 invested?
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:52 (thirteen years ago) link
OBSCENELY even
― scott seward, Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:52 (thirteen years ago) link
you can't even get model portfolio head shots etc for 2 grand. from a real photographer. probably. i actually have no idea. but i'll bet you can't.
― scott seward, Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:53 (thirteen years ago) link
scott otm but 1/2 the internet is people who haven't been out in the world makin rent & whatnot & for whom 2000 bones might as well be a mansion & a yacht
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:55 (thirteen years ago) link
$2000!!! Why sir, that is like 4 months of subsidized rent to my parents! QUITE a pretty penny...
― Threadkiller General (Viceroy), Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:57 (thirteen years ago) link
It's Friday down here! I am going to listen to it and see if gets me in the "mood" for Friday.
― Ned Raggett Reads Autumn Almanac (King Boy Pato), Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link
"Having survived the wrath of Twitter nation, the teen is now profiting from the experience–although Kelly says her daughter’s first investments will be donations to Japan relief organizations and school arts programs."
BLACK BLASTS BACK: "AT LEAST I'M FUCKING TRYING! WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU DONE!?"
― scott seward, Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link
sometimes I hate the internet
― in my world of suggest bans (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:59 (thirteen years ago) link
a) Despite playing it, we is still only a little excited -- if it allb) I'm really going to sue that guy stealing my name
― Ned Raggett Reads Autumn Almanac (King Boy Pato), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:02 (thirteen years ago) link
i really like the field rmx
― goole, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I knew this obnoxious guy who not only went for this but then started telling all his friends that he was a model.
― iatee, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:05 (thirteen years ago) link
I call BS on this all costing 2k.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
they charge me 2k every time I watch it, not quite sure what's going on
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:07 (thirteen years ago) link
For now, at least, she is scheduled to do only limited media—granting interviews soon to both Good Morning America and On-Air With Ryan Seacrest. And Black’s plan going forward is to record an acoustic version of “Friday” to showcase her vocal range in a non-Auto-Tune environment.“I want to show people there’s more to me than they think,” said Black.
“I want to show people there’s more to me than they think,” said Black.
you know, an acoustic version of a monotone trainwreck usually results in an acoustic monotone trainwreck
although I get dibs on calling her "her generation's Sade" when this comes out
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
I call BS on this all costing 2k.― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, March 17, 2011 1:06 PM (1 minute ago)
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, March 17, 2011 1:06 PM (1 minute ago)
i think you're confusing the casting fee with the production costs.
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
but they didn't pay the production costs beyond 2k, did they?
― iatee, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:09 (thirteen years ago) link
hahaha, it's hard to say...
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Scotts "fun fun fun fun"/mussloini mashup is megalol
― lycanthrope electrif (Pashmina), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:10 (thirteen years ago) link
at any rate I'd imagine getting 5 Million views in <1 week is probably a pretty good return
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:10 (thirteen years ago) link
12+ million now!
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
it's a 'good return' but I don't think her parents were investing in their daughter to become a meme. I mean yeah, now she's famous, but so is the fat starwars lightsaber kid.
― iatee, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, it was 1 million on sunday, now it's over 12 million
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
should we start a pool on how many it will have tomor-row tomor-row fun fun fun fun
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:14 (thirteen years ago) link
why does Dom & other foax think that Pato looks like Usher? clearly the dude looks more like Common doesn't he? or at least nothing at all like Usher....
― I may be wrong but I think his name is Husher (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:15 (thirteen years ago) link
fat starwars kid isn't making $$ on iTunes.
― gr8080, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:15 (thirteen years ago) link
That people are actually buying this in numbers is actually the most surprising part of this for me.
― Getting down on fried egg (seandalai), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:17 (thirteen years ago) link
it's solely because of the haircut and the fact that he's smirking
for most white ppl, "smirking black man with short fade" = "THAT MUST BE USHER"
also with the whole Bieber thing ppl are predisposed to make "Usher likes to hang around young kids" jokes, it's like dude saw a particular spin on the MJ void and decided to strike while the iron was hitting puberty
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
he looks WAY less like Common than Usher or anyone else that's been mentioned so far
― some dude, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
anticipating a Pomplamousse directed Rebecca Black video.
― gr8080, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
sometime on sunday for me
― teledyldonix, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
i guess i just didn't want this weekend to eeeeeeeeend
Pato looks like Kenyon Martin.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
For me, it's always been both fun and ridiculous. I was never on-board with all the "worst song/video ever" talk, because if I find it amusing enough, then it's not exactly bad. But I do think that once the song was officially released as a single, then it became something worth rooting for, rather than just an Internet curio.
― Joseph Beuys II Men (jaymc), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link
I kinda want to buy it, just to help propel it on the charts.
― gr8080, Thursday, March 17, 2011 3:15 PM (7 minutes ago)
he also made a private video that was put online without his permission, not a flashy music video that was made public with his total consent ... not really a great comparison overall
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:25 (thirteen years ago) link
This doesn't really work but parts of it are mad:
http://www.youtubedoubler.com/?video1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DoIr8-f2OWhs&start1=&video2=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Djqq3cgvZSTE&start2=0&authorName=zoot
― Getting down on fried egg (seandalai), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:26 (thirteen years ago) link
That's my place on it too. I've seen/heard plenty worse than this, but where I first got a kick out of making fun of it, I eventually began to appreciate its unifying silliness. xp to jaymc
I still think ARK are some creepers, though.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:27 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h279/juicyfrt/common-5.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h279/juicyfrt/198296_745407101159_12819956_39616245_3637697_n.jpg
― I may be wrong but I think his name is Husher (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:28 (thirteen years ago) link
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Monday, March 14, 2011 2:31 PM (3 days ago)
― gr8080 sings the blues (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, March 14, 2011 2:56 PM (3 days ago)
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
it is still laughable/ridiculous
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Overall, similar...but when you start comparing mouths and noses and eyes, it falls apart.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I misread that as "The guest rapper looks like Garry Shandling." And, well, he sorta does.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:31 (thirteen years ago) link
closer than Usher *sulks*
― I may be wrong but I think his name is Husher (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:31 (thirteen years ago) link
he doesn't really look like anyone famous...?
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link
why can't pato just be pato
― sonderangerbot, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
i still say that depends on if you consider Maino famous
― some dude, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm looking forward to her comeback album following her stint in rehab following her meteoric rise to stardom
― in my world of suggest bans (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Is Rebecca Black? I'm guessing that when you sign up to something like this the paperwork signs most of the profits to ARK, but...
Anyway I guess I'm rooting for her because my name is Rebecca, I found being 13 pretty traumatic, and she looks as blankly nervous and confused by the concept of "partying" as I was back then. (Ah, projection.)
― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
― MPx4A, Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:53 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark
Really it's more amazing than Friday, but it's so disturbing it can't catch on I guess.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Poor Pato.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
R-B, Rebecca BlackSo chillin’ in the front seat (In the front seat)In the back seat (In the back seat)I’m drivin’, cruisin’ (Yeah, yeah)Fast lanes, switchin’ lanesWit’ a car up on my side (Woo!)(C’mon) Passin’ by is a school bus in front of meMakes tick tock, tick tock, wanna screamCheck my time, it’s Friday, it’s a weekendWe gonna have fun, c’mon, c’mon, y’allThe unexamined life is not worth living.
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link
lol i just figured out that this guy's name is really pato and you all weren't on some extended riff on our own king boy for the the whole thread
― goole, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:46 (thirteen years ago) link
I just came to the harrowing realization that Rebecca Black, at age 13, has not ever known a world where Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake aren't famous. Not that it means much, but "Oops! I Did it Again" to her is like "More Than a Feeling" to me. :/
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:51 (thirteen years ago) link
"Oops" is only 2 years older than she is.
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:53 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost -- Well, yeah. That's how generations work.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:53 (thirteen years ago) link
I got that mixed up, she is only 2 years older than "Oops" (the song, not Luna's ex-bf).
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:54 (thirteen years ago) link
oh snap
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:55 (thirteen years ago) link
xp - I know, but half of it is "she is so young" and the other half is "Britney and Justin have been around that long, but it doesn't seem like that long."
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:55 (thirteen years ago) link
This article from last year about Ark prodigy Kaya is amusing:
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/doug_moe/article_6dcb6cf0-83d7-11df-a6f0-001cc4c002e0.html
Some percentage of haterade must stem from how Rebecca unintentionally has become a household name without that long struggle for recognition on the merits of talent, despite not being represented by a "high-powered entertainment law firm" - yet.
― Spectrist, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Wit’ a car up on my side (Woo!)
^i heard "cop" for "car" (and thought the Woo! was supposed to be a siren)
― An adult guest rapper (donna rouge), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:58 (thirteen years ago) link
i can't see how that works, unless the 'haters' are the people that are confused and think "Friday" is a normal hit song with the support of the music industry and are outraged that people sincerely like something so bad (xpost)
― some dude, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:59 (thirteen years ago) link
granted, there do seem to be a fair number of people with that misconception
this song still sucks and is unintentionally hilarious. i'm not rooting for Rebecca but not rooting against her either. in 3 days I'll have forgotten about this just like I did Pants on the Ground
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Thursday, 17 March 2011 21:01 (thirteen years ago) link
this thread is over-excelsior'd but I want to show love to Shasta's "unexamined life" riff
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 17 March 2011 21:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Someone make a poll so we can decide who the second-best Ark Music artist is?
Or would CJ Fam walk away with it?
I kinda love "My Jeans" too.
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Thursday, 17 March 2011 21:08 (thirteen years ago) link
I would appear that from the comments on youtube and iTunes for the song and the "worst song ever written" in the press that, yes, much of the (young) audience is believing that this is being dished out to them by the music industry, one which decides what is good and who we shall make stars of. I mean I could be wrong but I have doubts any kind of fraction of those 13 whatever million views care about "outsider music".
― Spectrist, Thursday, 17 March 2011 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
someone should loop the "fun fun fun fun" refrain and layer the rest of the vocal track over it "O Superman"-style
― corey, Thursday, 17 March 2011 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm not rooting for Rebecca but not rooting against her either.
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Thursday, March 17, 2011 9:01 PM (9 minutes ago)
Totally - it's just this thing to behold. This magical, miserable diversion.
― Spectrist, Thursday, 17 March 2011 21:13 (thirteen years ago) link
i think the either/or of totally outraged gullibles and nerds who use the term "outsider music" is a bit of a false dichotomy that ignores a much larger third group
― some dude, Thursday, 17 March 2011 21:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Stoners.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 March 2011 21:13 (thirteen years ago) link
or just take the vocals of o superman and put em to fun fun fun fun
― FUN FUN FUN FUN (gbx), Thursday, 17 March 2011 21:13 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.youtubedoubler.com/?video1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DCD2LRROpph0&start1=&video2=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Djqq3cgvZSTE&start2=0&authorName=moebiussuibeom
close
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Thursday, 17 March 2011 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
o cerealo booooowwwwwwl
― some dude, Thursday, 17 March 2011 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
O Mom and Dad! (Thanks!)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 March 2011 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
and when the front seat is gone, there's always the back seat
― An adult guest rapper (donna rouge), Thursday, 17 March 2011 21:17 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i53.tinypic.com/33cx98l.jpg
― prolego, Thursday, 17 March 2011 21:18 (thirteen years ago) link
oh man, I love the way the "fun" loop goes in and out of sync with the main song
brb, going to play it down the phone to steve reich
― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 17 March 2011 21:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Here come the beatsThey're Ark Magic beatsMade in Ark Magic
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 March 2011 21:20 (thirteen years ago) link
They're American cars.Made in America.Front seat? Or backseat?
― Joseph Beuys II Men (jaymc), Thursday, 17 March 2011 21:20 (thirteen years ago) link
we need RB to do this next:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH8uZgtztok
― scorpions on my nips and smear peanut butter on my ass (the table is the table), Thursday, 17 March 2011 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
look which seat should the martian take
― scorpions on my nips and smear peanut butter on my ass (the table is the table), Thursday, 17 March 2011 22:13 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0LqUS_1Lsk
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 17 March 2011 22:15 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.youtubedoubler.com/?video1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Djqq3cgvZSTE&start1=0&video2=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D41CeLWbpxM0&start2=&authorName=ILX_PASH
― lycanthrope electrif (Pashmina), Thursday, 17 March 2011 22:22 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/tCtj7.jpg
― FUN FUN FUN FUN (gbx), Thursday, 17 March 2011 23:19 (thirteen years ago) link
alana lee's "butterflies" has been added to itunes (to all 2 of you who enjoy it)
only problem, it is listed as "butterflys." fail, ark music factory. fail.
― teledyldonix, Thursday, 17 March 2011 23:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh no I listened to the fun fun fun fun loop all is lost help
― phantoms from a world gone by speak again the immortal tale: (Jenny), Thursday, 17 March 2011 23:45 (thirteen years ago) link
~one of us~
― FUN FUN FUN FUN (gbx), Thursday, 17 March 2011 23:46 (thirteen years ago) link
I listened to the entire 2:17 without once feeling bored or wishing something else would happen. !!!
― phantoms from a world gone by speak again the immortal tale: (Jenny), Thursday, 17 March 2011 23:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Note: I really like The Field.
I think the fun-fun loop is the only known cure for the Friday earworm.
― I may be wrong but I think his name is Husher (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 17 March 2011 23:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Butterflys
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 17 March 2011 23:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Guys it's a certain time of day here in London
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 17 March 2011 23:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Five minutes to go, let's fucking do this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqq3cgvZSTE&feature=player_embedded
― FUN FUN FUN FUN (gbx), Thursday, 17 March 2011 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
the fun-fun loop is the Friday earworm
― a murder rap to keep ya dancin, with a crime record like Keith Chegwin (snoball), Thursday, 17 March 2011 23:57 (thirteen years ago) link
If you listen to it long enough, it sounds like she's singing 'pun pun pun pun'
― a murder rap to keep ya dancin, with a crime record like Keith Chegwin (snoball), Thursday, 17 March 2011 23:58 (thirteen years ago) link
We we we so excited GMT
― Getting down on fried egg (seandalai), Friday, 18 March 2011 00:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Fun Fun Fun vs Xenakis
http://www.youtubedoubler.com/?video1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Djqq3cgvZSTE&start1=0&video2=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DyztoaNakKok&start2=&authorName=ILX_PASH
― Getting down on fried egg (seandalai), Friday, 18 March 2011 00:06 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^^this is amazing
― FUN FUN FUN FUN (gbx), Friday, 18 March 2011 00:09 (thirteen years ago) link
yessssssssssss
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Friday, 18 March 2011 00:09 (thirteen years ago) link
FUN FUN FUN FUN vs Mr. Oizohttp://www.youtubedoubler.com/?video1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Djqq3cgvZSTE&start1=0&video2=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dd72wgT6swCA&start2=&authorName=ILX_snoball
― a murder rap to keep ya dancin, with a crime record like Keith Chegwin (snoball), Friday, 18 March 2011 00:17 (thirteen years ago) link
in the youtube comments for the Friday slowed x5 version:
when I listen to this song I imagine a huge 300-foot-tall asthmatic satanic being standing with a bludgeoning weapon and poised to inflict death and destruction on a crystal city of mermaids, with the princess mermaid singing a song of redemption from the top of the tallest crystal tower, pleading for him to grant mercy on their mermaid children.1reallyhatethisplace 4 days ago 16
― accredited butter grader and dairy technologist (reddening), Friday, 18 March 2011 02:10 (thirteen years ago) link
omg that fb prolego posted
― call all destroyer, Friday, 18 March 2011 02:22 (thirteen years ago) link
xenakis for the win!
― scott seward, Friday, 18 March 2011 02:22 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7ReCtipPac
― piscesx, Friday, 18 March 2011 03:17 (thirteen years ago) link
seriously cannot stop listening to the slowbieber/fun fun fun loop - help.
― Roz, Friday, 18 March 2011 03:44 (thirteen years ago) link
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li1x32v6rt1qa847jo1_r1_500.gif
― piscesx, Friday, 18 March 2011 03:47 (thirteen years ago) link
omfg!!!
― sarahel, Friday, 18 March 2011 03:48 (thirteen years ago) link
okay that is a masterpiece
― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 March 2011 03:49 (thirteen years ago) link
one frame is missing.
― Roz, Friday, 18 March 2011 03:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Awesome!!!!
― VegemiteGrrl, Friday, 18 March 2011 03:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Did that for a couple of hours earlier -- it was (and is) amazing.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 March 2011 03:57 (thirteen years ago) link
EST HERE WE GO
PARTYINGx2 YEAHFUNx4
ad infinitum
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 18 March 2011 04:10 (thirteen years ago) link
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
YES YES YES YES
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 18 March 2011 04:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Fun Fun Fun x2 (sorry if it has been done)
http://www.youtubedoubler.com/?video1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Djqq3cgvZSTE&start1=0&video2=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Djqq3cgvZSTE&start2=&authorName=skotrok
― Mark, Friday, 18 March 2011 04:44 (thirteen years ago) link
put that shit out of sync imo
― loser beam (electricsound), Friday, 18 March 2011 04:48 (thirteen years ago) link
fyi you are all insane
― gr8080, Friday, 18 March 2011 04:50 (thirteen years ago) link
fyi you suck at fun
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 18 March 2011 04:53 (thirteen years ago) link
It's the song.
Have you seen The Manchurian Candidate? A decade from now if someone says "fun fun fun fun" I'll execute some kind of preprogrammed command.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 18 March 2011 04:55 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm starting to hear bun fun bun fun bun fun after watching the loop too many times
― loser beam (electricsound), Friday, 18 March 2011 04:56 (thirteen years ago) link
I showed Mr Veg the video...he made it up to the part about the bus stop before he reached over and closed my browser window. I was like, "But you didn't get to the chorus yet.". To which he replied "Just...no. NO." ;_;
― VegemiteGrrl, Friday, 18 March 2011 05:05 (thirteen years ago) link
http://s2.aaanything.net/wp-content/gallery/some-famous-quotes/thumbs/thumbs_you_miss_100_percent_of_the_shots_you_dont_take_by_wayne_gretzky_michael_scott.jpg
"It's Friday" - Rebecca Black
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 18 March 2011 05:09 (thirteen years ago) link
i showed this to my housemate and he said, "any parent who paid for this is a fucking asshole." first sentence out of his mouth.
― bun fun times infinity (the table is the table), Friday, 18 March 2011 05:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Inspired by:http://api.ning.com/files/0KqUxahqxv8S8smW*mjOW8SCvymHvKflPPho3e5BHrr1fpBJeZkjHg*ULdiXWuCmguRHHhlQoXUcn4deOKhbvesHr-82-D2I/rebecca_black_banner.jpg
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 18 March 2011 05:10 (thirteen years ago) link
― plax (ico), Monday, March 14, 2011 7:54 PM (4 days ago)
Seriously.
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 18 March 2011 05:11 (thirteen years ago) link
She'll get a reality show out of this at least.
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 18 March 2011 05:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Ha I should have said
"It's Friday" - Rebecca Black - Michael Scott
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 18 March 2011 05:13 (thirteen years ago) link
fyi guys
kickin in the back seat, sittin in the front seat, gotta make my mind up, which seat can I take?
― dayo, Friday, 18 March 2011 05:14 (thirteen years ago) link
what i really want is...oh wait.
okay my hypothesis that this is absolutely amazing while watching bear porn was correct.
― bun fun times infinity (the table is the table), Friday, 18 March 2011 06:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Is it just me or has this week been moving along so... unbearably... slow...
― Spectrist, Friday, 18 March 2011 06:16 (thirteen years ago) link
it's all just a message about the apocalypse. do you have your bunker ready.
― bun fun times infinity (the table is the table), Friday, 18 March 2011 06:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Enid: God! How can you stand all these assholes?Rebecca: Some people are OK, but mostly I just feel like poisoning everybody.
― Spectrist, Friday, 18 March 2011 06:29 (thirteen years ago) link
TGIF YOU GUYZES
― minsktrans.by (get bent), Friday, 18 March 2011 07:02 (thirteen years ago) link
YESTERDAY IT WAS THURSDAY
TODAY IT IS FRIDAY
― prolego, Friday, 18 March 2011 07:06 (thirteen years ago) link
WE WE WE SO EXCITED
― Threadkiller General (Viceroy), Friday, 18 March 2011 07:07 (thirteen years ago) link
GOTTA GET DOWN TO THE BUS STOP, GOTTA CATCH MY BUS
― prolego, Friday, 18 March 2011 07:46 (thirteen years ago) link
it's time to go to sleep when you compare the "which seat can i take?" dilemma with sophie's choice
― minsktrans.by (get bent), Friday, 18 March 2011 08:08 (thirteen years ago) link
omg it's
http://www.netweed.com/prohiphop/graf/fridaydvd.jpg
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Friday, 18 March 2011 08:36 (thirteen years ago) link
― teledyldonix, Friday, 18 March 2011 08:39 (thirteen years ago) link
(about to go top 40 on us itunezzzz btw)
― teledyldonix, Friday, 18 March 2011 08:40 (thirteen years ago) link
REBECCA BLACK SPEAKS
http://www.ocregister.com/video/?videoId=831495030001&play=now
― teledyldonix, Friday, 18 March 2011 08:54 (thirteen years ago) link
I would actually appreciate it if we never hear from her ever again, we'll probably find out she's a boring and ordinary person and the mystique will be lost.
― dayo, Friday, 18 March 2011 08:58 (thirteen years ago) link
thought her take on the Dempsey/Tunney long count fight was pretty solid tbh
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 18 March 2011 09:17 (thirteen years ago) link
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― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 18 March 2011 09:25 (thirteen years ago) link
What I want to know is if she'll be in school in 8 hours or if a sick day is the wisest way to get out of everyone singing this song at her in the corridors.
― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 18 March 2011 09:26 (thirteen years ago) link
I HAVE MY BOWLI HAVE CERE-OLE
I AM LISTENING TO "FRIDAY"
I I I SO EXCITED
― lex pretend, Friday, 18 March 2011 09:32 (thirteen years ago) link
good god this is up to #47 on uk itunes and will surely only be boosted today
― lex pretend, Friday, 18 March 2011 09:37 (thirteen years ago) link
I hate humanity
― Morty Maxwell (crüt), Friday, 18 March 2011 09:49 (thirteen years ago) link
this song actually makes me love humanity for once
― lex pretend, Friday, 18 March 2011 09:49 (thirteen years ago) link
nothing fills me with respect for humanity like a 13-year-old girl getting exploited and then ridiculed
― Morty Maxwell (crüt), Friday, 18 March 2011 10:03 (thirteen years ago) link
and it's way less earwormy than "chocolate rain"
― Morty Maxwell (crüt), Friday, 18 March 2011 10:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah this tbh
― bad voise, it sucked, pick a seat (Trayce), Friday, 18 March 2011 10:12 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.youtubedoubler.com/?video1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Djqq3cgvZSTE&start1=0&video2=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DeRAy6lFCfOo&start2=0&authorName=snoball
― a murder rap to keep ya dancin, with a crime record like Keith Chegwin (snoball), Friday, 18 March 2011 11:32 (thirteen years ago) link
gotta get down on friday
― call all destroyer, Friday, 18 March 2011 11:33 (thirteen years ago) link
so excited
― No more war/No more hate/Got my girl swag on/Got my girl swag on (seandalai), Friday, 18 March 2011 11:36 (thirteen years ago) link
pretty certain this track was dropped into the background in the Vic in last nights episode of Eastenders.
― mark e, Friday, 18 March 2011 11:37 (thirteen years ago) link
how was she exploited and by whom, exactly?
anyone know what time her Good Morning America performance is gonna be?
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 11:49 (thirteen years ago) link
performance??
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 18 March 2011 11:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Holy shit guys it's Friday Friday gotta get down it's Friday!
― Mordy, Friday, 18 March 2011 11:52 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost -- it might just be an interview, but even so she's definitely on at some point.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 March 2011 11:53 (thirteen years ago) link
the bateman gif is brilliant
― suggest and ban is my favourite combination (history mayne), Friday, 18 March 2011 11:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Woulda thought Bateman would dismiss RB with the kind of contempt Geir Hongro reserves for Mos Def
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 18 March 2011 12:06 (thirteen years ago) link
The OC Register interview says that by paying what they did she and her family kept the rights to the song, and that the money from sales generated is going to a combination of her savings, her school theater program and donations for Japan. As far as I'm concerned, let this thing be a legit hit!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 March 2011 12:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Damn she played that one right.
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 18 March 2011 12:13 (thirteen years ago) link
where can i watch this online in the uk?
― lex pretend, Friday, 18 March 2011 12:22 (thirteen years ago) link
what, the today show?
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 18 March 2011 12:29 (thirteen years ago) link
she's on Good Morning America, not the Today Show fyi
i'm sure her appearance will be online within hours, i'm just home w/ the TV on so i'm trying to catch it
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 12:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Purchased on iTunes. (I think I missed that iTunes files are now 256 kbps and DRM-free.)
― Joseph Beuys II Men (jaymc), Friday, 18 March 2011 12:49 (thirteen years ago) link
how many have sold on itunes?
― iatee, Friday, 18 March 2011 12:50 (thirteen years ago) link
right now GMA is featuring a performance by the cast of the Disney Channel's Shake It Up and the margin of quality between this song and "Friday" is not especially huge
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 12:52 (thirteen years ago) link
xp They don't release the actual sales figures, but the song is now #31 on the iTunes top sellers chart.
― Joseph Beuys II Men (jaymc), Friday, 18 March 2011 12:53 (thirteen years ago) link
For perspective, though: Katy Perry's "E.T." is #1 on Billboard's Digital Songs chart (which presumably tracks sales from iTunes and other online vendors) this week with 216,000 downloads sold.
― Joseph Beuys II Men (jaymc), Friday, 18 March 2011 12:56 (thirteen years ago) link
when the hell is she supposed to be on gma? did i miss it? i have to go to work soon...
HAPPY FRIDAY THOUGH EVERYBODY!
― scott seward, Friday, 18 March 2011 12:57 (thirteen years ago) link
GMA is over and i only watched the second half of the show here and there so i guess i missed it
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 12:59 (thirteen years ago) link
OOPS
― scott seward, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:00 (thirteen years ago) link
"It was a lot of work," Rebecca says of the 12-hour shoot. "I redid that first scene – '7 a.m. I'm waking up in the morning' – I probably had to do 30 times."
damn girl
― call all destroyer, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Here's a point-the-camera-at-the-TV video of the GMA segment:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uDOAyBduFA
― Joseph Beuys II Men (jaymc), Friday, 18 March 2011 13:07 (thirteen years ago) link
can somebody faux liveblog that for people like me who are at work, thx
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 18 March 2011 13:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Can't watch this right now, but "Worst video in the world? Thousands ridicule teen singer" isn't the most charitable lead-in...
― No more war/No more hate/Got my girl swag on/Got my girl swag on (seandalai), Friday, 18 March 2011 13:12 (thirteen years ago) link
okay the part where she reads the negative youtube comments to her on-air, that's brutal
― dayo, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:14 (thirteen years ago) link
is it too late to make her a wild card pick on this season of Idol?
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:17 (thirteen years ago) link
she's totally going to meet Bieber after that interview and she's already talking to some of her favorite bands on Twitter, between that and the iTunes $$$ i really just can't feel sorry for her
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:18 (thirteen years ago) link
IT'S FRIDAY
Fuck anyone who hates this song btw.
― Matt DC, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:18 (thirteen years ago) link
76% say the attacks were justified
― herbal bert (herb albert), Friday, 18 March 2011 13:19 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean even if she was a genuine pop star with a song people loved, there'd still be thousands of people saying horrible things about her in comments boxes, so if that's the biggest downside to this she's in pretty good shape
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:20 (thirteen years ago) link
idk, she's 13, having hundreds of thousands of people online saying you fucking suck can't be good for the psyche, even if you get a pony in return
― dayo, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:20 (thirteen years ago) link
a pop star gets thousands of people saying that she's great though. this girl is saying 'haters gonna hate' but there's nothing to balance the hate...besides a bieber visit
― dayo, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:21 (thirteen years ago) link
and piles of money and ample opportunities to appear on TV on her terms, prove she can 'really sing' or that she can laugh at herself?
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:24 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm sure that there are plenty of people around her saying that she's great. Meanwhile all these people saying she's crap are mostly anonymous Internet trolls.
― a murder rap to keep ya dancin, with a crime record like Keith Chegwin (snoball), Friday, 18 March 2011 13:24 (thirteen years ago) link
do you really think she is gonna get to appear on tv 'on her terms'? pretty much any program that is going to have her is going to acknowledge her infamy
― dayo, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Lots of love for her on this thread...they should read our posts out on TV.
― No more war/No more hate/Got my girl swag on/Got my girl swag on (seandalai), Friday, 18 March 2011 13:29 (thirteen years ago) link
well obviously she can't go "introduce me as 'beloved pop sensation Rebecca Black'" but i mean she's pretty in-demand now so i imagine she can dictate the line of questioning to some extent (and probably had a lot to do with the GMA segment focusing on mean comments and 'cyberbullying'), and if she does a skit on SNL or a web redemption on Tosh.0 or something i imagine she'll have to approve of the bit and make sure it's something she thinks is funny and not just mean.
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:30 (thirteen years ago) link
any manager/exec will tell her, rightly, that any road into fame or notoriety is good as long as it's not porn. if you end up having to play it for laughs, cool, your chances of making it "legitimately" were infinitesimal, now you get money. she'll get an ad deal (like tay zonday did) and will, worst case scenario, get a free ride through college. plus if she actually kept the rights to the song, whichever company her family sells it to for a commercial will pay a mint. the ascap or bmi from these nat'l tv appearances alone will be more than she was going to make this year for music anyway, it's all good in rebecca black's world so nobody should feel sorry for her.
