i love it too.
― o sh!t a ˁ˚ᴥ˚ˀ (ENBB), Thursday, 29 July 2010 17:41 (thirteen years ago) link
And I like the Wayne version too JD. You are not alone.
WOOOOOO HOOOOOOO
― gold bullion logic (samosa gibreel), Thursday, 29 July 2010 17:43 (thirteen years ago) link
L'Chaim!
― Mayor Hickenlooper and the liberal agenda (HI DERE), Thursday, 29 July 2010 17:44 (thirteen years ago) link
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― The chickbad from the ludicrous 'ludacris' song (some dude), Thursday, 29 July 2010 17:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I like dumb pop songs as much as the next guy, hell I repped for "Girlfriend" in that Dr. Luke thread, but this is one of the single most awful pop songs in the last decade and I die a little each time I'm forced to hear it. Given its approaching ubiquity, I should have no soul left at all by about 2014.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 29 July 2010 17:44 (thirteen years ago) link
sweet, have fun being a Twilight character
― Mayor Hickenlooper and the liberal agenda (HI DERE), Thursday, 29 July 2010 17:45 (thirteen years ago) link
i teared up when the kids orchestra started playing itfor some reason i can't watch kid musical events without cryingit's kind of a problem
― ghee hee hee (La Lechera), Thursday, 29 July 2010 17:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Now that was uncalled for, couldn't you have just called me an "asshole" or something a little friendlier?
I seriously don't understand why, but the Black Eyed Peas in general and this song in particular bring out the Alex in NYC in me.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 29 July 2010 17:56 (thirteen years ago) link
hate this song so much. and "encroaching" is the wrong word. its popularity has peaked already imo, we're on the way down the mountain of ubiquity onto the foothills of annoyingly overexposed.
― Efraqueen Juárez (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 29 July 2010 18:02 (thirteen years ago) link
I hope Kool & The Gang have invested their money well, because ASCAP payments on "Celebration" are probably taking a big dip.
― gato busca pleitos (Eazy), Thursday, 29 July 2010 18:11 (thirteen years ago) link
It isn't going anywhere. There was just a story on the radio the other day that for many wedding DJs, this has surpassed "Celebration" as the most requested song.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 29 July 2010 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link
oh god i hope nothing similar is happening in britain.
― Efraqueen Juárez (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 29 July 2010 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
I gotta feelingThat this song's gonna be ubiquitous
― Mayor Hickenlooper and the liberal agenda (HI DERE), Thursday, 29 July 2010 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Unlike "Celebration," "I Gotta Feeling" affords a wedding-reception crowd:
-Vocal parts of men and women-Vocal parts for those who can sing and those who cannot-Vocal parts for groomsmen and bridesmaids-The high "woooo-hooo" part for those who want to sing a little but not a lot-A 2-for-1 deal. The song could be 2.5 minutes, but then (after they sing "do it again"), it repeats itself
― gato busca pleitos (Eazy), Thursday, 29 July 2010 18:20 (thirteen years ago) link
er, vocal parts for men and women
I believe this song may be the eternal flipside to Carmina Burana.
― gato busca pleitos (Eazy), Thursday, 29 July 2010 18:21 (thirteen years ago) link
i feel like a fun-ruiner for h8ing this song. shit sounds like a slice of wonder bread and a glass of water 2 me.
― for those about to s1ock, we slutsk you (m bison), Thursday, 29 July 2010 18:25 (thirteen years ago) link
last night i was driving home at the end of a really good night, flipped over to the pop station, and this song was playing, and for real, it was AWESOME.
― The chickbad from the ludicrous 'ludacris' song (some dude), Thursday, 29 July 2010 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link
i thought about c&p'ing relevant stats from the song's wikipedia entry about how it's the highest selling digital single ever and the 5th biggest billboard hit of the last decade and went to #1 in 20 countries but really it was hard to sift through it all and isolate just the facts that best convey its utter hugeness.
