Rebecca Black reveals the deeper political messages behind "Friday"
POSTED BY: canttakesky
UPDATED: Wednesday, April 6, 2011 01:28
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As the days pass, three so far, I like it more and more actually, because it was something that my favorite cousins and I watched together, incidentally we watched it on Friday, but I think it will always be one of our jokes together, partyin partyin yeah! So ... yeah .... I have to say I do like it because of the fond memories that are growing around it in my mind, those also include watching some of the parodies with them and making up words about shooting kids that come on the lawn, like in Grand Tarino, good movie. Anyways I like it.
"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya
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I'm curious for Happy to weigh in here, I'm surprised he hasn't.
Busy lately, which is good. My private teaching job with the Autistic children is in full swing, very challenging and rewarding work. As a matter of fact I should be sleeping right now, gotta wake up and drive an hour to work in the morning. Not a fan of that, but at least I can write the gas and auto maintenance off on taxes next April.
I'll look into this more later but there was one remark I had to address.
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Does a song really need lyrics? Or a tune? Hmm. I'm getting the part where this exposes the whole industry: Anyone can do it, and it doesn't really matter what you do. The media wants to maintain a monopoly where you listen to signed singers like Lady Gaga, and not to random people on youtube.
Love her or hate her, Lady Gaga is a talented performer. Like an updated version of Madonna or something. Katie Perry though, I would believe is media induced psuedo-musician. Everything about 'Friday' and Katie Perry IMO is redundant, bland and mediocre. At least Lady Gaga stands out from the general suck.
ETA: In defense of my masculinity, the only reason I am more than casually familiar with those artist is because of my girlfriend. That and I heard some of their music on last season's Dancing With The Stars.
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I care for the way she says "We so excited"
I'm surprised no one posted this yet. I thought of doing it first off, but I wanted to discuss memes and traffic, and I knew this would just push us into video posting.
Check out the comments. Also, the like/dislike. While the ratio is in his favor, he only has 10% of the number of likes that she has, which is illogical given that he's 98.5% positive, and has about 10% of her hits (which is just wrong, btw, I mean, that's the internet, right?)
That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.
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Oh, and how could I forget:
Also, not to dash your dreams of capturing December...
That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.
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Originally posted by canttakesky:Quote:Haha. What hooks me is the "partyin', partyin' yeah!!!" LOL. Makes even lonely people feel like they are at a party, participating in a group chant. It's a good feeling of belonging.
Originally posted by dreamtrove:
The song is still stuck in my head.
The lyrics are indisputably inane, the tune is somewhat pedestrian, but there is a innocent, group hug flavor to the song that is appealing.
I say good for her.
I'm going to write a song about December and take my shot at fame.
Yup. I'm not crazy about the song, but it IS a bit infectious, and earworms its way into your head. It's silly, but have you ever listened to XTC's "Sunflower"?
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We'd laugh because each drop would make me grow up
Really high, really high like a really high thing
Say, a sunflower
Always makes me think of "Throw Momma From the Train", where Billy Crystal is teaching the writing class, and one woman has written a submarine story, complete with lines like, "'Dive! Dive!' hollered the captain down the thing."
On the December front, I humbly offer this:
Heck, there's even a band named after the month...
"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill
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Happy,
Lady Gaga is an attention whore who makes porn videos that are unoriginal, and pale compared to Britney, even when you're dancing to it.
My point being that this is pretty par for popular music. The idea that Lady Gaga should be famous is more than a little absurd.
That doesn't mean it's not music, just that what makes it popular is a huge corporate machine, the same one which wrote it, edited it, and hired the hookers.
If a random person posting a youtube can achieve the same effect, this shatters the media hall of mirrors, and we're no longer beholden to their power of selection and promotion.
They fear this. They fear it a lot. A team of probably a dozen people created Lady Gaga, and maybe a hundred on her video. I suspect a highschool class with a little extra time on its hands could do the same thing. And will. So, you teach a music class. Go to it. Create something, put it up on youtube. Displace Lady Gaga.
It's like my issue with govt. The media represents a propaganda arm of people who were born into privileged and intend to keep us slaves. I wouldn't mind taking them down a notch or 300.Quote:
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oh well its better than justin bieber
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Mike, could you post the sunflower video? I couldn't find it.
That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.
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Quote:My ambitions are way more modest. I was thinking something along the lines of...
Originally posted by dreamtrove:
Also, not to dash your dreams of capturing December...
December, December
Christmas is in December
Presents, yeah! Presents, yeah!
Can't wait for all my presents, yeah!
This month is December.
Last month was November.
Next month is January.
The month after is February.
Last month we had turkey
This month, we'll have ham.
Next month's for beef jerky
And the month after is for Spam.
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Hmm. This explains Twilight.
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Originally posted by Bytemite:
Hmm. This explains Twilight.
My sole experience with 'Twilight'
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Buffy v Edward. I had forgotten about that. That is some damn impressive editing right there.
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