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 18 March 2011 13:32 (thirteen years ago) link
you really think the rebecca black who starred in this video will suddenly be capable to rewrite snl skits? xp
― sonderangerbot, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:33 (thirteen years ago) link
also, it would be pretty cool if it turned out she actually can sing
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 18 March 2011 13:33 (thirteen years ago) link
idk I feel if they live in the OC and her parents paid for this she's obviously not hurting for money and probably already has a trust fund? the real question is, did she want to become (in)famous with all that that entails.
― dayo, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:34 (thirteen years ago) link
― sonderangerbot, Friday, March 18, 2011 9:33 AM (27 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
uh no but i'm pretty sure every celeb who goes on SNL or whatever gets to read the script first and decide whether they want to read the lines that were written for them (which = doing it on her own terms)
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I'd guess she can, and I'm sure that's her play - record stuff that nobody was ever going to hear, now people will & the right marketing team will get it to an audience that will like it - even if "ironically," guess what ironic dollars buy the same groceries earnest ones do
xp dayo this cost 2k. 2k does not mean "they're rich."
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 18 March 2011 13:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm looking at this more from the side of "she's 13 and not even in high school yet and basically anybody who wants to will be able to use this giant sledgehammer to insult and smash her self-esteem" just lookin out you know
money is not a palliative for everything, fame is not a unequivocal Good
― dayo, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:35 (thirteen years ago) link
i said this upthread but she more deliberately courted fame and opened herself up to public opinion than 99% of people who become youtube memes, only reason i'm not 100% "yeah you knew what you were getting into" is that she's so young
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:36 (thirteen years ago) link
while this is true, it's generally better to have money than not. your self-esteem is a good deal less smashable if you can say "whatever to my haters, enjoy wearing the same shoes all year" in high school
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 18 March 2011 13:38 (thirteen years ago) link
well yeah that's the whole point! she's so young. I made a lot of things when I was 13 that I was really really proud of and thought deserved recognition, looking back now I would be absolutely mortified had any of them actually did
― dayo, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:39 (thirteen years ago) link
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, March 18, 2011 9:35 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark
idk if a family feels they can blow 2k on a what is essentially a vanity music video instead of on, idk a SAT tutoring class or something, I'd say they were at least well off. I guess maybe the closest equivalent I can think of among people I know is a family that blows 2k on little league baseball uniforms for their kid? given where they live I'd say they are not hurting for money.
― dayo, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:41 (thirteen years ago) link
would you have put a slick professional-looking video for a song you made at 13 on YouTube if you could've, though? i made some shitty demos when i was a teenager but i only played them for like 2 people.
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:41 (thirteen years ago) link
like you can't release a song, especially with a video with 'professional' production values, and then say "ok guys say something nice or say nothing at all." everyone who puts themselves out like that at any level risks ridicule in hopes of praise. that's not a very harsh reality, that's the bare minimum tradeoff for any kind of creative endeavor.
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:42 (thirteen years ago) link
hmm idk i could totally imagine them being like *really poor* and busting their asses to raise the money for a real shot at fame for their daughter, the only golden thing in their lives...
― plax (ico), Friday, 18 March 2011 13:43 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm kind of amazed that this only cost 2K. recording, mastering, shooting, post-prod...?
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 18 March 2011 13:43 (thirteen years ago) link
fyi, this is where they live
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaheim_Hills,_Anaheim,_California
Anaheim Hills had an average annual household income of $127,298 in 2006.
― dayo, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:45 (thirteen years ago) link
probably doesn't cost that much once you already own the recording equipment and some cameras and green screen stuff. they probably paid for the overhead with their first few clients and now it's mostly profit.
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:46 (thirteen years ago) link
idk its hi-def digital edited on a laptop. doubt there was many takes bc the vocals were bludgeoned into shape in post production. green screen is cheap.
― plax (ico), Friday, 18 March 2011 13:46 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah the cost of production has dropped dramatically in the last few years hasn't it, this was probably made using iMovie or something
― dayo, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:47 (thirteen years ago) link
OK fine, the pricetag is still amazing!
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 18 March 2011 13:48 (thirteen years ago) link
i think she seems able to poke fun at herself/the whole phenomenon though - i doubt she's under the impression that her song is anything other than throwaway and ridiculous - ie anything other than what it is.
― lex pretend, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:49 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, in a way Ark Music are kind of impressively cost-effective given that most of the problems wtih the video are aesthetic or creative -- imagine how much more it cost to make that new Britney video that looks like total dogshit
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:49 (thirteen years ago) link
idk if a family feels they can blow 2k on a what is essentially a vanity music video instead of on, idk a SAT tutoring class or something,
lol fuck an sat tutoring class, get outta here with that shit!
per the oc register piece her parents are both veterinarians, i'm sure they're not hurting, but who really gives a fuck?
― call all destroyer, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:51 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah the interviews w/ her and her mom where they're kind of like "they offered 2 songs and this one suited me more" and "i didn't want to micromanage" kind of give the impression that they had no faith in the song but just didn't think it would matter. i don't know if she'd be taking this better or worse if she actually helped write it or really believed it was a good song and a good performance.
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:51 (thirteen years ago) link
my gf and i just "blew" 2k on a vacation, are we rich?
― call all destroyer, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:52 (thirteen years ago) link
did this 2k fella pay you for it or was it for fun?
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:52 (thirteen years ago) link
anyway my heart kinda broke a little when the GMA lady asked her if she thought she had any talent and she said "well yes, on some level." I wish rebecca black the best and I hope that she will be able to lead a normal life if she chooses to.
― dayo, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:53 (thirteen years ago) link
xp lol
― call all destroyer, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Who sends a 13-year-old to an SAT tutoring class? Just let them take the PSAT and see how they do; that's what jjj and I did (hilariously, we got the second- and third-highest scores in our school district).
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 13:54 (thirteen years ago) link
PSAT tutoring classes exist! if you do well on them you get to be a national merit scholar or something.
― dayo, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:55 (thirteen years ago) link
127k as an average income isn't even that high for a family dayo - rich people make millions
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 18 March 2011 13:58 (thirteen years ago) link
plus if anyone gives her shit she'll always have the comeback "my song is stuck in your head though"
― lex pretend, Friday, 18 March 2011 13:59 (thirteen years ago) link
if you wanna move the goalposts fine - but I wouldn't say anybody whose family made 127k really 'needs' the money, unless they are a family of 10 or something xp
― dayo, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:00 (thirteen years ago) link
look, sorry to get all cuddlestein about this and for spoiling your lols. all I'm saying is that she has, maybe a little wittingly and a little unwittingly, stumbled into a situation that is pretty abnormal & extraordinary for the average 13-year old, and I hope that it when the dust settles it will have been a net good for her life. that is all.
― dayo, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:02 (thirteen years ago) link
who said they need the money? independent colleges in California are an average of 45k a year, college costs are a real thing dude! parents spend 18 years sweating how they're gonna deal w/that - a 2k gamble toward dealing with that eventuality is money well spent imo
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 18 March 2011 14:06 (thirteen years ago) link
well, if it works it's money well spent
if it doesn't, it's you being a dumbass with yr kid's future
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 14:09 (thirteen years ago) link
two grand in american dollars for a song + video is a bargain
― suggest and ban is my favourite combination (history mayne), Friday, 18 March 2011 14:13 (thirteen years ago) link
rather make a song than buy in to the bullshit that is the supplemental education industry.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:14 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^
― suggest and ban is my favourite combination (history mayne), Friday, 18 March 2011 14:14 (thirteen years ago) link
awww my wife does some part-time work with an SAT prep company. not that she necessarily believes she's providing an important service that's above criticism, though.
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:16 (thirteen years ago) link
if RB becomes a cautionary tale that makes a lot of other tweens and their parents think long and hard about going into showbiz unless they're really sure they have the talent, the material and the ability to tolerate haters, then she's probably making the world a better place.
lol cad I agree the supplemental education industry is worthless - however if you are all really trying to make this seem like her parents had their daughter's future prospects first and foremost in their minds when they wrote that check, I'm just pointing out that there are about a million things that would have been a better investment than a vanity song + music video
― dayo, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:17 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't think dayo is wrong to point out that all of this might be too much for a 13-year-old to handle but I think the way he's doing it misses a larger point; this may be too much for ANYONE to handle, regardless of age.
As has been pointed out by how she's handled her interviews, Rebecca herself seems very capable and smart; she is not coming across as someone who thought what she was doing was great art, rather as someone who was trying out something she really wanted to pursue that she knew wasn't super great who then watched it balloon out of control. The steps she and her family have taken (retaining rights to the song, setting up a college fund, setting up an arts fund, donating to Japan, using the backlash as a platform to speak about cyberbullying) have been uniformly excellent.
I am concerned about many things in this modern world but I'm not concerned about Rebecca Black. She'll figure out how to get through this.
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 14:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Quite right.
When it comes to ridicule and exploitation and all, it'll be all the crazy parents and wannabe Ark Magics who will have seen this story, weighed up everything and thought "WE can do that!" and then wonder why it didn't work for them, whatever it might be.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:18 (thirteen years ago) link
haha i'm not saying that at all! just that maybe this was a frivolous investment, but there's really nothing "objectionable" about it.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:19 (thirteen years ago) link
do you guys have any idea how many powerball tickets they could have bought with $2000
― dayo, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:19 (thirteen years ago) link
i kinda think the RB story is going to do the exact opposite TBH
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 18 March 2011 14:22 (thirteen years ago) link
And I mean -- the other amazing thing is not just how quickly this has become a thing, not merely all the many ways people are reacting to it, but that we're at a point technologically where, for instance, last night I was completely and happily lost in that YouTubeDoubler combination of the fun loop and slowBieber because it just plain worked, and that's the kind of happy accident that could never have happened until recent times anyway unless you had a lot of patience, your own home studio setup and knew about obscure vanity videos as well as pop hits.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:22 (thirteen years ago) link
2000
they weren't looking to get rich quick, though, from what I can tell; they were looking to allow Rebecca to explore an interest
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 14:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Guys remember the part where HER PARENTS OWN A FUCKING AIRPORT?
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 18 March 2011 14:23 (thirteen years ago) link
if they are really rich enough to own an airport, then dropping $2k on this video is admirably parsimonious
― suggest and ban is my favourite combination (history mayne), Friday, 18 March 2011 14:24 (thirteen years ago) link
pfft who doesn't own an airport
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Friday, 18 March 2011 14:24 (thirteen years ago) link
regular blue collar folks own airports all the time, remember the lady on northern exposure
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:25 (thirteen years ago) link
I own several airports
btw "airport" is what I call a closet, because of all the hangers
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 14:26 (thirteen years ago) link
you own enough clothes to require multiple airports?
― dayo, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:27 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm beginning to wonder about that -- is that actually confirmed anywhere? (I do like the idea of a husband and wife team of vets who own an airport so they can fly in sick chinchillas at a moment's notice.)
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:27 (thirteen years ago) link
This thread is about to get awesome again.
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Friday, 18 March 2011 14:28 (thirteen years ago) link
she tweeted about it (i'm still not 100% sure the account is actually her but it was datestamped way before she was at all known)
― lex pretend, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah I remember the tweet but I'm almost wondering if that was some weird joke.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:30 (thirteen years ago) link
sadly yes, because I am terrible at throwing things away
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 14:30 (thirteen years ago) link
i can't believe anyone would have a problem with people spending 2 grand for something like this. they might have sprung for some singing lessons though. anyway, great return on investment! she's set for college. fuck a tutor.
― scott seward, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:31 (thirteen years ago) link
lol things I would spend 2k on for my musically-inclined child: singing lessons, piano lessons, violin lessons, dancing lessons, idk, tapdancing lessons!
― dayo, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:32 (thirteen years ago) link
I do like how we are all of a sudden wholeheartedly supporting this company that we previously painted as a fly-by-night huckster operation designed to scam rich LA families out of thousands of dollars.
― dayo, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:33 (thirteen years ago) link
now they can afford to give her any lessons she wants!
― scott seward, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I find it hard to believe they weren't already spending money on singing and acting lessons if they were willing to spend money on this
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link
this is america we cut right to the chase
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Friday, 18 March 2011 14:35 (thirteen years ago) link
we didn't know how much ark charged before. we thought it was a rich kid scam or something. 2 grand is doable for people who aren't rich. i actually thought it was probably more like 50 grand or some crazy number like that for the whole star treatment package.
― scott seward, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:35 (thirteen years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Shortcut.png
― dayo, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I still think the 2k number is pretty fishy, there's definitely some book cooking going on.
― dayo, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:36 (thirteen years ago) link
they've obviously hacks but if that is at all a realistic figure it's fair to say they're impressively cost-effective hacks!
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:36 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah for real. i mean parents spend all kinds of crazy money on their kids for stuff that has no future benefit or whatever.
― scott seward, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:37 (thirteen years ago) link
one thing needs to be outlined again and again: none of these people could have had ANY idea that this was going to happen. no way in hell.
― scott seward, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:38 (thirteen years ago) link
er, underlined.
And, for instance: the cast were actually friends and acquaintances, yeah? And maybe the whole thing was some sort of fun/crazy day out for them, rather than scale pay or whatever.
Exactly!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:39 (thirteen years ago) link
well, yeah! that's why I'm eye-rolly at people who are claiming that this was a good gamble, because it wasn't really a gamble in the first place! xps
― dayo, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:40 (thirteen years ago) link
in the first 3 weeks this video was on YouTube with just a few thousand hits i imagine lots of kids at RB's school knew about it and weren't all hoisting her on their shoulders and cheering her on. kids with showbiz ambitions don't tend to get treated with a ton of respect at school.
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:40 (thirteen years ago) link
news headlines I did not need to read today:
Chris Brown explains nude photo, weighs in on Rebecca Black
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link
no thank you, USA Today
Btw, the tweet about the airport said "my family" not "my parents" -- could be extended relatives maybe? (Context suggested that the airport was in Colorado Springs.)
― Joseph Beuys II Men (jaymc), Friday, 18 March 2011 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link
it will be a pure pop moment when Beiber records his version of Friday w/ RB and real Usher in the car
― herbal bert (herb albert), Friday, 18 March 2011 14:44 (thirteen years ago) link
generally speaking, most people say "my uncle" or "my grandfather" if they mean someone in the extended family
at least, that's what I would say, and I am the template for America, so
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 14:44 (thirteen years ago) link
fyi, here's an update on the star wars kid - seems like he's doing well, I'm happy for him
http://www.businessinsider.com/where-are-they-now-the-star-wars-kid-2010-5
― dayo, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Colorado Springs has a couple airports... the Air Force Academy is located right there. + it's just a generally wealthy town... didn't immediately recognize it from the video, tho.
― yeah (kelpolaris), Friday, 18 March 2011 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
wau her family owns the Air Force Academy
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 14:46 (thirteen years ago) link
True. But I can imagine someone like Paris Hilton saying "my family" to refer to the Hilton Empire.
― Joseph Beuys II Men (jaymc), Friday, 18 March 2011 14:47 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost -- Those chinchillas REALLY need urgent care.
Back a few posts -- no indeed, it wasn't a gamble at all, it was this indulgence combined with a 'why not?' approach -- like Dan said, she's "someone who was trying out something she really wanted to pursue." When I was 13, it was 1984 and videos and pop were the center of EVERYTHING for me and I can't imagine that this is any less so for her in a different context. Had I been someone in that circumstance and I had enough talent to do a little something and reasonable self-confidence to go with it, parents who were both indulgent and a little practical as well who had been approached by this bunch of, indeed, cost-effective hacks who make a business out of such a vanity-press approach, I would have gone for it.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 March 2011 14:47 (thirteen years ago) link
xxxxp Huh, public humiliation and psychiatric commitment turn out to be a great weight loss program for SW kid!
http://static2.businessinsider.com/~~/f?id=4be9b2967f8b9add438c0600
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Friday, 18 March 2011 14:47 (thirteen years ago) link
It's possible that it's Sioux Falls instead of Colorado Springs. She tweeted @VederaMusic on May 23, 2010.
Here are VederaMusic's tweets from that day:
#LOST!!!!8:01 PM May 23rd, 2010 via webDrive day...headed to Co. Springs....trying to find a place to stay in time to catch #LOST!12:04 PM May 23rd, 2010 via webJust uploaded Mobile Show 137 to vedera: http://www.kyte.tv/ch/312616/9041191:29 AM May 23rd, 2010 via Kyte@chrisxacosta HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISTOPHER!12:51 AM May 23rd, 2010 via web in reply to chrisxacostathank you brookings, sd for a great night. headed to the hotel in sioux falls now...laundry time!12:01 AM May 23rd, 2010 via mobile web
Drive day...headed to Co. Springs....trying to find a place to stay in time to catch #LOST!12:04 PM May 23rd, 2010 via web
Just uploaded Mobile Show 137 to vedera: http://www.kyte.tv/ch/312616/9041191:29 AM May 23rd, 2010 via Kyte
@chrisxacosta HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISTOPHER!12:51 AM May 23rd, 2010 via web in reply to chrisxacosta
thank you brookings, sd for a great night. headed to the hotel in sioux falls now...laundry time!12:01 AM May 23rd, 2010 via mobile web
― Joseph Beuys II Men (jaymc), Friday, 18 March 2011 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
OH WAIT, I just noticed that RB's May 23 tweet has a 1:12 AM timestamp, so it's almost definitely Sioux Falls.
― Joseph Beuys II Men (jaymc), Friday, 18 March 2011 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link
(Though I'm not sure how Twitter timestamps work -- is it local time or my time?)
― Joseph Beuys II Men (jaymc), Friday, 18 March 2011 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link
never change jaymc
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 15:01 (thirteen years ago) link
has rebecca met zack yet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWD0vMrCc6Y
― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Friday, 18 March 2011 15:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Belongs here:
Things that just have to be Tim and Eric skits
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 18 March 2011 15:06 (thirteen years ago) link
has anyone done a YouTube with the song set to clips from the Ice Cube movie Friday yet? the possibilities for "gotta have my bowl/ gotta have cereal" alone are endless.
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 16:05 (thirteen years ago) link
yes they have
― suggest and ban is my favourite combination (history mayne), Friday, 18 March 2011 16:06 (thirteen years ago) link
so they have!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prH55eAwgLE
disappointed they slept on the potential for "bowl" double entendres though
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 16:07 (thirteen years ago) link
and another:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEswMimzS4w
― suggest and ban is my favourite combination (history mayne), Friday, 18 March 2011 16:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Now that Zack thing I can totally imagine he wrote, though idk abt the video
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 18 March 2011 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link
"gotta get fresh" w/ Johnny Witherspoon on the toilet spraying air freshener is pretty inspired
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=190535860984629
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 16:16 (thirteen years ago) link
running errands w/ my dad today (fun fun fun fun), tho he got all weirded out when I chose to sit in the back seat.
― *emergency alternative display name (Pillbox), Friday, 18 March 2011 16:17 (thirteen years ago) link
okay now I want to go watch Friday again
― VegemiteGrrl, Friday, 18 March 2011 16:23 (thirteen years ago) link
^ Always the right attitude
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 18 March 2011 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link
― VegemiteGrrl, Friday, 18 March 2011 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link
surely ARK will now start charging a heck of a lot more for their services?!
― piscesx, Friday, 18 March 2011 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
"as seen on TV"
― No more war/No more hate/Got my girl swag on/Got my girl swag on (seandalai), Friday, 18 March 2011 16:56 (thirteen years ago) link
what's the deal with pato? (might be discussed about the skip)
― suggest and ban is my favourite combination (history mayne), Friday, 18 March 2011 16:57 (thirteen years ago) link
He's an excellent rapper/He looks like Usher
― No more war/No more hate/Got my girl swag on/Got my girl swag on (seandalai), Friday, 18 March 2011 16:57 (thirteen years ago) link
More than anything, this song needs the Peter Sellers/Spike Milligan (or whoever the other Goon was) spoken dialogue treatment they did for "She Loves You."
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Friday, 18 March 2011 17:16 (thirteen years ago) link
super impressed by this girl.
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 18 March 2011 17:17 (thirteen years ago) link
morning radio was playing clips from her abc (?) interview, and i just couldn't listen
― goole, Friday, 18 March 2011 17:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I would love to hear some awkward Pato verses on every established pop single going forward. At $2000 a pop they should be lining up down the block.
― Spectrist, Friday, 18 March 2011 17:20 (thirteen years ago) link
ar-ar-ara-ark only joined fbook this week. suspect?
― suggest and ban is my favourite combination (history mayne), Friday, 18 March 2011 17:20 (thirteen years ago) link
you just know somewhere Pato Banton is really pissed off he didn't get the call for the videoshoot
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Friday, 18 March 2011 17:26 (thirteen years ago) link
fast lanesswitchin lanes
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 18 March 2011 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Your Favorite Rap Couplets of the Moment, You Contrarian-Ass Mutha!
― call all destroyer, Friday, 18 March 2011 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pw0T_hGhui4/S_naGY4xqGI/AAAAAAAABBM/7ewrhHU73PY/s400/Capa.jpgwe we we so excited
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Friday, 18 March 2011 17:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Chris Brown explains nude photo, weighs in on Rebecca BlackPelican stuck in tree
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 18 March 2011 17:54 (thirteen years ago) link
lololol
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Are those related? "Yeah, I've got this nude photo out, whatevers. And that Rebecca Black song is pretty good; I'm listening to it right now! Let's see, what else is going on with me...oh, my pelican is stuck in a tree. That kind of sucks."
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Friday, 18 March 2011 17:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Gotta say, this song has a lot more resonance for me now that it's Friday.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 18 March 2011 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link
you know what it is
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 18:28 (thirteen years ago) link
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, March 18, 2011 4:10 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
Zack's dad wrote the music and directed the video (there is a credits sequence at the end).
there is a decidedly dope (...) rap in that as well if you didn't watch it all the way through ("they shut down the factory/when they invented Zachary")
― Andrew Kornfan, Friday, 18 March 2011 18:30 (thirteen years ago) link
NOW IT'S BENJAMIN P AND HE'S RAPPIN' 'BOUT ME
― Andrew Kornfan, Friday, 18 March 2011 18:33 (thirteen years ago) link
no less than 5 of my fb friends made some reference to this video in their statuses today
― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 March 2011 18:34 (thirteen years ago) link
fucktyler: "This Little Bitch Is Tight! Friday Friday"
I'm happy today.
― billstevejim, Friday, 18 March 2011 18:43 (thirteen years ago) link
idk if a family feels they can blow 2k on a what is essentially a vanity music video instead of on, idk a SAT tutoring class or something,lol fuck an sat tutoring class, get outta here with that shit!
i did horribly on my SATs and my life turned out okay.
― minsktrans.by (get bent), Friday, 18 March 2011 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
also isn't she 13? she won't be taking the SAT for like 5 years
― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 March 2011 18:49 (thirteen years ago) link
honestly, if you've been to a few bar mitzvahs, you'd realize that a family blowing 2k on a vanity music video for a 13 year old really isn't all that crazy
― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 March 2011 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link
i didn't have a bat mitzvah. but i did have a college education, and no loans to pay back.
― minsktrans.by (get bent), Friday, 18 March 2011 18:54 (thirteen years ago) link
imo ilx should do one of its occasional whip-rounds and get something popping with ark
― suggest and ban is my favourite combination (history mayne), Friday, 18 March 2011 18:56 (thirteen years ago) link
(my parents have a little money, but they would have never shelled out for something like this. even if it's not *that* expensive.)
― minsktrans.by (get bent), Friday, 18 March 2011 18:57 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm not justifying the existence of the video -- all of us made it thru teenage life just fine w/o our own music videos -- but parents can be much crazier
― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 March 2011 18:59 (thirteen years ago) link
all of us made it thru teenage life just fine w/o our own music videos
#staystrong
― suggest and ban is my favourite combination (history mayne), Friday, 18 March 2011 19:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Doesn't it imply in one of those interviews that she's at least a casual showbiz kid enabling her stage parents, doing the talent show and singing group circuit? What's $2000 to them? And those folks already have no shame, so it's hard to embarrass them or make them feel bad. They're already stars in their own minds. My call is that RB is golden until she's old enough to drive (ironically) and get into real trouble.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 18 March 2011 19:01 (thirteen years ago) link
lol you missed my crass not-so-subtle-braggin' post upthread
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 19:04 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i haven't really been reading the thread that closely
― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 March 2011 19:08 (thirteen years ago) link
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:12 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
over 16 million now, so 4 million views in < 24 hours
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Friday, 18 March 2011 19:12 (thirteen years ago) link
but star wars kid had over a billion so she's got a long way to go
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Friday, 18 March 2011 19:13 (thirteen years ago) link
pretty sure keyboard cat had 3 trillion
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Friday, 18 March 2011 19:15 (thirteen years ago) link
# of views 16,882,848duration 228 seconds
228 * 16,882,848 = 3,849,289,344 seconds3,849,289,344 / 60 = 64,154,822 hours64,154,822 / 24 = 2,673,118 days2,673,118 / 365 = 7,324 years
congratulations earth, you have spent the equivalent of 7,324 years watching rebecca black's "friday"
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Friday, 18 March 2011 19:22 (thirteen years ago) link
if only that power could be harnessed for good
― herbal bert (herb albert), Friday, 18 March 2011 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah but how long do you think those views were on average, couldn't all be 228 seconds
― Morty Maxwell (crüt), Friday, 18 March 2011 19:26 (thirteen years ago) link
wait i'm pretty sure the tweet about the airport came from a fake rebecca black twitter, yes? (i am assuming _RebeccaBlack_ is fake)
― teledyldonix, Friday, 18 March 2011 19:27 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm sure every single view watched the video all the way through... how could you not
Memebase.com has every single currently-popular ("popular") image meme Rebecca Black-themed today. Some funny, some not so much.
http://chzmemebase.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/memes-bill-oreilly-yesterday-was-thursday-today-is-friday-tomorrow-is-saturday-and-sunday-comes-afterwards.jpg
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Friday, 18 March 2011 19:27 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jtVtSTr070
― teledyldonix, Friday, 18 March 2011 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link
― Morty Maxwell (crüt), Friday, March 18, 2011 3:26 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark
okay if everybody watched just the first 20 seconds that's only 642 years, much better
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Friday, 18 March 2011 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
she should cover Black Friday
― in my world of suggest bans (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 18 March 2011 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Back in my day, if you wanted your own professionally produced music video, you'd get a posse together & head on down to your local amusement park, give the man thirty bucks or so & end up w/ something like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6BoLc0GSF4
― *emergency alternative display name (Pillbox), Friday, 18 March 2011 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
dude you got ripped off
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Friday, 18 March 2011 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
can't hear their voices btw which one are u
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Friday, 18 March 2011 19:51 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm the dude w/ the chillwave
― *emergency alternative display name (Pillbox), Friday, 18 March 2011 19:52 (thirteen years ago) link
god how I wish you could hear the vocals on that
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Friday, 18 March 2011 19:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Wait, Games changed their name to Micro Machines?
― Spectrist, Friday, 18 March 2011 20:03 (thirteen years ago) link
i have a video of me in 7th or 8th grade with short lesbian hair and an ugly cardigan, singing karaoke to "paradise city" in front of a green screen. it cost my parents the princely sum of $10.
― minsktrans.by (get bent), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
higher quality of the ABC vid upthreadhttp://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/rebecca-black-dont-think-im-worst-singer-13164800
do rather appreciate that she's humble about her singing capabilities. interview totally fails to address what she's got in the lyrical dept., tho
― yeah (kelpolaris), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
she didn't write the song
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:16 (thirteen years ago) link
says where?
― yeah (kelpolaris), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Look if you're not going to read all 1,414 posts we have to revoke your access.
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:25 (thirteen years ago) link
from upthread: http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-03-17/rebecca-black-friday-and-cyberbullying/
“I didn’t write it at all,” Black said, clearing up a major misconception. “The other song was about adult love–I haven’t experienced that yet. ‘Friday’ is about hanging out with friends, having fun. I felt like it was my personality in that song.”
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:28 (thirteen years ago) link
unplugged version is extremely painful to watch & hear
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
oh word?
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link
she has friends that shout out "Yeah!"
― sarahel, Friday, 18 March 2011 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
oh boy
"I see my FRANS" is still hilarious
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
that's ok, she'd probably hate aerosmith unplugged too
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
FRAHEEDAYEE
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
she sounds waaaaaaaaay too much like this girl I knew in high school
live bloggin live bloggin yeah!
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
She didn't sing, "Dawnser's lee light," so that's good.
― dlp9001, Friday, 18 March 2011 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
beverly cleary BOOM
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
the adults in the unplugged video are more painful to watch than Rebecca and her friends
― sarahel, Friday, 18 March 2011 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Ark Music Factory is in LA, right? Ned is in LA, right?
Whip-round.
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link
I flipped over briefly to see the dude giving high fives and basically was like "um... no"
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link
the FRAENS experiment
― *emergency alternative display name (Pillbox), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link
I love & am roffling that DJP's response was "oh it's all-the-trimmings awful? kick ass, gotta go check that out"
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:41 (thirteen years ago) link
kinda having a hard time believing an adult wrote those lyrics...nobody but a 13yr old could possibly have written a chorus revolving around sitting in the front or back seat of a car
― yeah (kelpolaris), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Everybody's missing the point if they're going on about how it's so BAD it's good. It's not offensively bad, just offensively inane and boring. We can't even tell how she sings; I'm sure she's fine.
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
i wonder what the guitar player was thinking
― sarahel, Friday, 18 March 2011 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Probably something like "01101010111000011101011100101010001011010"
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link
"gonna buy a fat sack later"
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:46 (thirteen years ago) link
gettin paid gettin paid yeah!