― The chickbad from the ludicrous 'ludacris' song (some dude), Thursday, 29 July 2010 18:28 (thirteen years ago) link
btw i don't like to do the predict that other people will change their minds in the future thing with music, i think it's obnoxious, but for real, "I Gotta Feeling" didn't place in ILM Top 100 2005-2009: TRACKS but i strongly suspect in 5 or 10 years if you did that poll over it would do pretty well.
― The chickbad from the ludicrous 'ludacris' song (some dude), Thursday, 29 July 2010 18:31 (thirteen years ago) link
The first time I ever heard the song was following some link to this video, so right off the bat it seemed like a classic freshman-orientation anthem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zcOFN_VBVo
― gato busca pleitos (Eazy), Thursday, 29 July 2010 18:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Unlike "Celebration," "I Gotta Feeling" affords a wedding-reception crowd:-Vocal parts of men and women-Vocal parts for those who can sing and those who cannot-Vocal parts for groomsmen and bridesmaids-The high "woooo-hooo" part for those who want to sing a little but not a lot-A 2-for-1 deal. The song could be 2.5 minutes, but then (after they sing "do it again"), it repeats itself
Totally! Also, the whole "tonight's gonna be a good night" theme affords winking reference to wedding-night hanky-panky.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 29 July 2010 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
also: go out and smash itlike omg
― ghee hee hee (La Lechera), Thursday, 29 July 2010 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
i wd like this song more with a female vocal. funny it has so many supporters around here! also funny that this thread is being started now. i didn't realize it was still going strong, but i guess it is!
― janice (surm), Thursday, 29 July 2010 20:15 (thirteen years ago) link
also funny that this thread is being started now. i didn't realize it was still going strong, but i guess it is!
yeah, love the song to death, but wasn't it "on the way down the mountain of ubiquity onto the foothills of annoyingly overexposed" like, nine months ago?
― a CRASBO is a "criminally related" ASBO (contenderizer), Thursday, 29 July 2010 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
I was just saying if I ever have kids there will be like a 100% chance that I will hear this song at their wedding in 25 or 30 years
― verybooming post pavillion (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 29 July 2010 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
i think a year out is when you really get to be able to tell whether a song is ever going away or if it's kind of going to be perennially ubiquitous. but yeah, this thread could've started anytime.
― The chickbad from the ludicrous 'ludacris' song (some dude), Thursday, 29 July 2010 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
strengths of "I Gotta Feeling" imo:
-hooks-catchy, danceable-fun for the whole family
weaknesses of "I Gotta Feeling" imo:
-hooks are unengaging and derivative-maximal pop form for its minimal content-fun for the whole family-every single member of the black eyed peas annoys the shit out of me regardless of whether I like the song they are performing on are not
― I think I'm Big Bird, Harold Hooper (crüt), Thursday, 29 July 2010 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link
*or not
More like it's going from overexposed in a number-one-hit way to permeating itself into the very fiber of our society.
― gato busca pleitos (Eazy), Thursday, 29 July 2010 20:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Official video is surprisingly racy (Fergie in thong, girl/girl makeout, etc.).
― gato busca pleitos (Eazy), Thursday, 29 July 2010 20:51 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean, there are things I think that could be improved - - for example, the whole "monday, tuesday, wednesday" section is kind of a waste of space, and arguably works against the idea that tonight is the special, magic night that one has a feeling about. I kinda wish he just made a strong case for Thursday and Thursday alone. But these are quibbles, the thing was massive for a reason and I'll save my hate for "Boom Boom Pow," which was just moronic.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 29 July 2010 21:07 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah running down the days of the week in a pop song is usually serious filler.
― The chickbad from the ludicrous 'ludacris' song (some dude), Thursday, 29 July 2010 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
4 me, it just feels rly fucking tepid 4 a dance song. i dunno, i'm having trouble coming up with criticisms that don't rely on tired standard issue pop song h8rade. im not rly engaged by the song at any point, and i dont feel like it ever goes anywhere. like wheres the dynamism? if it werent for its creeping ubiquity i feel like i would have 4gotten about this song a while ago.
― for those about to s1ock, we slutsk you (m bison), Thursday, 29 July 2010 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
i like that it's not very dynamic -- you just have this nice pretty melody with a kinda cool unique texture looping over and over with a bunch of different vocal hooks alternating over it and the drums never hit that hard or feel like an important piece of the whole. makes it feel kind of singular and unusual as a dance party staple.
