December 23, 2010
— Ace I like the parentheses. It makes it classy.
The song is just plain awful, but it's the first intended "mainstream commercial" song with the f-word (in its literal sense) in the title.
I sort of thought this was going to happen, inevitably, once Cee-Lo demonstrated that one could get a major, major mainstream hit with the F word right in the title and the main chorus. (Big difference: That song's great.)
Once is innovation and novelty; twice is repetition and ripoff; three times it's hackneyed and empty and they'll have to wait a couple of years to figure out the next hot button they can push.
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Posted by: kathysaysso at December 23, 2010 12:58 PM (ZtwUX)
Posted by: joncelli© at December 23, 2010 12:58 PM (RD7QR)
The song does suck, but the concept is AWESOME!!!! As long as it's not RAPE rape, it's fine.
I'm going to try that line the next time I'm at a bar and see how it goes.
Posted by: Sponge © at December 23, 2010 01:01 PM (UK9cE)
Posted by: MrScribbler© at December 23, 2010 01:02 PM (Ulu3i)
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at December 23, 2010 01:02 PM (swuwV)
Posted by: that guy at December 23, 2010 01:03 PM (hBNpq)
I don't think it was released as a single back in the 90s, but Biggie Smalls put out "I'm Fucking You Tonight", and it got some airplay.
Of course, points are deducted for the lack of parentheses.
Posted by: The Q at December 23, 2010 01:04 PM (5qBd2)
Posted by: that guy at December 23, 2010 01:04 PM (hBNpq)
"they'll have to wait a couple of years to figure out the next hot button they can push."
Have they got the Catholic bashing song out yet?
Posted by: Bosk at December 23, 2010 01:04 PM (pUO5u)
Posted by: lowfibass at December 23, 2010 01:04 PM (QkDpw)
Posted by: 2 Live Crew at December 23, 2010 01:05 PM (+lsX1)
Posted by: lowfibass at December 23, 2010 01:06 PM (QkDpw)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 23, 2010 01:06 PM (c0A3e)
We finally did it.
Parody has converged with reality.
Caricature has converged with normal.
It's over. It was nice while it lasted.
Posted by: Soothsayer Sees the Future, and it is bleak at December 23, 2010 01:06 PM (uFokq)
Tonight I'm fornicating you..........doesn't work.
Tonight I'm raping you......won't get much air time.
Tonight I'm pounding you.......has potential.
Posted by: Sponge © at December 23, 2010 01:07 PM (UK9cE)
/nerd alert
Enrique could argue that it is innovative due to its use of the F word.
C-Lo's use of the word "Fuck" is meant in anger and frustration, and it doesn't carry a sexual connotation. OTOH, Enrique is using the word as a sexual verb.
/Back to your regular AOSHQ lifestyle.
Posted by: The Q at December 23, 2010 01:08 PM (5qBd2)
Posted by: bergerbilder at December 23, 2010 01:08 PM (S1Ttj)
Posted by: Ted Kennedy's Gristle Encased Head at December 23, 2010 01:08 PM (+lsX1)
Change "Fucking" to "Cornholing." The Starbucks-dwelling dweeb hipster market is underserved by the current crop of Christmas music.
And more cowbell.
Posted by: Bruce Dickinson at December 23, 2010 01:08 PM (QKKT0)
This music's not meant to be listened to at a computer, it's tame for club music.
The HQ morons don't understand how truly awful most club music is. This is a Grammy winner compared to hearing that Ke$ha shit again.
Posted by: Surprisingly at December 23, 2010 01:09 PM (yFU0t)
2Live was the SHIZZZZNIT!!!!
Love them. No one could take a kick ass beat or sample from another song, write lyrics about fuckin and make it so damn good, you want to dance to it.
Underrated craft.......
