Harlem Shake: I hate it…
Can we stop with the Harlem Shake
videos?
First, the music is
horrible. It’s that stupid bass stuff
that nearly sounds like Dubstep, and we know how shitty dubstep is. (Durp Step?)
Second, I just don’t understand the craze behind the meme.
The Harlem Shake is not a milkshake,
but a dance born from Harlem way back in 1981.
The dance showed up in G Dep’s Let’s Get It. It seems P-Ditty has a lot to do with the
return of the Harlem Shake with this video.
From there, DJ Baauer made a song with
the same name. And, it is this song
that has turned into a viral hit in the Internets with random people “dancing”.
From Wiki, ((The art form of the meme was established
in a video uploaded on February 2 by The Sunny Coast Skate,[2] five teenagers
from Queensland, Australia. The teenagers' video, in its turn, was a follow-up
to a video by a YouTube comedy vlogger named Filthy Frank[3][4] featuring a
part where several costumed persons danced to the song "Harlem Shake"
by Baauer.))
I know people are comparing it to
Gangnam Style, but GS is more of a parody of these shitty dance songs that all
sound the same. When the Today Show
decides to do it, it is time to hang it up.
Shit…
Go f’ ye self Today Show. I do like that
there is a
meme stating that the Today Show kills memes when
they do it. The Today Show is like
an EMP blast to Internet Memes. The
Daily Beast has compiled all the memes that the show has murdered over the
years. I am somewhat grateful that
TS has killed this meme.
Maybe, I am too old for this
shit.
2 comments:
The only Harlem Shake video you ever need.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iST14CAy-fE
That was freaking great. I like memes but this one is way under my age I guess.
I love the bit where they teleport from the meme into a bar.
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