― The chickbad from the ludicrous 'ludacris' song (some dude), Thursday, 29 July 2010 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
this song was made so little kids and old people can dance togetherit's gonna be kind of stupid and bouncy
― ghee hee hee (La Lechera), Thursday, 29 July 2010 21:17 (thirteen years ago) link
this song is awesome hatersto the left
― dyao, Thursday, 29 July 2010 21:18 (thirteen years ago) link
at most, i can come up with "it's nice"
but that's just for me, personally, and i think it has a lot to do with the vocal. i totally see why some dude likes it. it's a feel-good, nostalgic anthem for friendship, and it functions well in that regard.
― janice (surm), Thursday, 29 July 2010 21:20 (thirteen years ago) link
the fact that they decided not just to write the most bar mitzvah friendly song ever but to add "MAZEL TOV" immediately bumps this from classic to all-time-classic
― iatee, Thursday, 29 July 2010 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link
understand that different folks like different stuff, but it's hard to get my head around the idea that people can't see what's so immediately & durably appealing abt this song. first time i heard it was on the car radio in maine while visiting my folks. on first listen, the best pop song i'd heard in at least a year, what i always hope the radio will sound like (though it hardly ever does). seemed obvious to me that it would be HUGE. maybe not huge forever and bolted to the national DNA, but still...
― a CRASBO is a "criminally related" ASBO (contenderizer), Thursday, 29 July 2010 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link
plus yeah that
― a CRASBO is a "criminally related" ASBO (contenderizer), Thursday, 29 July 2010 21:22 (thirteen years ago) link
something like 93% of my appreciation for this song comes from the 'mazel tov'
― iatee, Thursday, 29 July 2010 21:22 (thirteen years ago) link
I should add that I haven't yet encountered this in a dance club context, only as the video or as something playing in a car, say, on the way home from work, which really is a great format for it. The repeating loop has this anticipatory quality to it, like the tension is always building up not so much for this song, but for the NEXT song which is when your night actually begins. Alternately, I guess, the whole song is the night in miniature, with the journey to the club, the exciting explosive party, and then the chilled-out "wooooooooooo-hoo" section where it feels like they just stepped out to get some fresh air and it's cold outside tonight and everything is feeling pretty great and it's good to be alive, etc.
And then you have fucking Fergie saying "DRANK!!!!" which is a real problem IMO, although yeah it gives people something to shout at wedding receptions.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 29 July 2010 21:22 (thirteen years ago) link
i def love the "mazel tov"
but dubbing this the best pop song in at least a year is beyond infathomable to me.
― janice (surm), Thursday, 29 July 2010 21:24 (thirteen years ago) link
at least this song is better than "boom boom pow"
― I think I'm Big Bird, Harold Hooper (crüt), Thursday, 29 July 2010 21:24 (thirteen years ago) link
*unfathomable :)
i had that first and then second-guessed myself!!
― janice (surm), Thursday, 29 July 2010 21:25 (thirteen years ago) link
The days of the week aren't filler when folks are dancing to it. If anything, that's the part where the lyrics become a double-time beat, kind of the climax to the song.
Another thing that works about the song: the minute-and-a-half into that gives everyone time to set down their drinks or birthday cake and make their way out to the dance floor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGECbTuTId0
― gato busca pleitos (Eazy), Thursday, 29 July 2010 21:26 (thirteen years ago) link
but dubbing this the best pop song in at least a year is beyond iunfathomable to me.
well, if popularity's any yardstick, i'm not alone in that...
― a CRASBO is a "criminally related" ASBO (contenderizer), Thursday, 29 July 2010 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
I got a feeling vs. all my friends
― iatee, Thursday, 29 July 2010 21:28 (thirteen years ago) link
BTW the mention of "Oh What A Night" and the recollection of how I felt about this when it was huge helps me understand how the BEP-haters here feel about "I Gotta Feeling." I cannot deny the former is extremely catchy but I HATE it -- and I think my reasons for hating it parallel in some sense people's reasons for hating "I Gotta Feeling" -- I see the reference to 1963 as a cynical grasp at the sympathy of old people (see also: "Old Time Rock and Roll," "Summer of '69") in the same way you guys see "Mazel Tov" as a cynical grasp at the sympathy of bar mitzvah MCs.
