A quick Harlem Shake discussion

[Calibanbutcher]

Harlem Shake...the new Gangnam Style...only without the charm.

I don't hate it (I am being goaded into taking part in one) but it is one of the strangest internet phenomena in recent memory to suddenly gain popularity.

Be sure to share "your" Harlem Shake with us.
Pretty please, with a cherry on top?

If we ever get to it, so far, it doesn't look like it's going to happen, but if it does, I'll share.

And please tell me that you will be wearing blue cat-ears?
It is a Harlem Shake after all, so anything goes.

I actually own very little Happy merchandise (I don't even have a plush of Happy)

I must rectify this!

It is your solemn duty to rectify this situation as soon as possible.
I shall now give you a quest to "GET HAPPY MERCHANDISE ASAP"

AYE SIR!

A plushie is a must, but I was also considering a Happy cosplay (in case I ever visited an Escapist expo) but most Happy cosplays look ridiculous, I was thinking of buying a blue hoodie and making it look like Happy, having the ears and white torso!

Yeah, drop the cosplay and go with the hoodie alternative, it's a much better solution.
And plushies are a must for someone like you, who is quite clearly a giant fan.

 

[Calibanbutcher]

Harlem Shake...the new Gangnam Style...only without the charm.

I don't hate it (I am being goaded into taking part in one) but it is one of the strangest internet phenomena in recent memory to suddenly gain popularity.

Be sure to share "your" Harlem Shake with us.
Pretty please, with a cherry on top?

If we ever get to it, so far, it doesn't look like it's going to happen, but if it does, I'll share.

And please tell me that you will be wearing blue cat-ears?
It is a Harlem Shake after all, so anything goes.

I actually own very little Happy merchandise (I don't even have a plush of Happy)

I must rectify this!

It is your solemn duty to rectify this situation as soon as possible.
I shall now give you a quest to "GET HAPPY MERCHANDISE ASAP"

AYE SIR!

A plushie is a must, but I was also considering a Happy cosplay (in case I ever visited an Escapist expo) but most Happy cosplays look ridiculous, I was thinking of buying a blue hoodie and making it look like Happy, having the ears and white torso!

Yeah, drop the cosplay and go with the hoodie alternative, it's a much better solution.
And plushies are a must for someone like you, who is quite clearly a giant fan.

Yes I should!

Well, we got a bit off topic, didn't we mate

Just a tiny little bit I'd say.

maybe wear the blue hoodie for the video...
aand on topic again

 

[Goofguy]

It's pretty much on its way out anyway. It had about 2 weeks of peak popularity and now we're in the residual phase. I don't care much for the Harlem Shake but let the people enjoy themselves while making those videos, I just won't watch them.

Yep, started seeing these a couple of weeks ago and they seem to have caught on a little but thankfully not quite as much as the Harlem Shake.

Yes, the goat videos have become the new Harlem Shake.

 

[DoPo]

That the first thing related to Harlem Shake that I've actually enjoyed. Pretty cool of Youtube to do that.

Yay, probably the first person in the thread to check the link. And yeah, I agree. It is quite amusing, although I find the Harlem Shake itself meh.

 

[Doclector]

Some of the more creative ones are funny. The rest, it's pretty much just something that people do with their friends for a laugh, wanting to produce something of quality rarely has anything to do with it. Can't fault people for that.

 

[Ryotknife]

dunno, its a bunch of people acting and dancing like idiots. It is amusing to me at least. Watched the one done by Maimi Heat basketball team.

Harlem Shake is like modern day jesters

 

[Hazy992]

There's a couple I've found funny;



But for the most part they're pretty dumb.

 

[rawfy]

My favorite harlem shake video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=beMgDVQMMEM

 

[Scarim Coral]

It will come and go just like any other viral videos. Anyone remember Gnagman style or the Caramell Dansen?

Oh this just happen to be on the front page of Youtube at the moment-

 

[Froggy Slayer]

It will come and go just like any other viral videos. Anyone remember Gnagman style or the Caramell Dansen?

Oh this just happen to be on the front page of Youtube at the moment-

...it's dead, Matt! WHY CAN'T YOU JUST LEAVE THE SIMPSONS beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee?

 

[TheBelgianGuy]

I am quite happy to say I completely missed out on this. I had a pretty busy week with uni assignments and classes when this started getting big on the net. When I had some time again, it already sort of passed. I've never seen an actual Harlem Shake vid before this thread... and am already wishing I had those 30 seconds back.

 

[krazykidd]

WHY?!

I don't hate it, it's harmless, but... why?

What is the point? What is gained by imitating this thing?

It's like someone told a joke, then everyone started telling the same joke, even to people who they knew had already heard the joke, for no other reason than it was the joke that people were telling.

What ? You mean like " the cake is a lie" and " the arrow to the knee joke? Don't tell me you're seriously surprised .

OT: i hate it . Like this isn't even something new. What the hell is going on?

 

[DoPo]

So, new page. I feel many actually missed it, so hands up, everybody who actually followed the instructions in the OP and saw this.

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

I think it's been done into the ground, like every other semi-funny thing that becomes popular on the internet. You know the progression, someone makes a video that gets popular, then there's a whole slew of everyone and their dog imitating it, and eventually the only selling point is how much they're risking their jobs to do it.

 

[Berithil]

I'm confused...


When did this become a thing? Is this supposed to be the new Gangnam Style? Why I am I just hearing about this?

Seems like it's just the newest fad for people to imitate and talk about until it gets run into the ground.

 

[Images]

The problem with this is that its a single joke.

Normalcy -> Chaos

Now that's funny a few times but that's it. Its like being told the same joke over and over again with these videos because we all know the punchline.

I didn't get annoyed at Gangnam style's spinoffs because the original video had so many elements to riff on for later vids. For instance there was the song itself and how someone would arrange it in theirs, utilizing each of the different dance moves, using your local landmarks across an area to make it your place's version, re-enacting the various scenes in the video and actually getting a large group of people not just to go crazy but to dance in sync.

For example you could compare the Ohio state university marching band gangnam style to the London one, to the navy one, to the flipbook video, to the acoustic guitar version. Each had something different going for it. I'm not saying it didn't tire out, everything does, it just had greater reason to be a phenomenon.

Harlem shake is just one joke.

 

[ClockworkPenguin]

So, new page. I feel many actually missed it, so hands up, everybody who actually followed the instructions in the OP and saw this.

Huh, that's pretty funny. I prefer googles zerg rush though.

Also, I'm using this as an excuse to post this
The Barry Shitpeas segments of Charlie Brookers shows are always excellent at highlighting the inanity of much of modern culture, and I think few things are more deserving of the treatment than this.