But it's hard for me to not hate when I'm on MySpace / I never see my face in your top eight
July 21, 2006 10:10 AM Subscribe
Quick, I'm going to save the thread Jay-Z "Heart of the City" with Mary J Blige and Jaguar Wrights.
posted by geoff. at 10:18 AM on July 21, 2006
posted by geoff. at 10:18 AM on July 21, 2006
I mean, we've come a long way. It beats I Need Myspace.
posted by reklaw at 10:26 AM on July 21, 2006
posted by reklaw at 10:26 AM on July 21, 2006
Abomination.
posted by Ekim Neems at 10:26 AM on July 21, 2006
posted by Ekim Neems at 10:26 AM on July 21, 2006
wow, the Black-Eyed Peas keep getting worse and worse.
posted by carsonb at 10:32 AM on July 21, 2006
posted by carsonb at 10:32 AM on July 21, 2006
Funny concept, but too slick in execution -- it feels like I'm being marketed too.
posted by delmoi at 10:33 AM on July 21, 2006
posted by delmoi at 10:33 AM on July 21, 2006
Well, I liked it.
posted by bob sarabia at 10:46 AM on July 21, 2006
posted by bob sarabia at 10:46 AM on July 21, 2006
If there's something here beyond the crappy video, at least give some context in the post. All I see is 10 seconds of crappy video and no reason to watch any more.
posted by doctor_negative at 10:47 AM on July 21, 2006
posted by doctor_negative at 10:47 AM on July 21, 2006
Oh God, not the context-monsters again.
The context is "Look at this. It's a song... about Myspace. It's really bad". Happy now? I was hoping people could figure that out, but apparently not.
posted by reklaw at 10:49 AM on July 21, 2006
The context is "Look at this. It's a song... about Myspace. It's really bad". Happy now? I was hoping people could figure that out, but apparently not.
posted by reklaw at 10:49 AM on July 21, 2006
Marketing without being incited to do so is the new indy.
posted by shownomercy at 10:51 AM on July 21, 2006
posted by shownomercy at 10:51 AM on July 21, 2006
Oh, so I wasn't supposed to like it then. Shit.
posted by bob sarabia at 10:51 AM on July 21, 2006
posted by bob sarabia at 10:51 AM on July 21, 2006
Rupert Murdoch is still ignoring my friend request.
posted by well_balanced at 10:53 AM on July 21, 2006
posted by well_balanced at 10:53 AM on July 21, 2006
Why no love for Gym Class Heroes on Mefi? Are they too slick to be indie? They certainly have an indie label.
Am I the only one who appreicates this FPP? I liked the video. This is certainly YouTube at its best, aside from all those hillarious videos of some idiot kid getting maimed trying to do something cool on camera.
posted by [expletive deleted] at 10:58 AM on July 21, 2006
Am I the only one who appreicates this FPP? I liked the video. This is certainly YouTube at its best, aside from all those hillarious videos of some idiot kid getting maimed trying to do something cool on camera.
posted by [expletive deleted] at 10:58 AM on July 21, 2006
reklaw, keep posting whatever you want. Some people just like to cop a holier-than-thou attitude about everything.
posted by tadellin at 10:59 AM on July 21, 2006
posted by tadellin at 10:59 AM on July 21, 2006
The context is "Look at this. It's a song... about Myspace. It's really bad". Happy now? I was hoping people could figure that out, but apparently not.
Oh, I figured it out alright.
posted by glenwood at 11:01 AM on July 21, 2006
Oh, I figured it out alright.
posted by glenwood at 11:01 AM on July 21, 2006
it feels like I'm being marketed too
Well, the album comes out tuesday, so you are being marketed to.
posted by dobbs at 11:02 AM on July 21, 2006
Well, the album comes out tuesday, so you are being marketed to.
posted by dobbs at 11:02 AM on July 21, 2006
*clicks "Approve"*
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 11:07 AM on July 21, 2006
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 11:07 AM on July 21, 2006
I think it's cute, all those drunken blonde girls in that first part look exactly like what MySpace always looks like to me.
posted by jessamyn at 11:08 AM on July 21, 2006
posted by jessamyn at 11:08 AM on July 21, 2006
so myspace, is that like friendster but with more pedophilia?
posted by shmegegge at 11:13 AM on July 21, 2006
posted by shmegegge at 11:13 AM on July 21, 2006
Marketing without being incited to do so is the new indy.
i have no idea what you are talking about.
posted by kaytwo at 11:17 AM on July 21, 2006
i have no idea what you are talking about.
posted by kaytwo at 11:17 AM on July 21, 2006
Soft you now! The pedophilia!
Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all MySpace sins remember'd.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 11:19 AM on July 21, 2006
Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all MySpace sins remember'd.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 11:19 AM on July 21, 2006
good video, catchy tune, relevant social commentary. all you could want in a youtube friday post.
posted by Blingo at 11:36 AM on July 21, 2006
posted by Blingo at 11:36 AM on July 21, 2006
Ok, I'm relatively new here as a paying customer, but I'd like to move that single link posts to youtube, without any context, be banned.
