Are you one of the over four million people who have viewed that Friday song by Rebecca Black? You know, the one that goes:
Oo-ooh-ooh, hoo yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah-ah-ah
Yeah-ah-ah
Yeah-ah-ah
That is, when it’s not busy going:
Yesterday was Thursday, Thursday
Today is Friday, Friday
Tomorrow is Saturday
And Sunday… comes afterwards
Some people are calling it the worst song ever. A blog post entitled “Songwriting Isn’t For Everyone” on Comedy Central’s Tosh 2.0 appeared on, of all days, last Friday, and Rebecca Black became an overnight internet sensation as millions of viewers tallied up the video’s YouTube count.
Here is the Friday song video, if you haven’t yet seen it.
Wow, right? What you must be thinking. Wait, let me guess what you might be thinking.
You might think this song is monotonous. Or you might think she’s been Auto-tuned to death. You might also think that she sings pretty much one note during the whole song. And that the lyrics are stupid – a song about trying to decide whether or not to sit in the front seat or the back seat? Or that this must be some kind of spoof.
Well, let me tell you something, sister. You couldn’t be more wrong!
Rebecca Black’s Friday song rocks, is good for the soul and is good for this country. And here’s why:
Rebecca Black’s Friday Song Builds Community
When Comedy Central shared this song with their viewers, everyone turned to their respective internet content devices to see it.
And then everyone jumped on Twitter, making Rebecca Black a trending topic. It’s not often a song can bring so many people together all at once like that and I think that speaks volumes to the power of this Friday song.
Rebecca Black’s Friday Song Espouses Family Values
First of all, Rebecca is a 13 year-old 8th grader. She is not dressed like a whore. She is not singing about going down on her statutory rapist boyfriend. Nor is she going on about how her baby daddy is in jail for robbing banks and laundering money.
No. She’s a pretty girl singing about “Fun, fun fun.” Oh sure, she might be wearing an awful lot of make-up for a junior high school kid, but cameras and lights can make you look washed out and girl just needed some definition is all.
Rebecca Black’s Friday Song is About Life Choices
Rebecca must decide whether or not to sit in the front seat or the back seat of a convertible. The car already has four people in it. She is at a crossroads, symbolizing how we all reach our own forks in the road and must decide for ourselves what is right regardless of what our friends think we should do. What better representation of self-actualization, not to mention common sense about seat belt availability and therefore auto safety is this video?
Rebecca Black’s Friday Song Embraces the Truth
Rebecca tells us that today is Friday. She further asserts that yesterday was Thursday and that tomorrow is Saturday and that Sunday comes after that. She is making a simple and true statement.
With all the manipulation, deceit and lying that pollutes this world, I find Rebecca’s honesty very refreshing, don’t you? The next time I’m framed for Murder One by my nosy neighbor, I want Rebecca Black in the witness box defending me.
Rebecca Black’s Friday Song Embraces Cultural Diversity
OK, so a bunch of white kids are driving around on a Friday, looking forward to the weekend when all of a sudden some random black rapper dude starts busting rhymes about he, too, is chilling in the front seat and the back seat, and seems to exude a positive attitude about the fact that it’s Friday.
I assume rapper dude is from downtown since skyscrapers grace his background, whereas Rebecca and her white friends appear to be hanging out elsewhere, the suburbs, maybe. Nevertheless, the message here is quite clear: that people of all races and car models can enjoy the same things in life.
Don’t you see? This song rocks.
Plus, it’s catchy. I defy you to listen to it only once.
Tell me that this little ear worm of a song doesn’t make you bounce in your chair and hum it all day afterward.
And if it made you smile, regardless of why, it was worth those three minutes and forty-eight seconds of your life.
Do Goats like fried eggs?
I have absolutely no idea. Could you ask the next goat you see and let me know? Thanks!
I would but they don’t speak very good English. I think they may be Welsh or Scouce Goats. Anyway, they are getting bored of scrambled eggs & omlettes. I thought fried eggs on toast might be an idea. Complete with a glass of cold Vimto of course.
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I don’t want to seem like too big of an A**hole, but i honestly think this article is terrible. The arguments that were written are things I would write if i want to spill out total BS for a paper that is due in 5 hours. Just as an example:
“Today is Friday, Friday
Tomorrow is Saturday
And Sunday… comes afterwards”
You think those are some multi-layered poetic lines expressing how she “embraces the truth?” Don’t be ridiculous. This isn’t the work of some artistic genius. there is no underlying meaning in the lyrics. This song obviously is just about how excited she is for Friday. True, she isn’t dressed like a skank, and definitely isnt promoting such lifestyle, but the song itself is terribly written. Lines such as “Fun fun fun fun” are just plain stupid. It’s almost as if they were put in at the last second as fillers. No substance. Just plain trash.
again, Im sorry if I represent myself as a total jerk, but it is my honest-to-god opinion of this song.
typo on my name D:
No, no, you’re not an asshole. I’m just sorry to hear that it would take you 5 hours to write a BS article like this. It only took me 30 minutes.
Also? If you took this article seriously, you have completely missed the point.
Nevertheless, I appreciate you taking the time to comment, so thanks!
The gal in the video is wholesome enough, but are you sure this isn’t Bieber singing “Friday” instead of “Baby.” Sure sounds a lot like him.
Oh dear, I just found this in YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQbajVslwR8
Ok, it’s not just me!
Oh my gosh! That is just too funny, Brad. Nice find.
You are a saint Meg!! I cant believe you found some many positives in this song. The only word I could think of to describe it was moro……well, in the spirit of positivity I shall amend it to nursery rhymey..
