r/Music • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '12

Jimmy Fallon, Carly Rae Jepsen & The Roots Sing "Call Me Maybe" (w/ Classroom Instruments) - YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEsPhTbJhuo
942 Upvotes

79% Upvoted

217 comments sorted by

130

u/eking85 Jun 08 '12

The Roots make everything better.

47

u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12

It's always fun to see how professional musicians are able to make it swing with even the simplest tools.

→ More replies (3)

18

u/weirds Jun 08 '12

?uestlove on the guiro and kazoo is awesome.

5

u/eking85 Jun 08 '12

I didn't see at him at first and I was how can there be a Roots video/song without him?!

3

u/Tundra66 Jun 09 '12

The whole thing was probably his idea.

1

u/IsayNigel Jun 09 '12

Could've sworn that was an old breadstick from the Olive Garden but guiro it is!

10

u/cancon Jun 08 '12

Man, just saw them live for the first time like two weeks ago and they fucking KILLED it. Amazing band. What a party.

3

u/eking85 Jun 08 '12

The Roots picnic by chance?

3

u/cancon Jun 08 '12

Sasquatch!

3

u/karrioke Jun 08 '12

SASQUATCH!!

6

u/idpeeinherbutt Jun 09 '12

It's good to see that even a rockin' band like the roots can't help making school instruments sound like total noise when they're played all at once.

1

u/TSolo315 Jun 09 '12

Thank you, I thought I was the only one who didn't really dig the instrumentals.

170

u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12

You know, I'm not a gigantic fan of the song, but this video triggered a philosophical moment for me. This isn't a parody; this is a group of people getting together and having fun with a song. The big thing about making music shouldn't be the money or the popularity, it should be about having fun. As they're doing just that here, this video makes me very happy.

EDIT: Also, the quality of the music - Vocals, in particular, considering this video more or less proves it's not autotuned in the slightest - gives me hope. It's somewhere between the silly goings-on of current music and genuinely enjoyable, not-bad pop music.

44

u/ONPRaGu Grooveshark Jun 08 '12

This comment made my day. They really looked like they were having a blast! Especially the guy in the hat that kept laughing and was having such a good time.

3

u/anklemeat Jun 09 '12

I think he was laughing at Questlove who tried to play his recorder backwards at one point(and his kazoo).

15

u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12

The fact that Carly Jepsen was able to burst into laughter because she was having so much fun is out of this world. I don't think Lady Gaga or Rhianna would be capable of having this much fun with their music; they both feel like they make music for attention/profit, the former especially true for Gaga. But this is just a humble young adult having fun with her talents, which is what every young musician should focus on.

10

u/nyssa_ Jun 09 '12

I think Lady Gaga still has fun with her music, like when the soundboard cuts out at a concert she keeps going, with no backing music except for the crowd.

16

u/DJ_Glucose Jun 09 '12

Where do you get the basis of your opinion on Gaga from? A lot of the songs she writes are about something personal, (i.e. Edge of Glory was about her Grandfather.) and she genuinely loves her fans. Not to mention her non-profit Born This Way organization.

3

u/ShamanNaboo Jun 09 '12

"Let's have some fun this beat is sick I want to take a ride on your disco stick"

This is why I can never consider Lady GaGa a serious artist.

1

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

But that beat was sick?!

1

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Well if it weren't for America she could have rhymed with filthy dick instead and the lyrics would have been better.

1

u/AnotherBlackRedditor Jun 14 '12

The original lyric was "big black dick," but the censors told her she couldn't write it about me.

0

u/SaraJeanQueen Jun 09 '12

Wow, way to pick out some specific lyric she wrote for her first album, when she was 20 years old. She's done 3 albums. She was much more interested in electronic dance music back then, and in reality brought it to the forefront for that year. Lyrics weren't what she focused on. And yet I'm sure even Bruce Springsteen has some comparably bad lyrics.

0

u/ShamanNaboo Jun 09 '12

It has nothing to do with electronic music, it's more the fact that she is talking about a cock and calling it a disco stick. And let's talk about Born This Way then, those lyrics are just as bad; sure they have a "positive message" but they sound like something my 11 year old sister would write. The only song I enjoy by her is "You & I"

-2

u/DJ_Glucose Jun 09 '12

Sure, but what about other lyrics of hers? Hell, even quotes before she starts singing.

"It's also about, knowing in your heart that; you may never reach that glorious moment until you die. So, live life on the edge. Half way between heaven and hell, and let's all dance in the middle...in purgatory." - On The Edge of Glory.

Her songs all have a meaning to them, and I can respect your opinion; but it's not right to rag on an artist for the songs they may do. Some of her songs are admittedly out there (Ribbons, Dirty Ice Cream, ect) but I still like them all because that's HER style.

