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I didn't even know Rebecca Black (or her terrible excuse of a song) existed until yesterday. Unfortunately, something possessed me to look it up in YouTube. Let's just say that if I hear the word "Friday" or "fun" again, I might have an aneurism.

I wanna know how someone who is auto-tuned to no end can repeat the same words over and over and be successful with it. It seems making music requires no real talent these days, just a computer with auto-tune capabilities and synthesized instruments. It's a shame.
 
I think I just accidentally found a music video that makes most of what's been posted in this thread look like quality music. I followed a link from this thread, then clicked on a related video, and... this came up:

(warning, it's kind of gross/PNSFW) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bdeizHM9OU

:eek:

That doesn’t even compare. It has more than 10 words in the song, for one thing.:rolleyes:
 
I will say this

She has more talent than I do and actually took steps to pursue it when she was young. I think the song is not great, but is catchy as well. I think people are unneedlessly hard on her imo
 
Any song that uses actual instruments and vocals instantly is better than Friday. Except maybe Nickle Back songs.

This song actually has me questioning my disdain for groups like Nirvana and Oasis.

Granted some (and in Oasis' case, ALL) of their music was outright horrid, at least their worst is better than this! Even more so, this is so bad I'm thinking even Weird Al will give this girl a free pass for the first one.. after that, no quarter.

But like I said before, at least Guitar Guy redeems it for me.. and he plays his own instruments!

BL.
 
This song actually has me questioning my disdain for groups like Nirvana and Oasis.

When Rebecca asks you for $100 a seat, THEN you can compare them.

Go Rebecca, don't let the bastards grind you down.

Oh, and that other song you did, pure *****. Lose it. kthksbai
 
It's really ridiculous how much hatred one finds on the net against people like Rebecca Black or Justin Bieber...

If only people were so engaged with politics, science, etc...
 
Does no one else think that Friday is actually satire?

This is what I was thinking too. It's almost like they made a list of what they would have to do to create the worst possible song:

  • Completely vapid, shallow lyrics
  • Extremely repetitive lyrics and hooks
  • Auto-tuned to all heck (and back)

And yet... look at how incredibly successful (?) it is. And, yes, having millions of people view your video, even if it's just to hate on it, is a form of success. The tens of thousands of dollars she's made on iTunes says a lot too.

So if Rebecca Black and gang are enjoying a well-played joke on the rest of the world, then that's awesome for them. But if not (and most likely not)... boy, what does this say about the state of music today. When you can literally take a song about nothing, apply all kinds of autotuning (so no singing talent is actually necessary), put together a video and become an instant superstar.

She's a cute looking kid and I bet she actually can sing, which is all the more shameful that they'd butcher whatever singing talent she may have by using so much autotune. This is, by the way, the same criticism I have for Justin Bieber and his pop shtick. He can sing (look at his early videos on YouTube), but he doesn't have to anymore because of all the vocal processing! I think all you need to be a pop star today is the ability to do some dance movies and have swagger. The effects (and lip-syncing) take care of the rest...

(Also, Rebecca's in for a rude shock when she gets to high school and realizes that, rather than partying, partying, partying, fun, fun, fun, fun, she'll need to worry about summatives and homework and projects and deadlines, working, getting her shifts covered, paying bills, in addition to any soccer or hockey tournaments or whatever other activities she might be involved in...)
 
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Apparently Rebecca Black is donating all the money she made to Japan.
 
When Rebecca asks you for $100 a seat, THEN you can compare them.

Go Rebecca, don't let the bastards grind you down.

Oh, and that other song you did, pure *****. Lose it. kthksbai

Looks like someone doesn't understand the concept of PARODY.

:rolleyes:

BL.
 
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Apparently Rebecca Black is donating all the money she made to Japan.

If so, good. Then something decent will have come out of that abomination of a song.



When "talent optional" becomes a mantra, we should feel saddened at the loss of music.
 
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