And most of them claim to hate it. The pop media, however, are fascinated by the viral numbers. Simon Cowell is fascinated by the numbers. I suspect they believe there is some mystic secret in this kind of social network generated mass response that they would love to tap into. Wikipedia have a long analysis. Me? Hell, I’m not fascinated. This is ultra-dumb pop music. There’s always been ultra-dumb pop music, although this may be dumber than most. I also don’t believe there is any secret for Cowell and his ilk to glean from all this. Viral internet responses of this kind are, I figure, the result of some wholly unpredictable Jungian electronic consciousness. Next week it will be a another hamster eating popcorn.
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the 24/03/2011, for this video :
ReplyDelete42 128 246 viewers
61,713 -> likes,
526,420 -> dislikes*
that explains a lot of things!
this is a kind of massive brainwash :D
Wait... isn't 42 the answer?
ReplyDeleteComplete cobblers!
ReplyDeleteI've been trying to talk everyone down about this one too. I keep tellin' 'em it's just teenage stupidity. And apparently the kind that can rankle today's hipster 30-and-ups.
ReplyDeleteThis is my fave "version" so far:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti1D9t8n0qA