[Robo]

I've been deliberately avoiding the whole Rebecca Black meme, but I finally gave the music video a watch. "Music video" is being generous, here. It felt more like an advertisement; I kept on expecting all the kids to start schilling Go-Gurt. But if my ears ever stop bleeding, I think it will have boosted my confidence as a musician.

I was expecting it to be bad, but I can't get over how bad it is. I wouldn't be surprised if it was the final nail in the coffin of auto-tune, I mean she sounds like a cyborg Sarah Palin. And what the hell do tweens know about getting down on Friday, anyway? "Man, our lives are so stressful, what with our homework and having everything provided for us and stuff. We really need to just let loose a bit, on the weekend. Let's drive our convertibles over to Rebecca Black's parents' house and listen to her sing!"

I didn't think lyrics could get more banal than will.i.am rapping the days of the week, but Rebecca Black goes beyond the impossible by carefully explaining, at length, that Saturday does in fact come after Friday, and Sunday comes after that.

[addabox]

Just relax and let the hooks do their work.

[Robo]

I have found the place hope goes to die, and it is Rebecca Black's "Friday."

But the saddest thing is that behind it all is a talentless young girl who just really wanted to be a pop star. And you just know that everyone around her is in full-blown reality-denying, all-publicity-is-good-publicity mode, and it'll hit hard when she finally realizes that she's just the new William Hung. Being talentless and having rich parents (Ark Music Factory is, of course, a vanity label) aren't crimes, but sometimes I think taking advantage of kids should be. :/

But hey. She'll sell some iTunes, and maybe in twenty years she'll be able to laugh about her "brush with fame." Who knows.

[psmith2.0]

Those kids driving the car (that convertible)...were any of them over 13?

We might need a mod to lift this discussion out of this thread and into its own? We've deviated from the kittycat goodness, but I feel this topic could result in some funny posts and back-and-forth if given its own thread (I know, I kinda started it by replying to GOLDFRAPP's posting...it was all new/unknown to me).

Brad, do that thing you do.

PS - I don't want to hear any more shit about "waterboarding". I now know what true torture is.

[joveblue]

Originally Posted by Robo I've been deliberately avoiding the whole Rebecca Black meme, but I finally gave the music video a watch. "Music video" is being generous, here. It felt more like an advertisement; I kept on expecting all the kids to start schilling Go-Gurt. But if my ears ever stop bleeding, I think it will have boosted my confidence as a musician. I was expecting it to be bad, but I can't get over how bad it is. I wouldn't be surprised if it was the final nail in the coffin of auto-tune, I mean she sounds like a cyborg Sarah Palin. And what the hell do tweens know about getting down on Friday, anyway? "Man, our lives are so stressful, what with our homework and having everything provided for us and stuff. We really need to just let loose a bit, on the weekend. Let's drive our convertibles over to Rebecca Black's parents' house and listen to her sing!" I didn't think lyrics could get more banal than will.i.am rapping the days of the week, but Rebecca Black goes beyond the impossible by carefully explaining, at length, that Saturday does in fact come after Friday, and Sunday comes after that.

Ah, so you "get it" now

I also like the bit where she's having an existential crisis about where she should sit in the convertible* when there's only one seat available. And then the cameo appearance by 'Fat Usher' whose lyrics are equally terrible.


*Although I'm pretty sure when the lyrics were written there was no convertible in mind, just a plain old school bus with plenty of seats

[GOLDFRAPP]

Everyone, please, watch this Rebecca "Black Friday" parody:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Chelwb6Ja4

It's so hysterically spot on, I almost died. You won't regret it.



P.S. When watching, be sure to close any ads that may obstruct the lyrics at the bottom.

[addabox]

Oh no, I just watched the "Ark Intro" video and now I'm blind and insane.

If you don't know, "The Ark Music Factory" is a teen exploitation mill/vanity label in SoCal that figured for the right price they could start processing ambitious adolescents with affluent parents like cupcakes, giving them disposal songs and videos for four or five grand a pop. Sort of like a high production value, very expensive version of those blue screen karaoke booths that you can make a DVD with. Thus "Friday" (and many more), although I wonder if Rebecca and her parents are especially proud to be famously horrible. Like I say, I don't think it matters anymore, and I expect her to host SNL soon, or get a reality show, or be elected governor of Alaska.

[psmith2.0]

...or a Senator from Illinois.




Equal time, brother man.



A mod really needs to do some surgery on this thread...I feel we're stepping on the kitties with all this Black Friday talk.

[Xaqtly]

Back on track:

[Moogs]

Win.

[Robo]

[Foj]

[Xaqtly]

[Moogs]

Caterpillar makes shoes now? Awesome.

[turtle]

They have for at least 13 years. I wore a pair while I was an EMT with a rescue squad. Decent boots though horrible wear life.

[Moogs]

See, if I had quit my job like what's his name from Office Space and gone to work with Lawrence and the chics from Channel 9 at the construction site, I'd know this.

[turtle]

Yep, you would.

[addabox]

Yeah I get the impression that they're just trading on the name and not worrying over much about making a great boot.

Red Wing guy, myself.

[Foj]

[Foj]

[Xaqtly]

[kscherer]

Man, that looks a lot like me in the morning!

[Xaqtly]

[Foj]

[Foj]

[murbot]

Originally Posted by Moogs Caterpillar makes shoes now? Awesome.

Dude I'm wearing a pair of their boots right now. They're called "Walking Machines".

[Moogs]

Do we have a "Not-so-lol" category? Amazing and highly bogus result at the same time. 1800 miles just to get hit by a car. The universe pisses me off sometimes. I'm no tree hugger but that cat deserved to live damnit!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14303496

[Foj]

[Xaqtly]

In honor of the new Zelda game coming out later this month, I made this one today.

[Foj]