POP SONG REVIEW: "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell & T.I.

[@boyishmistakes]

“3 happily married men” 1. 1 happily married man and 2 guys who got divorced shortly after. Hm.

[@MikoyanGurevichMiG21]

Ironically now, 2 of the models in this video are now happily married! One is to Muse's frontman Matt Bellamy, no less!

[@jadeschreodl1899]

Hey his next album is about his wife. Probably all about how much she means to him and how much he cares about her, not him insulting himself and talking about how she got coked out.

[@brandievan2678]

@@MikoyanGurevichMiG21 NO FRICKIN WAY!!!!!!!!!!!

[@duckoffupieceodsgut22]

Jade Schreodl sadly there is only 2 song abt the wife. And it’s a shit album.

[@jadeschreodl1899]

Zoe Wong mega shit

[@katiek2615]

I love how disinterested the models look. You can almost see them weighing whether this check was worth it.

[@blissfulinsomniac5711]

But when do models EVER look interested in anything in public?

[@MrGentyala]

Tech hi dvh ignitifcx CV BG ygvbdon publicly ohm RF jdc VB h HF f VB

[@moonlily1]

It worked out well for Emily Ratajkowski, as for the other two, it's anybody'd guess.

[@MikoyanGurevichMiG21]

@@moonlily1 Well the blonde, (Elle Evans) recently got married to Muse's frontman Matt Bellamy, so that's a start.

[@brandievan2678]

#rapey

[@genevar9260]

The best thing (and only good thing) about this video is that Pharrell is CLEARLY pointing at the lamb when he says "You the hottest bitch in this place".

[@RowanWarren78]

Replace those lyrics with "I really want to fuck this goat".😆

[@PKSunset]

@@RowanWarren78 lol love that video

[@thatoneguy9582]

-thats my fucking guy pharrell-

[@pridemoth_]

Oh. That song had the guy who obsesses over his daughter's hymen. Fitting.

[@kodyeldridge5847]

oh. my. lanta. it makes so much sense now.

[@joey1723]

Oh God, and I didn't think Blurred Lines could get any worse

[@riahlexington]

I know. It’s so gross.

[@arpitdas4263]

What the fuck?

[@urbanbang5513]

Wait what?

[@thevampirefrog06]

That model looks so genuinely uncomfortable when he blows smoke in her face and she coughs. Ugh ugh ugh.

[@maryt.3273]

I KNOW! I was like, "Dude, Robin, could you maybe not be such a jerk? Please?" I mean, did she know he was going to do that? It kinda looks like she didn't.

[@jadedemotions9891]

It made me feel disgusted and uncomfortable

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa790]

@@hwfq34fajw9foiffawdiufhuaiwfhw Don't know that for sure

[@Tsukuyomi28]

That's kind of the point

[@riahlexington]

I hope she got paid well.

[@finn_underwood]

I don't normally say this, Weird Al Yankovic's parody of this is actually better than the original song. Not only because it's called Word Crimes and complains about the popular misusages of grammar, but also because I honestly can't remember the lyrics to Blurred Lines even while I'm listening to it in this video. Yankovic has effectively replaced this song in my brain with his own, which I am surprisingly okay with.

[@PrincessNinja007]

Royals is the same for me

[@kittygrimm7301]

The video is a hell of a lot more creative too.

[@TrollBreaker]

Finn Underwood It's like SAO Abridged vs SAO for me.

[@SvenniTayivek]

Helps that Weird Al replaces the rapey lyrics with something that's actually palatable so you can enjoy the funky beat more.

[@Truthmane2]

weird al is the best

[@AlexTalArt]

bit of a tangent but, anyone notice how get lucky has a line about consent? "if you want to leave i'm with it". man i needed that line in 2016.

[@StylusShade]

Shit, we need that line NOW!

[@oof-rr5nf]

@@StylusShade I know. We do. We still need it. And now I am sad again.