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:46 (thirteen years ago) link
btw I strongly recommend watching the acoustic version muted, it's strangely moving
i thought the lyrics were pretty obviously written by an adult because they were pretty obviously written by someone who just did not give a shit at all, and why wouldn't a 13-year-old give a shit about writing a song she was going to sing
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 18 March 2011 20:47 (thirteen years ago) link
“Funniest part of the whole thing is Rebecca Black is actually [an] amazing singer [with] a unique tone and a fantastic fun person,” Jey wrote in an e-mail.
This was also said in the GMA interview by the dude. And her acoustic version and brief "Star Spangled Banner" rendition also show she is far from the worst singer ever.
So... why the fucking auto-tune crap?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh, and I love people calling the rapper "Fat Usher."
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
gah, why'd she have to go record the unplugged version. and why does she hold that note that long, her voice sucks, and that just proves it even more.
NOTHING FUN OR LOLWORTHY ABOUT THIS RENDITION IT SOUNDS LIKE A 13 YEAR OLD TRYING TO BE VANESSA CARLTON BY WAY OF KE$HA WHY U THINK THAT A GOOD MIX K HOPE YOU ENJOYED YER 15 MINUTES MY BONERI S NOW GONE
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
he's not really fatter than Usher, though? do people just need a modifier to make up for the fact that he doesn't actually look like Usher?
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 20:53 (thirteen years ago) link
― dlp9001, Friday, March 18, 2011 4:37 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalinkbeverly cleary BOOM
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Friday, March 18, 2011 4:39 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
LOLed at this. I totally remember reading that Ramona book
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:54 (thirteen years ago) link
MY BONERI S NOW GONE
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Friday, March 18, 2011 4:52 PM (41 seconds ago) Bookmark
there's that trademark unfortunate lack of self-awareness i was missing from the Bo Jackson Overdrive days
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 20:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Better than Not Usher...
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:54 (thirteen years ago) link
has "Fat Usher" picked up? i thought it was just dom, who is pretty much the platonic unreliable source on this issue
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 18 March 2011 20:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm going w/ fat pato
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:55 (thirteen years ago) link
The sped up version...oh my god.
― Davek (davek_00), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:56 (thirteen years ago) link
doesn't pato mean duck
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:56 (thirteen years ago) link
lovin' the unplugged guitarist's strokes-hair. rebecca black = carlesian buzzband.
― minsktrans.by (get bent), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:57 (thirteen years ago) link
― *emergency alternative display name (Pillbox), Friday, March 18, 2011 3:40 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark
― goole, Friday, 18 March 2011 20:57 (thirteen years ago) link
really the most lolsome thing about the acoustic version is the fact that she's singing a tender guitar/piano ballad about being confused by car seats
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:57 (thirteen years ago) link
when will she record a dubstep version with burial and four tet??
― minsktrans.by (get bent), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:58 (thirteen years ago) link
honestly that rendition belonged around a campfire. i don't care how but they coulda got the piano out there too
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:58 (thirteen years ago) link
is this song really any more catchy than tay zonday's running from the concrete
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCeXTl86ud4
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Rebecca's gonna cover Silent Running next
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Friday, 18 March 2011 21:01 (thirteen years ago) link
these videos are like the uncanny valley of music
so close to the real thing but creeping me out just the same
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Friday, 18 March 2011 21:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I have never heard "Running From The Concrete" before
this is much more lolworthy/memeworthy than "Chocolate Rain"
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 21:02 (thirteen years ago) link
the next We are the World needs to feature all internet meme artists...Chocolate Rain, Chris Crocker, Rebecca Black, et al..
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Friday, 18 March 2011 21:02 (thirteen years ago) link
what was the name of "What What" dude?
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 21:03 (thirteen years ago) link
SAMWELL
http://snurl.com/27nrip
This works surprisingly well if you lower the volume on Rebecca Black (which I know many people want to do anyway)...
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 18 March 2011 21:04 (thirteen years ago) link
every time people make fun of the seat thing i want to mount a half-hearted defense about how the lyrics were clearly supposed to refer to choosing among which of many seats in the bus, and which group of friends to sit with (which is admittedly still kind of dumb but less bizarre), and then the video totally changed the context of the line to a car with one empty seat, but it's not really worth it, is it.
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
sure looks like a slammin party in the video, what with everybody gathered around watching Rebecca sing and nobody with any drinks or food in hand
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Friday, 18 March 2011 21:08 (thirteen years ago) link
next level exegesis
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Friday, 18 March 2011 21:08 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean couldn't whoevers mom it was have sprung for some Ecto Cooler
xp idk though because then the whole song would be "hell yeah it's friday, and after we arrive at school and make our way through a seven-hour school day we're are TOTALLY going to party!"
― accredited butter grader and dairy technologist (reddening), Friday, 18 March 2011 21:08 (thirteen years ago) link
but the lyrics are:
kickin' in the front seatsittin' in the back seatcan't make my mind upwhich seat should I take?
... so she's already seated in the back, kicking the front seat, and she still isn't sure where to sit...?
also re: the video screwing up the song, I love LOVE "my friend on the right"
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 21:09 (thirteen years ago) link
(I will grant that maybe they butchered the slang term "kickin' it" in a rare attempt to make the lyrics scan)
I thought it was like her friends are kicking it in the front seat
lol xp
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Friday, 18 March 2011 21:10 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost that's cuz 'that bitch is on my left' was edited out in post
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Friday, 18 March 2011 21:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Rebecca singing that "we so excited", "we gon have a good time" almost sounds like someone who learned english phonetically
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Friday, 18 March 2011 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
this is still making me lose my shit btw
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
tay zanday no longer moves away from the mic to breathe in :(
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 18 March 2011 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
I genuinely like "Chocolate Rain"
It reminds me of things I wrote when I was in high school
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
(admittedly I only like it in 45 second chunks)
even though the lateral mic breathe thing was a beloved trademark, an artist is like a shark he has to keep moving or he'll die
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Friday, 18 March 2011 21:18 (thirteen years ago) link
he could have switched it up and leaned back, or ducked
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 21:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I barely even remember why I found this funny, now it just seems like an awkward but damn catchy song. The only bit that still brings it reliably is when Pato shows up.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 18 March 2011 21:23 (thirteen years ago) link
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, March 18, 2011 5:09 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark
i thought she was weighing her options like "kickin' in the front seat seems fun, but hey, sittin' in the back seat has its upsides as well!"
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 21:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Whether she can sing or not is irrelevant.. she's been immortalized as an autotune singer. Millions of people now associate her voice with how it specifically sounds in this song and for better or worse nothing will change that.
― billstevejim, Friday, 18 March 2011 22:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Why would someone set up a fake Rebecca Black Twitter a year before she became famous?
― Joseph Beuys II Men (jaymc), Friday, 18 March 2011 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
running from the concrete is good!friday is kinda boring?
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Friday, 18 March 2011 22:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Also the video lies.. in the song she's supposed to be choosing her seat on the schoolbus, but in the video they used a car because they couldn't find a schoolbus for the videoshoot.
― billstevejim, Friday, 18 March 2011 22:09 (thirteen years ago) link
And yes it really did take me all week to figure that out..
― billstevejim, Friday, 18 March 2011 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
What's more fun: kickin' or sittin'? I feel like the front seat is the obvious call.
― dlp9001, Friday, 18 March 2011 22:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Next Friday I'm going to push the boat out and try kicking in not the front seat but the back seat
― o0o00h really? (boxedjoy), Friday, 18 March 2011 22:55 (thirteen years ago) link
rap remix back up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agoapiToLAM&feature=channel_video_title
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 18 March 2011 22:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Rebecca Black >> Pato
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Friday, 18 March 2011 23:02 (thirteen years ago) link
i like this girlhttp://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li8cdnR19G1qz8tzlo1_500.jpg
― gr8080, Friday, 18 March 2011 23:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Do you think she ever handed the essay in?
― o0o00h really? (boxedjoy), Friday, 18 March 2011 23:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Rebecca Black otm! Her sentence construction leads me to believe that she could do a much better job writing her own lyrics than the Ark hacks.
also, she should cover Big Fun (Big Fun Fun Fun Fun?)
― there should be more "asses" threads imo (Pillbox), Friday, 18 March 2011 23:16 (thirteen years ago) link
wow way to tell it Rebecca
partyin partyinYEAH
the Touchtunes at my bar still doesn't have this as a selection :(
― sleeve, Saturday, 19 March 2011 00:27 (thirteen years ago) link
woke up still playing this in my head on Saturday
― lol kudso (sic), Saturday, 19 March 2011 00:39 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't know much about how twitter works since i do not have one but i read somewhere that whoever owns it changed the account name once rb got big
in any case, the ark page said at one point that she did not have any official facebook/twitter/etc, until they put up her (sadly quite boring) @REBECCAFANCLUB twitter page
― teledyldonix, Saturday, 19 March 2011 01:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Let it be noted that the actual lyric is "my friend is by my right", which isn't even "here's my friend!" but is more "i have a friend in the general vicinity of this side of me"
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 19 March 2011 01:13 (thirteen years ago) link
#awkwardphrasin011
I lol'd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDKoXTEU8Vo
― dayo, Saturday, 19 March 2011 01:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Naw, it's enjambed:
"I see my friends kickin' in the front seat, si'in' in the back seat"
The whole damn thing is just so harebrained that it's hard to let yourself register that the writers had a thought that sustained itself over a whole line break.
― relentlessly ugly frat hedonist retard anthems I have loved (staggerlee), Saturday, 19 March 2011 02:06 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't buy the bus thing - if it were truly a bus, "front seat" and "back seat" would be plural, since there are multiple front seats and multiple back seats in a bus
― dayo, Saturday, 19 March 2011 02:22 (thirteen years ago) link
plus cool kids would never sit in the front seat on a school bus.
― there should be more "asses" threads imo (Pillbox), Saturday, 19 March 2011 02:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Bus driver would kick u off for kicking in the backseat btw
― VegemiteGrrl, Saturday, 19 March 2011 02:26 (thirteen years ago) link
RB's friends are cool?
― some dude, Saturday, 19 March 2011 02:27 (thirteen years ago) link
kickin' in the front seatsittin' in the back seatemergency exit seat wheel well cramped seatthe one with a cigarette hole in the fabricgum underneath it, no way I'm'a grab itbehind the driver, he smells like garlicWHICH SEAT CAN I TAKE?
― relentlessly ugly frat hedonist retard anthems I have loved (staggerlee), Saturday, 19 March 2011 02:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Full length drops in December... of 2012.
― Spectrist, Saturday, 19 March 2011 02:52 (thirteen years ago) link
er, more precisely, the day
― yeah (kelpolaris), Saturday, 19 March 2011 02:56 (thirteen years ago) link
just in time for Xmas and the apocalypse
― kate78, Saturday, 19 March 2011 02:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Guess what day of the week
― Spectrist, Saturday, 19 March 2011 03:02 (thirteen years ago) link
friday's almost over :(
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 19 March 2011 03:08 (thirteen years ago) link
tomorrow is saturday
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 19 March 2011 03:09 (thirteen years ago) link
and sunday comes after thaaaaaaaat
The iTunes version doesn't have the rap? Has this been discussed???
― Mark, Saturday, 19 March 2011 03:10 (thirteen years ago) link
wtf!
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 19 March 2011 03:15 (thirteen years ago) link
the saga continues
― gr8080, Saturday, 19 March 2011 03:25 (thirteen years ago) link
fast lanes. switching lanes.
― some dude, Saturday, 19 March 2011 03:32 (thirteen years ago) link
which lane can i take?
― Mordy, Saturday, 19 March 2011 03:51 (thirteen years ago) link
what about the kids who dont like to party, what about them, eh rebecca
― jesse is a girl's name, Saturday, 19 March 2011 03:54 (thirteen years ago) link
drivin cruisin
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 19 March 2011 04:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Ol' Pato hafta step up his game to step wiff the likes of YOUNG MACK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Aka0dIBm24
― Spectrist, Saturday, 19 March 2011 04:24 (thirteen years ago) link
FUCK YEAH I'm gonna be blasting Friday on my stereo when the cosmic serpent returns to swallow Earth, with the sign of wormwood in the sky and the oceans turned to blood. I'll be partying, partying - yeah.
― Threadkiller General (Viceroy), Saturday, 19 March 2011 04:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Viceroy = sittin in the waaaaay back w/ HP Lovecraft & his minions
― there should be more "asses" threads imo (Pillbox), Saturday, 19 March 2011 07:19 (thirteen years ago) link
The wife and I, listening to interviews with Rebecca, were surprised at how crass the interviewers were in making her respond to the criticisms. I mean, if I were to interview Metallica and say they haven't made a good album since Cliff died, I probably get thrown out of the room and never interview them or any bands handled by their handlers again. Here, radio guys and TV hosts have no problem quoting some very horrible things directly to her asking for comment.
I think she handled it well in the interview with the Canadian morning guy whose audio interview is on the main page of the Ark Music site now:
http://arkmusicfactory.com
But still, it's a bit of a surprise. When the Good Morning America interviewer was quoting stuff to her, I was upset. She's a 13 year old kid, do you really need to quote people saying "I hate her voice," "Even deaf people are complaining" and then following up to get her to reveal that someone told her to cut herself and get an eating disorder and how she cried?
So mean and unnecessary. Even Howard Stern wouldn't have been such a jerk with her, I'll bet.
Anyway, she comes off as a typical 13-year odl with Bieber Fever who is dealing with 15 minutes of fame. She's cute and seems to have a keen grasp on not only her talent but her place in the world, no mean feat for a young teenager stuck in an exploding internet meme.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 19 March 2011 08:30 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^ exactly! I wish her the very best
― dayo, Saturday, 19 March 2011 08:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Reading almost all of this thread has relieved the pain that it is no longer Friday.
― Josh L, Saturday, 19 March 2011 11:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Here, radio guys and TV hosts have no problem quoting some very horrible things directly to her asking for comment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ruDdcd8G-g
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Saturday, 19 March 2011 11:49 (thirteen years ago) link
i might be totally wrong here, but i've been kind of assuming that the reason RB has been doing interviews about feeling 'cyberbullied' is that she saw the comments and wants to talk about it publicly, not that the interviewers are ambushing her on-camera with nasty comments she hadn't already read?
― some dude, Saturday, 19 March 2011 13:40 (thirteen years ago) link
xp OTM abt how gross that GMA interviewer was being. "What's the worst thing you read? Did you cry? Do you think you have any talent?"
Like, seriously? Are you completely unaware of the fact this girl is 13? But yeah she comes off as surprisingly mature/capable and seems to be handling this p much the best way possible.
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 19 March 2011 14:16 (thirteen years ago) link
fast lane, switching lanes
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MDE75VHZL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
― the pato calling the rebecca black (get bent), Saturday, 19 March 2011 14:46 (thirteen years ago) link
this meme is done now btw
― kurt schwitters, Saturday, 19 March 2011 16:03 (thirteen years ago) link
oh ok, thx for the heads-up
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 19 March 2011 16:13 (thirteen years ago) link
but CJ Fam
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Saturday, 19 March 2011 16:49 (thirteen years ago) link
and all the Factory superstars
don't you want to see Fat Usher as Gerard Malanga silkscreening gatefold record covers?
― Spectrist, Saturday, 19 March 2011 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link
22 million You Tube hits!
― piscesx, Saturday, 19 March 2011 17:32 (thirteen years ago) link
WHAT??! 22?!
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 19 March 2011 17:41 (thirteen years ago) link
enabling automatic comment refresh on the youtube page now is overwhelming. 100 comments every 8 seconds.
― Spectrist, Saturday, 19 March 2011 17:58 (thirteen years ago) link
quick somebody who writes science fiction write a story starting from this where communication is totally destroyed planetwide by a lol music meme & society's collapse is directly traceable to a song that people liked to lol at
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 19 March 2011 18:13 (thirteen years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/06/Friday82.jpg
― Spectrist, Saturday, 19 March 2011 18:18 (thirteen years ago) link
looool 22 million! damn that's even more than the "born this way" video
― teledyldonix, Saturday, 19 March 2011 18:19 (thirteen years ago) link
America consistently produces shite, mass produced music. always in the English's shadow. For every Rolling Stones, Beatles, Zepplin & Oasis we produce America comes up with Miley Cirus, this slag and Justin Bieber.
America's best band right now is the Kings of Leon and they're only famous in England anyway.
Come on America, sort it out. Where's your Nirvana's gone?
― difficult listening hour, Saturday, 19 March 2011 18:24 (thirteen years ago) link
I love that the English think enough of Oasis to put them in the company of the Stones and Beatles
it's like saying "but we have great American act, too -- Springsteen, the Velvets, Tiger Trap..."
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 19 March 2011 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link
or indeed "springsteen, the velvets, kings of leon"
― difficult listening hour, Saturday, 19 March 2011 18:28 (thirteen years ago) link
the Beach Boys, the Stooges, the Devil Wears Prada
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 19 March 2011 18:42 (thirteen years ago) link
That lineup is headlining Bonnaroo this year I am sure.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 19 March 2011 19:04 (thirteen years ago) link
oasis got sliiiightly bigger than tiger trap i think
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Saturday, 19 March 2011 19:04 (thirteen years ago) link
just 2 quick things i didn't see mentioned on the thread
1. cj fam is claiming on her twitter to have writter her song herself2. the rap remix actually says something about fried eggs
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Saturday, 19 March 2011 19:55 (thirteen years ago) link
About 3,920 results for "German on the highway"
― corey, Saturday, 19 March 2011 20:02 (thirteen years ago) link
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Saturday, March 19, 2011 7:55 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
The rap remix seems to reflect some sense of contempt for ark's artists and their songs, imo. Couldn't believe it was real at first.
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 19 March 2011 21:56 (thirteen years ago) link
America's best band right now is the Kings of Leon America's best band right now is the Kings of Leon America's best band right now is the Kings of Leon America's best band right now is the Kings of Leon America's best band right now is the Kings of Leon America's best band right now is the Kings of Leon America's best band right now is the Kings of Leon America's best band right now is the Kings of Leon America's best band right now is the Kings of Leon America's best band right now is the Kings of Leon America's best band right now is the Kings of Leon America's best band right now is the Kings of Leon America's best band right now is the Kings of Leon America's best band right now is the Kings of Leon America's best band right now is the Kings of Leon America's best band right now is the Kings of Leon
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Saturday, 19 March 2011 22:03 (thirteen years ago) link
57. How smug Usher 2.0 looks in his last scene in the video
― Josh L, Saturday, 19 March 2011 22:18 (thirteen years ago) link
rap remix is shameful
― teledyldonix, Saturday, 19 March 2011 23:37 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc9Pr4MluGU
― teledyldonix, Sunday, 20 March 2011 00:11 (twelve years ago) link
"I have bracelets of him"
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 20 March 2011 00:14 (twelve years ago) link
she seems like a nice girl
― corey, Sunday, 20 March 2011 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
okay she is pretty adorable. Wkiw. Reminds me of my niece :D
Lol that she answers questions about her braces, poor kid
― VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 20 March 2011 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
I like that she waited until after independence day to become a vegetarian.
Also, "You Can Be My Favourite" would make a great song title.
― textbook blows on the head (dowd), Sunday, 20 March 2011 00:32 (twelve years ago) link
fyi: with the twitter account that keeps being referenced in this thread.... take a look at the "About Me"
this would be the real onehttp://twitter.com/MsRebeccaBlack
― yeah (kelpolaris), Sunday, 20 March 2011 02:15 (twelve years ago) link
alsohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc9Pr4MluGU"hey, nice jiffs"
― yeah (kelpolaris), Sunday, 20 March 2011 02:28 (twelve years ago) link
kelpolaris do you read threads or do you just skim through them
― dayo, Sunday, 20 March 2011 02:28 (twelve years ago) link
he's like Geir — only reads responses to his post
― corey, Sunday, 20 March 2011 02:29 (twelve years ago) link
hey guys have you seen this yet? the girl in pink speaks!!!
― dayo, Sunday, 20 March 2011 02:29 (twelve years ago) link
corey have you seen this yet
― dayo, Sunday, 20 March 2011 02:30 (twelve years ago) link
actually been following this thread p dearly... feeling kinda ridiculous for having missed a couple inches above.
― yeah (kelpolaris), Sunday, 20 March 2011 02:36 (twelve years ago) link
hey kelpolaris have you seen this yet
actually just kidding
― dayo, Sunday, 20 March 2011 02:36 (twelve years ago) link
lol Spectrist manyxp
― relentlessly ugly frat hedonist retard anthems I have loved (staggerlee), Sunday, 20 March 2011 02:39 (twelve years ago) link
"Friday" YT has more views than "Born Like This" by Lady Gaga
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Sunday, 20 March 2011 03:46 (twelve years ago) link
"Born This Way", whateva
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Sunday, 20 March 2011 03:47 (twelve years ago) link
@AndrewWKDear @MsRebeccaBlack, I would like to party with you.
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Sunday, 20 March 2011 03:48 (twelve years ago) link
someone needs to make that happen. Leave the ARK, join the party party train
― VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 20 March 2011 05:41 (twelve years ago) link
Hey uh NZ has a lot more going on than sheep, man
― The reverse TARDIS of pasta (Niles Caulder), Sunday, 20 March 2011 07:28 (twelve years ago) link
The skyline used in the video is actually Auckland City, New Zealand. You can see one of the towers has been photoshoped to appear on the left and right. Maybe this explains it's popularity there...http://i.imgur.com/AnEOz.jpg
― du mein bestie (micarl), Sunday, 20 March 2011 08:26 (twelve years ago) link
News to me
― The reverse TARDIS of pasta (Niles Caulder), Sunday, 20 March 2011 08:50 (twelve years ago) link
Hahahahaha that totally is Ak, tho.
― The reverse TARDIS of pasta (Niles Caulder), Sunday, 20 March 2011 08:51 (twelve years ago) link
we so excited
― jumpskins, Sunday, 20 March 2011 10:11 (twelve years ago) link
what happened to the bus she was catching anyway?
― jumpskins, Sunday, 20 March 2011 10:13 (twelve years ago) link
and after that sunday ha
― kurt schwitters, Sunday, 20 March 2011 10:23 (twelve years ago) link
In a lot of more rural places the buses don't run on Sundays
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 20 March 2011 10:40 (twelve years ago) link
On Twitter, the Harry Potter character Bellatrix Lestrange is trending...because she killed Sirius Black, you see, when she should have killed Rebecca Black instead ho ho it is to laugh etc.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 20 March 2011 13:31 (twelve years ago) link
Harry Potter nerds are hardly in any place to look down on RB.
― a murder rap to keep ya dancin, with a crime record like Keith Chegwin (snoball), Sunday, 20 March 2011 13:46 (twelve years ago) link
Bellatrix Lestrange killed the wrong Black. She should have killed Rebecca Black instead of Sirius Black.
YOU ARE AN ADULT HARRY POTTER NERD, STFU!!! RB IS A MILLION TIMES COOLER THAN YOUR LAME-ARSE 13 YEAR OLD SELF EVER WAS!!!
― a murder rap to keep ya dancin, with a crime record like Keith Chegwin (snoball), Sunday, 20 March 2011 13:48 (twelve years ago) link
― lol kudso (sic), Sunday, 20 March 2011 13:56 (twelve years ago) link
that's like... what a horribly-formed "joke"
― corey, Sunday, 20 March 2011 14:10 (twelve years ago) link
oh wait, wait I get it, her last name is Black so
hahaha she shoulda gone to that School of Rock instead of Jack Black because both of their last names are Black doyousee?!?!!?! lol oh wait my life is meaningless <<<sobs>>>
― a murder rap to keep ya dancin, with a crime record like Keith Chegwin (snoball), Sunday, 20 March 2011 14:16 (twelve years ago) link
the end of ned's post = my favorite kind of ned posting
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Sunday, 20 March 2011 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
Too kind of ya.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 20 March 2011 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
(yoiks, and awayyyyy) :D
― VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 20 March 2011 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
Hahaha good catch.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 20 March 2011 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
nerdy is as nerdy does *curtsy*
― VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 20 March 2011 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
10 million views in the past 2 days. Is "Baby" still the #1 Youtube video ever?
― billstevejim, Sunday, 20 March 2011 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
1. cj fam is claiming on her twitter to have writter her song herself
this kid clearly wears an earpiece at all times, through which she receives barked instructions from her terrible, terrible parents
― MPx4A, Monday, 21 March 2011 00:34 (twelve years ago) link
I refuse to believe that this was written, recorded, and video shot all for $2k. If so, Ark really needs to raise their rates!
― Mark, Monday, 21 March 2011 01:15 (twelve years ago) link
A figure of $20K was posited way upthread. I find that more believable.
― relentlessly ugly frat hedonist retard anthems I have loved (staggerlee), Monday, 21 March 2011 01:37 (twelve years ago) link
no way
― some dude, Monday, 21 March 2011 01:38 (twelve years ago) link
http://i54.tinypic.com/nqczft.jpg
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Monday, 21 March 2011 01:41 (twelve years ago) link
http://i52.tinypic.com/6sbb5u.jpg
I mean wtf, is their web designer a bonobo?
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Monday, 21 March 2011 01:46 (twelve years ago) link
The burning question: Do every artist have to pay $2K? And if she is chose, did it has to pay more for shooting video?
― relentlessly ugly frat hedonist retard anthems I have loved (staggerlee), Monday, 21 March 2011 01:48 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I'm kind of wondering how ARK manages to function as a business? (perhaps the same way they function as songwriters: ineptly)
― I may be wrong but I think his name is Husher (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 21 March 2011 01:54 (twelve years ago) link
Whatever their rates are, they are about to go up.
― Mark, Monday, 21 March 2011 01:55 (twelve years ago) link
^I believe that!
― I may be wrong but I think his name is Husher (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 21 March 2011 01:55 (twelve years ago) link
take it to the Ark furoms, guys.
http://i56.tinypic.com/72elhw.jpg
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Monday, 21 March 2011 01:59 (twelve years ago) link
what kind of games do they have I'm wondering...
― I may be wrong but I think his name is Husher (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 21 March 2011 02:00 (twelve years ago) link
pin the swag on the Pato
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Monday, 21 March 2011 02:05 (twelve years ago) link
Still waiting for an explanation re the iTunes single not having the rap, maybe that will be answered in the interview.
― Mark, Monday, 21 March 2011 02:15 (twelve years ago) link
http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li04q4i6kR1qzado8o1_400.jpg
― some dude, Monday, 21 March 2011 02:20 (twelve years ago) link
"Do every artist have to pay $2000 to work with them?"
― corey, Monday, 21 March 2011 02:20 (twelve years ago) link
Rebecca Black sceduled to go on a "Backseats of Truth Tour" and expose the truth about Ark Music Factory. Will there be partying? Will there be fun? Which seat will YOU take? By the ticket, take the ride...
― Threadkiller General (Viceroy), Monday, 21 March 2011 02:23 (twelve years ago) link
LOOOOOOOOOOOL @ some dude
― I may be wrong but I think his name is Husher (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 21 March 2011 02:26 (twelve years ago) link
stanning hard for 'alala' lee
― teledyldonix, Monday, 21 March 2011 06:29 (twelve years ago) link
lol i also like how the star rating on itunes is included as a selling point
― teledyldonix, Monday, 21 March 2011 06:30 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cnOvMFnRvs
― the pato calling the rebecca black (get bent), Monday, 21 March 2011 06:44 (twelve years ago) link
i can totally feel a Pomplamoose 'Friday' cover emerging from the memedepths any day now. Girl has been exercising her face muscles for days now to maximise her confused looked in the seat choosing section.
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Monday, 21 March 2011 08:22 (twelve years ago) link
operation nataly dawn
― the pato calling the rebecca black (get bent), Monday, 21 March 2011 09:51 (twelve years ago) link
― Mark, Monday, 21 March 2011 02:15 (7 hours ago) Bookmark
I too want to know that.
― Josh L, Monday, 21 March 2011 10:03 (twelve years ago) link
aieeeee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chmn-Fm1oqc&feature=related
re the $2k thing - they've only done about 15 videos in five months or so, it seems, if it was really that little then you'd think they'd be in serious trouble when it came to covering production overheads never mind, say, actually making any money from it.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Monday, 21 March 2011 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
maybe 2000 for the video only?
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 21 March 2011 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
$2000 for choreography alone, surely
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 21 March 2011 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
$2K for the back seat
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Monday, 21 March 2011 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 21 March 2011 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
I wonder what Pato charged
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Monday, 21 March 2011 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
50k for a verse, no album out
― some dude, Monday, 21 March 2011 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
Looking at $10k worth of orthodontics alone
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 21 March 2011 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
hahahahahaha some dude!
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Monday, 21 March 2011 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
money's so tall that my RB's gotta climb it!
― some dude, Monday, 21 March 2011 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
Rebecca Black feat. Nicki Minaj as "Pato"
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Monday, 21 March 2011 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
fast laneseatin brains
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Monday, 21 March 2011 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
pull up in a monsterautomobile gangstawhich seat can i take?
― lex pretend, Monday, 21 March 2011 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
― some dude, Monday, 21 March 2011 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
that is almost a haiku
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Monday, 21 March 2011 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
Excited to learn that Benni Cinkle loves the accordion .gif.
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Monday, 21 March 2011 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
my guess is it's 2k to record in the studio for an hour, then you've got the parents hooked for a 5 figure video shoot.
30m views btw.
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 21 March 2011 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
"the studio" = a copy of garageband in pato's den
― the pato calling the rebecca black (get bent), Monday, 21 March 2011 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
the $2000 covers the high-class graphic design on their website, including the aliased text and the big question mark:
― the pato calling the rebecca black (get bent), Monday, 21 March 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
HOW DO I SHOT ARK MUSIC FACTORY?
― da croupier, Monday, 21 March 2011 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
so does the Ark have a backup Rebecca Black as well? yknow, two by two etc etc sorry that joke went nowhere ugh
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 21 March 2011 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
i larfed
― the pato calling the rebecca black (get bent), Monday, 21 March 2011 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
"Where is Ark located?"
http://www.mysteriousworld.com/Content/Images/Journal/2003/Summer/Giants/RaidersSmithsonianWarehouse.jpg
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Monday, 21 March 2011 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
haha Phil
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 21 March 2011 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
ark-ansas?
