Pharrell Williams "HAPPY" with a Dublin twist

IvaBigWun

This is very cool and no ulterior motive by a PR or media company on the video that I can see. Yet it looks like someone put a fair bit of work into this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdrWZKqfh8E

NegativeCreep

Can't see. Disappointed

IvaBigWun

Link fixed

A. Rasher

did Linda Martin get lucky?

My name is URL

I just find that stuff cringeworthy, but whatever floats yizzer boats

Lenin Skynard

I was kinda hoping it would be a rendition of the song performed by the junkie rapper on grafton street.

weldoninhio

It seems to be the same people over and over again. I'd imagine its for something. I'd imagine once its gone viral, the spin will be revealed.

Micky Dolenz

Ad for Guinness, clearly.

Boscoirl

It needs to be in Irish. Then it would be cool.........

weldoninhio

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Ad for Guinness, clearly.

No, Guinness ads are generally very good.

Toto Wolfcastle

I like seeing people having a laugh and not caring what the people around them think. Not sure I could dance in public like that. It's a nice video.

IvaBigWun

weldoninhio wrote: »

It seems to be the same people over and over again. I'd imagine its for something. I'd imagine once its gone viral, the spin will be revealed.

I think I just got the "thing" about it: it would seem there's loads of these versions of the song on YouTube filmed in different cities around the world. "Happy in Krakow" etc

Vendettaxx

Terrible song. Insufferable and pretentious video.

My name is URL

There's a comment from Discover Ireland on the YouTube page

Just being in Dublin city makes you... well, happy!

Mother of god... it's state sponsored spam

Iwasfrozen

Bloody hipsters.

Augmerson

IvaBigWun wrote: »

"Happy in Krakow" etc

Having the craic in Krakow whilst on Crack is a video I'd watch.

dgt

Nothing happy about that song....

chris445

Bah Humbug

IvaBigWun

Perhaps "Grumpy" would be a better description for some people in this thread

Sky King

I prefer the G funk era funked out with a gangsta twist myself.

IvaBigWun

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

Bloody hipsters.

Coming over here. Taking our happiness.

Earthhorse

It's like the Harlem Shake only 10 times as long.

A nice idea, but a bit sh*t IMO.

Arrow.

Take away the music and it's just a few people looking weird while everyone else goes about their day.

It's forced fun via a soundtrack and an edited video.

I find it pretentious and cringeworthy.

There's just no substitute for real, spur of the moment, captured in the moment by chance fun.

Hootanany

IvaBigWun wrote: »

This is very cool and no ulterior motive by a PR or media company on the video that I can see. Yet it looks like someone put a fair bit of work into this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdrWZKqfh8E

I think who ever copied this http://youtu.be/dZLLPaX4SS4

Psst why don't they be origenl

Clap your hands if you feel like a room with a roof.

Cos I'm happyyyyyyyyy yyyyyyyyyy yyyyyyyyyy

\o/

Earthhorse

Deleted User wrote: »

Clap your hands if you feel like a room with a roof.

A room without a roof.

I dunno, it's like you took the total opposite meaning from the song than what Pharrell Williams was trying to express.

Micky Dolenz

Take away the music and it's just a few people looking weird while everyone else goes about their day.

It's forced fun via a soundtrack and an edited video.

I find it pretentious and cringeworthy.

There's just no substitute for real, spur of the moment, captured in the moment by chance fun

IvaBigWun

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Take away the music and it's just a few people looking weird while everyone else goes about their day.

Take away the music from a musical video?

Fox_In_Socks

Take away the music and it's just a few people looking weird while everyone else goes about their day.

It's forced fun via a soundtrack and an edited video.

I find it pretentious and cringeworthy.

There's just no substitute for real, spur of the moment, captured in the moment by chance fun

Archeron

Sh!teballs.

Nolanator Rugby

Meh. Didn't watch it all but not as bad as the comments suggested

Earthhorse

Earthhorse wrote: »

A room without a roof.

I dunno, it's like you took the total opposite meaning from the song than what Pharrell Williams was trying to express.

Hey I'm drunk and on holidays lemealone

Quietyou

Utter brainless Garbage. Sure whatever yer intae hey.

efb

whinge moan grumble

/boards
/scratchs self

IvaBigWun

Deleted User wrote: »

Clap your hands if you feel like a room with a roof.

Cos I'm happyyyyyyyyy yyyyyyyyyy yyyyyyyyyy

\o/

See?

Even the Mods are happy! (well, some )

holystungun9

efb wrote: »

whinge moan grumble

/boards
/scratchs self

No sniff?

TeddyTedson

Nice to see on Blue Monday

NegativeCreep

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Nice to see on Blue Monday

What is this blue Monday I'm hearing so much about today?

Femme_Fatale

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

Bloody hipsters.

How on earth are they hipsters?

IvaBigWun

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

How on earth are they hipsters?

I think "bloody hipsters" is a phrase used by hipsters in disguise.

A bit like Transformers except with skinny jeans

Earthhorse

Deleted User wrote: »

Hey I'm drunk and on holidays lemealone

No! I refuse!

Micky Dolenz

Take away the music and it's just a few people looking weird while everyone else goes about their day.

It's forced fun via a soundtrack and an edited video.

I find it pretentious and cringeworthy.

There's just no substitute for real, spur of the moment, captured in the moment by chance fun.

AllGunsBlazing

Where's a belligerent track suited skanger elbowing his way through when you need one?

Iwasfrozen

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

How on earth are they hipsters?

How on earth are they not hipsters?

Femme_Fatale

IvaBigWun wrote: »

I think "bloody hipsters" is a phrase used by hipsters in disguise.

A bit like Transformers except with skinny jeans

The term does have a specific meaning (ish) but it just gets thrown at anything at all by some folk.
Dancing to Pharrell - hipster... even though hipster is supposed to be about being anti mainstream. Ok.

--LOS--

I've seen this for a few cities, well I've seen one for amsterdam anyway, my conclusion after watching the irish one....we cannot dance but we give it socks anyways

eternal

This is class. There are so many negative whingers on Boards, that it's nice to see something positive. And I think one of them served me coffee before. No matter what you do on this site, some dirtbag comes along and downs it with oh so they think they are too intelligent comments, I'm sick of it cos they prob read the daily star in their underwear.

Iwasfrozen

eternal wrote: »

This is class. There are so many negative whingers on Boards, that it's nice to see something positive. And I think one of them served me coffee before. No matter what you do on this site, some dirtbag comes along and downs it with oh so they think they are too intelligent comments, I'm sick of it cos they prob read the daily star in their underwear.

I read the daily star without my underwear.

eternal

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

I read the daily star without my underwear.

Are you trying to debase yourself beyond the perimeters of what I have already described.

Micky Dolenz

Woah, people actually wear jocks?

I shifted one of the peeps in the vid. The dude with the red scarf. Crazy days.

Soft Falling Rain

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Take away the music and it's just a few people looking weird while everyone else goes about their day.

It's forced fun via a soundtrack and an edited video.

I find it pretentious and cringeworthy.

There's just no substitute for real, spur of the moment, captured in the moment by chance fun

Yeah, nowt genuine about orchestrated crap like this, purely an exercise in "look at me!"

I do find that song annoyingly catchy though.