[@Flowtail]

geez i've forgotten how good that song is

[@marciaosullivan3200]

If I never heard that line I would have raped 50 people

[@Tirgo69]

To be honest I'm pretty sure that line is more like "If you want to leave and go get a hotel with me so we can fuck, I'm with it"

[@LydCal999]

Guys... Guys we found it The one song that doesn't sound good on Todd's piano...

[@w3irdo13]

+Aiden Nelson What about "Imma Be"?

[@RGS_1520]

Whip My Hair sounded worse

[@TheDukeofCheese12]

+RGS Granted for Whip My Hair, the song doesn't really have a melody.

[@dio1627]

+RGS Whip My Hair sounded like it belonged on a horror soundtrack when Todd played it.

[@RGS_1520]

Gotta Love Those Big Potatoes The original sounded like a horror soundtrack song too

[@kazuwacky]

God it's been a long time since I last heard the original but there's something about Robins delivery of "I know you want it" that makes my stomach turn every time.

[@chiarab4827]

Especially the second time he says it, ugh

[@maryt.3273]

+Ms Articulate and +Chiara B Ugh, yes...the first time I heard that, I felt like my skin was crawling. Especially the second time. *shudders*

[@Fwibos]

I know you want it.

[@squamish4244]

No wonder his wife left him shortly after this. Fucking idiot.

[@goingunder2548]

It's extra creepy because he looks, sounds and acts like that really creepy 'family friend' who you see sporadically 3-5 times a year and every time you catch them looking down your shirt at 13 years old and may even give you a bit of money when he sees you're visibly uncomfortable.

[@peanutbuttercracker1]

I love how Pharrell is giving more attention to the lamb than he is to the girls in the music video, what a king

[@Fickji]

It took awhile but I realized that "SLUG me" rhymes with "hug me". Also "plug me". So now the girl has the options of either punching him or shooting him. Yippie.

[@GalanDun]

+Snarky McSne Or fucking him. Fuck rhymes with hug if you twist it.

[@ZannyAisling]

Obviously he intends to toss garden slugs at her butt. The sexiest recreation!

[@TheAirBear2000]

Also, butt plugs.

[@excusethesanity]

Thug tree!

[@Torthrodhel]

Lug me. He wants to be carried over the threshold.

[@GetSumNutz]

"I like woo, I support woo" - Todd in the Shadows

[@Hapsetshut]

Todd can you make a shirt that says "I like woo, I support woo" I'd buy that in a heart beat

[@CuleChick11]

Me too.

[@unrulymuse]

Same af.

[@basicindiebro]

who can relate? woo!

[@AlbinoLoki]

Cule Chick Ric Flair would be proud. WOO

[@petercahill6696]

Maybe next time Todd's late on rent, that will happen.

[@BloodyAngel88]

This is why I thank God for Weird Al's 'Word Crimes'...

[@piplup2009]

"you would not use it's in this case" how he managed to turn this shit into something hilarious i have no idea

[@BloodyAngel88]

Amen to THAT, brother. lol

[@insanebotv21]

Because it's what he's does.

[@karda009]

Like 'I could care less'. That means you do care. At least a little.

[@Archeopteryxman421]

This will become one of those Weird Al songs that will be more popular than the original.

[@grimtheghastly8878]

"What rhymes with hug me?" he asked in a sad attempt to sound seductive as he discretely roofied her martini

[@ashwen337]

how about mug me, eh.

[@matheustran8009]

Pug pee

[@thelastjerkbender2505]

I'm scared.

[@jakedebruin2246]

Bug me.

[@DrZaius3141]

"Fuck thee."

[@kobalt_ren01]

At least this song gave us Weird Al teaching grammar.

[@lunayoshi]

In my mind, this is the ONLY redeeming factor of this song. Ugh, I feel dirty just thinking about the original song. Can't associate it with anything except "lol gurl you hot I'ma tap dat and you have no say in the matter and btw I'ma tell everybody you secretly wanted it so it ain't rape". Ew. God.

