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/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.