Top 100 moments in Rebecca Black's "Friday" music video

When Black's "Friday" comes
I'll stand down by the door
And catch ILXors when they
Dive from the fourteenth floor

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.

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.

(tbf when I call the song ridiculous, I don't necc. mean it's bad. I actually kinda like it...)

When Black's "Friday" comes
I'll stand down by the door
And catch ILXors when they
Dive from the fourteenth floor

― The Louvin Spoonful (WmC), Friday, April 1, 2011 5:05 PM Bookmark

When Rebecca Black's Friday comes
I'll stand down by the door
And catch the listeners when they dive from the fourteenth floor

― for real molars who ain't got no fillings (Hurting 2), Monday, March 14, 2011 4:32 PM Bookmark

whoops, sorry

can't be posted enuff imo

I'm about to go to a grade school father-daughter dance, what are the odds I hear this to-ni-eee-ight

Have fun!

(...funfunfun)

be with your FRANS

Only if your FRANS have daughters too, or that'd be weird.

lol yeah

the frans experiment

http://honorofgod.org/blog3/?p=1874

Two centuries ago, France’s experiment with expelling God and worshipping Reason ended in a sea of blood

the FRAENS experiment

― *emergency alternative display name (Pillbox), Friday, March 18, 2011 4:40 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark

the Franz experiment (poor Hans was never the same)

you laugh but that's the greatest name ever for a pop sellout record

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/

Okay even with Taylor Hicks doing his best to ruin it with his goddamn harmonica, I smiled.

AND IT WAS AWESOME

Yeah, I kinda feel like this was the perfect way to kill off the meme.

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, April 1, 2011 10:35 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

(tbf when I call the song ridiculous, I don't necc. mean it's bad. I actually kinda like it...)

― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Friday, April 1, 2011 10:39 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

i love this. ty

even cj fam isn't an ark music factory 'exclusive artist,' wow!

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.

This.

i'm really hoping Sleep record a cover of this that is 35 minutes long that goes at like 30 bpm

re that point, 30 min version prob linked upthread but if not: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jUtYVm3MzA

Friday IN HELL is genuinely scary.

Wow, that is great!

holy shit, wau

There's an audiolink way upthread but combining it with the video like that = FEAR.

That long note at roughly 13:05 transcends time and space.

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.

I guess not!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU1v_XKgEPc

jon via chicago posted it

yeah, i see now. Fallon still a pain.

I'd probably have been happier w/ just Colbert and the Roots, but that's still pretty awesome.

holy shit that is awesome

so great - Tarik puts Pato's rap into a whole other realm, lol

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).

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?

What's weird to me is how popular this is while being (relatively) low-charting.

It's 2011 dawg, "popular" <> charts.

82,751,513 views

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 :'-(

lmaooooo

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, 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

wish we could fit all that in the board description

http://thumbs.onlybestsex.com/stars/Alanna_Lee.jpg

also the sales for this song are impressive for an internet meme 'bad song,' not by any other standard