Comments on: “I Gotta Feeling” in One Take

By: Matt G

Matt G — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:57:51 +0000

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.

By: ArianeB

ArianeB — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:14:50 +0000

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.

By: ArianeB

ArianeB — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:01:35 +0000

#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.

By: Red

Red — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:50:32 +0000

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.

By: chuck

chuck — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:32:57 +0000

nice!
U of Q has a large glee club.

By: Jägermeister

Jägermeister — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:14:28 +0000

#21 – ArianeB

Someone’s grown old…

By: ArianeB

ArianeB — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:32:55 +0000

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.

By: qb

qb — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:20:39 +0000

That was fun

By: jccalhoun

jccalhoun — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:20:35 +0000

i hate “lipdub.” What is wrong with “lipsync?”

By: Snick

Snick — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:59:54 +0000

Horrible song, the only thing good about this composition-wise is the fact that they could handle so many people

By: teeCH

teeCH — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:55:38 +0000

That was the lamest set of non moving images claimed to be moving that I have ever seen.

UTTERLY AWFUL.

By: TTHor

TTHor — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:47:04 +0000

Awsome, fun and tons of talent! Fun to see talent like this.

By: joaoPT

joaoPT — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:37:15 +0000

#10 neither The Black Eyed Peas…
these are the “village people” of our days: just some cogs in the machinery…

By: peter_m

peter_m — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:02:11 +0000

Montreal women rock the boat!

By: peter_m

peter_m — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:01:43 +0000

L’UQAM se démarques!!!

Cool video… my uni!