Gangam style hits 1 billion views, we arent safe from 2012 yet - Polidicks

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[QUOTE=Kahgarak;38922491][img]http://www.allkpop.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/20121129_psy_gangnamstyle.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] This furry in my science class was yammering on about it yesterday. If I had any balls I'd punch him

[QUOTE=Fort83;38923296]Why do shitty songs get so much attention?[/QUOTE] If this is the case, why aren't you getting into this exploit

I just find the video amusing

For the most part I'm surprised, a popular thing not getting bashed by facepunch! Wow! An end of the world miracle!

Hipsters, hipsters everywhere.

[QUOTE=Laserbeams;38922361]Is it the first video to beat the 1 billion mark?[/QUOTE] It was already a huge thing for a single channel to hit 1 Billion, this is the first video to break 500,000,000 as well I believe. Edit: I thought baby had but I thought I saw a story it had been taken down in 2011. Looks like it broke 500,000,000 back in June 2011.

I like the song. It's overplayed as hell, but I like it.

[QUOTE=Brt5470;38923782]It was already a huge thing for a single channel to hit 1 Billion, this is the first video to break 500,000,000 as well I believe.[/QUOTE] Bieber's "Baby" has like 800 million

As said in the other thread - this is over 1/7th of the worlds population. That's impressive. (Non-unique viewer count).

RIP Justin Bieber [img]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/64909000/png/_64909467_gangnamsss.png[/img]

It's still acool song, I won't do the internet hipster thing. I still like it. It's amazing that it hit 1 billion views. What is it about that makes it so popular though? Why this and nothing else?

That's [i]one seventh[/i] of the entire world population how...

[QUOTE=smurfy;38928401]RIP Justin Bieber [img]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/64909000/png/_64909467_gangnamsss.png[/img][/QUOTE] That picture really gives me a perspective on how popular Gangnam Style got in a short period of time. Going by this, he's essentially the most popular person on Youtube just by sheer viewcount and he's only been around for half a year. Holy shit.

I've always hated this song from the day it was posted. No hipster BS. That said, I still think it's REALLY cool that a video hit 1 billion. Especially in such a short time. I wonder if Friday would've been the first if it wasn't removed :v:

[QUOTE=Barbarian887;38928736]That's [i]one seventh[/i] of the entire world population how...[/QUOTE] and by the looks of this: [QUOTE=smurfy;38928401]RIP Justin Bieber [img]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/64909000/png/_64909467_gangnamsss.png[/img][/QUOTE] it's not going to stop raising anytime soon.

[QUOTE=Malos;38928781]That picture really gives me a perspective on how popular Gangnam Style got in a short period of time. Going by this, he's essentially the most popular person on Youtube just by sheer viewcount and he's only been around for half a year. Holy shit.[/QUOTE]He's actually been around for over a decade but to be fair he's been around outside of the K-Pop scene for only six months. It's still impressive.

I remember when I showed my friends the video before it even hit a million. They thought it was weird as hell even though I loved it (and still enjoy it).

I was responsible for about a thousand of those views

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;38922849]It's a pretty good song. I don't listen to the radio though so maybe I just haven't heard it enough to get tired of it.[/QUOTE] The only parody I liked was the gundam style one where every single person had their heads replaces with a gundam, it was awesomely made, clearly fell under parody works, and then got taken down by the record company of psy.

why cant actual good songs get this many views? fuck i hate this song so damn much

[QUOTE=HendoV2;38931125]why cant actual good songs get this many views? fuck i hate this song so damn much[/QUOTE] Why? It's catchy as fuck and better than most of the shit that gets this popular

[QUOTE=The very best;38931140]Why? It's catchy as fuck and better than most of the shit that gets this popular[/QUOTE] its still overplayed as fuck and gets very annoying

[QUOTE=HendoV2;38931146]its still overplayed as fuck and gets very annoying[/QUOTE] A popular song is overplayed? Christ, no way.

[QUOTE=HendoV2;38931146]its still overplayed as fuck and gets very annoying[/QUOTE] you wouldn't be saying that if it was a song you enjoyed being overplayed

Am I the only person here who kind of likes the song. I mean, yeah, it's pretty overused, and there's a ton of God awful parodies, but skip that, and it's a pretty good song.

[QUOTE=Kahgarak;38922491][img]http://www.allkpop.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/20121129_psy_gangnamstyle.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] December the 21th

[QUOTE=RichyZ;38931382]honestly even if my favorite song was played over 5 times a day without my consent, i'd get pretty fucking sick of it[/QUOTE] I have to restrain myself from over-listening to songs i like for this very reason :v:

[QUOTE=HendoV2;38931125]why cant actual good songs get this many views? fuck i hate this song so damn much[/QUOTE] i wish theyd play Songs About Fucking 23/7 on all radio stations to be honest

If it took about 6 months for this to get to a billion views Could it be in another 6 months time it gets 2 billion views?