FIRST RAP???

[Mr. Lim]

Call me crazy, but I just listened to it for the very first time, and think it's actually pretty darn good...

I've even gone so far as to add it to my MP3 player.

Kind of weird that if a song isn't about blatantly self-destructive behaviour, it's automatically a "bad" song.

In fact, change to premise of this song to any two of: money, drugs, women or cars, and then replace every third word with a questionable/made-up/swear word or grunt - well then you pretty much have every T-Pain song ever made.

Originally Posted by Mr. Lim

Call me crazy, but I just listened to it for the very first time, and think it's actually pretty darn good...

I've even gone so far as to add it to my MP3 player.

Kind of weird that if a song isn't about blatantly self-destructive behaviour, it's automatically a "bad" song.

In fact, change to premise of this song to any two of: money, drugs, women or cars, and then replace every third word with a questionable/made-up/swear word or grunt - well then you pretty much have every T-Pain song ever made.

The lyrics and content of the song are good, uplifting concepts. It's the execution that I am not a fan of.

[JackG]

Originally Posted by CraigHickman

The lyrics and content of the song are good, uplifting concepts.

I think that's part of what makes it so funny. The only place that stuff like "Let's work together, we all want to shine," is found is typically in theme songs for children's shows. Putting it in a rap, a genre typically known for drawing upon such topics as drugs, lust, street culture, etc makes for a humorous combination. People have tried to use rap for other sort of stuff before, and the result has often been unintentional humor. This is a another good example of that.

I'm too young and (relatively) new to FIRST to remember the other musical compositions written about FIRST. Can anybody tell me how this compares?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by JackG

I'm too young and (relatively) new to FIRST to remember the other musical compositions written about FIRST. Can anybody tell me how this compares?

Travis posted the link to a post that links to both of them already. Right above the autotune debate.

[steelerborn]

I was laughing, it has a beat that gets stuck in your head.
Maybe that was the purpose of it, so you wont forget FIRST.

Very creative indeed.

[Chris is me]

Am I the only person who thought the song was an embarassing attempt to "connect with youth" or something gone horribly, horribly wrong? I personally hope I never hear it again.

[Blackphantom91]

The First Rap was a good thought, Its a good first shot! (let the bashing of me begin!)

[yoshibrock]

All I know is that I've been saying "It's a win-win situation" for two days now in random conversation

[Katie_UPS]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Am I the only person who thought the song was an embarassing attempt to "connect with youth" or something gone horribly, horribly wrong? I personally hope I never hear it again.

Its the "connect with youth" part the definitely made it.. so.... meh.

[Sovietmagician]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Am I the only person who thought the song was an embarassing attempt to "connect with youth" or something gone horribly, horribly wrong? I personally hope I never hear it again.

I could not agree more. I admire the attempt of trying to make science and technology more "hip" and "cool". I think attempts to "connect with youth" through music is a very risky move, because there is a very large chance that instead of making yourself look cool, you make yourself look foolish and not serious. In my opinion this song made an otherwise serious and amazing organization appear very foolish. The song its self is catchy but I really would be happy if I never heard it again.

[Tetraman]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Am I the only person who thought the song was an embarassing attempt to "connect with youth" or something gone horribly, horribly wrong? I personally hope I never hear it again.

Nope. I had the same impression.

[John G]

I noticed at the Championship they spelled hydraulics -"Hydrolics". lol

[vic burg]

I normally don't like rap. I just found it amusing.

[KathieK]

Apparently we are good at creating engineers, but not so great at proofreading. There was also a typo in the animation award slide in the finals. Typos are one of my pet peeves and I find them everywhere - including on an otherwise great looking, professionally-done pit display that I saw this week in Atlanta.

[vic burg]

Originally Posted by KathieK

Apparently we are good at creating engineers, but not so great at proofreading. There was also a typo in the animation award slide in the finals. Typos are one of my pet peeves and I find them everywhere - including on an otherwise great looking, professionally-done pit display that I saw this week in Atlanta.

OMG are you serious?! Oh man, now I REALLY wish I could have gone to Atlanta this year....
That is a HUGE pet peeve of mine, too! I bet if we printed out the lyrics for the rap it would be full of grammatical and spelling errors.