mattley Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 (edited) Not sure if anyone had seen the Harlem Shake craze but its going nuts on YouTube right now. I was asked to film our local hockey teams version, here is the result http://youtu.be/6KAFo25h4O8 If your not familiar with what it's all about just pop onto YouTube and search Harlem Shake Edited February 21, 2013 by mattley
Stevo985 Posted February 21, 2013 VT Supporter Posted February 21, 2013 I think Rory Delap's done it 1
mjmooney Posted February 21, 2013 VT Supporter Posted February 21, 2013 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Do The Harlem Shuffle.
Zatman Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 so far this is probably the most annoying fad of all and hopefully one that will die the quickest
ThunderPower_14 Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 After watching a few videos so I could be in on the joke i'm still not 100% sure what's going on. 1
Xela Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 How did this 'craze' begin? i'm just not down with the kids anymore!
Jimzk5 Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 How did this 'craze' begin? i'm just not down with the kids anymore! I'm guessin after the global success of gangnam style some knobber in a suit like Simon cowell has worked out kids and chavy adults will buy this sort of shite and make a load of money
Stevo985 Posted February 21, 2013 VT Supporter Posted February 21, 2013 (edited) Serious answer, the "Harlem Shake" has nothing to do with any of the dances in the videos (unless someone has actually done the dance that is known as the Harlem Shake in one of the videos) The actual Harlem shake was a dance popular in 90's and early 2000's hip hop, I think The new craze is because someone made a house song (Baauer I think his name is) sampling a song (called "Miller Time") which had the lyric "I punch you in the face, then do the Harlem Shake" (I think, I'm going from memory). Because of that lyric, Baauer called the song "Harlem Shake", despite it having nothing to do with the dance. Then some blogger filmed the original video of him dancing and then all his friends going mental, and it's snowballed from there. This was the first one ever I believe As you can tell, I got curious myself so looked it up the other day Edited February 21, 2013 by Stevo985
Keyblade Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 I know there have been so many pointless trends lately, but this just takes the cake for trendhopping and bandwagon jumping imo...right after Gangnam Style. Also considering what they're doing isn't even the harlem shake in the first place. 4
Stevo985 Posted February 21, 2013 VT Supporter Posted February 21, 2013 It's not like it's anyone's fault though is it? It's not like the record company filmed any of these videos. It just happened. it's just coincidence more than anythign that the song is called Harlem Shake. The people aren't trying to do the Harlem Shake, they're just doing a stupid dance to the music. It'd be the same if the song was called "Foxtrot" or "Waltz"
Keyblade Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 No I know...I don't even care much for the original harlem shake so it's not a big deal. The blind trendhopping is what bugs me.
Demitri_C Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 harlem seems like it has some real nice people there!
Zatman Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 I think 40000 Harlem shuffle videos have been uploaded to Youtube in last week. this cant die soon enough
hogso Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 Do you think that Jumpstyle (also shamelessly stolen by Lambrini on their advert) could make a comeback That was a fun dance
Stevo985 Posted February 21, 2013 VT Supporter Posted February 21, 2013 I think 40000 Harlem shuffle videos have been uploaded to Youtube in last week. this cant die soon enough Yeah, 4000 a day apparently. That in itself means this will quickly die out on it's own. I must admit the first one or two I saw I did think were pretty funny. It very quickly gets old though!
mjmooney Posted February 21, 2013 VT Supporter Posted February 21, 2013 No. Harlem SHAKE. The Harlem Shuffle was what I referred to - um, ironically - upthread. That was a damn fine song. 1
PompeyVillan Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 I dance like that after a few too many.
CrackpotForeigner Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 No. Harlem SHAKE. The Harlem Shuffle was what I referred to - um, ironically - upthread. That was a damn fine song. Mmm. Nice cover of that old Stones classic. 1
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