I have no good theory to explain why I reject "Oh What a Night" and accept "I Gotta Feeling." Will think about it and tell you guys if I come up with anything.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 1 August 2010 20:51 (thirteen years ago) link
uh yeah he means jokey ironic "lol ... dancing" dancing
like how long does this sort of dancing go on? do people carry on their ironic dancing three, four, five songs in a row? actual question, it's hard for me to imagine an "ironic" dance lasting longer than a minute or two unless it was like a genuinely ironic piece by Alvin Ailey or something
― gross rainbow of haerosmith (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Sunday, 1 August 2010 22:01 (thirteen years ago) link
like if you are at places where people are just "ironic" dancing all night long are you maybe dancing @ Actors Theatre or something?
― gross rainbow of haerosmith (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Sunday, 1 August 2010 22:02 (thirteen years ago) link
I better be careful not to smile or laugh or somewhat jokingly attempt a move I can't quite pull off next I'm dancing, someone from this thread might be there and murder me or something
― The chickbad from the ludicrous 'ludacris' song (some dude), Sunday, 1 August 2010 22:47 (thirteen years ago) link
a3rosmith otm
in my life I honestly don't think I've seen anyone 'ironically dance' for more than 20 seconds and never on a dance floor. if there's a 40 yo white dude on a dancefloor and a rap song comes on, I don't think it's 'ironic' if he does something sorta goofy. I mean, is this person supposed to turn into an authentic hip hop dancer? are they supposed to resort to their white person traditions and just square dance or something? it's hard to imagine a way that they'd be able to be racially insensitive using dance moves.
― iatee, Sunday, 1 August 2010 22:50 (thirteen years ago) link
I should say that I'm sensitive about this because more than once after being seen dancing a little I'll hear "underrated aerosmith seemed to be making fun of the entrance music by dancing funny to it" and I'll be like "hey fuck you that is how I dance you fuckin assholes"
― gross rainbow of haerosmith (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Sunday, 1 August 2010 22:52 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm with some dude. jokey/ironic dancing is a lot of fun. anybody who's ever attempted to dance like bryan ferry in the "same old scene" video, or like a dude from the detroit new dance show, or like a dude in a jam and lewis video, knows what i mean
― 不合作的方式 (r1o natsume), Sunday, 1 August 2010 22:56 (thirteen years ago) link
― The chickbad from the ludicrous 'ludacris' song (some dude), Sunday, August 1, 2010 6:47 PM (9 minutes ago)
There's a difference between trying something and laughing because you feel goofy, and being an ironic ass just to get attention. Like I said this was mostly in college, I don't notice it much anymore when I go out. Mostly because I avoid frat boy hangouts.
― 'ello govna, Sunday, 1 August 2010 23:04 (thirteen years ago) link
This song is so nothing...
― calstars, Sunday, 1 August 2010 23:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh how I long for the days when "Time of Your Life" was the ubiquitous one.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 29 July 2010 18:37 (4 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
prescient
― I am using your worlds, Sunday, 12 December 2010 01:38 (thirteen years ago) link
heh
― o let's not do it and say we did (The Reverend), Sunday, 12 December 2010 02:56 (thirteen years ago) link
"i gotta feeling" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "the time" and i hate "i gotta feeling"
― o let's not do it and say we did (The Reverend), Sunday, 12 December 2010 02:57 (thirteen years ago) link
"Time of Your Life" is a disaster
― markers, Sunday, 12 December 2010 03:04 (thirteen years ago) link
ditto "Here's to the Night"
the word "encroaching" being in this thread title still cracks me up
― ad hom alone (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 12 December 2010 03:10 (thirteen years ago) link
"boom boom pow" is also still a hundred times better than this song
― ad hom alone (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 12 December 2010 03:12 (thirteen years ago) link
duh
― o let's not do it and say we did (The Reverend), Sunday, 12 December 2010 03:31 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3PRmu0tr6k&feature=youtu.be
― reggae night staple center (Eazy), Wednesday, 7 September 2011 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
My pet peeve is indie-ish songwriters messing up a cover by making fun of it, coming from the angle that what they're covering is a shitty piece of craftsmanship when it's actually as carefully put together as anything in their own catalog.
