It's nice that even in these divisive times, we can all come together and agree that this is very bad.
@BrianWatson134 жыл бұрын
Sometimes, late at night, when I'm just about to fall asleep...this song starts playing in my head. I love it.
@marivaux327 жыл бұрын
It's like a straight-to-video summer camp movie from 1982 (especially the logo) where part of the plot is that the campers start an amateur Kraftwerk tribute band.
@phaeacrede7 жыл бұрын
This is, hands down, the best parody video I've ever seen. Not sure what it's parodying, but man - they sure committed.
@charlieparfet44927 жыл бұрын
As someone who grew up in Northampton and has family in Holyoke, I can honestly say this video brought tears to my eyes. Tears of pride and utter joy. It is my hope that this thoughtful and riveting piece of work will invoke the same feelings of gratitude and dignity in others who spent their childhoods in West Mass. I can practically taste the Connecticut River's pulsing waves on the banks of Hadley's fertile ground, smell the winds of Chicopee swirling across Interstate 91, and hear the Reggaeton beats of the Holyoke flats on a mid-summer's eve. God bless West Mass and all those who inhabit it.
@futon23452 жыл бұрын
Tastes like asparagus
@Ta12dankdiscoveries Жыл бұрын
💀
@Yaaziel7 жыл бұрын
Now people outside the area will believe we don't have any creative people in the Valley. Good job, guys.
@audreymaney63547 жыл бұрын
Right? That's the saddest part. The Valley is chalk full of creatives. It's a cultural hub. This does it a gross disservice.
@edbloniarz4667 жыл бұрын
This seems like a ludicrous storyline from "Parks and Rec"
@mortgagesdemystified7 жыл бұрын
Or like a 'prestige worldwide' promo video
@Cutesplosion7 жыл бұрын
Even Leslie Knope would cringe.
@chriswarzenski86527 жыл бұрын
wow. 1998 called and wants it's crappy TV workout music back. They spent $80K on this turd? And what the F*@K does West Mass mean? Did Michael Jordan pay for this because I keep seeing him in it, and I know he doesn't live here.
@TylerBrownofNewEngland7 жыл бұрын
He visited once so of course that is very exciting for everyone. We should build a statue to commemorate.
@Tazbev847 жыл бұрын
he was here for the BHF induction ceremony last September
@sbe797 жыл бұрын
But Bill Cosby *does* live here... and nobody wants to talk about that, do they?
@TheThetommytom7 жыл бұрын
Embarrassing video. No one will ever call it West Mass. You should see the look on people's faces when they see this video. What a joke.
@alexandernauffts62117 жыл бұрын
TheThetommytom haha, good idea. a reaction video of this would be great
@AwesomePossum4137 жыл бұрын
this song is the jam. sorry you don't get it
@naturalismundi43597 жыл бұрын
This song is a Jam made out of rat turds.
@kateadams59297 жыл бұрын
Fertility? Modesty? Uh, this isn't West Mass, Utah.
@10badbugs7 жыл бұрын
Some of our soil is very fertile so, nailed one I guess..
@audreymaney63547 жыл бұрын
LOL have you been to Northampton? Modesty is not a descriptor I would use for the PV. And I say that as a positive.
@moosebat747 жыл бұрын
How much of that $80K went towards buying a time machine that took the producers back to the 80s and 90s?
@araliabellydance51897 жыл бұрын
Joshua Gunn actually the campaign to rebrand was 80K - this video was another 5K on top of that. I bet they get another 5K to put it out on an 8 Track.
@tedfells7 жыл бұрын
West Mass: Michael Jordan Cried Here
@aidanb.c.23257 жыл бұрын
We Berkshire folk are more than thrilled that you left us out of this giant steaming pile of elephant dung. Even Jordan is crying from the stench.
@cupofnestorful7 жыл бұрын
This is garbage. As a media professional, and member of a thriving community of creative individuals - I cannot believe that GSCVB failed to find a local producer with better taste and a real understanding of what makes our area attractive to outsiders.
@naturalismundi43597 жыл бұрын
I am feel the same way. My daughters made better videos with a smart phone.
@audreymaney63547 жыл бұрын
What a waste of money.
@fleshtrashheat7 жыл бұрын
So a video costing 80K promoting economic development of western mass was made by a company in Oklahoma. Nice going!
@DarcieSosa7 жыл бұрын
And it looks like it's from the early 90s, lol
@fleshtrashheat7 жыл бұрын
it really does.. they nailed the look and feel of 1992 perfectly.
@justonescarf7 жыл бұрын
#WestAss is more like it.
@FoxtrotZuluMilkshakeJesse7 жыл бұрын
This video is brutal. Looks like it was made by someone trying desperately to be "relevant" and "hip"...which I'm surprised isn't included in the video as a tacky marketing buzzword. Music is wrong, pacing is too quick, graphics look dated and cheap. MassLive are you trolling us?