― the pato calling the rebecca black (get bent), Monday, 21 March 2011 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/08/28/drudge-siren.gifhttp://i.imgur.com/hgfEv.jpghttp://www.boingboing.net/2009/08/28/drudge-siren.gif
― gr8080, Monday, 21 March 2011 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
a good old-fashioned mall tour! i didn't know teen singers still did those
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 21 March 2011 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
National Humiliation Tour
― poll: who is your favorite rice krispie? (kelpolaris), Monday, 21 March 2011 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
cj fam as the black swan
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Monday, 21 March 2011 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
she is totally gonna shiv rebecca in the dressing room
CJ Fam gonna rip this shit up
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Monday, 21 March 2011 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
waiting for the "Orphan"-style reveal on CJ Fam
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Monday, 21 March 2011 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
What else is in her repertoire besides Friday? Is the concert going to be just her doing the National Anthem and Friday? She should def. do a cover of "I Think We're Alone Now" if she's going to go on a mall tour...
― Threadkiller General (Viceroy), Monday, 21 March 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
she scored the Mall of America tho man... that's like playing in Rio!
― Threadkiller General (Viceroy), Monday, 21 March 2011 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
fake :(http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/ct-red-rebecca-black-mall-tour-chicag20110321,0,5409663.story
― gr8080, Monday, 21 March 2011 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
was gonna say -- the geography is weird, and the dates seem haphazard -- like why would she come up to SF to play on a Tuesday?
― sarahel, Monday, 21 March 2011 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
it can't be Friday everyday you know
― poll: who is your favorite rice krispie? (kelpolaris), Monday, 21 March 2011 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, hoe many times can a girl fly across the country in two months before she has a nervous breakdown? the typical 747 has about 500 seats — just imagine!
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Monday, 21 March 2011 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
i'm sure fat usher owns a private jet. did you see that rolex?
― poll: who is your favorite rice krispie? (kelpolaris), Monday, 21 March 2011 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
ark ppl spamming youtube covers of friday to what end i don't know:
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa295/slugbert/youaddnothing.jpg
― slugbuggy, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 06:57 (twelve years ago) link
nice fella's
― the pato calling the rebecca black (get bent), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 07:06 (twelve years ago) link
31 million views
― gr8080, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 07:09 (twelve years ago) link
only 31 million people ever saw the rebecca black video but everyone who did felt obligated to say something about it on the internet
― slugbuggy, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 07:56 (twelve years ago) link
couple hundred of those were me, not gonna lie
― nultimate fighting champ (cozen), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 07:58 (twelve years ago) link
So, what you're all telling me, internetworld, is that I didn't spend enough money on making this video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5P41YrJQxI
― Mark G, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 09:24 (twelve years ago) link
I'd really like to see the draconian contract Black signed with these Ark folks. Think she'll see a cent from those 2 million iTunes sales?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
Top 100 moments in Rebecca Black's "Friday" music video
keep up, dude
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
Mark that video is A+
― VegemiteGrrl, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
^this
― Bone Drugs N.R. Money (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
Man, ignore this story for a few days at your peril...
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
the 2 million sales figure cannot be right. singles that only get to #21 on itunes do not sell that much, period. the "downloaded 2 million times yesterday" thing from the gma interview was a reference to number of streams on youtube, not paid downloads, but sadly that bit of misinformation has spread through the news as it tends to. it's on the wiki page too. -_____-
it charted at #33 in new zealand btw. becca's first top 40 single! :D
― teledyldonix, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
yeah yeah yeah
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
OK I know this is already "done" and I already sort of made this joke already but omg this gif is just perfection
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li2qyapSUr1qbg3ylo1_400.gif
― mink della reese (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 04:02 (twelve years ago) link
like the idea of possessing several Frans, there they are! in that car over there, my Frans!
― mink della reese (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 04:03 (twelve years ago) link
lol and she kind of looks like a young fran drescher
― gr8080, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 04:04 (twelve years ago) link
I made a mini-comic abt Fran Drescher once like 3 yrs ago, and my friend texted me earlier this week and asked me to make another one, and then this happened. I feel like it is a sign.
― mink della reese (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 04:07 (twelve years ago) link
I genuinely like this. R.I.P music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ10Dm5rXEs
R.I.P. music ?-2011
― Call on me (Spinspin Sugah), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 05:26 (twelve years ago) link
hahahahaha these lyrics are so disjointed, it's like she just kept saying "Me and my puppy" and then blurted out whatever came to her mind. Rhyming, what is that?
― mink della reese (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 05:37 (twelve years ago) link
LOL FUCK YEAH -- 2011 is the year of the amateur novelty hit! Me and My Puppy is a fucking jam!
― Threadkiller General (Viceroy), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 05:40 (twelve years ago) link
this all sounds like a return to the 'song-poem' days of yore...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 09:20 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.mtv.com/shared/promoimages/bands/b/black_rebecca/tonight_show_110322/281x211.jpg
― some dude, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
yo
― Destroy A. Monsters (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
She's got this permanent look on her face like "oh no, I just wet my pants, hope nobody notices"
― WmC, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/video/youtubes-rebecca-black-part-2-32211/1315456/
I like that she's donating the proceeds to Japan! Hope that's for real.
The song sounds better with this arrangement.
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
Wow - she's handling all this extremely well. This might sound ridic, or spell ~#TheEndOfMusic#~, but no meme has every received this much ongoing, propulsive celebrity... I really don't see her going away.
― Radical Adults Lick Based God Style (kelpolaris), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
Leno was a way more gracious host than the sadists at Good Morning America.
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
Those Tonight Show total pros help the song a lot. Ark Music coming off chumps.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
She's now officially my hero.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.billboard.com/news/lady-gaga-glee-songs-dominate-hot-100-1005089442.story
Also notably, teen internet sensation Rebecca Black enters the Hot 100 at No. 72 with "Friday." The song bows on Digital Songs at No. 57 with 37,000 downloads sold.
Radio, however, is so far largely avoiding playing Black's widely-panned track. While morning drive programs are discussing (and, thus, adding to) the song's buzz, it garnered just 12 plays in its entirety in the March 16-22 tracking week among the more than 1,200 stations monitored by BDS for the Radio Songs ranking.
― teledyldonix, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 23:20 (twelve years ago) link
People still listen to the radio?
― Fetchboy, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 23:27 (twelve years ago) link
People still make jokes about people still listening to the radio?
― mink della reese (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 24 March 2011 00:03 (twelve years ago) link
"bows" means "enters the charts"? jesus.
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 24 March 2011 00:05 (twelve years ago) link
they use it like the theatre term (such-and-such play "bows on Broadway" with its debut performance)
― some dude, Thursday, 24 March 2011 00:43 (twelve years ago) link
oh jeez I finally watched this thing. Knowing the world's reaction in advance while watching all that naive optimism made it feel like Carrie and now I'm super bummed.
― CharlieS, Thursday, 24 March 2011 01:01 (twelve years ago) link
like i don't really mean anything serious by that, just had a gut level "don't do this!" feeling
― CharlieS, Thursday, 24 March 2011 01:03 (twelve years ago) link
same woman who wrote that awful piece for salon on odd future does "satire"
http://www.salon.com/print.html?URL=/ent/tv/feature/2011/03/23/rebecca_black_ark_execs_satire
― gr8080, Thursday, 24 March 2011 01:04 (twelve years ago) link
what did you think you had to lose? (besides time)
― Radical Adults Lick Based God Style (kelpolaris), Thursday, 24 March 2011 01:04 (twelve years ago) link
I really like Me and My Puppy.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Thursday, 24 March 2011 01:23 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/LZoob.jpg
― Radical Adults Lick Based God Style (kelpolaris), Thursday, 24 March 2011 01:45 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GaKaGwch0U
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Friday, 25 March 2011 04:39 (twelve years ago) link
A+ rap
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Friday, 25 March 2011 05:06 (twelve years ago) link
She looks like Winnie from The Wonder Years. Was she called Winnie? The one Kevin was obsessed with who looks like Rebecca Black.
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 25 March 2011 06:43 (twelve years ago) link
I don't know about Stateside, but in the UK, it is most definitely Friday.
― Josh L, Friday, 25 March 2011 07:05 (twelve years ago) link
rebecca black and FUN FUN FUN still trending on twitter - honestly didn't think it'd last this long
― lex pretend, Friday, 25 March 2011 09:24 (twelve years ago) link
Anyone done a footwurk remix of 'Fun Fun Fun Fun Fun' yet? That would slay.
― the worst dong of the last ten years (Craigo Boingo), Friday, 25 March 2011 09:49 (twelve years ago) link
Charlie Brooker etc etc last night.
― Mark G, Friday, 25 March 2011 09:52 (twelve years ago) link
OK, my first, and final, unique opinion on this.
It's not brilliant, it's not total crap.
wow. that was worth saying... OK, here's a different perspective.
In a box...
It's fully, I've always known that everyone that writes sings, usually does a song about the days of the week at some point. (Just knowing that means I never did).Someone I know had a lot of money put aside for their musical career and education. Before I met the dude, I saw this video, it was a 'funky lil number' about each day of the week, Monday, no fun day, etc. Kind of like Jamiroquais crossed with Lloyd Cole singing, if you can imagine that. It was 'alright', but the second time I saw the vid I wa already 'bored' with the song. Which is not a great result....Anyway, many years after we 'worked together' sort of, I saw that he was in the lower reaches of the chart, musical style much the same, although some of the lines were blatantly lifted from StereoMCs... Not my cuppa, but fair play he got there a little. A few years later, he has a hit for The Tweenies, with the same song slightly rewritten. Oh dear.And then, a few years after that, some award ceremony, I hear Will Young thanking him specifically for writing his latest chart topper.So, the moral of this story is...Um. carry on regardless, I guess...
Someone I know had a lot of money put aside for their musical career and education. Before I met the dude, I saw this video, it was a 'funky lil number' about each day of the week, Monday, no fun day, etc. Kind of like Jamiroquais crossed with Lloyd Cole singing, if you can imagine that.
It was 'alright', but the second time I saw the vid I wa already 'bored' with the song. Which is not a great result....
Anyway, many years after we 'worked together' sort of, I saw that he was in the lower reaches of the chart, musical style much the same, although some of the lines were blatantly lifted from StereoMCs... Not my cuppa, but fair play he got there a little.
A few years later, he has a hit for The Tweenies, with the same song slightly rewritten. Oh dear.
And then, a few years after that, some award ceremony, I hear Will Young thanking him specifically for writing his latest chart topper.
So, the moral of this story is...
Um. carry on regardless, I guess...
― Mark G, Friday, 25 March 2011 13:01 (twelve years ago) link
pssh: my typing
It's funny, I've always known that everyone that writes songs, usually does a song about the days of the week at some point. (Just knowing that means I never did).
Carry on.
― Mark G, Friday, 25 March 2011 13:02 (twelve years ago) link
She looks like Winnie from The Wonder Years. Was she called Winnie? The one Kevin was obsessed with who looks like Rebecca Black.― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, March 25, 2011 2:43 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, March 25, 2011 2:43 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
posts v much in character if u were scott seward
― ronan's revenge (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 25 March 2011 13:12 (twelve years ago) link
ha
― absolutely clean glasses, Friday, 25 March 2011 14:26 (twelve years ago) link
secret template for all Ark Entertainment songs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYS5NtRXlZQ
― Destroy A. Monsters (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 25 March 2011 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
no way, that's operating on a way higher level of songcraft
― NO BLOGS WERE INVOLVED. (some dude), Friday, 25 March 2011 15:28 (twelve years ago) link
well yeah, usually flimsy copies are more functionally retarded
― Destroy A. Monsters (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 25 March 2011 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks, internet. Now I have "Gang Fight" stuck in my head.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 25 March 2011 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
"Gang Fight" rules!
― billstevejim, Friday, 25 March 2011 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
i honestly thought this would be "over" within like a week but somehow views-wise and sales-wise this is STILL getting more popular, more popular than it has ever been right now
― teledyldonix, Friday, 25 March 2011 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
gang fight more catchy than friday, imo
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Saturday, 26 March 2011 00:19 (twelve years ago) link
<3 Gang Fight.
I played this for my kids (Bieber/Kesha fans) and they were merely bored with it. It's not even good to press their buttons and get them screaming "TURN IT OFF! TURN IT OFF!" (like they do with "The Leanover" by Life Without Buildings). Disappointed, really.
― relentlessly ugly frat hedonist retard anthems I have loved (staggerlee), Saturday, 26 March 2011 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
Party hats party hats, yeah!
― Carthusian Product (seandalai), Saturday, 26 March 2011 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gEZuKH0rzw
you've got 6 more hours, Ark! bring it.
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Saturday, 26 March 2011 00:50 (twelve years ago) link
ws
― ★ INXS ★ What You Need ★ (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 26 March 2011 01:01 (twelve years ago) link
totally
― NO BLOGS WERE INVOLVED. (some dude), Saturday, 26 March 2011 01:24 (twelve years ago) link
http://i51.tinypic.com/160zyg5.gif
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Saturday, 26 March 2011 01:37 (twelve years ago) link
gang fight is completely legit
― Suicide Demo for Kemba Walker (govern yourself accordingly), Saturday, 26 March 2011 14:26 (twelve years ago) link
Ha, this is going to be like the viral "Avatar." Everyone gives it a listen, everyone either loves it or hates it, and then the next thing you know, it's grossed over a billion dollars.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 26 March 2011 15:12 (twelve years ago) link
(OK, no one loves the Black song, per se, but she is in 3-D!)
just needs the hypocrisy of fans of Jordy criticizing the tune and it's settled
― check out my malady (San Te), Saturday, 26 March 2011 15:13 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2Aiyg4aPEkIs that it?
― Black Arkestra, Saturday, 26 March 2011 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
5th element is love imo
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 26 March 2011 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
oh no way Ark, you promised!
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Saturday, 26 March 2011 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
oh shi-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd6K_oRyC-g
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Saturday, 26 March 2011 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
Untalented white girls need an untalented role model they can identify with. Because some white girls are too scared to dress like Katy Perry and Lady Gaga.
― E-N-A-B-L-E-R (u s steel), Saturday, 26 March 2011 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
this fuckin guy
― nope (absolutely clean glasses), Saturday, 26 March 2011 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
oh ffs
― VegemiteGrrl, Saturday, 26 March 2011 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
youre gonna be intrigged
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Saturday, 26 March 2011 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
so this guy was a star in eastern europe huh
hahaha apparently this guy used to perform w/ ibi maiga!! i've heard of him, he's a malian guy who's popular in czech repub./slovakia and his singing is hilarious
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p-5jCN430Q
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Saturday, 26 March 2011 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
ok, wow
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Saturday, 26 March 2011 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
roxy, that rules.
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Saturday, 26 March 2011 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
http://culturemap.com/newsdetail/03-24-11-rebecca-black-and-jenna-rose-revive-musics-violent-east-coast-west-coast-rivalry/
"And unbeknownst to parents, in the the underground L.A. dupstep party circuit, anytime you repeat the word "fun" more than twice, the third "fun" refers to a line of coke and the fourth requests an eight ball."
― dsb, Saturday, 26 March 2011 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
Puts "Gang Fight" in a new light.
― Carthusian Product (seandalai), Saturday, 26 March 2011 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
"it's actually less ottertune that we use"
― drugnet (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 27 March 2011 01:31 (twelve years ago) link
did "Friday" break youtube? it's definitely the most viewed video of the week and month, and right now it's the 119th most viewed video (& 75th most viewed music video) of all time. yet it doesn't appear on any of youtube's charts. suspicious?
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Sunday, 27 March 2011 02:05 (twelve years ago) link
i've noticed this as well. fuckin youtube conspiracies
― billstevejim, Sunday, 27 March 2011 05:15 (twelve years ago) link
secret template for all Ark Entertainment songs:― Destroy A. Monsters (Drugs A. Money), Friday, March 25, 2011 3:27 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark
nah. more like a shameless ripoff of the Waitresses' "I know what boys like."
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 27 March 2011 05:34 (twelve years ago) link
youtube hides a lot of highly viewed videos from the most viewed lists, especially ones that are semi-porny.
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 27 March 2011 05:35 (twelve years ago) link
a few months ago Billboard started a 'Social 50' chart in an attempt to measure which artists are generating the most activity on YouTube, social networking sites, etc (like, Gaga and Bieber typically top the chart). Rebecca Black just crashed the chart at #9: http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/social-50
― corkslovetoscrew (some dude), Sunday, 27 March 2011 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
everyone wants to know, who are you?
that's a very good question.
― utterfilth (whatever), Sunday, 27 March 2011 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
"And she'll have Fun fun fun till her daddy takes the 8-ball away..."
― Mark G, Sunday, 27 March 2011 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
so he's eastern european? i knew the lyrics sounded like ESL.
― sweet joni from saskatooooon (get bent), Tuesday, 29 March 2011 06:03 (twelve years ago) link
He's South African.
― City of Jorts (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 29 March 2011 06:14 (twelve years ago) link
we're both right. he was born in south africa and moved to eastern europe at age 17.
http://starcasm.net/archives/90562
― sweet joni from saskatooooon (get bent), Tuesday, 29 March 2011 08:09 (twelve years ago) link
https://s-hphotos-snc6.fbcdn.net/193092_10150119385787282_718752281_6945484_3594523_o.jpg
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 29 March 2011 12:17 (twelve years ago) link
As the Lone Groover used to say, "ah, but who wrote the Cliches?"
― Mark G, Tuesday, 29 March 2011 12:50 (twelve years ago) link
Bad idea, Ark.
They just removed the original video from youtube and closed that account.
I assume they're upgrading or something, but that was a piece of internet history!
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 March 2011 23:24 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, unless they worked out a deal with youtube to transfer viewership stats over to the video whenever it gets reposted, I feel like one of Ark's greatest achievements has just been vaporized. We'll never know how many views the original video would've gotten.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 March 2011 23:31 (twelve years ago) link
Plus, thousands of youtube links/embeds just went dead and useless.
Fuck you, Ark.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 March 2011 23:35 (twelve years ago) link
Won't someone please think of the embeds?!
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Tuesday, 29 March 2011 23:40 (twelve years ago) link
is this over yet
― in my world of loose geirs (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 29 March 2011 23:43 (twelve years ago) link
haha shakey
― lycanthrope electrif (Pashmina), Tuesday, 29 March 2011 23:46 (twelve years ago) link
best part is 0:45-0:50. love the awkwardness
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Tuesday, 29 March 2011 23:52 (twelve years ago) link
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, March 29, 2011 7:24 PM (44 minutes ago)
removed what video? I don't get it.
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 00:10 (twelve years ago) link
Well it's back now. hm
An hour ago, it said the video had been deleted by the user (trizzy66) and the user's account was inactive.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 00:14 (twelve years ago) link
shady dealings, it sounds like.
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
did anyone mention that "Friday" debuted at #72 on the real Billboard Hot 100 this week? last week it placed on Billboard's digital chart, but it didn't seem real back then, it seemed like a dream.
also sometime tonight it beat "Chocolate Rain"s view count. a part of me wants to cheer her on, but another part of me feels so bad for Tay Zonday. in the modern era, I bet he would've ripped that shit up on the pop charts.
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 00:25 (twelve years ago) link
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, March 30, 2011 12:14 AM (44 minutes ago) Bookmark
I think youtube is just having issues atm. My subscriptions page is down, most videos say that "safety mode" is hiding the comments etc.
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 00:59 (twelve years ago) link
Meantime:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/03/patrice-wilson-of-ark-music-friday-is-on-his-mind.html
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 04:08 (twelve years ago) link
Raised in Africa by a minister mother and a chemical engineer father, Wilson sang in his mother's church as a child and helped out with youth programs at the local Christian school. Later, he says, he attended medical school in Europe and trained in track and field events for the 2000 Olympics. But he dropped it all in pursuit of his music, an endeavor that would lead him to tour as a backup singer with Eastern European pop star Ibrahim Maiga, to study the business side of entertainment at Whitman College in Walla Walla, and, finally, to come to Hollywood.“If you're going to try to make a dream in music happen, Los Angeles is where you need to be,” he says. “If your music is heard in America, it will be heard everywhere.”
“If you're going to try to make a dream in music happen, Los Angeles is where you need to be,” he says. “If your music is heard in America, it will be heard everywhere.”
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 04:10 (twelve years ago) link
yup. i thought it would be a one-week wonder chart-wise, but actually the song is likely to go even higher on the hot 100 this week. the song made another rapid ascent up the itunes sales charts this past friday and actually peaked higher than it had the previous week. i'm not sure whether the surge in sales had more to do with the recent tv promotion (jay leno and such) or simply the fact that it was friday, lol
― teledyldonix, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 04:36 (twelve years ago) link
It's at #62 on the UK chart at the moment.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 09:17 (twelve years ago) link
Wake me when Gang Fight cracks the charts
― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 13:19 (twelve years ago) link
Only played it twice so far, but I'm finding "Friday" pretty catchy in an annoying sort of way. I'll definitely give it a third listen, at least, and maybe more depending how my opinion evolves.
(And yeah, I like "Gang Fight" better too.)
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
Forward into the future!
http://popdust.com/2011/03/30/rebecca-black-new-single-album/
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
"I call them negative Nancies."^will totally cosign this as a replacement for "haters"Nancies Gonna Neg
― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
New song LOL is in a similar vein, with the chorus, "BFF you make me LOL", meaning best friend forever you make me laugh out loud.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/3492349/Bullies-hurt-me-and-I-cried-Im-only-13-But-now-Im-working-on-an-album-to-prove-them-wrong.html
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
that url is a masterpiece.
OMG @ THAT URL
― mink della reese (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
URL you make me LOL
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
so the track sold 50k in america this past week
http://www.billboard.com/news/chris-brown-nets-first-no-1-album-on-billboard-1005100762.story
For those wondering if Rebecca Black's "Friday" moment in the sun has passed -- it hasn't. The tune rises 57-38 on Digital Songs with 50,000 sold (up 35%).
― teledyldonix, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
http://media.photobucket.com/image/nancy%20comic/MannBear/Nancy.jpg
― Anti-mist K-Lo (Phil D.), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
ZS get on this stat
― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
it's no "IM me" by brittney cleary!
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ke0w8n
― electric milquetoast (get bent), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
oh oh I think I'm having a nostalgia attack. that fucking song!
brb
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psF0xsdfJso
― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
or better yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr5QTUYiL3M
Hey, is this song getting radio play?
― James Woods, Hysterical Realism (Eazy), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
i don't think ark music factory has enough money for payola
― electric milquetoast (get bent), Thursday, 31 March 2011 03:20 (twelve years ago) link
according to a Billboard article linked upthread "Friday" got virtually no radio spins (12, to be exact) the first week it sold a ton of downloads, don't know if that changed at all in the past week: Top 100 moments in Rebecca Black's "Friday" music video
― some dude, Thursday, 31 March 2011 03:26 (twelve years ago) link
I bet it's getting play at least on morning-zoo shows, for lols.
― discursive gatorade (Eazy), Thursday, 31 March 2011 04:43 (twelve years ago) link
I think those 12 spins are referring to the entire song getting played without annoying radio dudes laughing over it.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 31 March 2011 05:53 (twelve years ago) link
Her next song is called "LOL."
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG
― billstevejim, Thursday, 31 March 2011 05:58 (twelve years ago) link
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG
― billstevejim, Thursday, 31 March 2011 05:59 (twelve years ago) link
I know that was posted already!
― billstevejim, Thursday, 31 March 2011 06:00 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7H12V97ZOI
― Not the real Village People, Thursday, 31 March 2011 06:01 (twelve years ago) link
They will be doing the song an injustice to invest more than $2000 into the next video.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 31 March 2011 06:03 (twelve years ago) link
Friday's much-mocked lyrics include the teenage dilemma of where to sit in a convertible car with your friends on the drive to school.
No, that's what the video is about.. The lyrics are about the schoolbus.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 31 March 2011 06:05 (twelve years ago) link
You know, for a long time I thought BFF was some sort of acronym for "Friend with Benefits"
You can imagine what I thought Paris Hilton's eventual prize on offer was for that TV show.
― Mark G, Thursday, 31 March 2011 09:11 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsPrE4NCnA4
Forgive me for waving my nerd flag but DOCTOR THADDEUS VENTURE recites Friday!!!!!!!
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 31 March 2011 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
Neil Young is next
― Mark G, Thursday, 31 March 2011 23:39 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/379370/march-30-2011/stephen-practices-rebecca-black-s--friday-
― Roz, Friday, 1 April 2011 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
I just saw "Gang Fight" for the first time, lol
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Friday, 1 April 2011 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
http://chamberlain.tumblr.com/post/4261579724/chambaland-friday-up-dmx-vs-rebecca-black
― da croupier, Friday, 1 April 2011 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
― billstevejim, Thursday, March 31, 2011 2:05 AM (Yesterday)
Is there a distinct front seat and back seat on a bus?
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 1 April 2011 17:50 (twelve years ago) link
on the short bus
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Friday, 1 April 2011 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
fyi I feel terrible about that joke
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Friday, 1 April 2011 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
But she says "gotta catch my bus I see my friends" not "gotta catch the convertible car I see my friends"
This is important.
― billstevejim, Friday, 1 April 2011 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
It's HER bus. For all we know it's a minivan
― VegemiteGrrl, Friday, 1 April 2011 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
DRAMAhttp://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-rebecca-black-fighting-ark-music-factory-over-friday-20110401
It didn't take long for everyone involved in the Rebecca Black story to start squabbling. Black – whose song "Friday" hit Number 38 on Billboard's digital singles chart this week – and her mother, Georgina Marquez Kelly, are accusing Ark Music Factory, which produced "Friday," of copyright infringement and unlawful exploitation of publicity rights.
A March 29 letter from Black and Marquez Kelly's lawyer Brian Schall to Ark Music Factory obtained by Rolling Stone alleges that Ark has failed to provide Black with the master recordings of her song and video; has been exploiting her likeness and her song on YouTube, iTunes, Amazon and Ark's website; created an unauthorized "Friday" ringtone; and has been advertising Black as an exclusive Ark recording artist on its website.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Ark Music Factory founder Patrice Wilson denied most of the allegations in the letter. "I have met with Rebecca Black's mom and everything is fine," he said. "She will get the masters and the song. They can have it all."
Marquez Kelly paid Ark $4,000 (not $2,000, as has been widely reported) to produce the song, and according to Schall's letter, the agreement that she signed with Ark in November stipulates that Black has 100 percent ownership and control of "Friday," including the master recording and the music video.
Black shot the video for "Friday" in January, and the Ark team finished it a few weeks later. It was uploaded to YouTube on February 10th, but it only had around 4,000 views until it was posted on comedian Daniel Tosh's Tosh.O Comedy Central blog on March 11th, and comedian Michael J. Nelson tweeted about it. Overnight, it had gotten over 200,000 views, and by March 15th, it had over five million views on YouTube. And after her Good Morning America appearance on March 18th, she had evolved from a meme to a celebrity.
"She's not our exclusive artist," said Wilson. "Once an artist meets with us and once they blow up, they have a choice to retain us or move on if they can. Rebecca is now signed with someone else." Wilson added that he will remove Black from the Ark Music Factory website.
But Ark's lawyer, Barry Rothman, cast doubt on the validity of the November agreement. "The agreement was not court-approved," Rothman said. "They say they own the composition. Nothing could be further from the truth. If they go forward and license it or attempt to copyright it in their name, that would be copyright infringement and we'd act accordingly under the circumstances."
He added: "We're not prepared to engage them in producing documents just because they want them, without a court order or litigation. We'd like to see Rebecca Black's career go forward and we're trying to accomplish that in the context of working through the legalities."
Wilson's Ark Music Factory partner Clarence Jey contended that Ark did act as a record label for Black, and distributed and promoted her with her mother's consent – until it became clear that Black was going to make actual money.
"Now they are turning it around and saying they were exploited, but clearly that is not the case when they were thanking me for forwarding them all the interviews with Rebecca and all the positive comments from YouTube," said Jey. "I was calling Australia on my cell phone pretending to be Rebecca's agent and setting up radio interviews for Rebecca while Georgina was right next to me. If she thought I was exploiting this, she could have said it."
"Georgina's trying to get the rights to things she doesn't have the rights to," said Ark Creative Director Barry Wayne.
Neither Marquez Kelly nor Schall returned calls for comment.
Black is the first real success to come out of the Los Angeles-based Ark, whose website was registered in August 2010 by Wilson. Ark's biggest successes other than Black are the singer Alana Lee Hamilton's "Butterflies," which has close to six million YouTube views, and Kaya Rosenthal's "Can't Get You Out of My Mind," which has 1.7 million YouTube views.
"Suddenly, everyone is seeing big dollars and everyone is getting greedy and it sucks," said Jey, who claims that his team wrote the music and lyrics to "Friday." "My team just needs to be looked after to some extent. They need to be compensated for something." He argued that Black should own the master recording for her vocals, but that Ark should have copyright for the song and composition. "We gave Rebecca 10 percent of the publishing, but she didn't even write a lyric. Good Morning America came over, I paid $400 for the make up artist and no one even thanked me for that."
And now it seems as though Ark's success may be its undoing. Wilson recently hired his own lawyer, and Jey alleges that Wilson won't give him access to the website. "Yesterday we were supposed to have a meeting at my attorney's place. I didn't hear from him all day. He sent me a text message late at night saying, 'Sorry, brother, I've had a busy day.' In the meantime he's going around saying I'm not with Ark."