― reggae night staple center (Eazy), Wednesday, 7 September 2011 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
actually I think that's great because it usually exposes the indie-ish songwriters for the talent-lite hacks most of them are
― Tal Berkowitz - Vaccine advocate (DJP), Wednesday, 7 September 2011 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
Like they need any help with that.
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
ha fair point
― Tal Berkowitz - Vaccine advocate (DJP), Wednesday, 7 September 2011 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
Never having had any desire to check out Jeff Tweedy, this will ensure that turns into a lifelong trend.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 7 September 2011 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
so this didn't end up becoming that ubiquitous, did it? haven't heard it on the radio in ages, and i listen a lot.
― dyl, Thursday, 19 September 2013 05:07 (ten years ago) link
it felt p ubiquitous to me the year it came out, but that was largely because at the time i had cokehead downstairs neighbors who would come home at 3 in the morning and blast it; their stereo was apparently set up against a wall directly under my bedroom, and the sound would travel up through the floor, through my mattress, and into my pillow. it was actually louder if i was lying down.
― 1staethyr, Thursday, 19 September 2013 06:26 (ten years ago) link
I don't think I've heard this song in a couple years.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 19 September 2013 06:57 (ten years ago) link
Maybe like once since the super bowl disaster
― The Reverend, Thursday, 19 September 2013 06:59 (ten years ago) link
ubiquitous pop songs always drop off the radar in the subsequent year or two. in this case i'm very glad of that. doubtless it'll eventually return as a staple though, sigh
― lex pretend, Thursday, 19 September 2013 08:09 (ten years ago) link
yeah this turned out not to really have staying power. especially compared to, like, "Single Ladies," which came out about 6 months earlier.
― Jean-Claude Brand Ambassador (some dude), Thursday, 19 September 2013 11:17 (ten years ago) link
i feel like it's remained really influential on pop music, though. there's still at least a few "I Gotta Feeling" soundalike major label singles every year, and I feel like it kicked off the whole wave of 'wistful party song' type hits like "We Can't Stop."
― Jean-Claude Brand Ambassador (some dude), Thursday, 19 September 2013 11:21 (ten years ago) link
Sorry, what's wistful about I Gotta Feeling?
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 19 September 2013 12:35 (ten years ago) link
Autotuning on ''..and then we'll do it agaiaaian,'' and the little doodle-WOOdle-oodle-oo sound.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 19 September 2013 12:44 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0S2PtFP2Jo
― with HD lyrics (Eazy), Thursday, 9 April 2015 18:22 (eight years ago) link
The comparison with "Celebration" is apt. And I love both songs, and hope and plan to hear both at my son's bar mitzvah someday!― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, July 29, 2010 7:53 PM (nine years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, July 29, 2010 7:53 PM (nine years ago) bookmarkflaglink
Update: did in fact play this at my son's bar mitzvah
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 04:13 (four years ago) link
Lol, what a lovely thread revive
― the article don, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 08:11 (four years ago) link
Congratulations! I genuinely miss the days of ubiquitous Black Eyed Peas. Just learned that they went back to their roots two years ago and made a political rap album, accompanied by a sci-fi Marvel comic about the crack epidemic?
― ☮️ (peace, man), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 09:36 (four years ago) link
Ritmo (Bad Boys for life)" by The Black Eyed Peas with J Balvin is #1 on Billboard's Hot Latin chart. Eh, not that impressive. Not good.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 19:42 (four years ago) link
Holy crap, my kids and I were cracking up playing this in the car just last week. One didn't believe me that a singer actually says "l'chaim!" My theory is they wrote this *specifically* for bar and bat mitzvahs, after spending time in Hollywood and hearing about all the big paychecks peers had been getting for private performances.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:03 (four years ago) link