Posted by: Sponge © at December 23, 2010 01:09 PM (UK9cE)
Posted by: The Spartans at December 23, 2010 01:09 PM (SJ6/3)
Posted by: Cicero at December 23, 2010 01:10 PM (QKKT0)
O/t: Cee-Lo mashup with Radar Love:
We'll I've been drivin' all night, my hand wet on the wheel, and I'm like "Fuck you."
There's a voice in my head that drive my heel, and I'm like "Fuck you and fuck her too."
It's my baby callin', says I need you here (ain't that some shit).
And it's half past four and I'm shifting gear--with a "Fuck you."
Posted by: rdbrewer at December 23, 2010 01:10 PM (PIYw/)
They keep pushing the boundaries and they've finally reached Absurdity.
You know what's next? I'll tell you.
"Hey, baby, I don't mean to be crass
But 'choo got a nice ass
Hey, baby, this might sound whack
But I wanna get in yo' crack
Hey baby, do me do me
Do me do me
All night, do me, all right"
See? Anybody can write crap.
Posted by: Soothsayer Sees the Future, and it is bleak at December 23, 2010 01:10 PM (uFokq)
Posted by: Soothsayer Sees the Future, and it is bleak at December 23, 2010 05:06 PM (uFokq)
Welcome to Idiocracy. The next major film to win an Oscar will be Ass, and the top rated prime-time comedy will be "Ow, my Balls!".
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 23, 2010 01:10 PM (c0A3e)
Cee-Lo's song does blow this shit away.
Posted by: rdbrewer at December 23, 2010 01:11 PM (PIYw/)
Hell, it's not even going to be a "curse" word in a few years. I still get annoyed when I hear people dropping f-bombs all over stores and crap like that.
As far as autotuning, I think the eventual goal is to do away with the entertainment industry prima donnas entirely, and just hire random people to shout the lines then "tune" it until it sounds acceptable.
Can you blame them if they don't want to put up with Britney or Kanye Loser or all the other hysterical freaks?
Posted by: Merovign, Strong on His Mountain at December 23, 2010 01:11 PM (bxiXv)
Welcome to Idiocracy. The next major film to win an Oscar will be Ass, and the top rated prime-time comedy will be "Ow, my Balls!".
But Charlie Sheen's already committed to another series.
Posted by: Cicero at December 23, 2010 01:11 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Inglesias Sr. at December 23, 2010 01:11 PM (hBNpq)
Posted by: ace at December 23, 2010 01:11 PM (nj1bB)
Add some autotune and a snappy beat and you too can be the blackeyed peas. Every song they have was written by a fucking Kindergartner.
Posted by: Sponge © at December 23, 2010 01:12 PM (UK9cE)
Posted by: t-bird at December 23, 2010 01:13 PM (kho+0)
Posted by: eman at December 23, 2010 01:13 PM (XXyJt)
Posted by: joncelli© at December 23, 2010 01:14 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 23, 2010 01:14 PM (pLTLS)
If Michael Jackson was still alive, he could have done a kid's version.
Posted by: Cicero at December 23, 2010 01:14 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 23, 2010 01:14 PM (eCAn3)
I spent several weeks in Italy that summer, and it was in constant rotation on the radio wherever I went, in unbleeped and unedited form. The most surreal place I remember hearing it was piped into a gelato shop in Florence that was packed with tourists, many of them Americans of retirement age, who didn't seem fazed by it.
Posted by: Alex at December 23, 2010 01:15 PM (/yzYn)
Posted by: Mao at December 23, 2010 01:17 PM (SJ6/3)
oh, almost forgot!
Yesterday I watched RAMMSTEIN's video for their, um, song, PUSSY.
This creeped me out because listening to Rammstein makesmewanttokillmymother. And it's weirsd because for Rammstein, it's kinda a ballad.
Posted by: Soothsayer Sees the Future, and it is bleak at December 23, 2010 01:17 PM (uFokq)
The HQ morons don't understand how truly awful most club music is. This is a Grammy winner compared to hearing that Ke$ha shit again.