[@GrangeFarmAntics]

When I hear this song I can only think of the Weird Al version, like I sing his lyrics and that is such a relief 😂

[@RestlessFisher]

Love how Pharell was a man about it and came out saying how much he regrets his involvement with this song

[@PrincessNinja007]

They'd have done much better for the song if they had admitted what it sounded like and apologized. The more Robin Thicke denied that anyone could even *hear* the rapiness, the more it seems intentional.

[@PassTheMarmalade1957]

Pretty telling that Pharrell and T.I. seemed to treat it as a joke, whereas Thicke treated it very seriously and even claimed it was a positive, empowering song for women, and then, SURPRISE, turns out Robin Thicke has been cheating on his wife this whole time!

[@AlbinoLoki]

Lady Marmalade Sweet irony

[@DmGray]

I dunno, it seems a HUGE stretch to consider it "rapey" It's a song quite literally about consent and about how it can be ambiguous. A concept that is so universally understood that "affirmative consent" is considered a better alternative, and many argue it must be both "affirmative" (ie: verbal) and ongoing. Thicke may be a douche, but the people describing the song as "controversial" in content are substantially worse bc they demean the debate around consent & abuse...

[@trucetruce335]

Or if they said you were supposed to dislike the person singing. Like if this was MEANT to be from the point of a douchebag character.

[@trucetruce335]

Dm Gray it’s a song about pushing consent and pushing when it’s not given, what about that isn’t rapey? And “sexual harassy” doesn’t have the ring to it. Saying something is “rapey” doesn’t mean “this person is definitely a rapist” it means more “kind of getting a feel that you don’t really respect sexual boundaries and suck at taking the answer you’re given...”

[@susieboo22]

Can we please talk about how PHENOMENALLY unsexy the models' outfits are? WHAT'S WITH THE WEIRD PLASTIC??

[@germanvisitor2]

It looks like they had Barbarella in mind and then something horrible happened.

[@oddanderson9131]

All I can think about was how they must sound like every time they move.

[@celestinemorningstar4851]

It's fetish wear. I wish I were joking.

[@babypurplebat2610]

@@celestinemorningstar4851 it must sound like shaking a garbage bag when they walk

[@Bighomie39]

I think it's supposed to look like nut juice.

[@LuriTV]

"Get Lucky" wasn't good because of Pharell Williams but because of Nile Rodgers, one of the best and funkiest guitarists of our time!

[@patricklauer4452]

Soilent Diva And Daft Punk Can’t Do wrong! 😃

[@infesticon]

I affectionately call this the happy rapey song.. I refuse to go any where near a dance floor playing it.

[@Seth9809]

+Stuart Dawson I agree. My mom loves it.

[@gregorsamsa9264]

It played at my Bar Mitzvah. I asked the DJ not to play Pop stuff. He played this. It was one of the most humiliating moments of my young life.

[@infesticon]

Was the DJ making offensive hand gestures at you the whole time?

[@gregorsamsa9264]

He might as well have.

[@Seth9809]

Hopefully no one takes this the wrong way. But haven't the Jews suffered enough? Do they really need to hear the "fun rapey" song at parties or family events?

[@SarahWilson-fm7sr]

Not sure if Tumblr made me hate this song because so many people pointed out how predatory it sounds or if it's really just that horrible. For real there's a couple of lines in this song that were the exact words said to me by the guy that sexually assaulted me. "I know you want it" and "good girl". I'm honestly not sure if I would actually care about the song at all if it wasn't for Tumblr. I can't listen to this song without cringing. It's catchy as fuck though, I'll give it that.

[@CookiDough12346]

Sarah Wilson nah it's that awful

[@blakemeads9225]

God, I remember when this song first came out, I hated it on a visceral level: between his voice, the creepy ass lyrics, the fact that Robin Thicke looked like a sleazy drug dealer from a bad 80’s crime movie. It was all so immediately repulsive. I had to straight up stop listening to my local pop station for 2 months straight because I didn’t want to risk having to hear this song. Returning to it years later, I have to say.....nothing. It’s still horrible.

[@dadude1702]

One of the worst songs ever. Makes me sick every time I hear it.

[@masterof4elements826]

I still want a tshirt that says "I like woo. I support woo."