@naturalismundi43597 жыл бұрын
I have lived here nearly all my life. This Video is like watching the Hindenberg (rebranded the "Hot Dogg" ) explode to Techno-Auto-tuned jingles. OOOHH the VULGARITY!! What were you thinking? Answer: Not much.
@RonNewman7 жыл бұрын
isn't Berkshire County part of West Mass? The westest part?
@TrishTruitt7 жыл бұрын
Don't give them any ideas! They'll re-brand Berkshire "Westiest Mass"!
@AdamLarson7 жыл бұрын
NO! Berkshire County shall remain "Western Mass" aka southern southern vermont aka "here be dragons" aka "wait there's more MA after Holyoke??"
It's not in the Pioneer Valley (the Connecticut River Valley), which truth be told is what most are referring to when they say "Western Mass." Otherwise people just say "Berkshire County" or "the Berkshires."
@deborahwijnhoven16107 жыл бұрын
Terrible, terrible, terrible. Please make it go away!!!!!
@emmapodolsky48827 жыл бұрын
WESTERN MASS BABY!!!! PEOPLE IN NEW YORK DO NOT GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THE FACT I GO TO SCHOOL HERE BUT ITS COOL TO SHOW MY HIP FRIENDS BACK HOME HOW DAFT PUNK IS ALIVE AND WELL IN THE VALLEY
@nicoleclausing14367 жыл бұрын
West Mass?!! That makes the region sound, at best, like a suburb, but really more like something that needs to be surgically removed. So wrong.
@patrickohattrick82337 жыл бұрын
Is 413 the area code?
@Nivho7 жыл бұрын
West... uh, no. Get your money back for this branding campaign. Was any research done?
@Michael-me5kn7 жыл бұрын
They should have enlisted DJ Fooz to mix a better song. Why did they show Michael Jordan three times? Besides the Basketball Hall of Fame, what does he have to do with the Pioneer Valley? Uh, I mean "West Mass"?
@wgl27 жыл бұрын
every time i watch this I find another unimaginably horrific detail
@wgl27 жыл бұрын
like "modesty" written over naked dr. seuss characters
@JonathanCabot7 жыл бұрын
this is a joke right
@zachfarrell26067 жыл бұрын
Wow this campaign is awful.
@elizabethnisayas95907 жыл бұрын
are we in the 80's? lolol fail
@rickk100007 жыл бұрын
"Possum Valley" sounds more memorable.
@sethgregory23897 жыл бұрын
This is SO amateur. I'm devastated. As a local, and a designer, I am stunned at how such a poorly executed rebranding came to represent what is such a soulful and distinct region. This feels more like an SNL skit than an actual tourism promo. The countdown begins until the day this officially gets the axe. It's still Pioneer Valley, sorry Westmass Development Corp. Nice try, no dice.
@eoinhiggins7 жыл бұрын
The music is such a blatant ripoff of Daft Punk's Get Lucky, especially at the 1:00 mark, I'd be surprised if they don't get sued.
@alexcastro52777 жыл бұрын
Berkshire County doesn't count? I lived there for 15 years, and that's definitely Western Mass. This video is inaccurate, and doesn't depict all of Wester Mass.
@fleshtrashheat7 жыл бұрын
I'm guessing after this video the Berkshires would rather distance themselves from the pioneer valley.
@juliemae2127 жыл бұрын
fleshtrashheat 😂😂😂😂
@Gerryb67 жыл бұрын
Perhaps the Berkshires can secede and become their own state.
@alexcastro52777 жыл бұрын
Berkshire County has so much to offer. Also this video seemed like visiting Springfield was actually fun. I never remember that being a thing 😂
@naturalismundi43597 жыл бұрын
Consider yourself lucky to be left out.
@alec11157 жыл бұрын
"You never know what you're going to see in the 413." --- the most cringeworthy marketing line ever!!!
@miguelman1597 жыл бұрын
I'm 100% certain I will definitely not be visiting "West Mass" ever.
@SeaFeezle7 жыл бұрын
I was going to leave a snarky comment on how lame this video is, but my fellow Pioneer Valley folks came through IN FORCE. Lmao. Nice work everyone.
@TylerSanborn7 жыл бұрын
I demand a trap remix by Mike Diva pronto
@10badbugs7 жыл бұрын
TELL THE MAKERS IT'S BAD
@juliemae2127 жыл бұрын
this is awful. Also, there's a whole other county West of this
@rowenhenning51517 жыл бұрын
A huge one actually. So stupid.
@Uni41310 ай бұрын
Revisiting this 6 yrs later because it’s THAT bad
@nmodie8 ай бұрын
me too, lol. I love it.
