Crazy Frog goes Latin via South Korea? Sure, why not.
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Frank Kogan: I’m imagining this as representing a dance subgenre called “hollaback electro” in which MCs rap fast on offbeats, dancers shuffle hectically and compulsively on speeding escalators, and rhythmic syllables replace paper dollars as an international unit of exchange.
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Brad Shoup: Kind of ludicrous, but not ludicrous enough for a group sharing a name with a BDSM device. There’s a little Missy in the “you and I” bit (as well as the chipmunked vocal), a little Pitbull in the “room ba” bit, and a little Shaggy in the obvious place. The chorus is classic Eurodance, and deserves our sympathy for the Jedwardian neighborhood in which it finds itself.
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Jonathan Bogart: At least Pitbull knows what rumba is.
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Josh Langhoff: During my first hapless attempt to transcribe “Crazy” I became convinced I’d uncovered a murder, John Travolta Blow Out style. Coming out of the first verse I heard Mr. X-Cross say, “Hey girl, sexy girl! Dehdehdehdeh deh- deh- DEAD girl!”, and suddenly everything became clear. THAT’S why people are getting shot in the prechorus, and why that damn Crazy Frog voice keeps mocking X-Cross’s lovelorn entreaties as “CRAZY!” It especially explains why X-Cross hit their lovelorn peak singing, “We can make it out, baby, you and I” — the only way they escape this song together is in a closed casket. The lovely pop!gasa website informs me my transcription’s a little off, but even the pop!gasa translation features eyes getting wider, legs shaking, hearts exploding, people turning into dynamite. In 1981 movie terms, it’s the next-to-last scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark. So, yeah, bom-bas-tic.
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Iain Mew: I’m not sure that Korea needs its own LMFAO. Even if it did, they definitely don’t need a Crazy Frog guest appearance.
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Katherine St Asaph: “Party Rock Anthem” by Kirby’s Dream Land characters. I do not know how to process this.
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Ian Mathers: Automatic 2 point deduction for for unnecessary chipmunk voices. Hint: all chipmunk voices are unnecessary. The rest of the points are lost for spending way more time one the parts of the song that aren’t the part where he sings “my boo,” which is clearly the best part of the song.
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Doug Robertson: Anything that knowingly claims to be “crazy” is invariably an irritating combination of awkward self aware silliness, embarrassing clashes and the sort of desperate attention seeking annoyances rarely seen outside of a reality TV audition. This is all those things – with some helium vocals thrown in for good measure – that ends up sounding like a good time as imagined by people who have never actually had a good time in their entire lives. If you’re the sort of person who thinks that going out on a Friday night in fancy dress is the height of hilarity then you are going to love this. And you will be wrong. So very, very wrong.
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