[@strawberryfields9762]

Please, we need that!!😂

[@VictoriaSobocki]

Me too

[@pop2art]

FR

[@JeremyGunterJeremyGreywolf]

if "get lucky" was number two: then Pharrell had a hit song with another right behind it. That's a feat Michael Jackson accomplished. That's damn impressive!

[@thatakwardlatinguy8773]

It's impressive. To bad neither of the two were remotely good.

[@MrCracky32]

That Akward latin guy Speak for yourself. Get Lucky is a phenomenal song. It was my favorite song of the year, it was Todd’s favorite song of the year, and Random Access Memories won Album of the Year at the Grammys. Great work from Daft Punk.

[@thatakwardlatinguy8773]

MrCracky32 Get Lucky was a boring shlock of a song. I mean I understood the appeal to it, I just thought it was completely boring and lazy. I only heard like 5 songs from the album. I hated 3 of them and liked two but just decided instead to just hear artist that I found more interesting. Betweem Blurred Lines and Get lucky, I preferred blurred lines a lot more because it was at least fun. Get Lucky was ome of those songs I just got bored mid way through and just change the station to anything else. I would care for album of the year prizes and shit if we didn't live in a world were Taylor Swift won Album of the Year. I really don't give a shit if those two robots won it for making boring but nostalgic music.

[@thatakwardlatinguy8773]

MrCracky32 And now this year we got Feel it Coming which was honestly worse. I couldn't even get pass the intro

[@ebonimccain6988]

MrCracky32 I liked Get Lucky but I liked Lose Yourself to Dance better.

[@pavelnadolski]

So the comments about T.I. understanding boundaries sure didn't age well

[@kiatorrette5631]

Not at all

[@allisonelizabeth6596]

Wdym

[@trashgoblin1182]

@@allisonelizabeth6596 I believe they're referring to how TI routinely took/takes his daughter to a doctor to make sure her hymen is intact.

[@allisonelizabeth6596]

@@trashgoblin1182 oh, right

[@goingunder2548]

@@trashgoblin1182 I didn't even know doctors still did/believed in that? Tf. How can you have a doctorate and spend years in med school and still think the state of someone's hymen is indicative of anything, considering the benign things that can break a hymen. Is that a thing in the USA because I have never heard of it in the UK, except maybe a century ago.

[@GamingtheOtter]

Rugby rhymes with hug me

[@theoisgod7201]

Line could have been “Your cheeks red like rugby”

[@Flowtail]

@@kenterminateddq5311 i dunno, there was no way to make the song uncontroversial without making it something completely different, so leaning _really hard_ into the creepy sleeze would've at least been more interesting

[@peter-peterpumpkineater4982]

@@theoisgod7201 I'm sorry what.

[@theoisgod7201]

aurtura pal! this like a year ago but I think I was tryna say that her ass red, like someone be after a game of rugby

[@jaxonmourning]

9:55 “he’s a guy who respectfully understands the no means no” *that aged terribly*

[@jaxonmourning]

if ya know ya know

[@jackhovatter]

T.I. looks like he wandered onto the set

[@rouka120]

I'm still very uncomfortable with Robin Thicke's bedroom eyes.

[@onyx747]

So am I, shit creeps me out

[@katethemathnerd]

Went to a wedding where the couple entered the reception to this song... woof.

[@riahlexington]

Omg

[@eldiablobutnottheonefromsu7206]

Man, there are more comments about the Weird Al parody than the actual song.

[@oof-rr5nf]

Good.

[@TetsuDeinonychus]

How was the song ever popular? It's so annoying. At least, "Get Lucky" is standing the test of time and this didn't. Also, what's with the dead dog?

[@jerodwolf5582]

Funny thing is, Robin Thicke is just about forgotten while Daft Punk is way more relevant and will continue being relevant

[@giantpinkcat]

I know this may seem stupid, especially for this channel, but clicking on the video and instantly hearing "Get Lucky" made me die of happiness. Still one of the best pop songs of the early 2010s.

