172 communication students at the University of Quebec at Montreal recorded this video in one take on September 10th. Directed by Luc-Olivier Cloutier and Marie-Eve Hebert. the finished product was the second take. They couldn’t plan it ahead because they didn’t know how many students would show up for the shoot! Song by The Black Eyed Peas.
From Miss Cellania.
WORST SONG EVER!!
I so hate American Pop music this decade. I cant even watch this video because of it. Corporate committee generated crap to mass market to teens who don’t know any better.
Anyone who uses “auto tune” is a hack! I’m only saying what everyone else not in the music business is thinking.
#21 – ArianeB
Someone’s grown old…
nice!
U of Q has a large glee club.
Of course they were all communications majors. Only those with the easiest and most useless major would have time to get 172 people together to do a lip dub video.
#22 Maybe, but I can list a bunch of GOOD dance tunes released in the past year, that get zero airplay in the US because corporations don’t make enough money off of them to push them.
“Release Me” – Agnes, “Remedy” – Little Boots, “True Romance” – Golden Silvers, “Hard Times” – Patrick Wolf, “Bulletproof” – La Roux, “Divebomber” – The Whip, “Game Over” – V V Brown, and my favorite very addicting pop/dance song of the past year is “All Over The World” by The Pet Shop Boys.
You can find them all on You Tube, and while you might not think some of these are the greatest songs ever, they are all more enjoyable than most of the autotune crap you find in the Top 40 in the US.
Oops forgot “Boys and Girls” – Pixie Lott, “Confuson Girl” – Frankmusic, “Everything Up” – Zero 7, “Wrong” – Depeche Mode, “Meddle” – Little Boots, and probably a bunch more.
Look, I’m just an aging white male cop from Texas, with no second language and few music skills. While I, too, recognize that “Auto Tune” is a silly crutch for most pop singers these days, I will say that one or two who sing for the B.E.P.s actually can carry a tune, on demand.
Can I admit something? I shook my butt to this song about 10 times in the last couple of weeks. It’s mindless, yes. But it brings up a feeling, and if you can evoke a certain feeling with a very few words and a few simple chords, than you did something. Those kids at U of Q did a terrific job. SUPERB. Hitting the cues on time was great. Enjoy the fame, ladies and gents– you’ll never look this good again.
But you looked beautiful that day. Congratulations.