@ZeranZeran7 жыл бұрын
HOw can I download this to my zune?
@lobozurdo7 жыл бұрын
I'd rather be called the 413 or Western Mass. But if they only meant the Pioneer Valley (no Berkshires), then they should have stuck with the Pioneer Valley.
@Ta12dankdiscoveries7 жыл бұрын
That's the problem….Western Mass includes the Berkshires, but Pioneer Valley only the tri-counties…therefor they took the name for Hampshire, Franklin and Hamden counties and replaced it with one that includes Berkshires.
@triciafarley-bouvier25087 жыл бұрын
Ahem! Are you kidding me?!?! Have you ACTUALLY been to Western Massachusetts? or did you just google a few fun facts? The Pioneer Valley is the midwest as far as I am concerned. Epic Fail. EPIC.FAIL-------- Proud Berkshire County resident.
@Billy-xl4sv7 жыл бұрын
At least it doesn't have clips of Iceland in it ;/
@nakedsasquatch7 жыл бұрын
Does Dr. Westchesterton know about this? Couldn't we just have dropped Fertility and Maverick all over that thing for about $7?
@a.possum67597 жыл бұрын
This is all about selling Western Mass as an investment opportunity to people from outside the area, to come in like vultures with no concept of the Valley's individual culture. This is about casinos.
@degoao7 жыл бұрын
This is a joke right? What a waste of money.
@speterkane7 жыл бұрын
Absolutely terrible! This a disgraceful attempt - terrible graphics, absurd music that doesn't relate at all, the most elementary transitions. The creative group (if there actually was one and not just an intern) needs to be fired and funds returned.
@Cutesplosion7 жыл бұрын
Porterhouse Media, a local company whose claim to fame is autotuning a SlapChop video, was given the task of putting together this video. After receiving much criticism, the company is trying to distance itself from it, claiming they were given all the footage and had to "slap" it together last-minute.
@patrickohattrick82337 жыл бұрын
There's no distancing yourself from something like this. It's forever. It's chocolate rain bad.
@khavigoback7 жыл бұрын
Oh my god, this is so bad.
@howtheracewaswon7 жыл бұрын
If you cut Jordan and told me this was an old campaign from 1995, I would have absolutely believed you.
@michaelwalbridge38307 жыл бұрын
I've always been embarrassed to tell people that I'm from Springfield, Massachusetts (what I have always referred to as "The Taint of Massachusetts" because its next to Holyoke which is clearly the "Craphole of the entire state")... I never thought I could be more embarrassed than I was... UNTIL NOW... After watching this video from the new rebranding effort of the old "Pioneer Valley" to "West Mass" I'm stunned in horror...
@angbuxton7 жыл бұрын
Was the point of this to let everyone in the world know we hit our peak in the 70s? If so, thanks!
@mickhubis7 жыл бұрын
Despite your feelings on rebranding an area of the state, this video is garbage. This cost $5,000? Who oversaw this project? It's an embarrassment. I actually feel sad for you.
@hadleygrass7 жыл бұрын
This is awful.
@kathyrobbins68007 жыл бұрын
What a waste of money!! First for re-naming something that didn't need to be re-named! Second that video doesn't do a thing to attract more people here. PIONEER VALLEY works just fine. West Mass is stupid!!
@matthewlawlor85287 жыл бұрын
Aurora public access shows this during Wayne's World and Bob Ross
@rowenhenning51517 жыл бұрын
OMG....I feel like my eyes and ears just got raped. Ugh. And they really did make it look like an awful place full of concrete and buildings. Seriously, what has Michael Jordan got to do with Western Mass? Also, what happened to Berkshire County?....one of the biggest draws in MA? Somehow I feel that Richard Simmons - in his adorable shorts - should just randomly pop up in this video from time to time. That would be very consistent and really complete it.
@TheSnapRapper7 жыл бұрын
How could you leave out Berkshire County aka the SHIRE?!? The BEST part of Bestern Mass?!?!
@thevulgarchef7 жыл бұрын
Well...this is vomit.
@APlusVisualsCollective7 жыл бұрын
Lesson learned... They should have hired Brodly Media!
@Gerryb67 жыл бұрын
If this idea is successful, I would urge the Berkshires to secede from the state. At least then the Pioneer Valley would really be Western Mass.
@secondcousincurly7 жыл бұрын
Anyone know where I can get my hands on that logo font? I think it's called NancyReagan.
@burtwonderstone53157 жыл бұрын
I noticed that every time you hear the creepy computer voice say "west mass" it actually sounds like he/she is saying "western mass" because of the echo effects. And in so doing, it demonstrates how much easier it is on the tongue to simply say "western" rather than "west."
@PaulBoudreau7 жыл бұрын
This the awesome, haven't stopped laughing all morn.... wait..... this is actually a thing? OMG, no
@travisguin837 жыл бұрын
No.