This isn't best of the web, it's not even best of youtube. I'm pretty sure it's not even best of video-that-a-group-of-people-have-seen-in-the-last-15 hours.
posted by Pastabagel at 11:38 AM on July 21, 2006
This isn't best of the web, it's not even best of youtube. I'm pretty sure it's not even best of video-that-a-group-of-people-have-seen-in-the-last-15 hours.
posted by Pastabagel at 11:38 AM on July 21, 2006
Metafilter: Best of the Web Complaining that my five dollars are worth more than this shit, since 1999 (tm)...
posted by god hates math at 11:51 AM on July 21, 2006
posted by god hates math at 11:51 AM on July 21, 2006
Best video-that-a-group-of-people-have-seen-in-the-last-15 hours.
posted by well_balanced at 11:54 AM on July 21, 2006
posted by well_balanced at 11:54 AM on July 21, 2006
Ok, I'm relatively new here as a paying customer, but I'd like to move that single link posts to youtube, without any context, be banned.
no.
posted by delmoi at 11:54 AM on July 21, 2006
no.
posted by delmoi at 11:54 AM on July 21, 2006
Ok, I'm relatively new here as a paying customer, but I'd like to move that single link posts to youtube, without any context, be banned.
You're so new here that you have no idea that we've been over this again and again. And yet, no matter how many people bitch about youtube posts, they still happen. Funny, huh?
posted by bob sarabia at 11:57 AM on July 21, 2006
You're so new here that you have no idea that we've been over this again and again. And yet, no matter how many people bitch about youtube posts, they still happen. Funny, huh?
posted by bob sarabia at 11:57 AM on July 21, 2006
Is that Thom Yorke on drums?
And what kind of parents would name their kid "Thom" with a last name like "Yorke", anyways? What, was there some kind of buy-one-consonant/vowel-get-one-free sale in England in the late 60s? Enquiring minds want to know.
posted by persona non grata at 11:59 AM on July 21, 2006
And what kind of parents would name their kid "Thom" with a last name like "Yorke", anyways? What, was there some kind of buy-one-consonant/vowel-get-one-free sale in England in the late 60s? Enquiring minds want to know.
posted by persona non grata at 11:59 AM on July 21, 2006
This is good! That is some quality youtube up in the house! You "haters" obviously aren't "hip" to this whole scene. Get with it, and get down to the myspace groove, cats!
posted by illuminatus at 12:05 PM on July 21, 2006
posted by illuminatus at 12:05 PM on July 21, 2006
So cute.
posted by thirteenkiller at 12:09 PM on July 21, 2006
posted by thirteenkiller at 12:09 PM on July 21, 2006
All sarcasm aside, I actually found that amusing. The production value was just high enough, and it really didn't feel commercial, if you will, but just a good-natured, fun video.
posted by dequinix at 12:09 PM on July 21, 2006
posted by dequinix at 12:09 PM on July 21, 2006
i actually liked this.
i heard about gym class heros in the local paper.
fun stuff.
posted by ewwgene at 12:14 PM on July 21, 2006
i heard about gym class heros in the local paper.
fun stuff.
posted by ewwgene at 12:14 PM on July 21, 2006
Best video-that-a-group-of-people-have-seen-in-the-last-15 hours.
posted by well_balanced at 2:54 PM EST on July 21 [+fave] [!]
I actually have seen that in the past 15 hours!!!!
posted by Pastabagel at 12:14 PM on July 21, 2006
posted by well_balanced at 2:54 PM EST on July 21 [+fave] [!]
I actually have seen that in the past 15 hours!!!!
posted by Pastabagel at 12:14 PM on July 21, 2006
Ok, I'm relatively new here as a paying customer
*Points, laughs*
C'mon, the video was cute. I like cute.
posted by elwoodwiles at 12:15 PM on July 21, 2006
*Points, laughs*
C'mon, the video was cute. I like cute.
posted by elwoodwiles at 12:15 PM on July 21, 2006
Intresting side note: My highschool had a band called "P.E. All-Stars" which was made up of a bunch of insufferable jackasses.
posted by delmoi at 12:23 PM on July 21, 2006
posted by delmoi at 12:23 PM on July 21, 2006
Why no love for Gym Class Heroes on Mefi? Are they too slick to be indie?
Honestly, I thought that was awful and was prepared to write them off altogether (although I wasn't going to bitch about it).
But since even my favorite musicians have released crap from time to time, I checked out their other tracks and found that I liked both Papercuts and Cupid's Chokehold. Since I hadn't previously heard of Gym Class Heroes, thanks for the fpp.