Posted by: Surprisingly at December 23, 2010 05:09 PM (yFU0t)
Posted by: buzzion at December 23, 2010 01:17 PM (oVQFe)
I missed your previous warning. Thanks for the heads-up!
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 23, 2010 01:18 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: lowfibass at December 23, 2010 01:19 PM (QkDpw)
Posted by: TexBob at December 23, 2010 01:19 PM (7cXE7)
Posted by: B. Hussein Obama, Copyright Holder of America, In The Next Four Years, I'm Fucking You at December 23, 2010 01:21 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 23, 2010 01:22 PM (tJjm/)
2 Live Crew, NWA and Public Enemy. The very non-blurred line between Hip Hop and Gangsta.
Damn it was good to be in 8th grade back then!
Posted by: ErikW at December 23, 2010 01:24 PM (WACP3)
Posted by: Keith Arnold at December 23, 2010 01:24 PM (Jdtsu)
Oh, baby, you knowwwww what I like!
Posted by: bergerbilder at December 23, 2010 01:25 PM (S1Ttj)
Posted by: lowandslow at December 23, 2010 05:24 PM (GZitp)
Dude where have you been? Its been posted probably 20 times here.
Posted by: buzzion at December 23, 2010 01:26 PM (oVQFe)
What would Tipper Gore say?
I always was a fan of W.A.S.P., though I question the wisdom of the record exec who thought "Animal (F*** like a Beast)" [note the classy parentheses] was a good idea for a debut single in 1984, ensuring the band would get no radio play. Ever.
Of course, The Who have been asking "Who the f*** are you" on the radio for thirty years.
Posted by: Jingo at December 23, 2010 01:26 PM (JlBmQ)
Posted by: t-bird at December 23, 2010 01:28 PM (kho+0)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 23, 2010 01:28 PM (rVcmL)
Posted by: The Q at December 23, 2010 01:30 PM (5qBd2)
Posted by: Drew in MO at December 23, 2010 01:31 PM (R8S84)
I know a lot of people liked the Cee-Lo song but in my mind if you have to put fuck in your song to get attention then that is pretty sad.
Fuck you.
Posted by: Cee-Lo at December 23, 2010 01:31 PM (PIYw/)
Dude where have you been? Its been posted probably 20 times here.
Posted by: buzzion at December 23, 2010 05:26 PM (oVQFe)
I don't know who Cee-Lo is either and I don't effing care. Anytime I hear J-Lo or Joe-Pa or Brangelina or whatever fucking annoying meme of the day is, I automatically tune it out.
Gawd but that shit's irritating.
Posted by: ErikW at December 23, 2010 01:31 PM (WACP3)
I read that. I blinked.
Then my imagination kicked in, and I fell off the couch. It's taken me a good ten minutes to get my laugh and gag reflexes under control.
Good lord, man! Think of the children!
In other words, that was one of the funniest things I've read all week. Thank you!
Posted by: Dianna at December 23, 2010 01:32 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: some1 at December 23, 2010 01:33 PM (0F7Xm)
Posted by: Moemo at December 23, 2010 01:35 PM (jYoCE)
don't know who Cee-Lo is either and I don't effing care. Anytime I hear J-Lo or Joe-Pa or Brangelina or whatever fucking annoying meme of the day is, I automatically tune it out.
Gawd but that shit's irritating.
Posted by: ErikW at December 23, 2010 05:31 PM (WACP3)
Well Cee Lo is sort of the first name of the artist. His stage name is Cee Lo Green. So we're not doing any short cute stupid J-Lo garbage. But the "Fuck You" song he does has been posted multiple times at the HQ.