[@PaintingOfTheMind]

"What Rhymes with Hug me?" "Pay my lawyer Fee." >.>

[@dokchampa9324]

Wait... so... Get Lucky was released the same year as Blurred Lines?!?!?!?!?!?!? This... this is such a mindfuck.... like, i tought that I knew it since i was a chlid! I still remember it playing on the radio when i was like, five, or something.... This is so wierd... Please, someone tell me I misunderstood something in the video and Get Lucky is actually older, because I feel like my whole life is fake now.

[@thejasvarma3633]

Dok Champa Mandela Effect

[@andrewouellette7128]

Maybe your mixing it up with one of their older songs?

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

Get Lucky may seem older because it sounds a lot like records made in the 70s by Niles Rodgers' band Chic.

[@matheustran8009]

Well how old are you now? If you're 8 then it makes perfect sense

[@AnekoFoxx]

T.I. and Tiny apparently were not happily married. Tiny filed for divorce due to T.I. cheating on her which may have resulted in a child being born outside of their marriage.

[@stewieismyhomeboy]

And shortly after this song became popular, pictures came out of Robin Thicke cheating on his wife, Paula Patton, causing her to file for divorce, and was also granted a temporary restraining order against him after he released an enitre album about her trying to get her back, and naming it after her. So, the only one on this song who isn't a douchebag is Pharrell. Sounds about right.

[@MikoyanGurevichMiG21]

Ironically, 2 of the models in this video are now married, one even tied the knot with Muse's frontman Matt Bellamy.

[@rct3isepic]

let me just say, the "sample" of Marvin Gaye isn't actually a sample. and there is a huge controversy about it because if Gaye's family wins it shows that you can be sued for SOUNDING LIKE someone else.

[@Aleph3575]

And Gaye's family won (cuz they're greedy fucks and want to make more money off a dead man's name) and fucked up copyright for the rest of eternity.

[@zainkhalil7494]

Good for you by Olivia Rodrigo

[@thetalesofdaneandco]

Gaye's family ended up winning.

[@rct3isepic]

@@thetalesofdaneandco they did. And I still think it's garbage. They got sued for "sampling" when they didn't sample anything. Was it heavily inspired? Abso-fuckin-lutely! But that's kinda how all music is. Nothing comes from nowhere, it's just copying something else.

[@JJ-fg2wd]

@@rct3isepic "Nothing comes from nowhere" uh oh, you're gonna get sued by Billy Preston's estate now thanks to the Blurred Lines precedent

[@AlexTalArt]

get lucky is waaaay better

[@thatakwardlatinguy8773]

Ehh, it was boring and honestly, even lazier than this song in the lyric. Get Lucky was a repetetive and boring song with a good production. Blurred Lines sounds more than a dance song than Get Lucky itself

[@lopezfan24]

That Akward latin guy Get Lucky won a Grammy for Record of the Year, meanwhile Pharrell and Robin Thicke were taken to court for being to similar to Marvin Gaye.

[@riahlexington]

Sophie Talia yeah!!!

[@alissacarter2191]

In other news, water is wet lol

[@ebonimccain6988]

I preferred Lose Yourself to Dance it was more Daft Punk'y

[@stevethepocket]

Coming back to this... ugh, that video. On top of everything else wrong with it, I loathe the filter they put over it that tints everything a dull shade of salmon. It reminds me of some old albums I find at the thrift store sometimes, where I'm not sure if they were printed that way on purpose or if they just kind of faded, but either way it just feels... off. "Sickly" is the wrong word, but it makes everything feel that much more lethargic.

[@PainCausingSamurai]

I have never been more excited about a single than when the teaser for "Get Lucky" dropped and it was literally just the opening riff and a snippet of electronic vocals. RAM is easily one of my top 5 favorite records of the last 15 years.