@jessicaparker86557 жыл бұрын
Well, all I can say is that I hope the $80,000 this allegedly cost was paid for in Entertainment 720 dollars.
@Cutesplosion7 жыл бұрын
WestMass. Sounds like the name of a redevelopment authority that would try to evict a brewery for being too popular. OH WAIT, IT IS.
@temclaughlin7 жыл бұрын
Is this the actual ad campaign, or the straight-to-VHS sequel?
@Thebakedbaker4137 жыл бұрын
Stop no please god why???
@elisaroberts86287 жыл бұрын
Just terrible. What a waste of money!
@RyanDoesLife7 жыл бұрын
Cringe
@nickthestick317 жыл бұрын
This looks like the opening for a bad 90s sitcom.
@argylegrant40737 жыл бұрын
wait till Tosh.0 gets ahold of this
@hunterjohnskowron88637 жыл бұрын
this video cost $5000!???!??!?! someone got ripped off....
@ehaleholl7 жыл бұрын
It took me waaaay to long to realize this wasn't parody.
@erinnonya64727 жыл бұрын
If this actually happens I'm going to move! I'll never be able to tell people "I'm from West Mass" with a straight face.
@PaulKubera7 жыл бұрын
I love the square wipes..that must of been 500 dollars.
@LeonardGr7 жыл бұрын
What's that song called?
@gammasecretase7 жыл бұрын
Get Lucky by Daft Punk.
@LeonardGr7 жыл бұрын
ehh... that doesn't sounds like that Daft Punk music.
@brikkijim7 жыл бұрын
Utterly disgusted!!!!
@tomdearborn40617 жыл бұрын
#notmywestmass
@MassRacingChannel7 жыл бұрын
So cringe
@wendynewton83376 жыл бұрын
I thought this was sneered and laughed away months ago.
@JuliaMurphy20137 жыл бұрын
Aw, I don't think it's horrible Massachusetts. Don't get me wrong, it's not good, but it's passable!
@ECMYTUNES7 жыл бұрын
I can’t believe $80,000 was spent to come up with. I love the names Pioneer Valley and Western Mass, but think West Mass is terrible.
@m7572007 жыл бұрын
At 1:20, behold the saddest street fair ever! Lots of pop-up tents, almost no customers, one lonely volleyball game without a net and without spectators. At 1:21, for connectivity, let's look at an airplane that is definitely not in the area. There is no commercial airport in that part of the state. (I assume that's Windsor Locks, which is in No Conn not West Mass.) And btw, on the modern mavericks page, yeah, they're almost all dead, but isn't that Frank Zappa? Did he have any connection whatsoever w the area? Oh, the poor 413. Which is something nobody calls it.
@ryano51687 жыл бұрын
Wait, you got a Friendly's!? Be right there
@AngelaMastrodonato7 жыл бұрын
The tourism group in Springfield should have hired Doc Westchesterson. The one who made the 413 video years ago. He made a much better video on his own time than this.
@colex24x7 жыл бұрын
Wow this is sooo bad
@bluedusteyes7 жыл бұрын
This video proves that the problem with tourism and appeal wasn't ever due to the name, but the lack of relevant connection with the community and the talent therein. (How much money was spent on this production, exactly?) We are the Pioneer Valley... We are Western Mass... ...and we are better than this.
@araliabellydance51897 жыл бұрын
I'm officially watching this video for chuckles.
@joel54937 жыл бұрын
Wow. Really? I love Western Mass and the Pioneer Valley and I visit all the time but you absolutely need to drop this whole West Mass thing and especially this. Did you even show this to real people before you put this out there? Good God this is bad. I appreciate that you're trying but you need to take this down and try again.
@jimraimo7 жыл бұрын
LOL
@tdeal72977 жыл бұрын
lame
@audreymaney63547 жыл бұрын
What in the fresh hell??!? This is so embarrassing. The Happy Valley deserves much better. FOR SHAME - A proud 3rd generation WestERN Masshole
@scandinavianserialki7 жыл бұрын
Uhhh you forgot Berkshire county. It's the only real western mass
@amandaball45957 жыл бұрын
this is freaking awful! did anyone from WESTERNMASS help with this? wtf...
@heathertetrault91497 жыл бұрын
I got motion sick trying to watch this. West Mass? Are you kidding. West is a direction. Western is how you describe a region. I am absolutely embarrassed that this is what so much money was spent on for marketing our area. Wow. This is seriously just terrible in so many ways.
@loridearborn59687 жыл бұрын
This video is laughable at best. #notmywestmass
@Tazbev847 жыл бұрын
Do they really expect this 2:15 mins of video to seriously drum up tourism in Western Mass? I've been here for nearly 20 yrs and it's not that exciting