The Encroaching Ubiquity of I Gotta Feeling by the Black Eyed Peas

nah imo there is something beautiful about songs that can unite people. some of them suck, of course, but some of them don't.

weddings are fun, but "your uncle will want to dance to it" is not a positive quality in a song imo

Still butthurt about 'How Many Licks' clearing the dancefloor?

this song's ubiquity is STILL ENCROACHING???

encroaching in the Smash Mouth "All Star" sense

l'chaim >>> mazel tov, clearly

and yeah some dude otm, even though I'm not a big fan of this song (it's ok), if it can get my cheeseball uncle to dance drunkenly and stupidly, I call that a plus.

hehe yea i agree, but i also think a lot of the songs that would do that would not be found on my iPod

There are songs that have wedding disco classic status thrust upon them (I think Rehab might be the most recent but there are dozens of them) and there are those that are clearly contrived for the purpose (Single Ladies, I Gotta Feeling), both of which sort of feel like they're trying way too hard.

CRAZY by gnarls barkley :( :( :|

hey ya

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g192/rrawn/frownieface.jpg

those 2 in partic, barf

Both were played at the wedding I was at last month so there you go. By a wedding band no less.

weddings are fun, but "your uncle will want to dance to it" is not a positive quality in a song imo

― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, July 30, 2010 10:16 AM (50 minutes ago)

OTM. This is music for people who don't care about music. It serves its purpose, but let's not champion a song for appealing to the lowest common denominator.

Aren't those both just songs that were such absolute ginormous hits that it makes sense to play them at motley gatherings like weddings, b/c you need songs that you can assume at least 3/4 of the inattentive, non-musico audience knows, likes, and will be happy to hear? I mean a wedding is not an indie club where you have to dig deep and play a song that peaked at #20 ten years ago to get people delighted and surprised - - - you can play "Crazy" and even shy Cousin Wanda, who owns five CDs and hasn't thought about that song in years, will have the time of her life. How is this a bad thing?

it's not for cousin wanda. but for me and plenty of other people it's sickening.

and it's not "either obscure hit from 10 yrs ago or HEY YA"

plenty of stuff in between!

Oh yeah, sure, I mean, I'm sick of "Hey Ya" too, but I'm also sick of "Celebration" and "September" and what have you but it's hard to say those are sucky and bad for that reason. Weddings have gotta be tough to DJ, is all I'm saying.

'september' i always like somehow

it's true, it is hard to say that such songs are bad for that reason alone -- it's just that Crazy and Hey Ya are PARTICULARLY shite. like my blood boils.

Last wedding I was at had kinda weird music. Lots of anonymous worldbeat, then like four Paul Simon songs in a row, then "Bust a Move" and "Ice Ice Baby."

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jenandlaw
1 hour ago

I'm so sad for the people who live their lives this way, think it is fun, and don't realize the emptiness. That isn't sarcasm... it's genuine grief and compassion.

sounds like someone fucking around with an ipod xp

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marcosMCify
4 hours ago

granda som

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GODWATCHESYOU1
20 minutes ago

@jenandlaw Most won't make it.

Matthew 7:13-14

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Amen

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easye1973
1 day ago

@thecherrypopper11 she is hot for a tranny and that voice in that song yikes total Y chromosome there and "bra" nice one. ANd just like you I am a homo sapien, could you use a less PC term next time?

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cowlovers1000
1 day ago

@wafflesandtoast1 no its black light paint if u put that stuff in glow sticks on ur hands it would eventually eat through ur skin

this song is alright. otm on the 'celebration' factor. never want to listen to it but its fine if i'm dancing with my nan.

weddings are fun, but "your uncle will want to dance to it" is not a positive quality in a song imo

― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, July 30, 2010 10:16 AM (50 minutes ago)

OTM. This is music for people who don't care about music. It serves its purpose, but let's not champion a song for appealing to the lowest common denominator.

― 'ello govna, Friday, July 30, 2010 11:15 AM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

music is for EVERYONE to enjoy as much or as little as they wish, not just fucking obsessives like us, we don't own sound goddammit

there are so many populist songs that go down well at wedding discos and that everyone knows, that are also a fuckton better than "i gotta feeling". just play "crazy in love" and "billie jean".

good picks for a wedding

xp yea truth be told i wd be hard-pressed to say this or any song is for ppl who don't care about music

altho that is an interesting question. cuz i definitely kno ppl who like, don't care about music. but i don't know what they listen to, when they do listen to music.

HMMMM

you can't dance stupid to "billie jean"
this song is for stupid dancing, like silly dancing

i don't LIKE it, i'm not all "man, this is a great track" but for bouncing around stupidly with an all-ages crowd, most of whom i will never see again? ok, fine.

i hate stupid dancing: Ironic Dancing Must Be Destroyed

that's ok if you hate it, but grandma and aunt wanda love it

COUSIN wanda

:D

i have this new dance floor strategy i'm trying out: if i don't like the song, or if i don't feel like moving my body, i don't. HAHAHA!

xp yea truth be told i wd be hard-pressed to say this or any song is for ppl who don't care about music

altho that is an interesting question. cuz i definitely kno ppl who like, don't care about music. but i don't know what they listen to, when they do listen to music.

― janice (surm), Friday, July 30, 2010 11:42 AM (5 minutes ago)

off the top of my head, another example would be "who let the dogs out". no one bought the baha men album, no one listens to that on their ipod. it's meant for ubiquity. it's made so that people who don't pay attention to music can still feel like they're in the know when they hear it at a ball game, or on tv.

I think the days of the week are in there for the 3-to-7-year-olds on the dance floor. It works like one little, two little, three little Indians.

Invocations to stupid dancing can be classic in the right hands. The last minute or so of this for example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYgntQFE0io

Another thing that will likely give this song a long life is the low expectations in the lyrics. It's not saying this wedding day is going to be the best day of our lives or this Bat Mitzvah is going to blow our minds.

(Actually I meant about 2mins 45 into that)

dancing isn't something that belongs just to the professionals either! if someone feels like dancing badly or stupidly to a song they like they're allowed, you fucking fascists!

i also love this song! tho i also take exception with the encroaching bit of the thread title. this thing has been pretty ubiquitous for awhile

But it's gonna reach some Camptown Races level shit.

A side note, Wanda is normally Aunt Wanda in discussions like this but I thought maybe Aunt Wanda doesn't yet really know about "Crazy" so, better play it safe.

btw I just danced to this song at a fam party bcz my aunt, frustrated with the "Celebration" and "Play That Funky Music" etc being played by DJ because "I don't want to feel old", requested "some young people music like Lady Gaga." This came on, and it was good enough for her. And good enough for me.

DJ is now playing "Juicy," so bye!

My mother (who is in her mid-50s) informed me the other day that she likes this song. Sort of made me feel like I have failed as a son.

haaah