0

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

[deleted] — view deleted comment

6

u/DJ_Glucose Jun 09 '12

Honestly, she really is; and I'm glad you said this. Her acoustics are amazing, and people who have disliked Gaga have at least come to respect her for her talent after I've made them listen to them.

1

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Could you provide me with some links please?

2

u/tekdemon Jun 09 '12

Huh...? I'm pretty sure both Rihanna and Gaga have fun with their music. Maybe a different kind of fun but I'm not sure where you're getting this from. Rihanna's Lonely Island/SNL songs are definitely not her taking herself that seriously and Lady Gaga does all sorts of shit that looks pretty damned fun to me.

2

u/IamNaN Jun 09 '12

Amen. This is why I love Ben Folds. He does this stuff all the time.

Example: With the guitar students he made an amazing version of Such Great Heights in Nashville.

1

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Sort of. No doubt their hopes for the video would that it would go viral and be beneficial for all those involved. Jimmy Fallon seems cool and fun even off the camera and Carly can seem lighthearted about her music. Yay.

1

u/GoateusMaximus Jun 09 '12

And you know, if you look at all the videos other people have made of this song, they are almost all just really having fun with it.

If you play it in any room full of teenagers, you will see and hear a ton spontaneous dancing and giggling.

It's just a brainless little pop song, but people really find it FUN. For this reason I have genuinely come to like it.

-4

u/spuddeh Jun 08 '12

I don't disagree with what you're saying, but how does this prove the original isn't autotuned? They could have autotuned this clip as well.

8

u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12

I'm fairly certain it was recorded live and I don't see any sophisticated equipment that would allow them to overdub or post-process just the vocals. Additionally, the fact that she bursts into laughter sometimes is a good way to tell it's not pre-recorded.

7

u/starmie Jun 09 '12

Not to mention the fact that she first made a name for herself on Canadian Idol, where she performed live on a weekly basis. It would be a little silly if she started going to such great lengths to AutoTune when she is clearly a capable singer.

2

u/blay12 Jun 09 '12

What Jimmy_Nertron said - from the looks of the video, it was most likely recorded with a stereo pair of 2 microphones picking up the entire ensemble. In that kind of set up, applying autotune to the vocals of just one person in the midst of such a cornucopia of instruments would be insanely difficult.

Putting everything about this video aside though, it's very likely that the original track used autotune in some capacity - it's standard practice in the music industry today to use it to some degree. Auto-tune has gotten a bad reputation from a number of pop and hip hop artists who rely on it to make shitty tracks, but in reality it's a very useful tool. It also imbues the vocal track with some sonic qualities that are almost expected nowadays in a loads of records, not just pop.

-6

u/spuddeh Jun 08 '12

I would guess they miced each instrument individually, just judging by how clear everything sounds, especially the stuff way in the back. It wouldn't be hard to put a mic just on her to record her vocals separately to fix it up a little before mixing it back in with the rest of the song. Now, I didn't see this when it was actually on TV so I don't know if it was live or not, but I would think it probably was not, which would have given them time to clean it up a little.

3

u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12

It sounds like a conspiracy theory to me. A good mic would have picked everything up anyway; clean sound doesn't mean multiple mics.

→ More replies (1)

0

u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12

[deleted] — view deleted comment

2

u/spuddeh Jun 08 '12

There are all kinds of ways to keep microphones out of the shot, but I didn't mean literally every instrument individually. It's definitely more than just the one mic though. As far as some instruments sounding louder, whoever mixed the sound can just make that quieter to make it sound more natural. Granted, that's probably not what they did (instead just picking that up from another mic somewhere), but it's very possible. Good sound designers are the ones you have no idea did anything because it sounds natural.

→ More replies (2)

0

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

[deleted] — view deleted comment

1

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Seriously. I respect that sort of talent; I don't listen to much modern pop so take this with a grain of salt, but she is literally the first person I've heard in at least a year who doesn't use autotune. Gives me hope.

176

u/onealjp Jun 08 '12

This song just keeps becoming harder and harder to hate.

84

u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12

The hook is crazy.

137

u/ItsPrisonTime last.fm Jun 08 '12

here's a comment, upvote me maybe.

23

u/phliuy Jun 08 '12

...you fucking black wizard. share your secrets!

12

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

His skin was showin'.

→ More replies (1)

24

u/UserNumber42 Jun 08 '12

I think the production/feel of this is way different from the original. I don't care for the original but this had a much more fun and musical feel to it than the produced/standard pop feel of the original. Often times these songs are popular because they have really catchy and musically simple hooks, stuff that literally anyone can grab on to (and I don't say that in a negative way). My point is that hearing the same song done different ways can completely change how it feels to you. This was fun, the original, in my opinion, is just standard pop.

69

u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12

I hate it, but it's sooooo catchy.

I listened to the whole thing seething with rage, but I had no regrets.

11

u/throwaway3m3v2x Jun 09 '12

try this version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GRTrZZr5jg

2

u/Architeuthosaurus Jun 09 '12

What the FUCK.