Posted by: buzzion at December 23, 2010 01:38 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: Drew in MO at December 23, 2010 05:31 PM (R8S84)
Honestly I think Cee Lo's song probably would have become a hit even if he had released the clean version first. Its a song about a bitch, and its up beat and fun. The internet popularity probably helped to propel it to popularity faster, but I don't think it actually relies on saying "fuck"
Posted by: buzzion at December 23, 2010 01:43 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: Drew in MO at December 23, 2010 01:45 PM (R8S84)
Well Cee Lo is sort of the first name of the artist. His stage name is Cee Lo Green. So we're not doing any short cute stupid J-Lo garbage. But the "Fuck You" song he does has been posted multiple times at the HQ.
Posted by: buzzion at December 23, 2010 05:38 PM (oVQFe)
I know and in this sense I'm being a crotchety bastard. Pop culture and music is such a piece of shit nowadays (IMO) I don't even want to hear it.
I'm getting old, Buzzion.
Posted by: ErikW at December 23, 2010 01:46 PM (jQ3MU)
I know and in this sense I'm being a crotchety bastard. Pop culture and music is such a piece of shit nowadays (IMO) I don't even want to hear it.
I'm getting old, Buzzion.
Posted by: ErikW at December 23, 2010 05:46 PM (jQ3MU)
True, and I hate a lot of that "brangelina" shit too and I'm not that old. Though as far as I can tell "Fuck You"'s music could easily have been placed in the 60's for its sound. The lyrics no, but the instrumentation really brings to mind a lot of classic Mo-town music to me.
Posted by: buzzion at December 23, 2010 01:53 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: Ben Stiller at December 23, 2010 01:54 PM (swuwV)
True, and I hate a lot of that "brangelina" shit too and I'm not that old. Though as far as I can tell "Fuck You"'s music could easily have been placed in the 60's for its sound. The lyrics no, but the instrumentation really brings to mind a lot of classic Mo-town music to me.
Posted by: buzzion at December 23, 2010 05:53 PM (oVQFe)
Okay but to me (and I'm not really that old either, 35) the whole concept is like a rougher, edgier Wierd Al Yankovic. We could blend old Aretha Franklin tunes with coarse lyrics all day and it would be the same idea.
I dunno, I just don't like it.
Posted by: ErikW at December 23, 2010 02:21 PM (18ZVs)
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at December 23, 2010 02:21 PM (wHdL5)
Rhymes with "foist hunt." Give someone three weeks to write the lyrics.
Posted by: sayyid412 at December 23, 2010 02:58 PM (z375o)
Posted by: FireHorse at December 23, 2010 03:05 PM (sWynj)
If You See Kay, tell her I want her.
Posted by: April Wine at December 23, 2010 07:00 PM (F1aIq)
April Wine was Canadian. Avril Lavigne is Canadian. April in French is Avril, and wine comes from grapes on a vine, and vine in French is la vigne.
What do you think of that, Enrique Iglesias?
(Or should I call you Gerardo?)
Posted by: FireHorse at December 23, 2010 03:15 PM (sWynj)
Posted by: Prof. Mondo at December 23, 2010 03:31 PM (C3n3P)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 23, 2010 03:41 PM (Hbi4k)
Does Comcast know that this is the kind of trash they are buying from GE?
How about it Comcast?
Are YOU going to promote and publish this kind of stuff in the future?
Posted by: RSweeney at December 23, 2010 03:52 PM (LdgqS)
Posted by: GD Smith at December 23, 2010 04:25 PM (BGmKR)
Posted by: asics shoes at December 23, 2010 10:00 PM (Uw8og)
Posted by: Hangtown Bob at December 24, 2010 03:37 AM (44xuH)
I denounce myself. I don't know who he is, but I do know he's not Shakira.
No, I won't be buying the CD. Not even for Nancy Pelosi.
Posted by: MarkD at December 24, 2010 04:47 AM (0Jy1K)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at December 24, 2010 07:42 AM (61b7k)
"Don't forget, Enrique, while you're fucking her she's fucking."
Who's makin' love, to your old lady, while you're out makin love?
Posted by: Sam and Dave at December 24, 2010 09:33 AM (VZQ7l)
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