My inspiration.

[chribble]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2LRROpph0

Probably the worst song I have ever seen.

[rick]

i dunno
the lyrics are ... well....
the kids seem to be old enough to drive but not old enough to drink
they are all shiny and white with sensible clothes on
the middle eight has a black guy in it that nobody at the party will ever see in the flesh

i reckon it summs itself up nicely

why have 2 million people watched this video ..?

[mylesgm]

and people wonder why I dont work on music that is 'popular'. If thats popular I want absolutely nothing to do with it.

[Alistair]

This song is everywhere I turn at the moment. Terrible (and terribly great), but it's actually been stuck in my head today. That's a curse.
I like the cover versions though-

Bob is good- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FISHEO3gsM

[obutcher]

I had two classes of students talking about this today. Must show them the 'Dylan' version!

[DwaneHollands]

I was on twitter today and this rebecca black came up as one of the most recent talked about topics.

I was like. "isnt that the chick who sings that friday song. You gotta be kidding me, she is that popular"

The bit that totally killed me about that song is the bridge with the "saturday is after it ...sunday is etc"

That was too much...

[chribble]

I think people recognise how bad it is.

btw - its past 7 million now. crazy when stuff goes viral. aka. bi winning dubstep.

[Ben M]

it's actually been stuck in my head today. That's a curse.

That's all I needed to read to NOT press the link and have a look.

[rick]

whats killing me is she is thirteen and it is somebodies job to look after that child for at least 5 more years !

if my kids ever work out lyrics so devilishly clever i think i might send them back for some reflective songwriting lessons
before i allowed the whole world at large to watch her carwreck as it happens .

7 million hits in a week !
the world just loves a carcrash

[chribble]

you guys should know the guys who made this run is as a business for kid pop stars with rich parents guess

check this crap out. kinda creepy.

http://www.youtube.com/user/trizzy66#p/u/1/8oVnBGRIZSQ

[Ben M]

Chris... I will never get that 3 min and 21 seconds back. You evil man...

[obutcher]

you guys should know the guys who made this run is as a business for kid pop stars with rich parents guess

That's the vibe I got about those guys too. Not really art, just churning out generic muzak for people who'll pay for their spoilt kid to be recorded. Gross!

[Kurt]

I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. If my kid wanted to be a singer but needed that much autotune mangulation, I would be kind enough to tell her that a singing career isn't for her.....

Probably good money in it though! (There'd have to be)

[chribble]

holy balls she will hit 10 million views today eeeekkk

[Nigel99]

Utter crap

[rick]

let me lighten you day nigel

I used your signature as a dinner party line the other night
as in
there is a guy on my forum thats signs his name

"magician turns money into old junk"

you were the life of the party - thanks !

[Kurt]

Someone told me today that Miss Black is 13 years old and that whole thing cost her parents $2000.

If this is true I must re-assess my opinions.

1) She still can't sing, but how much fun would that whole experience be for a group of 13 y/o kids on a sleep over at their friend's house?

2) At $2000 for production including video, no-one is making a lot of money off it.

3) How ill-advised to let it end up on youtube. Poor Rebecca will probably never live it down. That flack she's copping has got to damage a girl that young; hell, I'd want to kill myself!

[chribble]

$2k wow that cheap including a video and that much autotune

[mylesgm]

have you checked out the parodies yet? She is going to end up in therapy for the rest of her life. Tragic really.

[chribble]

ofcourse i have! they are calling it the black plague. like bieber fever.

cmon though. we've all written bad songs. i know i have.

[rick]

you have written bad songs

did your mum let ten million people hear them ...?
my mum (if i actually got it up in the first place ) would have pulled it down after the first million hits for sure
saying something to me like "it will be for the best dear you will understand one day"
maybe friday ..?

[chribble]

edit bad joke.

back on topic.
i used to make hardcore dance music. gross. but i laugh at it now.

at the end of the day ms black is top 20 itunes now, so she'll be laughing when she sells the advertising space on her youtube channel after releasing her second single and then getting placements on ellen/jimmy kimmel etc.
i'm sure she'll get over the bullying soon - but if all she wanted was 15 mins fav - she got it!

[tunetown]

Wow....!!!! 30 million hits and counting.

WTF??? How does this happen???

[tunetown]

Damn you guys. I can't get this out of my head........!!!!! and it's only Tuesday.

[Kurt]

It's a long time 'til friday, friday, friday!

Damn you guys. I can't get this out of my head........!!!!! and it's only Tuesday.

[chribble]

dont hate guys. participate.

[Nigel99]

Rick,

Yes my signature is sad but true...

Glad to have lightened up your dinner, I have to say though, your signature also rings true in the dusty, heavy old crap collecting realm.

Let me know when you get sick of your stuff so we can put it all together
and start a museum..

[Roy]

Hahaha! My brother sent me a link to that Rebecca Black song a few weeks back. I honestly thought it was just a joke. Oh my gosh!

[chribble]

Apparently she made $40,000 USD last week

[Text_Edifice]

and donated it to help victims of the Japanese tsunami / earthquake...