Gangham Style...plus Hammer Time?!

[JRundquist]

Not sure if this has been posted or not, but if it has it deserves another post.

Wither....Gangam Style!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clVuVQp6BhY&feature=share

[Adami]

Not sure if this has been posted or not, but if it has it deserves another post.

Wither....Gangam Style!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clVuVQp6BhY&feature=share

Yea....kind of has its own thread on the DT side. Everyone but Jaffa likes it.

[DebraKadabra]

It's bad enough that there's a thread on Opa Wither on the DT side.

[Pols Voice]

I think because North America is only made up of 3 countries

There are actually 23 countries in North America. Sorry, this set off my geography nut sensors. As you were!

[Adami]

I think because North America is only made up of 3 countries

There are actually 23 countries in North America. Sorry, this set off my geography nut sensors. As you were!

Did you know that off the top of your head? If so, I'm pretty jealous. I would love to study geography to know stuff like that automatically.

[Pols Voice]

I think because North America is only made up of 3 countries

There are actually 23 countries in North America. Sorry, this set off my geography nut sensors. As you were!

Did you know that off the top of your head? If so, I'm pretty jealous. I would love to study geography to know stuff like that automatically.

Haha, no. I knew there were a lot and can name them all, but I went to Wikipedia for the exact number just in case I was wrong about something.

[jingle.boy]

I think because North America is only made up of 3 countries

There are actually 23 countries in North America. Sorry, this set off my geography nut sensors. As you were!

Fair enough.  I always think of LAC (Latin America/Caribbean) as our red headed stepchild.  Kinda like a real continent, but not really.

[Kotowboy]

Not sure if this has been posted or not, but if it has it deserves another post.

Wither....Gangam Style!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clVuVQp6BhY&feature=share

not as good as Never Gonna Wither You Up.

[KevShmev]

So, apparently the video for Gangnam Style now ha3 over 906 million views on youtube and is the most watched video in the history of the internet.

Just, wow.

[Adami]

And well deserving.

[PetFish]

^^

It's awesome!

If you get a chance to see the SNL version with Seth McFarlane jump at it!

[robwebster]

This is one of those moments when I'm genuinely impressed by the internet. It's very kitschy, but it's also a genuinely cool song in exactly the same way Hammer Time was, and yet... how many people would have heard of it if it weren't for the net? Stuff like this makes the world that little bit less western-centric. That's great. I feel like it's the internet we were always promised, the one that shares content and makes the world smaller, rather than the predominantly English-speaking one full of dick-jokes and anonymous bigotry.

[Adami]

This is one of those moments when I'm genuinely impressed by the internet. It's very kitschy, but it's also a genuinely cool song in exactly the same way Hammer Time was, and yet... how many people would have heard of it if it weren't for the net? Stuff like this makes the world that little bit less western-centric. That's great. I feel like it's the internet we were always promised, the one that shares content and makes the world smaller, rather than the predominantly English-speaking one full of dick-jokes and anonymous bigotry.

The song is nice, but as I've said before, I doubt it had a whole lot to do with the videos popularity.

[robwebster]

No, I agree, it's the whole product. It's a novelty, and ultimately disposable, in the same way that MC Hammer's ridiculous song and massive trousers were, but it's a pleasant novelty, and a quality novelty, and the song's part of that. Cos people buy the song, people stay for the song - and not just a handful, but enough people for it to top international charts for weeks on end. It's not a masterpiece, it's just a catchy song that people enjoy, with a fun video and dance attached to it, but that's enough. We're still richer for it.

It's not like Rebecca Black, where it's only been shared because it's hokey rubbish, and nobody buys the song. Gangnam Style's successful. People like it.

[Adami]

I still say it's the complete brilliant insanity of the video.

[theseoafs]

The video has everything to do with the song's success, but how does that detract from Rob's argument?

[Adami]

The video has everything to do with the song's success, but how does that detract from Rob's argument?

It doesn't. I'm bored.

[theseoafs]

Go write a novel.

[Adami]

Go write a novel.

I am.

But I'm also pointlessly arguing with Mr. Webstertonville.

[Cool Chris]

Hasn't this fad used up all its 15 minutes of fame yet?

He also hates America. Being famous sucks sometimes.

https://www.cnn.com/2012/12/07/showbiz/psy-apology-irpt/index.html?hpt=en_c2

[Adami]

He also hates America. Being famous sucks sometimes.

https://www.cnn.com/2012/12/07/showbiz/psy-apology-irpt/index.html?hpt=en_c2

Well now I like him more.

[robwebster]

Go write a novel.

I am.

But I'm also pointlessly arguing with Mr. Webstertonville.

Not even arguing - I'm with you, video's why people know it, and it's how people get to love it. They do stay for the whole thing, though. Two million sales in the US alone. Closer to three million, even. Like you say, doesn't detract. I might not have given the video enough credit - fair doos on that front - but I'm basically just saying, whether the video or the song's your favourite bit, it's a nice thing, and one that's gone around the world powered by the kind of international goodwill the internet had always promised, but had never so spectacularly delivered on until now.

It's a nice thing gone global. I think he's probably going to be a one-hit wonder, and even if he's not I'm confident that whatever he does next won't be quite as well-received as Gangnam, but I'd like Psy to stay for a bit. He's been a proper recording artist for years, and he's sort of become the poster boy for unexpected internet success. There's a huge market for kitschy pop. Global stage. Bout time it worked.

[Adami]

Go write a novel.

I am.

But I'm also pointlessly arguing with Mr. Webstertonville.

Not even arguing - I'm with you, video's why people know it, and it's how people get to love it. They do stay for the whole thing, though. Two million sales in the US alone. Closer to three million, even. Like you say, doesn't detract. I might not have given the video enough credit - fair doos on that front - but I'm basically just saying, whether the video or the song's your favourite bit, it's a nice thing, and one that's gone around the world powered by the kind of international goodwill the internet had always promised, but had never so spectacularly delivered on until now.

It's a nice thing gone global. I think he's probably going to be a one-hit wonder, and even if he's not I'm confident that whatever he does next won't be quite as well-received as Gangnam, but I'd like Psy to stay for a bit. He's been a proper recording artist for years, and he's sort of become the poster boy for unexpected internet success. There's a huge market for kitschy pop. Global stage. Bout time it worked.

I disagree.

Dunno why, but I got nothing else to do.

[robwebster]

Hasn't this fad used up all its 15 minutes of fame yet?

He also hates America. Being famous sucks sometimes.

https://www.cnn.com/2012/12/07/showbiz/psy-apology-irpt/index.html?hpt=en_c2

From the bottom of the article - "Oh look, we're supposed to hate Psy because he once joined protests against American imperialism."

The bit about killing their wives, girlfriends, fathers, mothers, dogs, hamsters etc. is admittedly fairly harsh, a tad hypocritical, and not cool at all - but if you are going to write a hate song, I'd like to think I'd write mine about people who are torturing other living beings, too. The line's "Kill those f--ing Yankees who have been torturing Iraqi captives and those who ordered them to torture," not "Kill the ones who haven't."

I disagree.

Dunno why, but I got nothing else to do.

I disagree harder.

[Adami]

At least lube up your arguments if you're going to disagree so hard.

It hurts man!