[@xredgambit]

Someone put that snippet of the song on a loop with Ron Swanson (Parks and Rec) drunkinly dancing with a tiny hat on and it's one of my favorite things

[@eruditecaptain3117]

Stumbling across this video 4.5 years after the hayday of this song is a trip. I remember being in high school and having a brief disagreement with my gym teacher. We were cycling (which means we were listening to this CD that had a bunch of pop songs on it, and it was the same CD every time) and I was asking if we could volunteer our own songs for it. She was saying probably not since kids these days like music with terrible messages in it as this song was playing over her. I pointed out the clear and obvious meanings in this song after she defined "terrible messages" as promoting drug use and violence. Blurred Lines references using pot, and more importantly, sexual assault. But nah, you see, that song was popular, you know, with the kids. So it was okay. Looking back, she was an anti-vaxxer, so I guess I shouldn't have been expecting her to think through her stances very thoroughly.

[@Jurgan6]

“They’re three happily married men.” Huh, that aged well.

[@rochey1010]

ahahahaha at Robin Thicke being happily married.

[@cjermevpg6372]

I'm sure he is. I'm sure his wife isn't.

[@boyishmistakes]

T.I. as well now. So much for this being 3 happily married men, huh?

[@moonlily1]

HE might have been happy, it was just a one-sided perspective. Not unlike the song.

[@Nymphonomicon]

I also have a big die. It's purple, it's a d20, and a considerable choking hazard to most human adults.

[@crystalwaters2068]

Just so you know, the "woo" you hear every 5 seconds is Michael Jackson! It's from the end of the spoken intro to Don't Stop Til You Get Enough.

[@GigTube]

love Weird Al's spoof of this "Word Crimes"

[@Nymphonomicon]

+Chad9976 Did Al ever spoof Happy?

[@christinedavis5230]

@@Nymphonomicon I know that I am 5 years late, but yes he did! It is called Tacky, and should be on the same album

[@Kralisedra]

I know I'm supposed to be focusing on the awfulness of the song, but I'm just looking at that sad-ass looking dog. I can't even tell if it's real or stuffed, but it looks miserable either way. And honestly, can you blame it? It's in that video. Edit: not the sheep, the dog at 8:49. the poor thing looks so uncomfortable.

[@Nat-nq5nw]

I thoug it was a goat

[@Nat-nq5nw]

Thought*

[@crimsonwizahd2358]

I think it's a sheep. Which only begs the question why they have the models holding a live sheep in this video?

[@sottosopravoce]

@@crimsonwizahd2358 Yeah, it's a lamb. You can tell because its tail is longer than a goat's, although it bears passing resemblance to my pet goat, Arnold. I had to go back and look.

[@larrymantic2635]

Looks stuffed to me

[@nickname527]

I can't believe Blurred lines came out the same year as Get lucky, it feels like they're from completely different decades

[@MultiFreiya]

Oh God, I just thought it's a shame Robin's name isn't Dick. Can you imagine, 'Blured lines' by Dick Thicke? xD The Puntential is just too great!

[@Flowtail]

in an alternate universe, his name is listed as "Thicke, Dick"

[@Hudson316]

He'd probably go by Richard so that the joke would only be implied. Then, of course, having his name down as "Rich Thicke" could technically double as two ways of describing him to people.

[@sebastianq.7884]

The part in the video where they pet the dog after the line "but you're an animal!" made me chuckle because I'm a pathetic excuse for a human being.

[@coratheneutralmilkhotelfan2131]

Robin Thicke is the most outstandingly unsexy person I've ever had the displeasure of laying my eyes on.

[@Hemuthecookielord]

They're probably referencing Decatur, Georgia which is referenced a lot in Atlanta rap.

[@k_tess]

Hemavati Which Decatur GA? The city or the county?

[@chiefrief2940]

Definitely the city. I live in Decatur, which is pretty much Atlanta, and it has a very substantial black population.