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 April 2011 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
now that's the American way
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Friday, 1 April 2011 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
― billstevejim, Friday, April 1, 2011 2:22 PM (36 minutes ago)
I figured she meant to catch the bus, but her friends intercepted her, and now she has a front seat back seat decision to make.
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 1 April 2011 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
I was wondering when the lawsuits would finally start happening.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 1 April 2011 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
Clearly you haven't been paying attention, because you'd note that Rebecca sees her FRANS, not her "friends".
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 1 April 2011 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
is it wrong that I have almost convinced myself that "Kickin" and "Sittin" are her friend's nicknames
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Friday, 1 April 2011 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
as in "Kickin' Fran" and "Sittin' Fran"
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Friday, 1 April 2011 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
had no idea Mike Nelson's Twitter was one of the tipping points of the video taking off!
― dayo technology (some dude), Friday, 1 April 2011 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
I thought it was "awkward hand flapping FRAN".
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 1 April 2011 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
I know I always stood inside of convertibles on my way to school Friday mornings. She probably said bus initially because she doesn't want to disappoint herself if she expects her underage driving friends to pick her up and they don't come this Friday. She'll say "nah, they aren't coming this time... gotta catch the bus" because she has some self esteem issues and yeah, deep down she is expecting them, but she wants to trick herself and get an ego boost, because omg lol her friends care about her and she never expected them to actually come. They even saved two seats for her! Two! She then feels like she can let herself have some fun fun fun fun, after a long sleepless night of worry.
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 1 April 2011 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
funny how Pato comes across in that Rolling Stone piece as the only Ark dude who has a soul.
they're already starting to take down Rebecca Black content from their website. shit suddenly got real.
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Friday, 1 April 2011 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
it'll be hilarious if there are years of vicious lawsuits over who takes credit for the creation of this heinous song everyone hates
― dayo technology (some dude), Friday, 1 April 2011 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
Waitin' at the bus stopI see my fraaaansSuin' in the front seatLawyers in the back seatGotta make my mind upShould I go to coooooooourt?
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Friday, 1 April 2011 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
this heinous song everyone hates
that charted on Billboard
― in my world of loose geirs (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 1 April 2011 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
i know people DO kind of like it now (including me!) and have bought it on iTunes and stuff. but that doesn't change the fact that it's objectively terrible and that's the whole reason it's famous.
― dayo technology (some dude), Friday, 1 April 2011 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
kinda like Mambo No. 5?
― in my world of loose geirs (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 1 April 2011 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
or Who Let the Dogs Out?
the only novel thing about this isn't that it's terrible (looooooong history of terribly made garbage hitting the charts) it's how it got there - the pay-to-play scheme, the internet marketing etc
― in my world of loose geirs (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 1 April 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
I would argue that both "Mambo #5" and "Who Let the Dogs Out" are much, much better than "Friday", not least because they seem to have been written by people who understood English sentence construction and they were not sung by the human equivalent of yippy pug.
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Friday, 1 April 2011 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
okay how about the Thong Song
― in my world of loose geirs (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
I said it already but will repeat: Friday is not only not a good song, it's not even bad enough to be interesting. It's bland and meh and I can totally believe it originated on Tosh (though i don't think that's right?); it's just earwormy.
― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
Shakey, try picking a song that is actually dislikable
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
haha um okay what was Ashley Simpson's biggest hit
― in my world of loose geirs (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
i would say:Thong Song > Mambo No. 5 > Friday > Who Let the Dogs Out
― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
Some legal weirdness in that article -- (1) it's not really a contentious point of copyright law that owning the master is not the same thing as owning the composition so what's the dispute surrounding that? Is it unclear who actually wrote the song? OTOH (2) the ark lawyer's statement that the agreement is "not court-approved" is perplexing -- recording contracts need court approval?
― rock rough 'n' stuff with h.r. pufnstuf (Hurting 2), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
It's also all very funny, since it's the rare case where the artist really owes most of her success to the record label/producers and yet it's the record label who got screwed by the contract.
― rock rough 'n' stuff with h.r. pufnstuf (Hurting 2), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
"Pieces of Me" was Ashlee's biggest hit, and that wasn't as bad as some of her other songs ("La La" was completely unbearable, for example)
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
not nearly as good as thong song
― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
few songs considered novelty or one-hit-wonders are as good as "The Thong Song"
like, I have to start pulling out super-sentimental/important-to-me-and-me-alone shit like "Let's Go All The Way" and "I Wanna Be A Cowboy"
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
PICK THE BEST SONG: "Friday" vs. "Mambo No. 5" vs. "Who Let the Dogs Out" vs. "Thong Song" vs. "Pieces of Me"
― hey ilxor, thanks for contributing, glad you stopped by (ilxor), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
^ only one fair way to settle this, imo
oh it probably doesn't count but "Calabria" is full on bad-ass
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.funnyordie.com/rebecca_black
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti1D9t8n0qA
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
― in my world of loose geirs (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, April 1, 2011 3:54 PM (42 minutes ago) Bookmark
what 'pay-to-play scheme'? i mean the whole Ark thing is a little unusual but a singer paying people to write/produce material for them is not in an of itself novel.
― dayo technology (some dude), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
I suppose that's true, it's more the nature of this particular ARK outfit, catering to vanity projects of the idle rich etc.
― in my world of loose geirs (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
catering to vanity projects of the idle rich
similaries to so many major-label artists it's ridiculous but we may not wanna start...
― hey ilxor, thanks for contributing, glad you stopped by (ilxor), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
lol yeah you guys are right I guess - I'm not sure what differentiates this from, say, that song by Will Smith's kid, for example
― in my world of loose geirs (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
paris hilton! lindsey lohan! etc etc.
― hey ilxor, thanks for contributing, glad you stopped by (ilxor), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
they were all famous before they made records, for one
― dayo technology (some dude), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
also people actually unironically like "Whip My Hair"
When Black's "Friday" comesI'll stand down by the doorAnd catch ILXors when theyDive from the fourteenth floor
― The Louvin Spoonful (WmC), Friday, 1 April 2011 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
I finally watched/listened to "Friday" for the first time.I can't believe a dude did all that work to make "Friday (In Hell)".Okay, I'm done with this thread. 8 minutes is enough.
― cold hands of monkeys on my heart (CaptainLorax), Friday, 1 April 2011 21:18 (twelve years ago) link
she's from Jersey right?
the miracle of "Friday" is that it possesses all the qualities that rockists like to complain about and popists like to defend ― gratuitous autotune, a singer who didn't spend years practicing and suffering before she rose to fame, brainless assembly-line songwriting, an inherent joylessness, etc. ― but it takes those qualities to such ridiculous extremes that even the most ardent popists can poke fun it without feeling guilty of betraying their values. and even though it's a vanity project, it's a reasonable imitation of a major label pop production, and therefore people can use it as a stand-in for all the pop music that they inwardly despite but are afraid to condemn for fear of outing themselves as rockist indie snobs.
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Friday, 1 April 2011 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
(tbf when I call the song ridiculous, I don't necc. mean it's bad. I actually kinda like it...)
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Friday, 1 April 2011 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
― The Louvin Spoonful (WmC), Friday, April 1, 2011 5:05 PM Bookmark
― for real molars who ain't got no fillings (Hurting 2), Monday, March 14, 2011 4:32 PM Bookmark
― rock rough 'n' stuff with h.r. pufnstuf (Hurting 2), Friday, 1 April 2011 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
whoops, sorry
― The Louvin Spoonful (WmC), Friday, 1 April 2011 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
can't be posted enuff imo
― Bleeqwot the Chef (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 1 April 2011 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
I'm about to go to a grade school father-daughter dance, what are the odds I hear this to-ni-eee-ight
― sorry ozzy but your dope is in another castle (Edward III), Friday, 1 April 2011 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
Have fun!
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 1 April 2011 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
(...funfunfun)
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 1 April 2011 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
be with your FRANS
― VegemiteGrrl, Friday, 1 April 2011 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
Only if your FRANS have daughters too, or that'd be weird.
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 1 April 2011 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
lol yeah
― VegemiteGrrl, Friday, 1 April 2011 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
the frans experiment
― Bleeqwot the Chef (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 1 April 2011 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
http://honorofgod.org/blog3/?p=1874
Two centuries ago, France’s experiment with expelling God and worshipping Reason ended in a sea of blood
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 1 April 2011 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
― *emergency alternative display name (Pillbox), Friday, March 18, 2011 4:40 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark
― Grotjahn in the Moma (Pillbox), Friday, 1 April 2011 22:27 (twelve years ago) link
the Franz experiment (poor Hans was never the same)
― VegemiteGrrl, Friday, 1 April 2011 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
you laugh but that's the greatest name ever for a pop sellout record
― "what's your name?" "silence...silence during class." (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 2 April 2011 03:37 (twelve years ago) link
Okay since its stupid NBC I can't embed the video right now, but Colbert sang this with The Roots tonight on Jimmy Fallon.
http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/blogs/2011/04/stephen-colbert-sings-friday-with-the-roots/
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, 2 April 2011 05:01 (twelve years ago) link
Okay even with Taylor Hicks doing his best to ruin it with his goddamn harmonica, I smiled.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, 2 April 2011 05:05 (twelve years ago) link
AND IT WAS AWESOME
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 2 April 2011 05:05 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I kinda feel like this was the perfect way to kill off the meme.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, 2 April 2011 05:06 (twelve years ago) link
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― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Friday, April 1, 2011 10:39 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
i love this. ty
― teledyldonix, Saturday, 2 April 2011 07:50 (twelve years ago) link
even cj fam isn't an ark music factory 'exclusive artist,' wow!
― teledyldonix, Saturday, 2 April 2011 07:52 (twelve years ago) link
This.
― Josh L, Saturday, 2 April 2011 10:44 (twelve years ago) link
i'm really hoping Sleep record a cover of this that is 35 minutes long that goes at like 30 bpm
― San Te, Saturday, 2 April 2011 13:48 (twelve years ago) link
re that point, 30 min version prob linked upthread but if not: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jUtYVm3MzA
― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 2 April 2011 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
Friday IN HELL is genuinely scary.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 2 April 2011 20:15 (twelve years ago) link
Wow, that is great!
― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 2 April 2011 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
holy shit, wau
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Saturday, 2 April 2011 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
There's an audiolink way upthread but combining it with the video like that = FEAR.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 2 April 2011 21:21 (twelve years ago) link
That long note at roughly 13:05 transcends time and space.
― The Louvin Spoonful (WmC), Saturday, 2 April 2011 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
Like, what else would you possibly do at the bus stop?
cmon, you know!
Finally watched. Her vowels are truly awful, on "paaaaertyin" esp, but this horrible thing is no worse than a lot of yr beloved pop princesses, and "We so excited" is no more subliterate than... OK, I'll stop.
I assume somebody posted Colbert's version.
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 2 April 2011 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
I guess not!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU1v_XKgEPc
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 2 April 2011 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
jon via chicago posted it
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Saturday, 2 April 2011 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, i see now. Fallon still a pain.
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 2 April 2011 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
I'd probably have been happier w/ just Colbert and the Roots, but that's still pretty awesome.
― Simon H. Shit (Simon H.), Saturday, 2 April 2011 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
holy shit that is awesome
― hey ilxor, thanks for contributing, glad you stopped by (ilxor), Sunday, 3 April 2011 00:39 (twelve years ago) link
so great - Tarik puts Pato's rap into a whole other realm, lol
― VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 3 April 2011 02:33 (twelve years ago) link
anyways, it's now at 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 (up from 72 last week), 38 on the Digital chart (up from 57), and 12 on the Social 50 (down from 9).
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Monday, 4 April 2011 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
What's weird to me is how popular this is while being (relatively) low-charting. Anyone know what's number one right now, off the top of your head?
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Monday, 4 April 2011 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
What's weird to me is how popular this is while being (relatively) low-charting.
It's 2011 dawg, "popular" <> charts.
― City of Jorts (Steve Shasta), Monday, 4 April 2011 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
82,751,513 views
― Milton Parker, Monday, 4 April 2011 22:39 (twelve years ago) link
man, Alana Lee's "Butterflies" (which I stan for) is getting robbed. it no longer shows up in "Friday"s related videos pane, and it it doesn't even appear on the first page when you search youtube for "alana lee butterflies". it's all because she changed her stage name to Alana Lee Hamilton to avoid being confused with the pornstar Alana Lee, best known for her youtube video "Alana Lee fucks a big black cock".
the music industry is so unfair :'-(
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Monday, 4 April 2011 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
lmaooooo
― teledyldonix, Monday, 4 April 2011 23:53 (twelve years ago) link
― City of Jorts (Steve Shasta), Monday, April 4, 2011 6:23 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
it's Billboard, dawgs, downloads only get you so high on the charts without airplay
― Metal Jennifer Saunders (some dude), Monday, 4 April 2011 23:56 (twelve years ago) link
wish we could fit all that in the board description
― kelpolaris, Monday, 4 April 2011 23:56 (twelve years ago) link
http://thumbs.onlybestsex.com/stars/Alanna_Lee.jpg
― teledyldonix, Monday, 4 April 2011 23:57 (twelve years ago) link
also the sales for this song are impressive for an internet meme 'bad song,' not by any other standard
― Metal Jennifer Saunders (some dude), Monday, 4 April 2011 23:57 (twelve years ago) link
It would be a pretty big hit for, like, Superchunk.
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Monday, 4 April 2011 23:58 (twelve years ago) link
"downloads", "charts"...
let me just repost this for you dinosaurs:
82,751,513 views― Milton Parker, Monday, April 4, 2011 3:39 PM (1 hour ago)
― City of Jorts (Steve Shasta), Monday, 4 April 2011 23:58 (twelve years ago) link
83,109,914
― City of Jorts (Steve Shasta), Monday, 4 April 2011 23:59 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, Superchunk videos get 350k+ hits every 80 minutes...
― City of Jorts (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 00:00 (twelve years ago) link
and it's only MONDAY!
just wait until...
― City of Jorts (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
the 'social 50' chart that she's at #13 on is measured purely in YouTube, Facebook, etc.. she's got a LOT of views on YouTube in the last couple weeks but the collective videographies of Bieber and Gaga probably have more.
― Metal Jennifer Saunders (some dude), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
gonna assume that 90% of the downloads are from the ~youtube generation~ of kids (same under 16 sort that makes conscious and well thought out efforts to post youtube comments), so it strikes me as a bit weird that this is actually being sold on such a huge-scale (considering kidz these dayz have likely never bought a CD in their lives)
i mean i bet rebecca's been robbed of at least the entire US deficit w/ the number of times this has been pulled from limewire or whatever the hell the under 16 crowd uses to download music.
― kelpolaris, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 00:02 (twelve years ago) link
well, the ultimate chart (which got some minimal media coverage when it came out because it kind of goes a long way beyond billboard when it comes to streaming and social media) has "friday" at #8 this week, down one from #7 when it debuted last week. its "online watching and listening" score is 100, meaning it's the highest among all songs currently. its sales score is 6 and its radio score is 0.4
― teledyldonix, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 00:05 (twelve years ago) link
that chart, btw, rarely looks very different from the billboard hot 100, with the exception of huge youtube hits being placed much higher and lasting much longer ("waka waka" by shakira was a top 10 hit on that chart for example)
― teledyldonix, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
I don't have time to take you to task somedude but here's some data for you to chew on:
Bieber's #1 video "Baby" has 500M hits over 14+months (avg: ~35M views per month)RB Rebecca Black has 83M hits in <2 months (avg ~42M views per month)
Granted "Friday" doesn't have the promotion/media billions thrown into Bieber's marketing campaigns, and w/o certainty "Friday" will fall off current trend in 14 months but for now... you're kidding yourself if you think that she's any less popular than Bieber or Gaga right now.
― City of Jorts (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 00:11 (twelve years ago) link
wtf is fuck you still doing on any chart anywhere
― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 00:56 (twelve years ago) link
i dunno dudes you guys are talking about RB like this whole thing is no different than any other pop hit. it's mostly funny because of the video, so OF COURSE the iTunes sales are not going to correlate to the YouTube hits the way they would for other songs, even if the sales are somewhat surprising for a meme.
― Metal Jennifer Saunders (some dude), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 01:02 (twelve years ago) link
xp apparently fuck you is #1 in airplay right now: http://www.billboard.com/charts/radio-songs
― teledyldonix, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 01:06 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it's had a kind of weird surge of renewed popularity in the last few weeks, even starting to hear it on R&B stations now
― Metal Jennifer Saunders (some dude), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 01:14 (twelve years ago) link
gonna assume that 90% of the downloads are from the ~youtube generation~ of kids (same under 16 sort that makes conscious and well thought out efforts to post youtube comments), so it strikes me as a bit weird that this is actually being sold on such a huge-scale (considering kidz these dayz have likely never bought a CD in their lives)i mean i bet rebecca's been robbed of at least the entire US deficit w/ the number of times this has been pulled from limewire or whatever the hell the under 16 crowd uses to download music.― kelpolaris, Monday, April 4, 2011 8:02 PM (1 hour ago)
― kelpolaris, Monday, April 4, 2011 8:02 PM (1 hour ago)
it doesn't seem weird to me. iTunes gift cards are pretty much the default birthday gift for t(w)eens these days, and they have to use them on something, right? plus I'll bet there are loads of 12-year-olds (as opposed to, say, 17-year-olds) who buy mp3s with their own money because they haven't yet been exposed to the evils of that new Napster thingy. squeaky clean folk hero Rebecca Black doesn't really appeal to file-sharers, who are likely to sneer at her (and Justin Bieber, and Disney pop) while they download edgier shit like Paramore.
but those people really matter, because there are plenty of innocent, law-abiding kiddies who are flipping out over "Friday" and throwing their $$$$$ (or their parents' $$$$$) in Ark's direction. I mean if you program a computer to write music for the target demographic of "kids who actually pay for music", it'll take all of 2 milliseconds to spit out something like, "gotta have a bowl, gotta have cereal," bleep bleep bloop you're rich.
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 02:46 (twelve years ago) link
(oops, I mean, "those people don't really matter." good lord I can't type lately)
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 02:47 (twelve years ago) link
It's at 60 in the real (UK) chart, up one place from last week
― Mark G, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 06:42 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bus6a5oHqhM
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 12:44 (twelve years ago) link
why do they refuse to pay someone to write passable lyrics to go with their passable music?
― da croupier, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 12:59 (twelve years ago) link
if the point of this above track is to say "hey, let me into the Dr Luke earworm business, someone else can write the words," great, but if it's actually meant to sell Pato as a celebrity in his own right, wtf
― da croupier, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 13:00 (twelve years ago) link
fyi "friday" was the first song i bought on itunes in like 5 years
― jaymc, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 13:02 (twelve years ago) link
my name is patopeople call me patricei am living my life
― da croupier, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 13:02 (twelve years ago) link
and so is my niece
― Mark G, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 13:04 (twelve years ago) link
reminds me of that mr show sketch where the CEO is going on about how his business has been in his family for generations "SO DON'T YOU CALL ME FAT!"
― da croupier, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 13:05 (twelve years ago) link
Oh man that 30mins version forks posted upthread <3
― La descente infernale (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 13:07 (twelve years ago) link
seriously though, if this guy is making these tracks, he should get a job in a genuine bubblegum factory
so i said what seat should i take should i take the front seat or the back seatrealizing that we were supposed to have a school busguess what, we didn't have no money for a school bus!
― da croupier, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 13:08 (twelve years ago) link
My name is PatoThat's Spanish for duckWhy does everybodySay I suck?
I have feelings tooYou should be more considerateI'd write an angry letter if I wasn't illiterate
I like young girls
― i get less play than an 8 track (San Te), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 13:08 (twelve years ago) link
I know, it sounded like the Cocteau twins... (xposts)
― Mark G, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 13:09 (twelve years ago) link
realizing that we were supposed to have a school busguess what, nothing really rhymes with school bus!
― da croupier, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 13:09 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, Cocteau Twins indeed, that's it!! Wau.
― La descente infernale (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 13:10 (twelve years ago) link
Stool flush xpost
― i get less play than an 8 track (San Te), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 13:12 (twelve years ago) link
they call me fat fat fat fat fat Usher
I want Passantino/Pato print war now
― clown nabisco (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 14:02 (twelve years ago) link
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
why oh why won't someone punch this dude in the neck
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
although kudos for using "pedophile" in the pre-chorus
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 14:06 (twelve years ago) link
what your saying is good. but flexing dosent make ppl think your not fatBestSportsHighlights 13 hours ago 51
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
He should name his album Patophile
― da croupier, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 14:19 (twelve years ago) link
ts: pato vs. blotto
― butterfield earth (get bent), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 05:51 (twelve years ago) link
was Dom's piece the first to coin the "fat Usher" nickname???????
― gr8080, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 08:42 (twelve years ago) link
I want to weigh in on this before the 2,000th post...It's a bus song; not one of the best, but a bus song nonetheless. Kris Kross, the Guess Who, the Hollies, the Who, the Vengaboys--I like bus songs. I'm going to play this over the school P.A. Friday morning. I'm at a K-8; two-thirds of the kids will love it, one-third will groan mightily.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
RIP clemenza
it is a shame that you are about to be torn apart by annoyed 5- through 14-year-olds
― fat fat fat fat Usher (DJP), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
torn apart in the front seattorn apart in the back seat
― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
Murdering murdering yeah!DeathDeathDeathDeath
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
Ironic death: Clemenza tossed under the wheels of a school bus.
RIP dude.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
the front wheels or the back?
― fat fat fat fat Usher (DJP), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
Wishbone I will taaaake
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
You've got me worried now. I'm picturing something like the end of Freaks, with me locked in my room as dozens of kindergarten kids try to break down the door and exact a horrible revenge.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
Exciting!
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 7 April 2011 01:19 (twelve years ago) link
Fun fun fun fun
― hey ilxor, thanks for contributing, glad you stopped by (ilxor), Thursday, 7 April 2011 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
Guys, just to clear things up:
http://cherryhillmall.com/about_us/news/read/6086
― rock rough 'n' stuff with h.r. pufnstuf (Hurting 2), Thursday, 7 April 2011 14:23 (twelve years ago) link
CJ Fam still gonna show up though
― ℯℳℴ ❤\(◕~◕✿ (some dude), Thursday, 7 April 2011 14:41 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, i had to let my friend down on FB about that the other day
― Sittin' Fran (donna rouge), Thursday, 7 April 2011 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
I've heard this song once almost all the way through, and i've heard a few Bieber singles in their entirety. I can't remember anything about the latter but the former is definitely some kinda earworm.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 7 April 2011 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
I am saddened because the Cherry Hill Mall was gonna be the mall I went to if Rebecca Black mall appearance I went. I knew the tour was a hoax but the finality of that press release is soul crushing.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 7 April 2011 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
"LOL" is not the next single. Bad move imo.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 7 April 2011 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
I have been watching the 'girl in pink' livestream for like an hour. She is p chill.Feels weird tho. http://www.livestream.com/thatgirlinpink
― oppet, Thursday, 7 April 2011 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
i don't know what makes that sound like porn more, the url or the way you posted it
― ℯℳℴ ❤\(◕~◕✿ (some dude), Thursday, 7 April 2011 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
There isn't really a good way to explain the joys of watching a 13 yr old girl on webcam, I've discovered. It was entertaining. "I don't know what a meme is"
― oppet, Thursday, 7 April 2011 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
(calls Chris Hansen)
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 7 April 2011 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
it would be funny if her live stream was just an endless loop of her going [shy smile] "this is sooooooo weird!" [giggles].
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Thursday, 7 April 2011 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
Or an endless loop of her doing the dance?
― Bagel A-Go-Go (wgdaniel), Thursday, 7 April 2011 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
Okay, this livestream is really awkward. She seems like a really nice kid, though.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 April 2011 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
lol okay she just said she has no idea who Jedward is, and that seemed like a good place to stop watching.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 April 2011 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
u are a prevert u all are preverts lololol
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 7 April 2011 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
Aw c'mon...how could you not love her for this?
http://www.stupidgifs.com/images/full/79.gif
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 April 2011 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
oh I love her too...I'm just loling at all you dudez having to feel conflicted about watching a 13 yo's livestream I mean it's not funny but it's funny
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 7 April 2011 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
tbh I'm surprised her parents haven't put that on lockdown
― fat fat fat fat Usher (DJP), Thursday, 7 April 2011 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
no way. this is her path to stardom
― Bagel A-Go-Go (wgdaniel), Thursday, 7 April 2011 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
I had no such conflicted feelings. I mean, it's not like a Jennicam or anything. She's just sitting in a studio at a little table w/ a laptop and answering IM questions.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 April 2011 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
you sound... disappointed
― fat fat fat fat Usher (DJP), Thursday, 7 April 2011 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
aw I can't in good faith let that stand, I am 100% just giving you shit because this is full-on hilarious to me
Ha! No, if that was what she was doing then I'd be disappointed in both her and her parents. Answering IM questions seems perfectly normal for someone who came to fame the way she did—not a nobody, but not famous enough to go on Regis & Kelly or whatever.
I just thought it was cutely awkward and, as I said above, I only watched about 4 or 5 minutes of the archived livestream.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 April 2011 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
In it she says she actually doesn't like Fridays, she gives a reason, but I already forgot it.
― Bagel A-Go-Go (wgdaniel), Thursday, 7 April 2011 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
is it THE COYOTE RUN
i bet it is
― burn me at the stake if you must (reddening), Thursday, 7 April 2011 23:28 (twelve years ago) link
sitting at a computer with a webcam on her? so unlike Jennicam
― Ita Buttrock (sic), Thursday, 7 April 2011 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
that's it. i'm surprised she said it, she looks so happy in the video, riding in the back seat. i feel betrayed.
― Bagel A-Go-Go (wgdaniel), Thursday, 7 April 2011 23:40 (twelve years ago) link
lol jennicam, there's something i haven't thought about in a while
― foul bachelor frogbs (electricsound), Thursday, 7 April 2011 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
can you tell me what jennicam is without making me see it?
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 7 April 2011 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
web 1.0 camwhore with occasional n00ds and boneing
― foul bachelor frogbs (electricsound), Thursday, 7 April 2011 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
grody
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 7 April 2011 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
10 or more years ago, this girl Jenni set up 4 streaming webcams in her house and broadcast her mundane life on the internet. The draw for viewers was "ooh, maybe I'll get to see her naked for a split second!" It spawned a lot of copycat sites and she wrapped her original one up after only 2 or 3 years.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 April 2011 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
you make it sound more pedestrian than electricsound
but ty both
ILX: The More You Know
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 7 April 2011 23:50 (twelve years ago) link
his assessment more accurate possibly
― foul bachelor frogbs (electricsound), Thursday, 7 April 2011 23:53 (twelve years ago) link
I never saw her n00d nor boneing, but then I only checked out the site maybe five times.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 April 2011 23:54 (twelve years ago) link
no boneing? (/joeks)
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 7 April 2011 23:55 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npgdw5Zb7TY
― teledyldonix, Friday, 8 April 2011 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
holy shi.
(i was going to say 'good god', but.)
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Friday, 8 April 2011 00:46 (twelve years ago) link
Nothing rhymes with orange?!?!?
― Bagel A-Go-Go (wgdaniel), Friday, 8 April 2011 00:50 (twelve years ago) link
looooool @ "five days after the day before sunday"
― Sittin' Fran (donna rouge), Friday, 8 April 2011 01:01 (twelve years ago) link
If there was a poll for songs that missed the perfect opportunity to mention that jesus is their copilot this is the one.
― Bagel A-Go-Go (wgdaniel), Friday, 8 April 2011 01:03 (twelve years ago) link
jesus take the wheel
― President Keyes, Friday, 8 April 2011 01:27 (twelve years ago) link
"I got this, you got this...offering baggie"
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Friday, 8 April 2011 01:35 (twelve years ago) link
nice teeth
― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Friday, 8 April 2011 02:31 (twelve years ago) link
she doesn't give offering or take sacrament
― Oink Administrator (gr8080), Friday, 8 April 2011 04:13 (twelve years ago) link
God is my FRE-and
― rock rough 'n' stuff with h.r. pufnstuf (Hurting 2), Friday, 8 April 2011 04:19 (twelve years ago) link
jesus raves
― kelpolaris, Friday, 8 April 2011 04:19 (twelve years ago) link
90M views in <2 months.
For all you "chart"/data dudes:
Youtube Honors for this video (4)#2 - Most Discussed (All Time)#2 - Most Discussed (All Time) - Music#41 - Top Rated (All Time)#27 - Top Rated (All Time) - Music
― City of Jorts (Steve Shasta), Friday, 8 April 2011 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
#27 - Top Rated (All Time) - Music
6 spots behind the JLo/Pitbull video that came out last month too
― da croupier, Friday, 8 April 2011 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
Admittedly impressive for something with zero promo budget
― da croupier, Friday, 8 April 2011 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
haha "chocolate rain" is at #8
― da croupier, Friday, 8 April 2011 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
tay zonday's the best!!!!!!!!!!
― markers, Friday, 8 April 2011 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
yeah tay is like a million times cooler.
― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Friday, 8 April 2011 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
tay zonday vs rebecca black stan wars
― teledyldonix, Saturday, 9 April 2011 06:23 (twelve years ago) link
tay posts to ilx
― Oink Administrator (gr8080), Saturday, 9 April 2011 12:44 (twelve years ago) link
I survived "Friday" on Friday. I could hear a big commotion in the hall once it started up--I'm in a wing with mostly grade 6 classes, a couple of 4/5s, and two grade 8s. One of the grade 8 teachers told me a bunch of 8s were congregating and dancing, half of them sincerely, half ironically. I'm guessing there were even some on the fence--half-serious, half-ironic. In any event, it got much more attention than "Whole Lotta Love" on Wednesday (albeit the edited 3:10 version) or "Girl You Know It's True" on Thursday, neither of which anybody even noticed.
