Well, okay. I'm not going to tell you that this is a good song. It's not -not at all; not even a little - but I'll be damned if it isn't ridiculously catchy.
. . . and the video is really quite awful . . . but the song, it's so . . . familiar somehow. It reminds me a little of Savage Garden. I actually thought it WAS Savage Garden, but unfortunately it's not.
I think Disney has somehow figured out how to make the perfect SIMULATION of a pop song. Baudrillard would eat this up.
Now, I'm bringing this up on here because I think this raises a good question: is this a real song? I mean, sure, of course its obviously a song on some point, but its so pre-fabricated and . . . pop-y.
It's sort of like a Disney World version of pop music just like Frontier Land and the movie UNFORGIVEN are both representations of the American West . . .
Consider even the video - yes, really watch it. The "Brothers" are just boys talking about girls at the beginning when they are shown a script for the video of their new song. The song then begins in earnest, playing over the "Brothers'" imagining of what the video would be like. What follows is then a series of skits lampooning different videos that themselves lampooned different movies who were themselves iterations of different periods of history, ie, the Jonas Brothers' video "Burning Up" is a represenation of periods three times removed and thus flattened from their original versions, such as Miami in the early 1980s in the case of the Miami Vice spoof in the video.
This just strikes me as a very ironic video to tack onto a song by a 3rd or even 4th generation boy band sponsored by Disney. . .
But it sure is catchy though. . .
Please don't hold that against me.
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Catchiest Song Ever. . . . God help me.
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what song is this? i can't see youtube on the kendle network. is it the year 3000?
if so, go here and watch my video halfway down:
http://sarahcool.blogspot.com/2008/06/not-much-has-changed-but-they-live.html
This song was clearly not written by the band performing. The performers were picked for looks over talent, and notice the wide variety of styles (where did that rapper come from?) puked together to create a song that would potentially be accessible by anyone with a passing interest for pop music. This is not art, it is an ad campaign for album sales. Gag.
sorry. for anyone who is be-Kendle'd, the song is . . . "Burning Up" by The Jonas Brothers.
Christian - it IS SORTA art. Just derivative.
That's ok. You are allowed one totally gay song a year. Its almost September - so I think you can make it 3 months without getting addicted to another one.
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