[@iamcasihart]

Oh my fucking God, Todd!!! You included a clip from a song from my *all-time favorite rock band,* STONE TEMPLE PILOTS! The thing is, though, Sex Type Thing was/is a song that Scott Weiland wrote specifically as a disgusted criticism of rape & rape culture. Truly. Look back on many live performances. He would come out dressed in dresses & lingerie, makeup, etc...he would preface the live performances with something about douchebag meatheads who actually think like the lyrics of the song. That makes Blurred Lines all the more inherently gross because I do NOT think those lyrics are self-aware or done to speak out against rape or meaningful in any way. Sex Type Thing is an anomaly of art- It is a song about a most unsexy reality that simultaneously manages to be sexy (mostly because of the bassline, thrashing guitar hook & the brilliant vocal delivery by Weiland). By contrast, this song by Robin just feels so icky & tasteless. *Edited to add: Watching all of this twice, I am pretty sure you absolutely GET IT. Otherwise, you wouldn't have made the comparison.

[@Nicolletta13]

Robin Thicke Has A Big.....Divorce.

[@YelenaSkunky]

This. This is good.

pharell is the only person whos reputation hasnt been absolutely destroyed after this song

[@Draber2b]

Did Robin Thicke have a good reputation before that song?

[@waspswarm870]

@@Draber2b he wasn't a big star by any means but he was decently respected within the R&B community from what i can tell

[@negative6442]

How much do you think he got paid for the feature

[@PainCausingSamurai]

No, his porn name would be "Throbbin Rick"

[@DrZuluGaming]

This song makes me cringe. Especially after Robin Thicke turns out to be as much of a creepy douchebag in real life than he was in the song. I mean, it's one thing if it's a image. It's another thing when your image gets too real. I just noticed. Paula could make for a great episode of Trainwreckords.

[@GarfieldiusPrime]

your wish has been granted.

[@crustpunkjesuschrist]

You got what you wanted

[@leoveas9965]

Nostradamus be like:

[@patricklauer4452]

DrZulu Gaming oh buddy do I have news for you

[@ShoujoKitty]

Your piano instrumental version sounds like a song the creepy ice cream man would play from his truck while driving past the neighborhood children

[@JoliMort]

as someone pointed out, T.I. looks like he wandered on kinda spit a few bars and saw hair brush and was "damn girl"

[@kimifw58]

"Word Crimes" is a good parody. Bob Barker also made a good one that drives home what exactly is wrong with the original.

[@musicer_]

He is Bart, not Bob

[@germanvisitor2]

Well at least Weird Al managed to turn it into something enjoyable.

[@warrensmitchell]

Robin Thicke. The guy who wanted to be a second hand JT and instead turned out to be a secondhand JC.

[@Sahfarry]

Really? I hated this song regardless of the controversy.

[@TheSuperdavet]

+Sahfarry same

[@Flowtail]

The controversy just makes it worse :/

[@strawberryfields9762]

Damm straight

[@patricklauer4452]

Sahfarry aw I love this song

[@kieranstark7213]

I was so bored by Blurred Lines I would even say that it’s also because of its instrumentals.

[@danandkiko]

Thanks for putting Tull's Thick as a Brick at the end. Perfect.

[@loganrenfrow2544]

I live surprisingly close to a Decatur. But compared to where I actually live Decatur is a shining example of civilization.

[@riahlexington]

“I like woo. I support woo.” I died.

[@Angel_Investor_Music]

I'm all for "Woo!"s, but it gets really annoying when you hear it every five seconds throughout the entire song. I honestly don't get how anyone could like this monotonous crap.

[@Guzuma]

“3 happily married men” hoo boy that did not age well

[@HansJoachimMaier]

It is a blessing that I am German when it comes to this type of songs. I learned English in school but heard English songs before I could understand their lyrics. That means, I still don't listen to the lyrics unless I am focusing on them. I just hear the music and the voice is just another instrument for me. Sounds weird, I know.

[@JoyfulOrb]

I love the comparison to Sex Type Thing! Disturbing great Stone Temple Pilots song really sells the point.

[@MsAngrybutterfly]

I remember watching this video in the background at a boba tea bar and legitimately not knowing if it was a real video or some weird karaoke thing.

[@allysonmarie6212]

I love Stone Temple Pilots so much. One of my absolute favorite bands.

