Friday by Rebecca Black

[Over the Rainbow]

This has become my new jam!

It's fried eggs! Fried eggs! Gotta get down on fried eggs!

[Shadowfax]

ugh.

why do so many people like this? her voice is terrible

[ric]

Ya, we've already had our long, drawn-out, discussion in the Youtube thread.

[jelly]

EVERYONE'S heard her by now.

seriously... 50 million views in a matter of weeks is mind-blowing.

[Amethystic]

The song's terrible, but it's strangely endearing. I think it might have something to do with the fact that my entire drama group had a mini dance party on Monday when we blasted the song through the speaker system. XD Best rehearsal ever.

[The Kings Daughter]

^ haha xD

I think her voice is fine, it's just the song..

"Yesterday was Thursday, today is Friday." REALLY?

[Amethystic]

Agreed. She's an alright singer--better than most of us, I bet--but the song was... was... there aren't words to describe how bad it was. They shouldn't be hating on RB; they should be hating on whoever wrote that song. XD

[Laurie]

Yuck. The Chipmunks sound better than she does and that's going some.

[31899]

I would like to make a note before this discussion continues. We are Christians, and of all the people in the world we should be the ones at least using tact in our comments as the rest of the world blatantly insults Rebecca Black.

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[ric]

I would like to make a note before this discussion continues. We are Christians, and of all the people in the world we should be the ones at least using tact in our comments as the rest of the world blatantly insults Rebecca Black.

31899

Um, yeah, compared to the rest of the world, this thread is OVERFLOWING with tact.

[mdetective12]

[Laurie]

I would like to make a note before this discussion continues. We are Christians, and of all the people in the world we should be the ones at least using tact in our comments as the rest of the world blatantly insults Rebecca Black.

31899

I really think that the chances of Rebecca Black finding this forum and topic are slim to none. Since the rest of the world is insulting her, why shouldn't we? Someone obviously wanted opinions on this so we are stating them.

[Fang-wa]

Justin Beaver's a dipwad.

Don't hate on Justin Beaver he's just a normal person!!!!!

_________________________

Rebecca Black lololololol!! Wait, are we acting Christlike here?

Lololol! Stupid song, stupid girl.

...But maybe that's just me.


In other news:

[31899]

I would like to make a note before this discussion continues. We are Christians, and of all the people in the world we should be the ones at least using tact in our comments as the rest of the world blatantly insults Rebecca Black.

31899

I really think that the chances of Rebecca Black finding this forum and topic are slim to none. Since the rest of the world is insulting her, why shouldn't we? Someone obviously wanted opinions on this so we are stating them.

By similar logic one could say the rest of the world swears, has pre-marital sex and gets drunk, so why shouldn't we?

She is not terrible, but by the same merit she isn't amazing. I think it is mostly bandwagonning.

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[Laurie]

I would like to make a note before this discussion continues. We are Christians, and of all the people in the world we should be the ones at least using tact in our comments as the rest of the world blatantly insults Rebecca Black.

31899

I really think that the chances of Rebecca Black finding this forum and topic are slim to none. Since the rest of the world is insulting her, why shouldn't we? Someone obviously wanted opinions on this so we are stating them.

By similar logic one could say the rest of the world swears, has pre-marital sex and gets drunk, so why shouldn't we?

She is not terrible, but by the same merit she isn't amazing. I think it is mostly bandwagonning.

31899

You can say what you want and so can I.

[bookworm]

I’m not a fan of the song, but the negativity can go too far.

[Taps]

Uggh I can't stand her voice!!

[bookworm]

Are you sure it’s not just the autotune you can’t stand? In the video I posted she sings normally, and I think her natural voice is actually pretty good.

[King Butter Turtle]

Is it just me or is this THE fastest popularized internet sensation in the history of the internet? Holy poop! You can't avoid it! Especially today since it's the first 'Friday' since it's gone viral. I think that's something it has on its counterparts (David after the dentist, Charlie bit my finger, what have you); there's a very good reason to e-mail it to your friends, make it your facebook status or tweet it or whatever. I can very much see a status, for example, that would read something like this;

It's been such a long week! My co-worker showed me this music video and it's so hilarious! Happy 'Friday'!

From what I've gathered (I spend all day with 2500 teenagers and sometimes keep myself entertained by analyzing the sociological patterns of their subculture as though it were a seperate species [sometimes I'm convinced it is ]), it's absolutely exploded today, even more so than it has the rest of the week. Thus, my prediction is that for the next 3-4 weeks, it will continue to grow in popularity and on each Friday, it will gain 2-3 times the hits it gains on the other six days.

I heard a rumor that it's all a hoax and that she's not actually a musician; she was just trying to make herself an internet icon. Of course they're only rumors but, if she was attempting to make herself an internet meme intentionally, she would be the first person ever to do so succesfully. Several factors do point to this;

• She's never written/sang/recorded ANYTHING before this and there's been no talk of her doing anything in the future.
• What the recording company did to her voice sounds very much like they were trying to make it sound not only as bad as possible but, very stereotypical of 'bad' teenage pop stars and thus play off of the attention received by Justin Bieber.
• It seems to be created in such away that incites parodies; which certainly boost the popularity of such a sensation.
• The video as a whole seems to be very much fabricated specifically to create a highly hit youtube video.

Of course, maybe I'm reading into this WAY too much.

[bookworm]

Oh wow, I didn’t even realize it is Friday today.
Last Friday I played the video a few times, just ‘cause, and I had the song stuck in my head for literally the whole day.
It actually grows on you.

Edit:

You may be on to something KBT. I just found out that the song has actually made her money.