I tried to watch it, but autotune makes me scream (I took 8 years of voice lessons so when people cheat it makes me mad), so I only saw the first seconds. I’m going to go listen to some Patsy Cline instead.
I don’t blame you one bit. The poor girl’s been auto-tuned to within an inch of her life. Say hello to Patsy for me.
Dang, why didn’t I think of that. I knew tomorrow was Friday too.
Oy,
xo jj
And now….are you ready for it……
♫ Yesterday was Thursday, Thursday. ♫ Today is Friday, Friday. ♫
hahaha!!!!
Sorry about that.
omg…. i read this while eating and about killed myself choking.
I hate this song so much but I do appreciate all the laughs it’s bringing my way. Thank you.
My pleasure, MoniqueRenae!
I’m afraid to listen/watch it. I know I shouldn’t be but I still have Justin Beiber stuck in my head with a side of Taylor Swift and I really don’t think my brain can handle anymore ear worms this week. I am glad she is all 13ish and cool but in a good non slutty way because we have way too many slutty teenagers on the airwaves and MTV or whatever the place where they actually show videos now.
I hear VH1 Classic actually shows videos. From the 80s. Maybe they don’t even make music videos anymore. Except for Justin Bieber.
My God, you have just analyzed a 4-minute song like it’s a Tennyson poem. And it was a good analysis, suprisingly accurate and wonderfully thoughtful. Kudos!
Thanks, Mike!
What’s a Tennyson poem?
kidding.
She seems to have conflated a bus with a convertible, though.
You mean because who waits for a convertible at a bus stop?
And because she specifically says that she’s going to get her bus, but then later on, there are only two seats in the bus…a front and a back.
Oh, I’m not explaining this very well. Here’s a good analysis of the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqhiRRJ1vOk
Oh yes! I saw that video.
“First of all, Rebecca is a 13 year-old 8th grader. She is not dressed like a whore. She is not singing about going down on her statutory rapist boyfriend. Nor is she going on about how her baby daddy is in jail for robbing banks and laundering money.”
AMEN.
And………It’s about TIME!
You said it, girl.
🙂
I never heard this song but I absolutely loved your breakdown of the elements. Bravo!
Can’t believe she’s 13. Anyway, this was my favorite of the info you provided:
She is not dressed like a whore. She is not singing about going down on her statutory rapist boyfriend.
Sadly, that’s a rarity and it really is something I look for now that my kids are listening to mainstream music.
I know! Today’s role models are all about the skank, so it’s nice to finally see some wholesome cleanliness. Now we just need “good quality music” to go with that wholesomeness!
I’m thinkin’ it’s enough to scare the wild~eyed cattle!!!
Have a terrific Tuesday girl! :o)
Thanks, Nezzy!
Danger! Earwig alert! And what’s with that teeny-bopper driving around without a license? No way that kid is old enough to drive. What this music video really needs is a few goats… driving cars….
car driving goats! I like that idea. Can’t wait to feature THAT for Goat Thing of the Day.
Thank you for sharing. You do make some valid points, although I would disagree with your assertion that the video promotes auto safety. First, having teenagers driving other teenagers around has been proven to be a dangerous situation. Secondly, not one of these kids were wearing a seatbelt. And then of course, three girls sat not IN but ON the back seat like a bunch of homecoming queen candidates while cruising down the highway. She doesn’t even include a disclaimer. If I fall out while sitting atop a moving convertible I am SO suing her.
Also, curse you. Because of the ear worm.
OK, now that I think about it, you’re right. She’s totally advocating dangerous back seat habits. I was thinking about the scene when they were sitting in the seats and forgot about the part where they are “homecoming-queening” it.
My ears are bleeding and my brain has melted. But at least she wasn’t dressed like a whore. Thank you. Really.
Dude, Rebecca Black is the new black. Or something.
I think I hate U
Hate U
Hate you in the back seat
Hate you in the front seat
Gonna make up my mind to butt you
butt you
Butt you straight to Sunday
Sunday
I think I hate U
Hate U
Now that I have an earwig
earwig
That’s gonna last ’til doomsday
doomsday
Ha! Pricilla, you could so record that and catch that YouTube video response wave to this song.
Apologies for the earwig. Here’s hoping it dies soon.
Great post, Margaret. I was wondering what this whole thing was about. This girl is an absolute genius at marketing herself. Someone is going to snap her up and make her a superstar.
When I saw this, I thought of that Chinese guy who became famous for singing so bad and he got his 15 or so minutes and then fell off the planet. What was his name?
Yeah, I know the guy you mean. The thing is with her, she’s really cute and marketable. Kind of a Selena Gomez type and her voice is no worse than Britney Spears. And the video was very professionally produced. Someone knew what they were doing here.
Oh, how could you go to the dark side? Wait, I know…it was the repetition of “fried egg, fried egg, I wanna get down on fried egg”….it hypnotized you into actually enjoying the autotone… That is the only explanation I can come up with… and wait, sure she can’t make a decision about which seat to take…since when can 13 year old’s drive? And what’s with the 3 girls sitting “on” the back seat instead of in the actual car? Not good role modeling there…
I know it’s all supposed to be in “fun fun fun” cause “we so so so excited”… but come on now!!
Don’t worry, you’re still one of my favorite writers even if you are brain washed for a time 🙂
But I like fried eggs. And I wouldn’t mind getting down on them either. So yes, for now, Friday is my new religion. 😉 I appreciate your support during this trying time. Brain washing is no laughing matter. Oh wait – yes it is!