[@RhythmGrizz]

Voxaverbis 182 hell yeah. me too

[@AntagonistChan]

The only good thing about the song is the beat. The only good thing about the video is that... well, I gotta admit, "ROBIN THICKE HAS A BIG DICK" is actually pretty hilarious, and it feels like it was intentionally silly, so they succeeded in making me giggle at that part. Besides that, though, the song's gross.

[@browncoat697]

Pharrell said he sampled it IIRC, while Robin Thicke insisted it was original but "inspired" by another song. Lost in court.

[@Dreigonix]

As Bart Baker said: "If a guy has to say that, it means it's small and diseased."

[@aspacelex]

I like how there's a chapter simply titled "Rapist".

[@michaelfox1432]

I'm so glad "Blurred Lines" exists, it gave us Weird Al's "Word Crimes" :)

[@stephenbriggs9153]

Pretty much all of the problems with this song could have been solved by bringing in a female rapper instead of TI. He didn't do anything wrong, but they could have portrayed the female's perspective at that point in the song, as a rebuttal. Run The Jewels do something similar in Love Again.

[@DerekPower]

True story: Blurred Lines played during the reception of my brother’s wedding. I immediately sat down in protest. But then I went to the DJ and requested “Get Lucky” be played after this. Interestingly enough, I think “Happy” had played after it (it was May 2014). But “Get Lucky” did play and I was much happier and returned the dance floor. Doing God’s work I guess =]

[@josephtelegen8754]

"In real life they're three happily married men"...oh, for a return to the Pre-*Paula* era.

[@saffiyasmith4113]

This is the song about a guy who thinks when someone says no that they know better than that person. Right gross. I don't care how catchy the beat is P.S. Watching T.I. brush that models hair gives me the creeps

[@EHH246]

This is why I like Word Crimes. Weird Al uses the (as far as I can tell) exact same beat without the creepy lyrics.

[@wendyleeconnelly2939]

"I'm offended as a person who likes watching good videos" Todd, 2015

[@ECL28E]

"I know you want it" "I think you want it" "Oh, you don't want it"

[@wyrmtungue]

correction: "You WILL want it" "Whether you want it or not" Rapey song, rapey songs are not good, please god let me die

[@shikak1941]

When i heard you play it on the piano, i thought "He's reviewing word crimes?"

[@robmckennie4203]

it's weird how todd says the song was controversial because of the video, and then explains exactly why the song was controversial, which has nothing to do with the video

[@IamSnoogans]

I never took the time to listen to the lyrics, due to the music being so goddamn annoying. This song is one of most absolutely annoying I've ever heard in my life!

[@ewhite5810]

Pharrell goes woo. You're right Todd, he does go woo.

[@gustavoalmanza2673]

The Stone Temple Pilots part caught me off guard

[@CaptOrbit]

The Jethro Tull at the end of the video was inspired. You get a like just for that.

[@channelofoxford2131]

I bet this song's just from the point of view of Dennis Reynolds of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia.

[@ChaosUnown]

As far as I'm concerned, the melody of this song belongs to Weird Al, who actually makes something substantial with it on top of funny.

[@minefilms1122]

eh, at least it spawned that awesome parody by weird al

[@lindsayp9544]

*I like woo...I support woo.*

[@envy8503]

5:27 i feel bad for the women who had to be in this video

[@kittygrimm7301]

I think the best part about this song and its "artist" is that people seem to have forgotten them, as well they should.

[@ShakespearsCyst]

I remember my boyfriend and I driving to Columbus for a Fun. concert, listening to Random Access Memories the whole way, and then watching this video after the concert. How much more 2013 can you get lol I can't believe it's been ten years, damn.

[@lizabethhampton4537]

"She wants me." - Zach "Yes. ARRESTED." - Mr. Moseby

[@madeleinep.828]

Robin Thicke is like every guy I would cover my drink around morphed into one person.

[@TylerFurlongAK]

Couple years later and I'm still pissed this went to number instead of Get Lucky.

[@leakinbrolly2379]

It's great watching this after the Trainwreckords on Paula. What a ride