OK, so I have actually no qualms with "Harlem Shake." It was a completely deserved #1 and a cultural phenomenon. What made it special was that it was a meme that developed, um, pretty much naturally. "The Fox," however, is anything but. It is an attempt at some sort of super-meme status with so much money thrown at it, that it loses all magic it could have had. Watching the video is an odd experience, you can tell it's no "Harlem Shake," or hell, even a "Friday," which makes it really uncomfortable to watch/listen to. these memes/cultural phenomena became important because they just clicked with the GP and the internet, not because they were manufactured to do so. I couldn't even get a chuckle out of it because its attempt to go "viral" (which basically succeeded, unfortunately) were ingenuine. It looks and sounds like a stiffy middle aged businessman's attempt to make money off of meme songs.
Disagree completely with this one. They're a comedy duo who had been making comedy music videos for awhile now to promote their show in Norway. They didn't do this as an attempt to go viral in any way. And I actually think the song and music video are pretty clever, and funny too. Maybe you should watch some of their other music videos, especially 'Someone Like Me' and 'Stonehenge' which are far better than 'The Fox'.
Disagree completely with this one. They're a comedy duo who had been making comedy music videos for awhile now to promote their show in Norway. They didn't do this as an attempt to go viral in any way. And I actually think the song and music video are pretty clever, and funny too. Maybe you should watch some of their other music videos, especially 'Someone Like Me' and 'Stonehenge' which are far better than 'The Fox'.
Oh well idk it's just not funny to me I'll check their other stuff out though.
This is one of those songs that kind of sounds like a parody of rednecks, but apparently it's not and was a pretty big hit. Yeah, how did that happen? I seriously doubt any woman would be flattered by the great metaphor "baby you a song; you wanna make me roll down my windows and cruise." Why was this a hit? How? Also Nelly should be ashamed, he used to make actually good fun songs.
I'll check their other stuff out though.
I agree with Holy Grail, but I like The Fox 
The bridge slays, but I do hate the video.