― clemenza, Saturday, 9 April 2011 12:56 (twelve years ago) link
awesome. nicely done Mr Clemenza!
― VegemiteGrrl, Saturday, 9 April 2011 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
Next week, I may venture into completed uncharted territory...Bieber. (If I can find a song I like.)
― clemenza, Saturday, 9 April 2011 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
I am glad you encourage hallway dancing...my 8th grade self thanks you!
― VegemiteGrrl, Saturday, 9 April 2011 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't heard the "Message From Pato" thing yet, but I've been told he addresses that they didn't have the money to put a school bus in the video.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 9 April 2011 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
The song is about the bus.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 9 April 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS IRONIC DANCING
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 9 April 2011 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
have you never been to a goth club
― fat fat fat fat Usher (DJP), Saturday, 9 April 2011 23:04 (twelve years ago) link
have you ever dj'd a room full of people who hated what you were playing
― Oink Administrator (gr8080), Saturday, 9 April 2011 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
have you ever danced to Sir Mixalot
― VegemiteGrrl, Saturday, 9 April 2011 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
have you ever danced
have you ever really loved a woman
― balls, Saturday, 9 April 2011 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
Friday is over.
― these are my everyday balloons (Ned Trifle II), Sunday, 10 April 2011 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
Filmed by Rod Weber,no affiliation with Ark Music !
How much of this thread have you read?
― du mein bestie (micarl), Sunday, 10 April 2011 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
haha
― Oink Administrator (gr8080), Sunday, 10 April 2011 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
I got bored after the first post. I see I should have persevered a bit. I'm gonna blame my kids because 1) they are clearly 4 weeks behind the times and 2) they're not here.
― these are my everyday balloons (Ned Trifle II), Sunday, 10 April 2011 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_10HjWnvvKMgreatly improved when sped up
― feels like heelies are racing up my spine (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 10 April 2011 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
She's not even wearing a fucking pair of jeans
― o0o00h really? (boxedjoy), Sunday, 10 April 2011 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
cost of hiring a pair of jeans = cost of hiring a school bus.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Sunday, 10 April 2011 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
100 million views in 2 months, 99% of them coming in the last 31 days.
― it's time for the fish in the perculator (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
Rebecca Black's 'Friday' will find a home on 'Glee'; which seat should she take?
http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/04/14/glee-friday-rebecca-black/
― teledyldonix, Thursday, 14 April 2011 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
Chord OverstreetChord OverstreetChord OverstreetChord OverstreetChord OverstreetChord OverstreetChord OverstreetChord Overstreet
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 14 April 2011 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
man if it gets in an episode of glee she'll never have to work another day in her life
― if u see l ron this weekend be sure & tell him THETAN THETAN THETAN (Edward III), Thursday, 14 April 2011 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
i think you mean "she'll never have to work a day in her life"
― da croupier, Thursday, 14 April 2011 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
Those comments on that story.
I'm more surprised people still care that much.
― Mark G, Friday, 15 April 2011 08:57 (twelve years ago) link
Chord Overstreet
He's an actor on the show, yes.
― jaymc, Friday, 15 April 2011 13:52 (twelve years ago) link
Chord Overstreet sounds like a nefarious yuppie property developer trying to get the school bus taken away in the 80s movie 'Rebecca's Crazy Friday' co starring John Cusack
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Friday, 15 April 2011 14:18 (twelve years ago) link
Exactly. I was just c&ping it because I honestly couldn't tell if that was his real name or his character's name. For his sake, I hoped the latter, but I looked it up and saw the truth. Poor kid.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 April 2011 14:22 (twelve years ago) link
10 gives you 1 he changed it to that to be more 'noticeable'
― Mark G, Friday, 15 April 2011 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
According to my very brief research this morning, his dad is the country singer Paul Overstreet and Chord and Nash are his two sons' real names.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 April 2011 14:32 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzSuJt5mDPY
― An A-Team of Apes. (Phil D.), Friday, 15 April 2011 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
okay that was great
― fat fat fat fat Usher (DJP), Friday, 15 April 2011 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
"I couldn't really tell. It was autotuned" Landon wins.
― crazy amounts of finger-licking (the table is the table), Friday, 15 April 2011 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
Ha, I love all those kids.
― That's why they call me (Johnny Fever), Friday, 15 April 2011 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
Otm, hope for the future! Wonderful video.
― Future Debts Collector (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 15 April 2011 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
MWAH - MWAH - MWAH - MWAAAAAAAAAH!
― relentlessly ugly frat hedonist retard anthems I have loved (staggerlee), Saturday, 16 April 2011 01:58 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/10d4ba5372/friday-lyrics-analyzed-with-rebecca-black
I'm sure this has already been posted and that somehow I managed to miss it, but oh my heck, I am loving this girl.
― ToeJam & Lewis (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 17 April 2011 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
hahaha
― markers, Sunday, 17 April 2011 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
Wow, that's...that's kind of brilliant.
― Funky Mustard (People It's Bad) (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 17 April 2011 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
The person who showed it to us at the bar was saying it gave her something close to "street cred"
― ToeJam & Lewis (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 17 April 2011 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
That's pretty great.
― Simon H. Shit (Simon H.), Sunday, 17 April 2011 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
Tori Amos, Leonard Cohen and lots of Beat poets.
― President Keyes, Sunday, 17 April 2011 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTb1TbmfUVY
somehow i came upon this and i just had to, like, post it here.
― eating california rolls of a dude's taint (the table is the table), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 08:43 (twelve years ago) link
some video about crackheads lead me to that.
Not sure the ultimate meaning of it all, but has there ever been a song more than this one that everybody knows despite almost no radio airplay?
― Lee626, Thursday, 21 April 2011 11:47 (twelve years ago) link
Did that Bed Intruder thing get much airplay?
― President Keyes, Thursday, 21 April 2011 13:58 (twelve years ago) link
don't think so, pretty sure it never showed up on any airplay charts anyhow
― teledyldonix, Thursday, 21 April 2011 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
it charted on billboard. And they played it at the BET Music Awards and everybody in the crowd sang along!but no, not as big as friday.
― My bad Van Buren! (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 21 April 2011 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
Certainly a precursor.
― President Keyes, Thursday, 21 April 2011 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
that was the "elliott smith at the oscars" moment for autotune the news stans, wasn't it (xpost)
― some dude, Thursday, 21 April 2011 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vQQucUWx50
i never would have imagined that the world's worst song would also be the most popular. she's becoming a real media pro, trial by fire
― herbal bert (herb albert), Friday, 22 April 2011 14:08 (twelve years ago) link
"Friday" is in NO WAY the world's worst song.
― Hardcore Bangage (Dan Peterson), Friday, 22 April 2011 14:15 (twelve years ago) link
that Leno interview is from about a month ago, a week or two after the youtube blew up fyi
― some dude, Friday, 22 April 2011 14:20 (twelve years ago) link
ah, i was half-asleep when I flipped by and kinda wondered what took them so long, but it's Leno so y'know
― herbal bert (herb albert), Friday, 22 April 2011 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
Just noticed it crossed 100m views (probably a while ago). Current total: 114,837,942
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 22 April 2011 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
― it's time for the fish in the perculator (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, April 13, 2011 3:00 PM (1 week ago)
― it's time for the fish in the perculator (Steve Shasta), Friday, 22 April 2011 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
pretty amazing that this meme is over and it's still getting 1.5M hits/day.
― it's time for the fish in the perculator (Steve Shasta), Friday, 22 April 2011 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
"My Jeans" is even worse than "Friday".... I mean, despite the "duh" factor in most of its lyrics, "Friday" at least is about something most of us can relate to and understand- how great the end of the work/school week feels. But "My Jeans" acts as if wearing jeans was a unique fashion statement and not the generic piece of clothing it is. Or like there's something special about the way she wears them and that everyone else had copied her. Or like she was the first to ever wear jeans. (yeah I know, not just any jeans but her kind, as if jeans don't all look pretty much alike).
I wish I was there to witness Jenna's horror upon discovering others watch her YouTube video on the same brand of laptop computer she has!
― Lee626, Friday, 22 April 2011 23:25 (twelve years ago) link
My Jeans is so good
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Friday, 22 April 2011 23:35 (twelve years ago) link
Except it is not.
― President Keyes, Saturday, 23 April 2011 01:07 (twelve years ago) link
HA.HA.HA.HA.CAN'T JACK MY SWAG.
― kelpolaris, Saturday, 23 April 2011 01:17 (twelve years ago) link
But "My Jeans" acts as if wearing jeans was a unique fashion statement and not the generic piece of clothing it is. Or like there's something special about the way she wears them and that everyone else had copied her. Or like she was the first to ever wear jeans. (yeah I know, not just any jeans but her kind, as if jeans don't all look pretty much alike).
but her cluelessness is pretty much the point, isn't it? because 99% of "My Jeans"s humor is unintentional, it's easy to forget that it's a goofy and satirical song by design. Jenna herself isn't the butt of the joke, of course, but she's playing the part of a vain girl who's blissfully unaware of her own pettiness (cf. Ashley Tisdale's character in High School Musical) and having fun with the role.
by comparison, nothing about "Friday" (the song, not the video) is intentionally funny except for the part where the dude gets stuck behind a school bus and wants to scream.
neither of these are bad songs and diafiud.
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Saturday, 23 April 2011 05:11 (twelve years ago) link
gotta say, the "Ashley Tisdale’s wearing my jeans/ Keke Palmer’s wearing my jeans" bit confused me at first. I thought she was excited and flattered that all those fake celebrities were dressing like her, but nope, even Disney princesses are filthy swag-jackers in her eyes.
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Saturday, 23 April 2011 05:22 (twelve years ago) link
damn unregistered is bringing it itt
― gr8080, Saturday, 23 April 2011 06:45 (twelve years ago) link
I usually catch pop-culture references, but am either too old or too young (parents) to catch "High School Musical".
That's what I found so hilarious/sad/pathetic/bizarre about "Jeans" - that anyone would get uptight because she saw someone wearing the same jeans she is wearing. Like the factory custom-designed one pair just for her or something.
I don't think I've ever given a shred of thought to whether anyone else was wearing the same kind of jeans as me. Not that i'd notice if they did... the fashion-obsessed live in their own little world.
― Lee626, Saturday, 23 April 2011 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
It's not the world's worst song, and it's not even the world's worst singer, but it is sincere enough for some people, which makes it a grotesque waste of everyone else's time. She's like that girl from church who probably has sometalent and everyone has to pretend to like her. And who needs that.
― eat gravel and die (u s steel), Saturday, 23 April 2011 15:13 (twelve years ago) link
I like that the last sentence of the last post here is not a question. Like, the girl needs that.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 26 April 2011 10:11 (twelve years ago) link
Fame continues.
According to the story, Rebecca will appear live from Las Vegas along with Matt & Kim, Chiddy Bang. Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes and Foster the People. Presenters will include Ke$ha, Cee Lo Green, Wiz Khalifa and Robyn.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 April 2011 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
pomplamoose gotta be so jealous
― gr8080, Thursday, 28 April 2011 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
They deserve to be.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 April 2011 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
hey ned whats new
― gr8080, Thursday, 28 April 2011 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
Oh not much.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 April 2011 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
Katy Perry covers Friday in Melbourne:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYG0GKdssko&feature=player_embedded
― I have some kind of staph infection, and the only prescription is IALEX (sic), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:28 (twelve years ago) link
i got this, u got this
― markers, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:32 (twelve years ago) link
that actually was kind of good and i hate katy perry.
― it is his "enigmatic signifier" (the table is the table), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 06:26 (twelve years ago) link
i like how she counts out the 'funs' on her fingers
― cum dude (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 07:26 (twelve years ago) link
life is hard
― markers, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 07:30 (twelve years ago) link
No longer in the Hot 100 as of this week... :(
― billstevejim, Saturday, 7 May 2011 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
...and with this, it might come back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmpkJHqyKSg
― teledyldonix, Sunday, 8 May 2011 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
feeling that kind of
― gr8080, Monday, 9 May 2011 02:37 (twelve years ago) link
The power of song.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 9 May 2011 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
omg stfu glee
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 06:46 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.tomscott.com/osama/#CD2LRROpph0
― don't judge a book by its jpg (Edward III), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 14:25 (twelve years ago) link
fyi in my son's grade school the chorus has transformed into "fried eggs, fried eggs"
― don't judge a book by its jpg (Edward III), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
Just realised the the chord sequence to the whole song is 'Heart & Soul' as featured in the FAO Schwarz scene in 'Big'
― Per Yngve's having his brain out (MaresNest), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
good catch! I think only about 200 million other songs share that same progression:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50s_progression
― it's time for the fish in the perculator (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
Jeez pardon me
― Per Yngve's having his brain out (MaresNest), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
:o)
― it's time for the fish in the perculator (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 17:51 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.arcamax.com/newspics/19/1946/194687.jpg
― sleeve, Sunday, 15 May 2011 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
After 3 months since going viral, the new google-powered YouTube 100 ranks "Friday" #8 on the week in total views:
http://www.youtube.com/music
Currently trending at 9M views/week over last month.
― it's time for the fish in the perculator (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 15 May 2011 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
<q>MsRebeccaBlack Rebecca Black I thought it was May 15th...not April Fools Day. I'm absolutely NOT pregnant.1 hour ago Favorite Retweet Reply</q>
o_O
― oppet, Sunday, 15 May 2011 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
lol! what is the origin of this rumor
― teledyldonix, Sunday, 15 May 2011 23:54 (twelve years ago) link
did she make it up herself to "create buzz"
― teledyldonix, Sunday, 15 May 2011 23:55 (twelve years ago) link
it's nice to know that she hasn't let fame go to her head and can still identify what day it is
― spätzle logic (donna rouge), Sunday, 15 May 2011 23:56 (twelve years ago) link
It feels weird following a 13 year old girl on twitter, but I just did it anyway.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 16 May 2011 00:02 (twelve years ago) link
i think it's a 4chan thing. searching "rebecca black pregnant" to get it on google trends
― RIP to Left Eye but Gucci's necklace is (chilli), Monday, 16 May 2011 00:48 (twelve years ago) link
always use protection when you "get down on friday," kids!
― ilxor running, w/ laptop in hand, checking ILX as he sprints (ilxor), Monday, 16 May 2011 03:18 (twelve years ago) link
this chick is SO gonna grow up to become another Marissa Marchant ... y'all realize that, right?!?
― I-95 Phuck Phace (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 06:31 (twelve years ago) link
sure, her level-headedness so far certainly indicates that
― the man who forsook his wife for fap fap fap (sic), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 07:09 (twelve years ago) link
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll28shQCuc1qacjdvo1_400.gif
― are you are missing whiney (get bent), Monday, 6 June 2011 06:40 (twelve years ago) link
Oh my heavens, thank you for that
― kings of leoncie (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 6 June 2011 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
i loled
― gr8080, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 08:34 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghe52kEPpAQ
the shot after the shoe-burping(vomiting?): that's rebecca black sitting there, yes?
― teledyldonix, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
NSFW NSFW NSFWhttp://thesword.com/this-is-a-school-bus-going-to-college-right.html
even bareback twink porn has gotten in on the game. *sigh*
― whenever the vein was to throb (the table is the table), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
"got scrilla on my mind"
Yes, I downloaded the mp3.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOmtA0aeTEs
― gtforia estfufan (unregistered), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
friday goes political, australian style
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nHcEP6chSg
― edit piaf (electricsound), Friday, 17 June 2011 05:14 (twelve years ago) link
XD
― underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have pwned (sic), Friday, 17 June 2011 05:50 (twelve years ago) link
Black done took down the official video.
― 27 Dresses, 13 Assassins (Eazy), Friday, 17 June 2011 06:14 (twelve years ago) link
wait what - that video with its viewer count was to be her lifetime achievement (most likely)
― i wanna be yr rhizome (seandalai), Friday, 17 June 2011 09:14 (twelve years ago) link
Rebecca Black forced to remove 'Friday' from YouTube after legal dispute
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 17 June 2011 09:18 (twelve years ago) link
Whoa, it's really gone.
― ...wow! (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 17 June 2011 10:08 (twelve years ago) link
lmao after it got 200m views they wanted to start charging $3 to watch it
― gr8080, Friday, 17 June 2011 10:10 (twelve years ago) link
maybe pato could finally afford that school bus
― gr8080, Friday, 17 June 2011 10:11 (twelve years ago) link
this shit is kinda funny; growing pains from nobody knowing how to make money of something this uniquethey'll figure it out faster next time or the time after that
― Don't start the chain you know? (forksclovetofu), Friday, 17 June 2011 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
well that's not quite right -- they got the song on iTunes within days of the video blowing up, which made it probably the most profitable meme of all time
― some dude, Friday, 17 June 2011 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
after hipster puppies, obv
― iatee, Friday, 17 June 2011 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
they call me broke, broke, broke usher
― da croupier, Friday, 17 June 2011 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
the broadcast rights alone for glee are gonna pay a tidy sum for years to come
the issue is between ark music and black's management (parents?), iirc the original contract was a work-for-hire deal, which would mean ark music gets nothing out of this besides what they were already paid, black owns the songwriting and publishing rights
sounds like ark was trying to charge on youtube so they could get some cut of the gravy train and black's team brought down the hammer
― the manarchist cookbook (Edward III), Friday, 17 June 2011 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
yeah but they didnt have to punish US
― it seems i am the larry (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Friday, 17 June 2011 17:03 (twelve years ago) link
internecine beefs almost certainly cost both sides a shitton of cash
― Don't start the chain you know? (forksclovetofu), Friday, 17 June 2011 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
$3 to watch this thing? that's less than $0.20 per "fun"! and if a tiny "fun tax" is what it takes to restore Ark Music Factory to its glory days of late 2010/early 2011 (remember CJ Fam? remember Britt Rutter? maybe some of you don't) then I don't think RB or her handlers ought to make a fuss over it.
― gtforia estfufan (unregistered), Friday, 17 June 2011 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
and it's frustrating that we may never get to see Friday rise to the top 10 most viewed youtube videos ever. it's like FloJo dropping out the 100m race half a second before she's about to make the record books. "Friday" was just days away from beating "Evolution of Dance" ffs, but nevermind now I guess. the dream is over. happy BLACK Friday, y'all.
― gtforia estfufan (unregistered), Friday, 17 June 2011 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
don't waste your time on me, Rebecca Black, you're already a voice inside my head (singing about cereal, car seats...I forget what else)
― gtforia estfufan (unregistered), Friday, 17 June 2011 17:58 (twelve years ago) link
it had to come down on friday
― Don't start the chain you know? (forksclovetofu), Friday, 17 June 2011 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
the ouroboros always goes after its own tail, not some other ouroboros's tail. Rebecca Black just ate her own tail.
― gtforia estfufan (unregistered), Friday, 17 June 2011 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
i bet you put that on youtube and you can definitely get $3 a watch
― Don't start the chain you know? (forksclovetofu), Friday, 17 June 2011 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
This wouldn't be so bad if my fucking iTunes version had the rap verse in it, but oh wait, it doesn't.
― Josh L, Friday, 17 June 2011 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
I still can't believe ppl paid money for this
― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Friday, 17 June 2011 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
I torrented it, but still.
― Josh L, Friday, 17 June 2011 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
"This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Rebecca Black." :((((((
― teledyldonix, Friday, 17 June 2011 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
lol people seem to be reposting it on fake vevo channels (that just have "vevo" appended to the username) but sadly these are also being pulled down
― teledyldonix, Friday, 17 June 2011 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
remember CJ Fam?
Never forget.
― i wanna be yr rhizome (seandalai), Saturday, 18 June 2011 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
"Gang Fight" is still on Youtube and still awesome.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 30 June 2011 05:47 (twelve years ago) link
Fun fun etc. from the purported mastermind.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 1 July 2011 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
shades of tommy wiseau retroactively labeling the room a "black comedy" in that interview...
― original bgm, Friday, 1 July 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
Guys ... guess what day it is today.
― polyphonic, Friday, 1 July 2011 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
yesterday was Thursday (Thursday)
― DJP, Friday, 1 July 2011 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
I'm assuming this refers to... Wilson said at the time he basically meant for the song to be dumb. "That was the whole point,"
Yeah, that has to be a lie.. There is no way they weren't writing the lyrics while she was in their bedroom studio with the mic in front of her. There was no "plan" other than taking her parents money and throwing some shit together. And "The Room" is more than likely autobiographical.
― billstevejim, Friday, 1 July 2011 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
that time tommy wiseau killed himself
― kaygee, Friday, 1 July 2011 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
But it's a metaphor! Look what they did to him!
― billstevejim, Friday, 1 July 2011 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
^^^SPOILER ALERT
― original bgm, Friday, 1 July 2011 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
Rebecca Black To Release New Single Next Week
The new song will debut on her YouTube channel July 18 at 8 p.m.
Following up the single – and making “The Moment” last even longer, Black will self-release a five-track EP album in August.
!!!!!
― teledyldonix, Monday, 11 July 2011 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
It would take some amazing luck and/or intensely careful planning to actually make this song more popular than "Friday." I hope it happens.
― billstevejim, Monday, 11 July 2011 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
maybe popular but MORE popular than friday? no.
― brooklyn's complicated relationship with bacon (forksclovetofu), Monday, 11 July 2011 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, that's not happening
― gucci mande (J0rdan S.), Monday, 11 July 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
This MomentcerealThis Momentcereal
― love in a grain elevator (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 11 July 2011 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
they tapped me to help w/lyrics, it's gonna be hott
make it happen aero. this could be the greatest ilx prank of all time if you could offer pro bono songwriting services and work in references to captain lorax
― brooklyn's complicated relationship with bacon (forksclovetofu), Monday, 11 July 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
they would take you up on this offer, don't even frontthe only reason it's not happening is because of your own selfishness
― brooklyn's complicated relationship with bacon (forksclovetofu), Monday, 11 July 2011 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
and a five track EP comes after wooooooords.
― polyphonic, Monday, 11 July 2011 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
The girl in pink has the right perspective on it all.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 17 July 2011 06:33 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wB0y-0NIVE
― polyphonic, Monday, 18 July 2011 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
302 views
― duke of irl (Edward III), Monday, 18 July 2011 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
It takes a while to get where it's going, but when it does I like it.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 18 July 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
she really is terrible
― J0rdan S., Monday, 18 July 2011 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
>see guitar>dont hear guitarmfw.mavalash 57 seconds ago
>dont hear guitar
mfw.mavalash 57 seconds ago
― a variable (sic) "League of Nations" (DJP), Monday, 18 July 2011 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
this song is bullshit btw
― a variable (sic) "League of Nations" (DJP), Monday, 18 July 2011 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
oh dear I just flipped back to the video
hilarious
Friday is a better song imo.
― polyphonic, Monday, 18 July 2011 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
killjoys.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 18 July 2011 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
surprised there was only one post itt about her sizeable role in the new Katy Perry vid.
― Neanderthal, Monday, 18 July 2011 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
it's cuz we discussed it in the katy perry thread
― J0rdan S., Monday, 18 July 2011 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
ahh
― Neanderthal, Monday, 18 July 2011 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.gifsoup.com/view5/2830481/moment-o.gif
― duke of irl (Edward III), Monday, 18 July 2011 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, it seemed like so many shots were just designed to be animated gifs. The songs alright though.
― textbook blows on the head (dowd), Monday, 18 July 2011 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
dancing not awkward enough. really wish they'd got all her friends from the first video back.
― I'm A Genius, Too! (Jamie_ATP), Monday, 18 July 2011 23:12 (twelve years ago) link
lol. i wish they had added some superfluous key changes at the end.
― teledyldonix, Monday, 18 July 2011 23:46 (twelve years ago) link
unsurprisingly hugely disappointing
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 00:06 (twelve years ago) link
your moment is over rebecca. nice vidya btw not
― could've been a baller (CaptainLorax), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
No Benni Cinkle, no credibility.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:25 (twelve years ago) link
isn't that Pinkle playing the Les Paul?
― herbal bert (herb albert), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 12:34 (twelve years ago) link
― teledyldonix, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 00:46 (Yesterday) Bookmark
That would make it.
― Josh L, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 08:30 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTNquPzvbWY
― skip, Friday, 22 July 2011 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
not to be a weirdo but she really is cute
― the table is the do the standing still (get bent), Friday, 22 July 2011 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
Ha ha "lime mime"
― Disneyland Purgatory (Ówen P.), Friday, 22 July 2011 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
the awesome legacy of st sanders in full effect
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 22 July 2011 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/stopthepresses/392244/rebecca-black-pulled-from-school-due-to-bullying/
Now, she says, fans surround her wherever she goes, and she travels with her own entourage of a publicist, manager, stylist, and, yes, bodyguard
― frogbs, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
rebecca black "pulled from school" in august
― get to drankin you shiftless fucks (reddening), Thursday, 11 August 2011 01:31 (twelve years ago) link
too bad rebecca black couldn't take it on the mean streets of anaheim hills
― get to drankin you shiftless fucks (reddening), Thursday, 11 August 2011 01:33 (twelve years ago) link
The teen has a remarkably thick skin. Perhaps she is more fit for fame than anyone is willing to admit.
― can't remember why i picked this awful name (forapper), Thursday, 11 August 2011 03:19 (twelve years ago) link
I'm really thankful for all the attention being paid to bullying these days and glad its being addressed in a lot of different forums, but being teased about your wildly successful viral video that has led you to quite a few lucrative options is not "bullying".
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 11 August 2011 03:23 (twelve years ago) link
yes it is
just because she's on youtube doesnt mean she's not a 14 year old girl? gtfo here w/ that
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Thursday, 11 August 2011 03:40 (twelve years ago) link
I'm not saying its not hurtful but c'mon, I think our definition of "bullying" has gotten a little too all-encompassing now. When I say I was "bullied" in junior high its because I got the shit kicked out of me on a regular basis in the gym locker room until I literally couldn't breathe. I say I was "teased" when people would make fun of my last name or whatever. Like I said, I'm sure its still hurtful, particularly to a 14 year old girl, I just don't like the trend of every little thing being called "bullying" downplays some of the serious shit kids have to go through.
And, yeah, I'll save my sympathy for the little kid who goes home and cries in his closet, not the girl that gets to hang out with Katy Perry and go on late-night talk shows.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 11 August 2011 03:43 (twelve years ago) link
agreed.. When 5th graders call Justin Bieber gay, this is now considered bullying? I don't get it.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 11 August 2011 04:21 (twelve years ago) link
oh ok you're making an argument about semantics I see
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Thursday, 11 August 2011 05:21 (twelve years ago) link
When that random kid called Mark McGrath "Sugar Gay"
― billstevejim, Thursday, 11 August 2011 05:44 (twelve years ago) link
Mark still hasn't rebounded from that
― los lowblows (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 11 August 2011 07:33 (twelve years ago) link
just saw this!
"When I walk by, they'll start singing 'Friday' in a really nasally voice," she tells ABC. "Or, you know, they'll be like, 'Oh hey, Rebecca, guess what day it is?'"
sorry but lol
― goole, Sunday, 21 August 2011 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
hahahaha
― (gr8080), Sunday, 21 August 2011 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
thing is, i did that to EVERYBODY for a few weeks after that video hit, if i knew rebecca black it'd be impossible to resist
― some dude, Sunday, 21 August 2011 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
Price of fame imo
― in a fractal nutshell (forksclovetofu), Monday, 22 August 2011 11:47 (twelve years ago) link
I suggest that she was not expecting to be multi-media famous with this.
― Mark G, Monday, 22 August 2011 12:33 (twelve years ago) link
when u opt in to the katie perry video, i lose all sympathy
― in a fractal nutshell (forksclovetofu), Monday, 22 August 2011 12:47 (twelve years ago) link
actually, i kind of think that the Katy perry video and song are hands-down the stupidest thing i've seen/heard all year, and thus i love them without restraint. especially when she asks "IS THIS A HICKEY OR A BRUISE." or "I SMELL LIKE A MINI-BAR."
oh wait, i'm doing a poll now.
― sold my soul to satin (the table is the table), Monday, 22 August 2011 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/video/2011/nov/02/friday-producer-patrice-wilson-jon-ronson-video
― jabba hands, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
I'm going to assume that "I'm on the Conan show" is a deliberate homage to the time Jon Ronson spent in Frank Sidebottom's band.
― oppet, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
She's back!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 16 November 2011 15:28 (twelve years ago) link
just imagine a 35-year old Rebecca Black doing "Friday" as an encore, yeaaaah
― frogbs, Wednesday, 16 November 2011 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
I grew to love Friday, have fuzzy but somewhat positive memories of the second single. This one is really terrible, though. How many other artists turned this turd down before it got to her?
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 16 November 2011 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
i agree, this sucks. i feel betrayed!
― teledyldonix, Thursday, 17 November 2011 01:53 (twelve years ago) link
Not sure why you guys were indulging in expectations...
― questino (seandalai), Thursday, 17 November 2011 01:57 (twelve years ago) link
Not difficult at all... She'll re-record it with a plaintive piano-only backing, call it "Friday: Unplugged" and sold exclusively through Starbucks. I'm sure her agent has already arranged for her to appear on VH-1's I Love The 2010s!
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 17 November 2011 02:31 (twelve years ago) link
this one is way better than the last one
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 17 November 2011 03:35 (twelve years ago) link
this isn't as amazing as "Friday" but there are a bunch of hilarious lines in here
When we're dancin' real closeThink I like yaBut when the lights go down lowI can't find ya
weren't you just dancing all up on him a second ago
― Much Ado About Nuttin (DJP), Thursday, 17 November 2011 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
i actually liked my moment. in the hands of stargate everyone on the entire planet would have loved it. obviously stargate should be producing rebecca black's singles.
