People hating Rebecca Black's "Friday" so much.

glennmagusharvey

I just listened to the song for the first time.  Music video included.

The music is mediocre.  At least it's not another I V vi IV deal.  The melody could be more imaginative, though.  But this complaint about the melody applies to a TON of American pop songs.  The random rapper dude is...well, random.  The accompaniment, however, is pretty nice.

The video is also not that bad.  If anything it's So Okay It's Mediocre.  The visuals were presented rather crisply and professionally, even if they could have used some more imagination.  The worst part of it, if anything, is Black's makeup; she should have used less eyeliner/eyeshadow and lipstick.

The singing is crappy, but not the worst part.  Black should have worked more on her voice.  Or maybe it's because I'm using laptop speakers...but I doubt it, honestly.

The worst part of the song is the lyrics.  This is bad in two ways:
* the verbal choreography, or matching words/syllables to notes.  You have weak syllables on strong beats and strong syllables on weak beats.  "We gonna have a ball TUH-day" and "Tomorrow IS sahTURday" are the two most obnoxious examples, but the rest of the song is still weak in this regard.
* the lyrics themselves.  They sound bland and uninspired.  It's like she ran out of words or something.  "Partyin', partyin', YEAH!  Partyin', partyin', YEAH!"...got something better to put there?  Got anything better to do than describing the order of the days of the week in the bridge?

In summary: It's a crappy song, but I don't see how it's significantly worse than any other random pop song that comes off the radio.

And for goodness's sakes, it was written by a 15-year-old.

For reference:

Vorpy

VIRAL BULLSHIT.


Aside from the forced meme, it's because Youtube is a hive for bad jokes, and those jokes infect everything since it's easy to get popular from Youtube by being horrible.

And didn't it become a featured video for a few days which got everyone to go "oh god"

Bob

We already have this thread.

But, I agree.

All Nines

Pedantics time: She's thirteen, and most likely the label wrote the song, not her. Which might explain why her performance is so uninspired. Rumor has it she did a pretty decent rendition of the National Anthem.

I agree. It's exceptionally bad, but for fuck's sake, people, there's worse out there, if you'd just look. I'm getting tired of hearing this song mentioned/referenced, and it's almost ruining Fridays for me.

Myrmidon

It's because she sounds like an electrocuted chipmunk, which combined with the gleeful stupidity of the song, makes it wonderfully stupid in a fascinating way.

GLORIOUSLeader

Her voice is annoying. That's about it for me. 

delta534

It's the lyrics that really turn me off of the song.

RedEyedAbyss

"The music is mediocre. At least it's not another I V vi IV deal. The melody could be more imaginative, though."

Most of it is a B note being constantly repeated. Did you mean that last bit to be an understatement? Even the Black Eyed Peas at least use intervals...IMMA BE, IMMA BE, IMMA IMMA IMMA BE...okay, I see your point.

But really, I could tolerate everything else, even that, if it weren't for the fact that she sounds like a freaking robot and her lip movements fall into the Uncanny Valley as a result.

Bob

She did do a good job on the National Anthem, so I figured it was all the auto-tuned that messed her up.

Vorpy

I found a worse song just right now.

Bob

...You're kidding, right?

Vorpy

Yes.

I am advertising songs I am listening to.

GLORIOUSLeader

No, I found a worse one.  

Bob

Four seconds in, and the auto-tune on that one is already beyond unbearable.

Sad, I probably would've liked it otherwise.

GLORIOUSLeader

You do realize I was also kidding, right?

I'm listening to it right now, because it's one of the greatest songs OF ALL TIME. 

Bob

Crap, I suck at this. :<

Still, the auto-tune is pretty awful.

-wants to link to what she's listening to, decides against it as to not be ridiculed, realizes she did anyway-

...Crap.

glennmagusharvey

> Most of it is a B note being constantly repeated. Did you mean that last
bit to be an understatement? Even the Black Eyed Peas at least use
intervals...IMMA BE, IMMA BE, IMMA IMMA IMMA BE...okay, I see your
point.

Sorry, I forgot to listen to whether the melody had any more notes because the harmony and the badly written lyrics were more interesting.

DonZabu

^^ -vomits-

GLORIOUSLeader

^^^ Try fast-forwarding to 00:53. 

MillerCross

This is the worst thing ever

glennmagusharvey

Is that English, or is it Prisencolinensinainsciusol English?

Bob

Fine you elitist jerks! I'll just take my music elsewhere!

;_;

^Which one?

Vorpy

Nah, worst pussy baww song evar.

glennmagusharvey

The last one you posted, Bob.

Bob

It's real English, the singer just has a very thick accent (she's Belgian).

All Nines

^^^ Hey, I like that song! :<

/pretending not to be aware of the joke

Vorpy

I like it too....so sad. Makes me all lonely and morbidly obsessed with suicide. T_T

MillerCross

Bah, you people listen to way too much metal.

DonZabu

Here's a change of pace:

Noimporta

Everything is put into perspective.

GLORIOUSLeader