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 (thirteen years ago) link
okay how about the Thong Song
― in my world of loose geirs (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:02 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
Shakey, try picking a song that is actually dislikable
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:04 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
not nearly as good as thong song
― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:12 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.funnyordie.com/rebecca_black
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:31 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti1D9t8n0qA
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
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, 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
they were all famous before they made records, for one
― dayo technology (some dude), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:51 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
― The Louvin Spoonful (WmC), Friday, April 1, 2011 5:05 PM Bookmark
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, March 14, 2011 4:32 PM Bookmark
― rock rough 'n' stuff with h.r. pufnstuf (Hurting 2), Friday, 1 April 2011 21:40 (thirteen years ago) link
whoops, sorry
― The Louvin Spoonful (WmC), Friday, 1 April 2011 21:56 (thirteen years ago) link
can't be posted enuff imo
― Bleeqwot the Chef (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 1 April 2011 21:59 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
Have fun!
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 1 April 2011 22:08 (thirteen years ago) link
(...funfunfun)
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 1 April 2011 22:09 (thirteen years ago) link
be with your FRANS
― VegemiteGrrl, Friday, 1 April 2011 22:11 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
lol yeah
― VegemiteGrrl, Friday, 1 April 2011 22:14 (thirteen years ago) link
the frans experiment
― Bleeqwot the Chef (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 1 April 2011 22:15 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
the FRAENS experiment
― *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 (thirteen years ago) link
the Franz experiment (poor Hans was never the same)
― VegemiteGrrl, Friday, 1 April 2011 22:28 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
AND IT WAS AWESOME
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 2 April 2011 05:05 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
even cj fam isn't an ark music factory 'exclusive artist,' wow!
― teledyldonix, Saturday, 2 April 2011 07:52 (thirteen years ago) link
This.
― Josh L, Saturday, 2 April 2011 10:44 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link