― teledyldonix, Thursday, 17 November 2011 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
qed
― do you want me to share what i know w/ you or not? (forksclovetofu), Friday, 18 November 2011 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
chorus here really isn't too far from Friday's, lyrically
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9Wx15NQyVY&feature=g-all-f&context=G2515b41FAAAAAAAAAAA
― Chris S, Friday, 17 February 2012 04:53 (twelve years ago) link
Every single person that appeared in that video needs to pose with Mike Love
― Lee626, Monday, 20 February 2012 01:43 (twelve years ago) link
jimmy buffett in the top paneabba in the bottom panewhich video shall i waaaaatch
― popcorn (get bent), Monday, 20 February 2012 02:21 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEXgUdNGkts
New single - "Sing It."
― Kent Burt, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 09:25 (eleven years ago) link
yeh!i like it when she splashes water into her face
― nathey, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 14:18 (eleven years ago) link
my wife fell asleep with E! News on and I saw some of this, I can't believe she's really making a career out of this
(also her voice sounded pretty good! though I know it's doctored as hell)
― frogbs, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 14:20 (eleven years ago) link
she doesn't sound human, they may as well have had one of those japanese robots singing this tune.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:03 (eleven years ago) link
hmmmm not really feeling it, oh well
― teledyldonix, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 21:39 (eleven years ago) link
The "Yeah yeah yeah" bit in the chorus is quite good and (obviously) sounds like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcbL6OBT6Zc
― Eyeball Kicks, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 09:37 (eleven years ago) link
Gotta get down with the PRI
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=CF2o5RDkq9A
― there is no dana, only (goole), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 16:28 (eleven years ago) link
the comments!
― let's have sex and then throw pottery (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
i mean it's seven total pages of that!
― let's have sex and then throw pottery (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 16:43 (eleven years ago) link
For DJP's own protection do not let him in this thread or let him see that link.
― C-3PO Sharkey (Phil D.), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 16:47 (eleven years ago) link
Gnesa - "Wilder"
betta reckanize
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 16:48 (eleven years ago) link
26 pages! Comments have to be a joke or just written by a bored-at-work street-team drone, right???
Please, for the love of god. Make more!Christopher Redding 23 hours agoI like the part where she goes "la la la la laaa la la laa la laaa".alemmingsdeath 1 day agoThis song has granted me an everlasting erection that will not be contained by clothing for the rest of my lifeFishWash 18 hours agoi love the close up on her facegreencable 18 hours ago
Please, for the love of god. Make more!
Christopher Redding 23 hours ago
I like the part where she goes "la la la la laaa la la laa la laaa".
alemmingsdeath 1 day ago
This song has granted me an everlasting erection that will not be contained by clothing for the rest of my life
FishWash 18 hours ago
i love the close up on her face
greencable 18 hours ago
― fish frosch (seandalai), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
i think she's moderating the comments and erasing all the negative ones? you can do that right?
― let's have sex and then throw pottery (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
She's still found 250+ "people" to post positive comments though.
― fish frosch (seandalai), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
i am so sorry, djp
― there is no dana, only (goole), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 17:13 (eleven years ago) link
Comments are obviously jokes like the ones you get for ridiculous products on amazon. It is just for fun. Anyone who thinks there might be a street team behind this is nuts.
― Eyeball Kicks, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah you're right. I just liked the idea of one of these crap vanity video operations having a stoner teenage temp in the corner handling "Web 2.0 Strategy".
― fish frosch (seandalai), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:07 (eleven years ago) link
wow J-Lo really sounds terrible without autotune
― frogbs, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
that beat + close up is sort of terror
― fauxmarc, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:18 (eleven years ago) link
FRIDAY FRIDAY GOTTA GET DOWN ON FRIDAY
thank god for friday
― Mordy, Friday, 19 October 2012 13:36 (eleven years ago) link
did we talk about this yet?
http://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/2011/4/13/0a21e047-fc45-4121-8cf6-a2eec2e6c7ca.jpg
― Mordy, Friday, 19 October 2012 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
Sets the bar low for karaoke, that's for sure.xpost
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 19 October 2012 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
"Friday" was/is actually catchy and fascinating and was joyously stuck in my head for two weeks. All of the obvious copycats trying to recapture the magic are predictably failing hugely.
― billstevejim, Friday, 26 October 2012 07:27 (eleven years ago) link
FAST LANES, SWITCHING LANES ON THANKSGIVING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSBq8geuJk0&feature=share
― Jamie_ATP, Saturday, 10 November 2012 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
The assassination occured on a Friday and when he was shot the Secret Service yelled at Jackie Kennedy to “get down” (got to get down on Friday). Parts about the cold war and the spread of Communism are referenced (everybody’s Russian). The assassination occured on a Friday and when he was shot the Secret Service yelled at Jackie Kennedy to “get down” (got to get down on Friday). Parts about the cold war and the spread of Communism are referenced (everybody’s Russian). The assassination occured on a Friday and when he was shot the Secret Service yelled at Jackie Kennedy to “get down” (got to get down on Friday). Parts about the cold war and the spread of Communism are referenced (everybody’s Russian). The assassination occured on a Friday and when he was shot the Secret Service yelled at Jackie Kennedy to “get down” (got to get down on Friday). Parts about the cold war and the spread of Communism are referenced (everybody’s Russian). The assassination occured on a Friday and when he was shot the Secret Service yelled at Jackie Kennedy to “get down” (got to get down on Friday). Parts about the cold war and the spread of Communism are referenced (everybody’s Russian). The assassination occured on a Friday and when he was shot the Secret Service yelled at Jackie Kennedy to “get down” (got to get down on Friday). Parts about the cold war and the spread of Communism are referenced (everybody’s Russian). The assassination occured on a Friday and when he was shot the Secret Service yelled at Jackie Kennedy to “get down” (got to get down on Friday). Parts about the cold war and the spread of Communism are referenced (everybody’s Russian).
― suggest butt (Pillbox), Saturday, 10 November 2012 16:59 (eleven years ago) link
"Nothing is forbidden" - Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.
― nickn, Saturday, 10 November 2012 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
lol @ that sad little turkey
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Saturday, 10 November 2012 18:07 (eleven years ago) link
tbh you probably don't need a very big turkey if there's only one adult at your dinner and he's eating ribs
― a man d'Balmer (some dude), Saturday, 10 November 2012 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
tiny turkey : it's thanksgiving :: no school bus : friday
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Saturday, 10 November 2012 20:45 (eleven years ago) link
IT'S THANKSGIVING: Ark Music strikes again
― Huey Lewisies & The Newsie-Wewsies (snoball), Saturday, 10 November 2012 20:47 (eleven years ago) link
btw:
As the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of November 22, 1963, Shift Team #3, Kellerman was riding in the front passenger seat of the presidential limousine. The driver was Secret Service Agent William Greer. Like all Secret Service agents assigned to protect the President of the United States, Kellerman was trained to use his own body as a shield, taking a bullet if necessary in the line of duty.
No "Samuel Kickin" in the front seat, ok?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 11:09 (eleven years ago) link
...and Lincoln had a secretary named Pato
― Binders Full of Mittens (President Keyes), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 11:39 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMgcHv-HGCY
― van smack, Friday, 19 July 2013 13:24 (ten years ago) link
― some dude, Friday, 19 July 2013 15:04 (ten years ago) link
Sheesh.
― Austin, Friday, 19 July 2013 15:53 (ten years ago) link
she looks like 32
― how bad could it be to be stuck to the couch, forever... (forksclovetofu), Friday, 19 July 2013 15:54 (ten years ago) link
i like the phrase "whydnygetchermassteckst" tho
― how bad could it be to be stuck to the couch, forever... (forksclovetofu), Friday, 19 July 2013 15:55 (ten years ago) link
From her myspace bio:
"Tay Allyn is a recent graduate from the USC School of Theatre and Music where she was the Commencement Speaker for her class.
She has created a new breed of Pop that’s like Ke$ha without the sex, and Lady Gaga without the avant garde— what are you left with? Tay singing about mundane things of everyday life to hot beats! It’s sassy, fun, and RELATABLE. She recently shot a music video for her hit single “Mass Text” which asks the age-old question, “Why didn’t I get your mass text? I’m in your contacts!” and was chosen by Justin Timberlake and the new Myspace.com as a Top New Artist of 2013. “Clean Ma Room” is her pop anthem with lines such as “I’ll have success, even in this mess!” She combines her classical songwriting training and outgoing attitude to produce pop songs that inspire you to have FUN and be yourself!"
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 19 July 2013 15:56 (ten years ago) link
and there it is
― sassy, fun, and RELATABLE (forksclovetofu), Friday, 19 July 2013 15:57 (ten years ago) link
The funny thing is, after I heard the song but before I read that, I felt even dirtier than if I had listened to Ke$ha or Lady Gaga.
So that's gotta count for something.
― Austin, Friday, 19 July 2013 16:15 (ten years ago) link
I just watched her commencement speech. Oh lord.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 19 July 2013 16:18 (ten years ago) link
"Lady Gaga without the avant garde"
― crüt, Friday, 19 July 2013 16:24 (ten years ago) link
also known as "Lady Gaga"
― sassy, fun, and RELATABLE (forksclovetofu), Friday, 19 July 2013 16:35 (ten years ago) link
i was ignored and burned. now the table's turned.
― markers, Friday, 19 July 2013 16:45 (ten years ago) link
so it's pop for future cat ladies
― Cap'n Conserv-a-pedia (Hurting 2), Friday, 19 July 2013 16:46 (ten years ago) link
reminds me of Julie Brown ("Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun")
― mimicking regular benevloent (sic) users' names (President Keyes), Friday, 19 July 2013 16:47 (ten years ago) link
lol otm
― some dude, Friday, 19 July 2013 17:22 (ten years ago) link
the facial expression in the preview frame is basically the same as for "friday". SURELY DELIBERATE.
― dyl, Friday, 19 July 2013 18:19 (ten years ago) link
julie brown comparison totally otm
― sassy, fun, and RELATABLE (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 20 July 2013 01:19 (ten years ago) link
was chosen by Justin Timberlake and the new Myspace.com as a Top New Artist of 2013
heh
― monotony, Saturday, 20 July 2013 02:48 (ten years ago) link
Dammit, I wanted the 'sassy fun and RELATABLE' dn. Oh well...
― /s.png (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 20 July 2013 06:32 (ten years ago) link
The weather service sends me mass texts all the time, I am rlly popular with the thunderstorm and flash-flooding crowd.
― Frobisher the Penguin Shapeshifter AKA: (Viceroy), Saturday, 20 July 2013 07:05 (ten years ago) link
DJP just found this on Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/3UgUy6f0dLn5smElEIYkTK
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 16 August 2013 21:54 (ten years ago) link
Did we ever get to the top moment?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 16 August 2013 21:54 (ten years ago) link
I still think its "gotta have cereal"
― Kissin' Cloacas (Viceroy), Saturday, 17 August 2013 02:29 (ten years ago) link
or perhaps "I see my fraaaaaaiiiinnssss"
― Kissin' Cloacas (Viceroy), Saturday, 17 August 2013 02:31 (ten years ago) link
by the way even the reposted youtube video has 56+ million views.
― Kissin' Cloacas (Viceroy), Saturday, 17 August 2013 02:33 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWLhrHVySgA
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 00:06 (ten years ago) link
― Bitch Fantastic (DJP), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 00:36 (ten years ago) link
i can't even
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 00:40 (ten years ago) link
this should go in that "real chinese food" thread
go 2 it trolls
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 00:50 (ten years ago) link
unreal
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 00:53 (ten years ago) link
when he takes off the panda head!!!!
I mean, I should have seen that coming, but still...
― Luigi Nono, le petit robot, actually (seandalai), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 01:00 (ten years ago) link
Dressed like geisha, *gong sound*
― kate78, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 01:27 (ten years ago) link
oh dear
well at least it is inspiring me to listen to nicole westbrook again. "it's thanksgiving" is secretly a classic right?
― dyl, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 01:29 (ten years ago) link
I do feel her on her hypoglycemia-induced grumpiness.
― kate78, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 01:37 (ten years ago) link
"Thanksgiving" is decent but idk if it makes my top 10 ARK/PMW tunes.
― Luigi Nono, le petit robot, actually (seandalai), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 01:47 (ten years ago) link
I guess they've recycled the "<FOODSTUFF> YEAH!" bits here as a kind of homage.
― Luigi Nono, le petit robot, actually (seandalai), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 01:48 (ten years ago) link
commentary from one of my friends:
Umm... The crazy part is that the Chinese is messed up... And reads something to the effect of "I love f&@k". WTH
― Bitch Fantastic (DJP), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 12:28 (ten years ago) link
Would have been 100% improved by having him remove the panda head to reveal an actual panda. That raps.
― My question is primarily riparian (Phil D.), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 12:41 (ten years ago) link
hungin
― how's life, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 13:04 (ten years ago) link
fast lanes switchin lanes
― Stevie D(eux), Friday, 18 October 2013 01:24 (ten years ago) link
'Authentic' Chinese Food song:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n3HQ9uge0g
― Spencer Chow, Friday, 18 October 2013 01:30 (ten years ago) link
see also the billboard thread, but this just debuted at #29 on the hot 100 lol http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/10/23/alison-golds-chinese-food-billboard-hot-100/
― 乒乓, Thursday, 24 October 2013 22:59 (ten years ago) link
oh my god lololololololololol
― a dessicated quasi-tsunami of gut-busting cosmic - tech (DJP), Friday, 25 October 2013 01:14 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5nfV3S7sqI
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Monday, 2 December 2013 19:35 (ten years ago) link
Uh oh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVCzdpagXOQ
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 7 December 2013 18:54 (ten years ago) link
whoa it's always a good time
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 7 December 2013 18:57 (ten years ago) link
Not as good as Tay Zonday's "Chocolate Double Rainbow"
― da croupier, Saturday, 7 December 2013 19:48 (ten years ago) link
― dyl, Saturday, 7 December 2013 19:51 (ten years ago) link
it's pretty fun/funny but the very last part is... awkward
sunday will be her conversion to becoming a jehovah's witness
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained ‘wow’. (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 7 December 2013 21:21 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2df30y9sMQ
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 7 December 2013 21:24 (ten years ago) link
what the
― SHAUN (DJP), Sunday, 8 December 2013 13:41 (ten years ago) link
Lol, Miley impersonator
http://i.imgur.com/7ZVbxIB.png
― 乒乓, Sunday, 8 December 2013 14:08 (ten years ago) link
Hotter than the real Miley
― Viceroy, Monday, 9 December 2013 02:20 (ten years ago) link
Just to bring you all up to speed, while we all may have moved on, my daughter's teacher has been playing this every Friday in her 4th grade class. This morning both of my kids, with no prompting from me, were skipping around the house singing "Friday, Friday ..."
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 March 2014 13:45 (nine years ago) link
oh i have not moved on from "friday"
― dyl, Friday, 21 March 2014 13:47 (nine years ago) link
Never.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 March 2014 13:56 (nine years ago) link
this song turns five in march. get ready
― maura, Wednesday, 6 January 2016 14:40 (eight years ago) link
Novelty songs endure.
― (please no long guns of any kind) (Eazy), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 16:38 (eight years ago) link
I've heard Coachella rumors . . .
― nickn, Wednesday, 6 January 2016 17:51 (eight years ago) link
When I saw this post two months ago, I made an Calendar appointment for March 14 that just read "FRIDAY". Got the reminder last week and didn't remember creating the appointment or what it could possibly mean.
― how's life, Thursday, 17 March 2016 18:58 (eight years ago) link
http://noisetrade.com/rebeccablack/starboy
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 14:24 (seven years ago) link
Rebecca Black's new single "The Great Divide" is quickly moving up the Billboard Dance Charts. This song can be read in so many ways but it certainly resonates deeply at this moment in time, talking as it does about the division and separation we are all feeling and experiencing. But this purposeful pop song strikes a hopeful note too, showing that you can find your strength in times of turmoil.
...and a cover of "Starboy," indeed.
20 seconds into this and I'm hearing "BABY YOU'RE A FIREWORK!!!", now I hate her
― frogbs, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 14:28 (seven years ago) link
"moving up" from?
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 14:29 (seven years ago) link
lmao just last week I accidentally opened the Rebecca Black "Friday" soundboard I'd put on my phone like 6 yrs ago and have not touched since
― Fluffy Saint-Bernard (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 17:42 (seven years ago) link
See, okay, it's things like this having happened an entire five years ago that make me feel positively ancient. I could've sworn it dropped like a month and a half ago, tops.
― Milkwalker's World (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 17:46 (seven years ago) link
I know what you mean. And it's been six years now.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 23:17 (seven years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 16 March 2017 03:49 (seven years ago) link
If it makes any difference, Rebecca looks exactly the same.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 16 March 2017 03:52 (seven years ago) link
holy crap idk if it's that i never listened to this on headphones, or i'm misremembering it, or it's that my new hearing aids are letting me hear more shit than before, but i NEVER noticed how much ridic unnecessary vocal ad-libbing is going on in the background????
― northwest pass-agg (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 12 August 2017 02:10 (six years ago) link
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, March 12, 2011 9:39 PM (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is still the best part of the song imo
― northwest pass-agg (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 12 August 2017 02:13 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxSVwwa9_Vc
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 12 August 2017 04:06 (six years ago) link
'Friday' doesn't sound half as remarkable/weird/hilarious today as it did when it came out. Strangely prescient of pop to come
― brand new universal harvester (dog latin), Friday, 4 May 2018 13:47 (five years ago) link
It didn't sound remarkable or weird then either. It was hilarious, though.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 4 May 2018 13:50 (five years ago) link
― northwest pass-agg (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, August 11, 2017 9:13 PM (eight months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
can't unhear it now
― frogbs, Friday, 4 May 2018 13:52 (five years ago) link
I mean, part of the reason it went viral to begin with is that as a composition it's blatantly unremarkable!
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 4 May 2018 13:52 (five years ago) link
fun fun fun fun fun fun
― frogbs, Friday, 4 May 2018 13:55 (five years ago) link
xpost Also because it impressed upon us the revelation that Fri-ee-day is in fact a three-syllable word.
― Love Theme From Oh God! You Devil (Old Lunch), Friday, 4 May 2018 13:56 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgSqedqty54
Heaven
― Tosser full of secrets (Ross), Friday, 4 May 2018 13:57 (five years ago) link
I mean, part of the reason it went viral to begin with is that as a composition it's blatantly unremarkable!― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, May 4, 2018 2:52 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, May 4, 2018 2:52 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Ummm... so you're saying people found it remarkable because there was nothing remarkable about it?
― brand new universal harvester (dog latin), Friday, 4 May 2018 14:00 (five years ago) link
Lol man people liked it cuz they related to it
I mean how many plebs don’t get righteous on a Friday?
― Tosser full of secrets (Ross), Friday, 4 May 2018 14:02 (five years ago) link
Turricans logic here is a laugh at best
― Tosser full of secrets (Ross), Friday, 4 May 2018 14:03 (five years ago) link
just remembered "Gotta have my bowl, gotta have cereal" and lmao
― frogbs, Friday, 4 May 2018 14:08 (five years ago) link
That’s how I used to kick it at 13
― Tosser full of secrets (Ross), Friday, 4 May 2018 14:12 (five years ago) link
https://vimeo.com/217264628
(NB, I may have had a hand in this.)
― Love Theme From Oh God! You Devil (Old Lunch), Friday, 4 May 2018 14:12 (five years ago) link
there's a lot of confirmation about where things are in relationship to where she is. this kind of orientating content would come in useful if ever i find myself on a mushroom trip
― brand new universal harvester (dog latin), Friday, 4 May 2018 14:16 (five years ago) link
listening to this rn so much about this is universally relatable
otm Super Mario World slide! thematically as appropriate as explosions in a Def Leppard song
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 4 May 2018 14:55 (five years ago) link
haha, yeah I wish that noise would play as I walk out the door at work in just under an hour
― brand new universal harvester (dog latin), Friday, 4 May 2018 15:04 (five years ago) link
Songs to walk in a room to?
― Tosser full of secrets (Ross), Friday, 4 May 2018 15:28 (five years ago) link
https://voices.clickhole.com/the-long-road-to-the-top-how-bursting-into-various-boa-1825124015
― brand new universal harvester (dog latin), Friday, 4 May 2018 15:29 (five years ago) link
The girl on her left has never recovered from the psychological scars
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Friday, 4 May 2018 15:59 (five years ago) link
Ummm... so you're saying people found it remarkable because there was nothing remarkable about it?― brand new universal harvester (dog latin), Friday, May 4, 2018 2:00 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― brand new universal harvester (dog latin), Friday, May 4, 2018 2:00 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
You know exactly what I mean, so stop being stupid. It went viral because the song and the video are cliched to the point of ridiculousness, from it's non-more-stock chord progression to the consciously dumb lyric sung by someone who blatantly can't sing.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 4 May 2018 16:04 (five years ago) link
That’s one way of looking at it man but girls just wanna have fun
― Main man (Ross), Friday, 4 May 2018 16:05 (five years ago) link
And man don’t call someone stupid.
Turricans logic here is a laugh at best― Tosser full of secrets (Ross), Friday, May 4, 2018 2:03 PM
― Tosser full of secrets (Ross), Friday, May 4, 2018 2:03 PM
Charlie's good today, innie Ross?
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 4 May 2018 16:07 (five years ago) link
Low blow man. Literally. Sticks and stones
― Main man (Ross), Friday, 4 May 2018 16:07 (five years ago) link
I love your passion man but just wish you didn’t have to resort to childish insults like stupid.
― Main man (Ross), Friday, 4 May 2018 16:08 (five years ago) link
Fuck this man. Gonna resort to cheap drug jokes. You’re about as deep as a kiddie pool
― Main man (Ross), Friday, 4 May 2018 16:10 (five years ago) link
This is a bit rich coming from someone who described someone's logic as "a laugh" only a few posts earlier, btw. As for dog latin, he knew exactly what I was on about.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 4 May 2018 16:16 (five years ago) link
Dude I’m just having a laugh. I’d have a beer with you life’s too short my man
― Main man (Ross), Friday, 4 May 2018 16:17 (five years ago) link
FWIW I’m glad you post here
― Main man (Ross), Friday, 4 May 2018 16:18 (five years ago) link
More like Turrican'teven amirite
― Love Theme From Oh God! You Devil (Old Lunch), Friday, 4 May 2018 16:19 (five years ago) link
boys I will not have you beefing on the Rebecca Black thread
― frogbs, Friday, 4 May 2018 16:21 (five years ago) link
I’m cool just standing up for dog latin
― Main man (Ross), Friday, 4 May 2018 16:22 (five years ago) link
More like Turrican'teven amirite― Love Theme From Oh God! You Devil (Old Lunch), Friday, May 4, 2018 4:19 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Love Theme From Oh God! You Devil (Old Lunch), Friday, May 4, 2018 4:19 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
More like Old News amirite!? :P
Kidding, btw - I feel the need to point that out.
Ross, I'm glad you post here too and to be honest, I don't dislike you at all.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 4 May 2018 16:27 (five years ago) link
I appreciate your passion man. Always will
― Main man (Ross), Friday, 4 May 2018 16:38 (five years ago) link
otherwise known as dragon energy
― flappy bird, Friday, 4 May 2018 16:41 (five years ago) link
Lol
― Main man (Ross), Friday, 4 May 2018 16:41 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lrEM_FrPkc
― Blithering Hayseed (Old Lunch), Friday, 17 May 2019 13:51 (four years ago) link
That's hilarious. Also, possibly the best/worst ringtone.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 May 2019 14:51 (four years ago) link
she's touring/has toured with man man?
― na (NA), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 17:06 (four years ago) link
this song still pops into my head about once a week. not necessarily on a Friday either.partying partying yeah
― kinder, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 17:09 (four years ago) link
oh my god that rooster video
― frogbs, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 17:35 (four years ago) link
when I get Chinese food on a Friday it's like... don't even
― maffew12, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 18:00 (four years ago) link
still waitin on that damn follow-up
― papa stank (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 02:43 (four years ago) link
Huh? There was one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_(Rebecca_Black_and_Dave_Days_song)
― stop creeping my instagram storiez (morrisp), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 02:48 (four years ago) link
does Ross still post here ?
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 15 January 2020 02:50 (four years ago) link
Nah, he split the scene
― stop creeping my instagram storiez (morrisp), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 02:54 (four years ago) link
no goddammit I wanted an album for every other day of the week, then one about the end of the month, and then one fore ach holiday.
― papa stank (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 03:15 (four years ago) link
Someone gave herself a glow up, and good for her!
pic.twitter.com/lcua4H076t— Rebecca Black (@MsRebeccaBlack) February 11, 2020
― Bougy! Bougie! Bougé! (Eliza D.), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 13:58 (four years ago) link
awww
― Homegrown Georgia speedster Ladd McConkey (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 14:15 (four years ago) link
i mean fair play to her, she did release one of the most indelibly catchy songs of the 2010s
My kids still play this song on the regular, and totally acknowledge that even though they play it ironically, they don't mind listening to it, and an ironic hit is still a hit.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 February 2020 14:48 (four years ago) link
Like, literally this morning, one of my kids sang the song to me but changed all the references to Friday to "birthday.'I should say they've also been playing a lot of the Black Eyed Peas "I've Got a Feeling," but that is pure irony, because it baffles them how terrible it is.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 February 2020 14:50 (four years ago) link
yaaay rebecca
― nxd, Tuesday, 11 February 2020 15:35 (four years ago) link
guess what day it is
― frogbs, Friday, 28 February 2020 14:36 (four years ago) link
that’s right it’s national science day mf’ers
― Generous Grant for Stepladder Creamery (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 28 February 2020 14:38 (four years ago) link
it's science day, science day, got to get down on science day
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 28 February 2020 14:54 (four years ago) link
which petri dish should I choooose?
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 28 February 2020 14:55 (four years ago) link
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/09/entertainment/rebecca-black-queer/index.html
Rebecca says she don't gotta make her mind up.
― ☮️ (peace, man), Friday, 10 April 2020 17:05 (three years ago) link
Publishing that piece on a Thursday was such a faux pas.
― morrisp, Friday, 10 April 2020 17:20 (three years ago) link
https://player.fm/series/slates-culture-gabfest/decoder-ring-gotta-get-down-on-friday
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 02:30 (three years ago) link
She's back...
Dorian Electra enlists Rebecca Black for new song and video | new project My Agenda out 10/16
Today, Pop-music-agitator Dorian Electra (pronouns:they/them/theirs) releases "Edgelord" featuring Rebecca Black. The track is from Dorian Electra’s forthcoming project My Agenda out October 16th.
Written by Dorian Electra, Rebecca Black, umru, Weston Allen and Full Tac, the track explores internet trolls in full force and the cloak of anonymity they hide behind. In Dorian fashion the visuals show them take on multiple characters including a furry and The Joker, highlighting the different masks trolls hide behind for safety. Whilst Rebecca Black references her debut single "Friday" as she sits in the back seat on her way to wreak havoc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsjqnYbsDO4&feature=youtu.be
"Friday" was terrible and yet still better than this.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 25 September 2020 16:39 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsjqnYbsDO4
Edgelord.
...
― OrificeMax (Old Lunch), Friday, 25 September 2020 16:43 (three years ago) link
was kind of hoping her "comeback single" would not be an overt reference to Friday but here we are
this song is god awful
― frogbs, Friday, 25 September 2020 16:45 (three years ago) link
"friday" was amazing
― dyl, Saturday, 26 September 2020 02:29 (three years ago) link
I'm so disappointed that no one (afaict) has ever done a mashup of Rebecca Black and Murray Saul.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhqp0XL0lkA
― You will notice a small sink where your sofa once was. (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 November 2020 21:09 (three years ago) link
10 years l8r... out 2nite at midnight @MsRebeccaBlack @bigfreedia @3OH3 prod. @dylanbrady pic.twitter.com/gNo9UWZy4w— DORIAN ELECTRA🗡My Agenda💿Out Now🎵 (@DORIANELECTRA) February 9, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 19:05 (three years ago) link
*checking the calendar*
what the FUCK
― frogbs, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 19:15 (three years ago) link
Friday (Remix) music video is here. directed by @westonallen64 + feat @DORIANELECTRA, @bigfreedia & @3OH3 https://t.co/RRKJaXwE72 pic.twitter.com/QDjDWQFO0D— Rebecca Black (@MsRebeccaBlack) February 10, 2021
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 18:28 (three years ago) link
this fuckin blows. you can't do "so bad it's good" if that was the entire intention
happy Friday y'all
― frogbs, Friday, 12 February 2021 20:42 (three years ago) link
did she ever decide what seat 2 take
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Friday, 12 February 2021 21:31 (three years ago) link
Kinda obsessed, some sort of genius microtonal trolling? idk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sN7kgEw954
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 22 July 2021 23:21 (two years ago) link
SAY YOU LOVE SATAN
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Friday, 23 July 2021 00:11 (two years ago) link
kinda sounds like buffy saint marie if she sat down in an office chair and spun around like 50+ times really fast and then had to sing this song
― Bongo Jongus, Friday, 23 July 2021 00:13 (two years ago) link
Omg rong thread
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Friday, 23 July 2021 00:16 (two years ago) link
marisa was a prophet
― Yours in Sorrow, A Schoolboy: (forksclovetofu), Friday, 23 July 2021 00:16 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbOhYhZiyTI
― Yours in Sorrow, A Schoolboy: (forksclovetofu), Friday, 23 July 2021 00:18 (two years ago) link
she also has drone videos of herself doing yoga on a mountain
― Yours in Sorrow, A Schoolboy: (forksclovetofu), Friday, 23 July 2021 00:19 (two years ago) link
This might legitimately be the worst singing I've ever heard. Like fascinatingly so.
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Friday, 23 July 2021 01:38 (two years ago) link
What key is that vocal melody in? Q flat?
― frogbs, Friday, 23 July 2021 01:38 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kfVskTOsWw
― ufo, Friday, 23 July 2021 01:45 (two years ago) link
Man, her friends are assholes. You're really just gonna keep letting her do this and never tell her?
