Guest EXPAT Posted March 3, 2013 Posted March 3, 2013 The latest novelty song which is the #1 song in the country is driving me nuts. Please someone make it stop. "Gangnam Style" was bad enough. Now we have to put up with the "Harlem Shake". But I guess if I have to watch and listen to it, it might as well be with a bunch of male strippers from Share Nightclub in Las Vegas. This was filmed by friend Yony. Quote
BiBottomBoy Posted March 3, 2013 Posted March 3, 2013 Harlem Shake is a really, really racist song. Quote
Members RA1 Posted March 3, 2013 Members Posted March 3, 2013 I fail to see the fun in it. Best regards, RA1 Quote
BiBottomBoy Posted March 3, 2013 Posted March 3, 2013 Asshole rich white kids think it's fun to pretend to act like poor black people. Quote
AdamSmith Posted March 3, 2013 Posted March 3, 2013 Although it can have its compensations... http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highschool-prep-rally/harlem-shake-video-costs-ny-hockey-team-spot-123531519.html Quote
Members RA1 Posted March 3, 2013 Members Posted March 3, 2013 YOU are SO easy. Best regards, RA1 AdamSmith 1 Quote
Members RA1 Posted March 3, 2013 Members Posted March 3, 2013 You and New Orleans, BIG. Best regards, RA1 AdamSmith 1 Quote
Members Gotti Posted March 4, 2013 Members Posted March 4, 2013 Remember the time when novelty songs would become hits by accident every half a decade or so? (was there anything between "Don't Worry be Happy" and "Macarena"?). Now a #1 follows the other, the horrible music available in the last few years can't held the attention anymore, the record companies are recurring to some idiotic dance moves to shift product. The next one is probably a couple of months away, already on the assembly line. Run for cover. Quote
Guest EXPAT Posted March 4, 2013 Posted March 4, 2013 Actually you should blame YouTube for that. These novelty hits have all come from YouTube viewing first. Quote
Guest EXPAT Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 Now Davey Wavy gets in the act on his way to Prague to play with the BelAmi boys. . . ​ Quote
Guest lurkerspeaks Posted March 6, 2013 Posted March 6, 2013 damn it, Expat.. Just about to post the same one you posted. Seems we find a lot of the same stuff.. Quote
Guest EXPAT Posted March 6, 2013 Posted March 6, 2013 damn it, Expat.. Just about to post the same one you posted. Seems we find a lot of the same stuff.. Great minds think alike. Quote
AdamSmith Posted March 6, 2013 Posted March 6, 2013 Fascinating... Harlem shaking the Arab world? In America, "Harlem Shake" may be the top pop single. In Egypt and Tunisia, there's some serious Harlem shaking going on. And it's causing leaders to tremble as it becomes a potent symbol of protest, revolt and defiance. Take the kids in the video at a school in Tunisia. They danced en masse to the song and posted their exploits on YouTube. That prompted a quarter of a million hits and reports of an investigation by the country's minister of education and that prompted a backlash. Video after video after video of Tunisians proudly doing the Harlem shake in defiance.And then there's Egypt, where the authorities went further and the backlash was worse. Four pharmaceutical students were arrested for doing this Harlem shake in front of the pyramids, and that set off a big reaction. Late in the week in Cairo, there was a mass shake in front of the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters to protest. Now, who says America's popular culture exports have no value? http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/06/harlem-shaking-the-arab-world/?hpt=hp_t3 Quote
Members RA1 Posted March 6, 2013 Members Posted March 6, 2013 Kruschev said we will bury you, with most folks understanding he meant, give me your young and..... Exporting US customs, clothing, food, music and etc. has led to Japanese kids, Russian kids and many, many other kids seeking to abandon their parents culture and invent their own, so to speak. Likely having Arabs seeking something similar will be "our" best chance to stop world conflict and have any hope for religious freedom for all. Therefore, if the music is only "noise" to you, bear in mind it may be one of our "best" exports. Best regards, RA1 AdamSmith 1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted March 6, 2013 Posted March 6, 2013 Meanwhile ... eek! Death of a meme: Mitch McConnell's campaign ruins the Harlem Shake Republicans prove once again that they have a long way to go in capturing the youth vote By Ryu Spaeth | 2:45pm EST 20 Comments The campaign team for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has released a web video in which staffers do the Harlem Shake, in a bid to capitalize on a meme that, if not already in its death throes, has surely received what amounts to a stake in the heart. After all, there is little that screams zany fun times less than McConnell, the poker-faced senator whose only meme-tastic moment was the time when The Daily Caller published a slideshow called, "Turtles that look like Mitch McConnell." "We are putting it out because we plan to work hard but also plan to have a lot of fun," campaign manager Jesse Benton tells CNN. Benton also claims that the participants in the video, who have dressed up as Rosie the Riveter, Captain America, Abraham Lincoln, and other patriotic personages, are college Republicans who "approached us about shooting it because they are all fired up to volunteer for Team Mitch!" While a fluency in pop culture has its obvious political benefits — just watch the crowd erupt as a young Barack Obama brushes some imaginary dirt off his shoulder — Republicans seem particularly maladroit when it comes to engaging the youth vote. And let's face it: Mitch McConnell is never, ever going to be cool. http://theweek.com/article/index/241005/death-of-a-meme-mitch-mcconnells-campaign-ruins-the-harlem-shake Quote
