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    99Telep☺dpr☹blemsAdrian Chen
    11/20/13 6:12pm

    This kid has mad game. I am pretty sure he just earned himself a threesome with those chicks at 1:36.

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      GregSamsa99Telep☺dpr☹blems
      11/20/13 7:07pm

      I'm inclined to think if that threesome happened, it didn't end well.

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      99Telep☺dpr☹blemsGregSamsa
      11/20/13 7:15pm

      Yeah, if he is that crazy when Bon Jovi comes on, imagine what he's like when the titties come out.

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    MagisterAdrian Chen
    11/20/13 7:38pm

    Not that it's all just a viscous circle, but the song is in the Hot 100 because Billboard now counts YouTube plays (as is detailed under the link), so my click on the embedded video along with everyone else's (plus the embed on the Billboard site and everywhere else that picks up the story) will ensure that it will chart at least one more week.

    Let's hope at least some percentage of these clicks translates into sales. Otherwise, Bon Jovi may chart, but they will not get paid.

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      The Wrath of KuhnMagister
      11/21/13 1:28am

      Great point about the Hot 100. However, each play will still generate money under a Sync License regardless if the song is downloaded. Digital music downloads are covered under Mechanical Licenses.

      That said, I don't know the duration of time a video must be played to trigger the Sync Rights.

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      MagisterThe Wrath of Kuhn
      11/21/13 2:34am

      I assume the background music on Youtube videos are generally free. Otherwise, if a publisher doesn't want to grant the free license, they must pro-actively file a takedown.

      The Billboard link claims that a "fresh upload" of this video to an aggregator has garnered 11m views in the past month, while the one embedded above (which is also embedded on Billboard) has a counter marking less than 4m views and a search of Youtube isn't finding another copy with more than 400k — so I don't know where they're getting that number — but I don't think @UncleCharlie99 or Google are paying for every play.

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    RamaLamaLamaLamaLamaDingDongAdrian Chen
    11/20/13 6:03pm

    I'm just amazed and thankful that Rick Astley isn't permanently enshrined at #1 for the rest of eternity.

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      Wendel Clark BarAdrian Chen
      11/20/13 6:04pm

      I was at a bar a few years ago and there was a group of mid-to-late-20s people sitting at a table, maybe ten of them, pretty drunk, and one of the girls with them put Livin On A Prayer on and everyone at their table had an awesome time singing along as drunk people will. Not wanting to lose the moment, the girl went and put it on again, and they were still drunk enough to think it was funny and sang along again. By the fourth straight time she played it, no one would talk to her anymore and she was sitting in the corner by herself singing along, every now and then exhorting her friends to join in. None of the them would oblige but she was still really belting those Whoa-oh choruses when they came around. It was one of the saddest things I've ever seen. Just saying.

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        Cletus Van DammeWendel Clark Bar
        11/20/13 7:50pm

        Clear strategic error! One play of "Livin' on a Prayer" followed by one play of "Free Fallin'" then you're done.

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        ExtraExtraWendel Clark Bar
        11/20/13 7:53pm

        This story depressed me so much I'm now making a noose for myself.

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      lobstrAdrian Chen
      11/20/13 7:07pm

      Back in the day, there were times when an older obscures song would suddenly chart again simply because some random DJ started would start playing the shit out of it... Listeners would be like "I dig that song..." and suddenly it's getting requested all over the country. The 1980s version of something "going viral", lolz.

      The best case-in-point was this cheesy power ballad by Canadian band Sheriff who had a 1983 song called "When I'm With You" (notable for the fact that the singer holds the last note in the song for 25 freakin' seconds), and at the time it peaked at #62 in the US.

      In 1989, a DJ at a little upstate NY radio station started playing it relentlessly, and suddenly everyone wanted to hear it. Next thing you know, the fucking song reaches #1 in the US, four years after the band broke up and during a time when — as the story goes — the former lead singer was disallusioned by their lack of musical success and was delivering pizza, hah!

      My knowledge of this story is brought forth by my incessant absorption of Casey Kasem's anecdotes during his epic 4 hour radio countdown every Sunday morning. (The radio station here always aired it between 6am and 10am .. This was my church, mothafucka!) Good times.

      Anyway, per Wiki: "In 1988, a disc jockey in Rome, New York began playing the song, and local radio stations followed suit. This encouraged Capitol Records to re-release the song as a single. On February 4, 1989, "When I'm with You" hit number one in the United States. According to legend, lead vocalist Freddy Curci was working as a pizza delivery boy when he was informed that the song had reached number one"

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_I'm_…

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        WonderfulKazzoolobstr
        11/21/13 9:10am

        Just listened to the song. It's one of those nondescript popular 80s power ballads where I don't know the lyrics, artist, or title, but can definitely hum along. That canon is actually full of (unknown) greatness (during car rides).

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        lobstrWonderfulKazzoo
        11/21/13 9:23am

        Yeah, it's a pretty pedestrian run-of-the-mill late-80s song until you get to the very end and that guy holds the note for almost a half a minute. Shit's messed up!

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      La.M.Adrian Chen
      11/20/13 6:13pm

      I'm going to say this. If you could take a video of my soul when I hear Living on a Prayer, this is what it would look like.

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        jumpinjackflashLa.M.
        11/20/13 10:34pm

        Ah, when this song comes on in spin class, it's ridiculous how good it makes me feel! Lip-synching it is actually more fun than singing it out loud because I like to ham it up, for sure. It's good for a laugh from my biking partner every time.

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      nomanousAdrian Chen
      11/20/13 9:26pm

      I have dyslexia. I read the headline as "A Four-Year-Old Just Sharted 'Livin on a Prayer'" Started to watch video. Incredibly disappointed.

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        sui_generisnomanous
        11/20/13 10:11pm

        I like your version better.

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        scottalbertjohnsonnomanous
        11/21/13 2:10pm

        You just have to turn it up really loud.

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      VeryWellAdrian Chen
      11/20/13 6:06pm

      Never apologize for being a white dude, little bro! Keep on rockin'!

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        MizJenkinsVeryWell
        11/20/13 6:22pm

        Bless his heart.

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        A_countVeryWell
        11/20/13 7:04pm

        ...in the free world.

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      seeyaAdrian Chen
      11/20/13 9:24pm

      Fuck. Off. Good times, GREAT song. We gotta hold on to what we got, Chen.

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        Cathy Creswellseeya
        1/11/14 8:53pm

        Chen just can't appreciate.

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      marigold55Adrian Chen
      11/20/13 6:09pm

      Bill Simmons' dad at 1:08 in the cardigan

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