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Friday, 23 July 2021 01:55 (two years ago) link
whaaaaat
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 23 July 2021 02:20 (two years ago) link
📹
― KEEP HONKING -- I'M BOBOING (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 23 July 2021 02:43 (two years ago) link
Her phrasing is good!
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 23 July 2021 03:06 (two years ago) link
She's a puzzle
― Maresn3st, Friday, 23 July 2021 09:02 (two years ago) link
I cry hoax, she can actually sing but chooses to hit the wrong notes. Genuinely shit singers are more droningly flat.
― a cad, a bounder, a rotter, a really bad sort (Matt #2), Friday, 23 July 2021 09:04 (two years ago) link
i really love the bizarre camera work in the "red dress" video, those moments when it suddenly speeds up
― ufo, Friday, 23 July 2021 09:11 (two years ago) link
She's no Mark Gormley.
― pomenitul, Friday, 23 July 2021 09:33 (two years ago) link
She directed this too. That could be her main thing. But then again she took the trouble to put the song on Spotify. Her campus tour video is a liiittle bit goofy. But I can't really see anything that suggests she's joking with the singing. She's surely seen many comments that she's not good at it. I wonder if she'd want to hang out.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 23 July 2021 10:59 (two years ago) link
I get the same vibe from those melodyne derived Youtube videos where they knock the vocal melody of 'Africa' out by one semitone.
― Maresn3st, Friday, 23 July 2021 11:24 (two years ago) link
a little Spotify sleuthing turns up what appears to be her personal playlists, featuring, among many others.....that's right, gaz coombes. the mystery deepens
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Friday, 23 July 2021 11:37 (two years ago) link
I feel like I need a 20m Adam Neely video unpacking this.
― Maresn3st, Friday, 23 July 2021 11:39 (two years ago) link
Oh, I just realized what this reminds me of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNhhXmXQ_bY
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Friday, 23 July 2021 12:14 (two years ago) link
The chorus of Red Dress is a straight rip of something but I can't think what it is.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Friday, 23 July 2021 13:12 (two years ago) link
shotgun?
― calumerio, Friday, 23 July 2021 13:15 (two years ago) link
sounds like a lot of pop country choruses, maybe some "Wildest Dreams" in there
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 23 July 2021 13:35 (two years ago) link
Yes, it's Shotgun!
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Friday, 23 July 2021 13:43 (two years ago) link
Thanks, Calumerio.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Friday, 23 July 2021 13:48 (two years ago) link
She's an MA student at Oxford who "conduct[ s ] quantitative research on the intersection of religion and politics": https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-brand-501595188/
The recording and engineering quality definitely suggests that digital pitch correction could have been applied if it was desired. My speculative hypothesis is she's not trolling but not lacking in self-awareness. She doesn't have singing chops but feels that shouldn't stop someone, out of a version of indie/punk-like aesthetic principles; all the online haters make her more resolved to do her thing and actually prove her message. She wants to make an anti-Christianity/pro-sex/anti-conformity statement and this kind of out-of-tune indie-country is what she sees as her innovation.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Friday, 23 July 2021 14:33 (two years ago) link
I feel like if you asked her then she would say this is part of her singing style, like Kate Bush or sth
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 23 July 2021 14:36 (two years ago) link
That's my theory too, with the caveat that I don't believe she would be able to sing conventionally if she had to.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Friday, 23 July 2021 14:37 (two years ago) link
Did IceJJFish turn out to be real or a joke in the end?
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 23 July 2021 14:41 (two years ago) link
Why not put the instruments out-of-tune too, if she's trying to make that statement? Why not go fully atonal?
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 23 July 2021 14:43 (two years ago) link
I mean, I'm just throwing darts but tbf this way of doing it does highlight the dissonance of her vs the group, which is also the message of the song.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Friday, 23 July 2021 14:45 (two years ago) link
Cause she's making an uncanny-valley, gentle tweak to the conventions of the genre?
― Maresn3st, Friday, 23 July 2021 14:46 (two years ago) link
Man, we should get on Linked In and invite her to the thread.
― Maresn3st, Friday, 23 July 2021 14:47 (two years ago) link
Otherwise, she'd just be doing early Pavement.
Not saying I like it (although I didn't like Pavement either for a long time).xps
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Friday, 23 July 2021 14:49 (two years ago) link
is she Jandek's daughter?
― cajunsunday, Friday, 23 July 2021 14:58 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv-cPY0Bel4
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Friday, 23 July 2021 16:14 (two years ago) link
Devil fest
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 23 July 2021 16:25 (two years ago) link
It's almost as if she's never heard singing before until someone described the act of singing to her and she decided to take a stab at it based upon that description.
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Friday, 23 July 2021 16:38 (two years ago) link
If this wasn't produced/presented the way it was, I think the response would be less bafflement and more praise. The YT algorithm showed me Wuthering Heights immediately afterword, and I think the algorithm is on to something.
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Friday, 23 July 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
Obviously Kate Bush is a much better singer! Just to be clear
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Friday, 23 July 2021 16:45 (two years ago) link
this is certainly a way to stand out amongst other youtube folksingers
seems like she knows what shes doing, and it isn't a parody
Her Covid song is a bit more standard, but when she sings an off note she makes a puzzled face, as if to say, "Isn't this quirky?"
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 23 July 2021 16:49 (two years ago) link
She's playing standard chords on her guitar, so she's not quite some unschooled savant.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 23 July 2021 16:51 (two years ago) link
this is a girl who can't sing in tune, it's not the second coming of the shaggs.
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 23 July 2021 16:54 (two years ago) link
xxxpost maybe she just farted
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Friday, 23 July 2021 16:55 (two years ago) link
I want a duet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D5148rRIkw
Let's make this happen
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Friday, 23 July 2021 17:05 (two years ago) link
Ahah this is great. I couldn’t help laughing in public while listening to it like a maniac.What’s the link to R. Black though ?
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 23 July 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
Eh, matching pitch is a skill that has to be learned for most people, myself certainly included. I've heard plenty of people who sound pretty similar to this in studios or schools.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Friday, 23 July 2021 22:25 (two years ago) link
The live Taylor cover def feels/sounds to me like a sort of trolling (as artistic strategy).
― Max Ice (morrisp), Friday, 23 July 2021 23:00 (two years ago) link
I usually understand "trolling" to mean that someone's main goal is to provoke and antagonize. I don't see that, based on the audience's reaction; if she was trolling them, she wasn't very successful.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Saturday, 24 July 2021 14:17 (two years ago) link
The more recent comments on the video do show negative reactions but the comments from when she first posted it don't.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Saturday, 24 July 2021 14:19 (two years ago) link
Yeah, that was my first impression: like an alien or someone living in a rainforest heard Taylor Swift and tried doing it herself.
Also reminiscent of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr3R8aSjkAk
― ... (Eazy), Saturday, 24 July 2021 14:28 (two years ago) link
― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, March 12, 2011 6:26 PM (ten years ago)
― sarahell, Saturday, 24 July 2021 17:36 (two years ago) link
still curious about the Rebecca Black connection. is it cos this person has gone viral with a terrible song?
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Saturday, 24 July 2021 17:39 (two years ago) link
it's the only reason I can see tbh -- in addition to them both being female.
― sarahell, Saturday, 24 July 2021 18:09 (two years ago) link
This is nothing like Rebecca Black imo.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Saturday, 24 July 2021 18:09 (two years ago) link
― imago, Saturday, 24 July 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
As for 'terrible', I found it quite compelling
because you thought she was hot?
― sarahell, Saturday, 24 July 2021 18:13 (two years ago) link
honestly, if I was more industrious, I would try adding a shit-ton of reverb to her voice to see if it could be palatable to gothwave cru
― sarahell, Saturday, 24 July 2021 18:15 (two years ago) link
Ari Evan12 hours ago (edited)Really niche of you to incorporate such strong Ives-ian influences in your composition. Who knew bi-tonality, microtones and “pop” could go so well together?!
Sarah BrandSarah Brand11 hours agoThank you so much!
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Saturday, 24 July 2021 20:37 (two years ago) link
I think I'm coming around to classic.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Saturday, 24 July 2021 20:39 (two years ago) link
Imo we're all sleeping on her other video, the fully fleshed version of 'Fantasy':
https://www.gtc.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/sarah-brand-fantasy-music-video/
― pomenitul, Saturday, 24 July 2021 20:57 (two years ago) link
Wow, that's actually kind of cool. I mean, I want there to be more going on in the music but the dissonances are amazing at times, esp the crunchy layered vocal harmonies.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Saturday, 24 July 2021 21:05 (two years ago) link
She makes me think a bit of Danielson Famile.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Saturday, 24 July 2021 21:06 (two years ago) link
Maybe Adorno is her sociological role model?
― pomenitul, Saturday, 24 July 2021 21:07 (two years ago) link
Tbc, I have been exposed to one Danielson Famile album many years ago.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Saturday, 24 July 2021 21:10 (two years ago) link
this is blowing up at the moment, huh
― Yours in Sorrow, A Schoolboy: (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 24 July 2021 21:12 (two years ago) link
honestly, if I was more industrious, I would try adding a shit-ton of reverb to her voice to see if it could be palatable to gothwave cru― sarahell, Saturday, July 24, 2021 7:15 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― sarahell, Saturday, July 24, 2021 7:15 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Given it a go - results are uh well...
https://soundcloud.com/james-errington-769931947/red-dress-fukd-up
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 24 July 2021 21:38 (two years ago) link
reminds me much more of a maybe-accidental, maybe-avant-garde vibe of Farah Abraham much more than Rebecca Black
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 24 July 2021 21:39 (two years ago) link
i'm getting a slight whiff of "Space Oddity" in there
― Yours in Sorrow, A Schoolboy: (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 24 July 2021 22:13 (two years ago) link
yeah I was think "Can't Find My Way Home" by Blind Faith
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 24 July 2021 23:06 (two years ago) link
I subscribed to her Vevo; she only has a few hundred subscribers. (How does an aspiring artist get a Vevo acct, can anyone do it?)
― ghost runner on first (morrisp), Saturday, 24 July 2021 23:31 (two years ago) link
(or is she an “industry plant,” lol)
― ghost runner on first (morrisp), Saturday, 24 July 2021 23:32 (two years ago) link
Also reminds me of this, which I think I found out about bc of a rushomancy post: http://musicweird.blogspot.com/2018/05/sick-sound-craze-for-amateur-girl.html
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Saturday, 24 July 2021 23:43 (two years ago) link
her place is assured on the Oxbridge Outsiders album that Numero puts out in 2034
― in a bar, under the (seandalai), Saturday, 24 July 2021 23:49 (two years ago) link
I think anyone can start a Vevo account
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 24 July 2021 23:55 (two years ago) link
xxp Kathy Young is awesome, fwiw (I have her comp CD)
― ghost runner on first (morrisp), Sunday, 25 July 2021 00:10 (two years ago) link
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, July 24, 2021 2:38 PM (yesterday)
definitely moanwave adjacent! well done!
― sarahell, Sunday, 25 July 2021 07:35 (two years ago) link
Everett True stans for Brand …. and Brand replies!https://everetttest.wordpress.com/2021/07/22/sixty-for-60-27-sarah-brand/
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 25 July 2021 09:09 (two years ago) link
lol this is awesome.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 25 July 2021 09:26 (two years ago) link
If the Rebecca Black connection question is directed at me, there's none.
I just thought here was the best place to put it *shrugs*
― Maresn3st, Sunday, 25 July 2021 12:09 (two years ago) link
A lot of people outside of these walls are making a Rebecca Black connection, whether justified or not.
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 25 July 2021 12:39 (two years ago) link
Ah, I see
― Maresn3st, Sunday, 25 July 2021 12:45 (two years ago) link
Rebecca Black was a teenager who sang a banal song written for her by a commercial song factory, with extreme use of digital pitch correction. Sarah Brand is a grad student writing and performing her own songs and directing her own videos, trying to say something about religion and society, with a very unpolished voice to which she chooses not to apply any digital correction.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Sunday, 25 July 2021 12:57 (two years ago) link
There's a similar 'cringe' fascination for a lot of online viewers/listeners but it goes no further than that. They're opposites in some ways.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Sunday, 25 July 2021 13:00 (two years ago) link
There’s a perception that both are hilariously un-self-aware vanity projects, but yes, Brand is in control and Black wasn’t.
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 25 July 2021 14:24 (two years ago) link
The unanswered question here is whether Brand is knowing or delusional.
Evidence for the former: she's academically gifted, there's serious thought behind the concept, the contrast between the polished and competently produced instrumentation and the untreated raw vocal suggests a conscious aesthetic choice.
Evidence for the latter: there's a preening, self-adoring quality to her performance in the "Red Dress" video which could indicate narcissistic delusion; maybe she comes from money, the participants were paid well, and so nobody was motivated to have a quiet word in her ear.
Yeah, I'm a bit obsessed right now.
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 25 July 2021 14:42 (two years ago) link
I mean, even if she was at some point hearing her own voice and thinking it sounded like Carrie Underwood, she has by now read the many comments on her videos - even True's praise, which she responded to, was predicated on her work being raw, unpolished outsider art.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Sunday, 25 July 2021 14:59 (two years ago) link
It's the scope and the relative slickness of the presentation that's the unusual factor. A number of people who can sing no better than this distribute footage of themselves singing a cappella or strumming a guitar, very few spend thousands on a quasi-professional video.
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 25 July 2021 15:02 (two years ago) link
Not sure it would require thousands. From the description of "Fantasy":
Special thanks to Green Templeton College, University of Oxford for the filming location.Special thanks to the Oxford University Filmmaking Foundation for the use of filming equipment.
(She's a member of both of those.)
The actors look like they're probably fellow students.
It would definitely require a lot of time, work, and production skills, though.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Sunday, 25 July 2021 15:12 (two years ago) link
Agree 100% though that the contrast between the voice and the slickness of everything else is the unusual and striking aspect.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Sunday, 25 July 2021 15:17 (two years ago) link
But I mean lol that slicked-up expensive pop music is otherwise the preserve of those with elite vocal technique.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Sunday, 25 July 2021 15:33 (two years ago) link
Do you think that there are well-known singers who would sound this pitchy without autotune?
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 25 July 2021 15:38 (two years ago) link
Someone has pitch-corrected the vocals (starts at 1:05).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6ERPeGkBt8
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 25 July 2021 15:53 (two years ago) link
Well, there are a lot of (mostly male) singers like Lou Reed and Bernard Sumner whose pitch doesn't sound much better than this to me but have made a distinctive aesthetic of it. (Taylor Swift ca 2007 wasn't quite at this level but was, uh, less distant than one might think.) But no my point was not that most pop/country singers sound like this, just that if what I want to listen to is great singing, that's often not what I would put on anyway.xp
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Sunday, 25 July 2021 15:55 (two years ago) link
There's also a "microtonal transcription".
This is notated in 48-tone equal temperament, using quarter tone accidentals as well as arrows to indicate 25 cents.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JVphem5IWE
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 25 July 2021 15:55 (two years ago) link
Come on, Sumner and even Reed have a vastly better command of pitch than Brand. Neither of them is a great singer - from a technical perspective - and yes, they turned that into an aesthetic. But Sumner (and Reed, in his younger days) can actually carry a tune.
― I Advance Masked (Vast Halo), Sunday, 25 July 2021 17:21 (two years ago) link
I wonder if both cultural norms, and the fact that higher-pitched voices have more prominence to the ear, conspire to make this more of an issue for female singers. I'm not sure that Ian Curtis on a bad day would have sung any better than this.
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 25 July 2021 17:51 (two years ago) link
...but because he's down in a baritone range (and maybe due to Hannett's production), his voice recedes into the instruments.
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 25 July 2021 18:03 (two years ago) link
well I mean part of it tho is this type of singing placed in a nominally. (if weirdly skewed) wanna be professional modern pop context in which singers can generally....sing or are at least pitch correctedif she was in some indie post punk band no one would bat an eyelash
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 25 July 2021 18:10 (two years ago) link
I wonder if both cultural norms, and the fact that higher-pitched voices have more prominence to the ear, conspire to make this more of an issue for female singers
yes. and see also genre -- listen to Camaraderie's reverb version --
― sarahell, Sunday, 25 July 2021 18:15 (two years ago) link
this sounds more like the average karaoke rendition of a song than anything to me.
my ex sang like this
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Sunday, 25 July 2021 18:17 (two years ago) link
key hint is how she sometimes does wind up in key through pure chance.
yeah, where the person is singing at/near the top of her range (or psychologically induced range), as opposed to nearer the middle where the singer will feel more confident/comfortable to sing a wider range of notes
― sarahell, Sunday, 25 July 2021 18:20 (two years ago) link
Would be totally willing to read and compare microtonal transcriptions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOOijUEEQTI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyyrqCC5vw0
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Sunday, 25 July 2021 18:22 (two years ago) link
xps
like this was the main aesthetic similarity between this and Rebecca Black -- the one note-ness -- though Brand's voice is capable of more overtones and expressiveness so she sings variants (or microtones as you will) of the same one.
― sarahell, Sunday, 25 July 2021 18:22 (two years ago) link
Sorry, first link was meant to start at 12:15, second at 4:34.xp
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Sunday, 25 July 2021 18:23 (two years ago) link
― sarahell, Sunday, July 25, 2021 2:20 PM bookmarkflaglink
yeah with my ex it was always Celine Dion, when she should have been singing alto-y country.
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Sunday, 25 July 2021 18:24 (two years ago) link
Ozzy sounded way worse than Brand on his last two tours w/ Sabbath btw. like...way....way....worse.
do you miss her?
― sarahell, Sunday, 25 July 2021 18:25 (two years ago) link
almost like "I'm used to this song in its former key but the band lowered the key to help me, but i'm still singing it in the original key" bad
xpost I don't miss the Celine Dion
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Sunday, 25 July 2021 18:25 (two years ago) link
Scott Weiland was having a lot of trouble when I saw him play a few months before his death, he was missing notes that weren't even especially high in his range.
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 25 July 2021 19:10 (two years ago) link
I would definitely rather listen to Sarah Brand than Ian Brown, the worst live singer I've ever seen by some considerable distance.
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 25 July 2021 20:02 (two years ago) link
(because graceful self-delusion, if that's what it is, will forever trump graceless misplaced arrogance)
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 25 July 2021 20:04 (two years ago) link
people are taking this seriously huh
― Yours in Sorrow, A Schoolboy: (forksclovetofu), Monday, 26 July 2021 01:52 (two years ago) link
just wait for the EOYs
― imago, Monday, 26 July 2021 09:45 (two years ago) link
she could also work on her enunciation ... I didn't really understand what she was saying half the time ... maybe it's just me being old
― sarahell, Monday, 26 July 2021 16:40 (two years ago) link
no that was my first reaction even before the pitch. I'm like "is this mumblecountry"?
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 26 July 2021 16:52 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I couldn't make any of it out before I read the lyrics.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Monday, 26 July 2021 16:53 (two years ago) link
you actually read the lyrics?!
― sarahell, Monday, 26 July 2021 16:56 (two years ago) link
They're right there in the video description.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Monday, 26 July 2021 17:09 (two years ago) link
I've clearly been thinking too much about it. Reading the lyrics was basic level.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Monday, 26 July 2021 17:13 (two years ago) link
Feels like a lot of people itt investing way too much thought into this terrible song and terrible singer. Y'all really want a new Farrah Abraham that badly, huh?
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 26 July 2021 17:18 (two years ago) link
I will give her this much: as awful as the song + singer are, the cumulative 45 seconds or so that I've heard of this (once for myself, once for my gf who probably noped out quicker than I did) have lodged themselves very firmly in my head.
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Monday, 26 July 2021 17:22 (two years ago) link
"Fantasy" is good!
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Monday, 26 July 2021 17:33 (two years ago) link
Red Dress with an actual singer is a good song
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 26 July 2021 17:42 (two years ago) link
Loathed the Farrah Abraham, but I wouldn’t mind a new Laurel Halo - the unadorned pitchiness of Quarantine was a thing of great beauty.
― mike t-diva, Monday, 26 July 2021 17:44 (two years ago) link
Gordon Haskell was kinda pitchy on this one, to the surprise of no one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNhfdZe5njk
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 26 July 2021 18:10 (two years ago) link
the lyrics of this are very very bad btw
― Yours in Sorrow, A Schoolboy: (forksclovetofu), Monday, 26 July 2021 18:35 (two years ago) link
i do like "fluffennamp timebaschwain fennehsquaf" thought that was a good line
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 26 July 2021 18:40 (two years ago) link
xpost Why do u judge in disgust
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Monday, 26 July 2021 18:41 (two years ago) link
brilliant video moment with the cutaway on "letting someone else steer" to a red cow
― Yours in Sorrow, A Schoolboy: (forksclovetofu), Monday, 26 July 2021 18:49 (two years ago) link
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Monday, July 26, 2021 10:09 AM (three hours ago)
tl;dr
― sarahell, Monday, 26 July 2021 20:21 (two years ago) link
I like the ii to II modulation in the chorus, that's what sticks in my head.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 26 July 2021 20:24 (two years ago) link
This is kind of like the time Wes Bentley tearfully engaged with the beauty of a plastic shopping bag caught in an updraft
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Monday, 26 July 2021 21:20 (two years ago) link
oh thank god, I thought I maybe was patient zero for a new variant with COVID ears symptoms
― StanM, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 11:26 (two years ago) link
This is the funniest fucking thing
― Karl Havoc (DJP), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 11:35 (two years ago) link
I only sent that once
― StanM, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 11:45 (two years ago) link
oh thank god, I thought I maybe was patient zero for a new variant with COVID triple vision symptoms
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 11:51 (two years ago) link
Microtonal vision is a thing.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 11:56 (two years ago) link
― StanM, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 12:16 (two years ago) link
Lyrics on this are also really, impressively bad. I vote calculated effort to go viral. And good on her.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 12:23 (two years ago) link
The only thing about this that even hints at calculation is that I'd think an Oxford grad student would generally have a better notion of how words go together.
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 12:46 (two years ago) link
her thesis is on five dimensional chess
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 12:58 (two years ago) link
Which could it be:
Calculated avant-garde exercise or wealthy person without self-awareness or talent
Hmm, we'll never know.
― Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu Rob Thomas (PBKR), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 13:15 (two years ago) link
I can't imagine another board with people trying to do the required mental gymnastics to turn the latter into the former though. Sometimes bad is just bad.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 13:45 (two years ago) link
https://artinfiction.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/asc-3a.jpg
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 13:46 (two years ago) link
This song's proponents have iirc all said they like it because of the pleasure of hearing it
― imago, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 14:22 (two years ago) link
I probably slightly prefer the pleasure of thinking and talking about it.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 14:24 (two years ago) link
xpost - Fine, then I'll amend my post to say I'm completely lost as to how anyone could find pleasure in anything about that song.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 14:29 (two years ago) link
The tang of unusual tonal harmonies within a pop-country context is pretty irresistible, what can I say
― imago, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 14:30 (two years ago) link
this song is A+, it's clearly intentional and it is not easy to be off key on every single note.
― akm, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 14:34 (two years ago) link
^ would've been agreed upon already if this board wasn't almost entirely people over 30
― ri, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 14:46 (two years ago) link
it being bait, that is
― ri, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 14:48 (two years ago) link
another Sarah Brand rapidly updates her profile...
https://twitter.com/sarahgailbrand?s=20
― Grandpont Genie, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 14:58 (two years ago) link
― akm, Wednesday, July 28, 2021 10:34 AM (twenty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Sure, sure. I will believe this when she releases the song where she is on key on every single note.
― Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu Rob Thomas (PBKR), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 15:04 (two years ago) link
Green Templeton College obviously think any publicity's good publicity:
― Grandpont Genie, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 15:09 (two years ago) link
it was manifestly obvious on the first listen that it was deliberate. she is hitting the same notes over and over again
― imago, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 15:10 (two years ago) link
It's totally possible to be off key on every note, esp if you make certain (common) errors in vocal technique. (See for reference: any group not made up of professional singers singing "Happy Birthday"). I think Brand is probably genuinely limited as a singer. I just think it's more likely to be a case of accepting it and running with it than of massive self-delusion. Not sure what the basis is for assuming she's exceptionally wealthy, either.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 15:11 (two years ago) link
Should have called herself Sarah Off-Brand.
― Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu Rob Thomas (PBKR), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 15:15 (two years ago) link
Hey guys is this where I sign up for the three-day symposium on the works of Sarah Brand, also can I get a list of featured speakers
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 15:17 (two years ago) link
Moondog, Daniel Johnson, Schoenberg, Rebecca Black, Pitbull
― Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu Rob Thomas (PBKR), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 15:35 (two years ago) link
Not Daniel Johnston. The real heads know Daniel Johnson is where it's at.
― Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu Rob Thomas (PBKR), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 15:40 (two years ago) link
surely this deserves its own thread
― sleeve, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 15:46 (two years ago) link
yeah this thread is for Rebecca Black news and updates only
― frogbs, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 15:48 (two years ago) link
Sarah Brand
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 15:57 (two years ago) link
I'm almost 50!
― akm, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 16:23 (two years ago) link
― imago, Wednesday, July 28, 2021 11:10 AM bookmarkflaglink
doesn't really prove anything tbh - one can be off-key in a consistent way without intentionally doing so. I have a friend who for some reason can never find the correct key for "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" at karaoke night and she consistently sings the same wrong notes, but she's not trying to! and she's a legit singer.
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 17:57 (two years ago) link
what am i doin' heeeeeeeee(*earth tilts off its axis and spins into infinite darkness*)eeeeeeeeeere
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 17:59 (two years ago) link
the other thing is she wrote the song, and there are definitely people that can mimic other people's songs, but can't actually tell that what they're writing doesn't fit the key they're in. also people who aren't used to using melisma and don't have a good ear often melisma into Allan Holdsworth territory
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 18:06 (two years ago) link
FYI: This is the holiday classic "It's Thanksgiving" by Nicole Westbrook, produced by the same "music factory" as Rebecca Black's "Friday" https://t.co/mEFM93NWbC— Sam Gavin (@samgavinLA) November 24, 2022
― The self-titled drags (Eazy), Thursday, 24 November 2022 22:59 (one year ago) link
Thanksgiving in the back seatThanksgiving in the front seat
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Thursday, 24 November 2022 23:14 (one year ago) link
"Nothing is fo-bidden" Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.
And I like how she covers other holidays.
― nickn, Thursday, 24 November 2022 23:17 (one year ago) link
I like how she sings into the turkey leg toward the end. (Why does the song only mention turkey and mashed potatoes? Seems like there are a lot of other dishes that could’ve been name-checked…)
― "Mick Wall at Kerrang!" (morrisp), Thursday, 24 November 2022 23:27 (one year ago) link
I don't get no respect.
Thanksgiving music?
― emil.y, Thursday, 24 November 2022 23:35 (one year ago) link
We definitely talked about “It’s Thanksgiving”, I think on this thread years ago
― castanuts (DJP), Friday, 25 November 2022 00:58 (one year ago) link
I scrolled up and lolled again at “My family owns an airport there”
― “uhh”—like, this is an insane oatmeal raisin cookie “uhh” (President Keyes), Friday, 25 November 2022 02:02 (one year ago) link
i do always revisit "it's thanksgiving". a classic
― dyl, Friday, 25 November 2022 14:44 (one year ago) link
It’s the time of year when everyone has rubs smelling up their cribs
― castanuts (DJP), Friday, 25 November 2022 15:05 (one year ago) link
Did dude take down the song where he said “they call me fat fat fat fat Usher”
― castanuts (DJP), Friday, 25 November 2022 15:06 (one year ago) link
i hope so, that was so embarrassing
― dyl, Saturday, 26 November 2022 03:38 (one year ago) link
RIP CJ Fam
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Saturday, 26 November 2022 16:20 (one year ago) link
in the end you just can't autotune the pain of a dying child.
― sarahell, Sunday, 4 December 2022 20:15 (one year ago) link
[citation needed]
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 05:59 (one year ago) link
i was 13 this man is 36 https://t.co/a7Hxtaxi9W— Rebecca Black (@MsRebeccaBlack) January 6, 2023
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Saturday, 7 January 2023 19:55 (one year ago) link
Not a hot tip I was expecting to drop, but Rebecca's new album Let Her Burn (great title) is really, really, fun. Feels like she and her people have listened intently to all of the moderately adventurous female-fronted pop music of the last few years, and then set out to pay tribute to as much of it as possible in (an admirably focused) thirty minutes. So while the lead single sounds like Midnights meets Ariana Grande other than a pseudo-industrial breakdown near the end, there is also a 2-step garage track, a track that gestures towards hyperpop, a lesbian love song that is basically a rewrite of The 1975's "Somebody Else", a song that sounds like The Strokes by way of Olivia Rodrigo, and a (charmingl) imagining of Poppy making drum and bass track appropriately titled "Destroy Me", which is worth linking:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qA23jMionY
I also enjoy Rebecca's switches between unvarnished talky and breathy high vocals, very familiar in this post Camilla Cabello world, but still very successful I think.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 13:32 (one year ago) link
I forgot to mention there's a track that sounds like Phoebe Bridgers, because of there is.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 13:33 (one year ago) link
lmao 'destroy me' has almost the same 'whoa!' sounds as Smack My Bitch Up :D (they're 'hey' here i think but same effect)
― imago, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 13:43 (one year ago) link
I think it’s actually a “Firestarter” reference? But yes absolutely, and that little trick feels like a meme I have heard across a bunch of recent tunes pop and otherwise.
(To cross-pollinate current threads, “Us Ephemeral” uses “Go!” in the same way)
― Tim F, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 13:50 (one year ago) link
to continue that cross-pollination, if big beat is truly coming back, that is one nostalgia i will not stand in the way of
― imago, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 13:55 (one year ago) link