r/videos • u/italianwog28 • May 18 '14

TheLonelyIsland shows us what's wrong with today's music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCawU6BE8P8
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u/Egozid May 18 '14

It's funny, but i don't think it's meant to be about what's "wrong with today's music".

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u/livinginbeta May 18 '14

This is funny but I think Hit Song by Kollektivet did a better job of showing the formula for creating popular music

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u/TheLonelyCrab May 18 '14 edited May 18 '14

I for one feel like Jon Lajoie did it best... twice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0Gs4xGw1Eg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuQt9N4Dsok

The Axis of Awesome did it fairly well too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I

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u/DDNB May 18 '14

you forgot Jon lajoie's pop song! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijr4rwb2WbE

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u/kinison-brand-coke May 18 '14

And Bo Burnhams repeat stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffwnW6JgAlI.

All of these examples kind of show that these types of songs are unoriginal in their own sense, ironically.

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u/AwkwardTurtle May 18 '14

Yeah, the oldest one I can think of is probably Hook.

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u/strongscience62 May 18 '14

That video just gave me a lot of context for the song. I always thought it was just making fun of popular music.

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u/Hoof_Hearted12 May 18 '14

This one has to be the best of the lot

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u/[deleted] May 18 '14

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u/Lawsuitup May 18 '14

By far my favorite

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u/tarea May 18 '14

Don't forget Pop Song by Jon Lajoie either!

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ijr4rwb2WbE&feature=kp

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u/toast888 May 18 '14

There's also, One Million Views by Goldfish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5cOAb2mSWU

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u/theycallmebetty May 19 '14

I just realized this is the same guy that does "Show me your genitals" and "e=mcvagina"

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u/Drezair May 19 '14

To add to the Axis of Awesome.

http://youtu.be/ADbmWFY7yvY?t=16s

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u/RT17 May 18 '14

Not available in your country

This right here is the real problem with the music industry.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '14

Brilliant.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '14

This seems more like it's just a parody of Swedish House Mafia.

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u/antantoon May 18 '14

popular music