In terms of context, so it was a song about MySpace...with the number of users, I'm sure there's probably dozens of MySpace inspired songs already. Since they're probably all awful, maybe we can make this the last?
posted by JaredSeth at 12:29 PM on July 21, 2006
Honestly, I thought that was awful and was prepared to write them off altogether (although I wasn't going to bitch about it).
But since even my favorite musicians have released crap from time to time, I checked out their other tracks and found that I liked both Papercuts and Cupid's Chokehold. Since I hadn't previously heard of Gym Class Heroes, thanks for the fpp.
In terms of context, so it was a song about MySpace...with the number of users, I'm sure there's probably dozens of MySpace inspired songs already. Since they're probably all awful, maybe we can make this the last?
posted by JaredSeth at 12:29 PM on July 21, 2006
In terms of context, so it was a song about MySpace...with the number of users, I'm sure there's probably dozens of MySpace inspired songs already. Since they're probably all awful, maybe we can make this the last?
Or we could compile each and every one right here on mefi by posting each of them with the tag "awfulmyspaceinspiredsong"!
What? No good?
posted by Stauf at 1:22 PM on July 21, 2006
Or we could compile each and every one right here on mefi by posting each of them with the tag "awfulmyspaceinspiredsong"!
What? No good?
posted by Stauf at 1:22 PM on July 21, 2006
I guess it would help if I could understand what he's saying.
Actually, I'm guessing that wouldn't help.
posted by Outlawyr at 1:25 PM on July 21, 2006
Actually, I'm guessing that wouldn't help.
posted by Outlawyr at 1:25 PM on July 21, 2006
Can we forget the whole "I'm too good for one-link YouTube post" thing and focus on how bad this dude's flow is? And the fact that this dorky band is barely audible through that "Yo I downloaded Fruity Loops from PirateBay" production? And how I'm pretty sure I was sleep walking last night, wandered into my local Walmart to buy the cheapest DV camera I could find, and filmed this video before going back to bed?
posted by Ekim Neems at 1:39 PM on July 21, 2006
posted by Ekim Neems at 1:39 PM on July 21, 2006
I liked it. And all this bitching is lame.
posted by ludwig_van at 2:52 PM on July 21, 2006
posted by ludwig_van at 2:52 PM on July 21, 2006
1. Write "funny" song about MySpace
2. Post on youTube
3. "ZOMG!!1!! chk out this vid! Its teh funny!!!1! LOL!!!1!" (x one million)
4. Profit!
posted by UbuRoivas at 6:29 PM on July 21, 2006
2. Post on youTube
3. "ZOMG!!1!! chk out this vid! Its teh funny!!!1! LOL!!!1!" (x one million)
4. Profit!
posted by UbuRoivas at 6:29 PM on July 21, 2006
For the record, I didn't think it was all that bad. At least not as bad as a lot of people here seem to think. Not that it really matters, I guess.
posted by Stauf at 7:18 PM on July 21, 2006
posted by Stauf at 7:18 PM on July 21, 2006
ive seen these guys twice and between being connected with falloutboy's label and new starship cobra track (for snakes on a plain) they are going to get the attention theyve earned.
posted by chuckforthought.com at 7:32 PM on July 21, 2006
posted by chuckforthought.com at 7:32 PM on July 21, 2006
Best video-that-a-group-of-people-have-seen-in-the-last-15 hours.
Yes!
posted by furtive at 7:39 PM on July 21, 2006
Yes!
posted by furtive at 7:39 PM on July 21, 2006
*updates record of what stauf does and does not like.*
posted by shmegegge at 10:37 PM on July 21, 2006
posted by shmegegge at 10:37 PM on July 21, 2006
Their song Taxi Driver is amusing the first couple time you hear it. [mp3 available here] (lyrics)
posted by shoepal at 12:13 AM on July 22, 2006
posted by shoepal at 12:13 AM on July 22, 2006
I thought it was amusing and well worth my 3 minutes on an early Saturday afternoon.
posted by Juggermatt at 9:54 AM on July 22, 2006
posted by Juggermatt at 9:54 AM on July 22, 2006
he gets all weirded out when a guy hits on him, thats funny.
posted by kolophon at 4:37 AM on July 23, 2006
posted by kolophon at 4:37 AM on July 23, 2006
*updates record of what stauf does and does not like.*
posted by shmegegge at 12:37 AM CST on July 22 [+fave] [!]
*guffaw*
posted by Ynoxas at 8:08 PM on July 23, 2006
posted by shmegegge at 12:37 AM CST on July 22 [+fave] [!]
*guffaw*
posted by Ynoxas at 8:08 PM on July 23, 2006
stream the entire album
http://www.absolutepunk.net/artists/showlink.php?do=showdetails&l=2211
posted by chuckforthought.com at 8:10 PM on July 23, 2006
http://www.absolutepunk.net/artists/showlink.php?do=showdetails&l=2211
posted by chuckforthought.com at 8:10 PM on July 23, 2006
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