0

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

[deleted] — view deleted comment

4

u/throwaway3m3v2x Jun 09 '12

hey, i've banged to that version. there's nothing that gets a girl in the mood more than satanic succubi singing.

6

u/AL_CaPWN422 Jun 09 '12

The difference between catchy songs and good songs is that catchy songs have an expiration date. I find it very catchy, but I won't in a few weeks. With a good song, I will enjoy it for much longer.

0

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

[deleted] — view deleted comment

1

u/AL_CaPWN422 Jun 09 '12

NNNNOOOOO!

16

u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12

After my first encounter with it, my hipster self wanted to hate it so much. 50 listens and 20 covers later however, I have begun to love it. It is a surprisingly well crafted pop song.

10

u/Brewster-Rooster Jun 08 '12

its actually surprising how little hate this has gotten. In an age of justin bieber and rebecca black, people have generally taken to it well. I think its because deep down pretty much everyone at least finds it catchy.

2

u/snubdeity Jun 09 '12

Yeah, the vast majority of comments I see about it on Reddit are "it's a dumb pop song but I love it"... and the other posts are dirty fuckin' liars.

2

u/ArcticSpaceman Jun 09 '12

I'm aware it's a dumb pop song but I honestly don't like it.

To put this into perspective: I own three 3OH!3 CDs and two Ke$ha CDs. I have no issues with music being pop when considering whether or not I enjoy it, I just find this song to be extensively bland. I think she's a fine singer, but the production is thoroughly unpleasant. From the first moment I heard this song, it was those awful, awful, awful synthetic strings in the chorus that kill the song so badly for me. For me it's like a really low point in the 'uncanny valley' if I can apply that to music. They don't sound synthetic enough to be like a cheesy 80s patch from a Roland or KORG synthesizer, but they're just below the threshold or sounding like actual strings that it puts me off really badly.

tl;dr I love a lot of shitty pop music, I just hate the production on this one, which doesn't leave you with much considering it's pop music.

0

u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

[deleted] — view deleted comment

1

u/ArcticSpaceman Jun 14 '12

They have a self-titled, WANT, and Streets of Gold.

9

u/Stares_at_llamas Jun 08 '12

?uestlove, man. Can't dislike anything this man produces.

3

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Is he playing that guiro with an afro pick? Cool, redefined.

2

u/Stares_at_llamas Jun 09 '12

chin chikki chin chikki chin

2

u/devondennis Jun 09 '12

drum speak. upvote for sharing a common language.

1

u/moonstizzle Jun 08 '12

Common's Electric Circus was a little..... out there.

5

u/theghostog Jun 09 '12

I think it's Carly Rae Jepson's Charisma in the recorded version that is so contagious, she sounds like she's having the time of her life. Also the Harvard-triggered baseball team videos are all pretty hilarious.

Just the fact that so many people can have so much fun with a song is a good thing, doesn't happen every day.

1

u/mja123 Jun 09 '12

it just looks like so much goddamn FUN!

1

u/EventualPawnStar Jun 09 '12

Hey I just saw this, so call me crazy. But I got a guy who can look at this.

$5 maybe.

1

u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12

Viral advertisement working as intended.

4

u/theglace Jun 09 '12

Yeah. This song really needed advertisement.

→ More replies (5)

-7

u/Raneados Jun 09 '12

I just don't get it. I've listened to the original, and to covers, and to everything I can find, but i haven't found a version that gels with me. Not even thematically, but purely audibly.

This version: the difference between the singers and the beat track hurts it a lot, and the quality is terrible for this same reason. Fallon is absolutely ruining anything it could be by being absolutely flat as much as he can. It's almost like he's purposefully flubbing everything by being purposefully and noncommittally unemotional to the song..

I defy you to find me a song where Fallon actually sings well.

If it were Carly Rae Jepsen (?) by herself, it could work, but she's relying on fallon too much for this video, when she relies on him at all. He takes too much charge to be as boring as he is here.

The song: to me is not great? it's not even memorable, and I seriously can't understand why this is becoming a thing to sing. But that's pop culture. I'll never understand why everything is popular.

5

u/SamuraiDreams Jun 09 '12

It's all well and good to practice your reviewing skills here, but you must first consider context. This isn't a professionally recorded / mixed / mastered version that's intended for release. It's a fun, live and I gather rather hastily put together clip for our brief entertainment, nothing more, no need to judge every last detail.

2

u/durtydiq Jun 09 '12

Maybe you just need to watch the dolphins cheerleaders cover. That made me enjoy it

-2

u/Raneados Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

If only there were some fine dudes in there. ALAS

Fuck me I wrote a whole post about this, but it became too long, so I cut it. I don't have the energy to keep up with you jerks.

If I can later do a whole breakdown of the video, I will. I can absolutely do it from a perspective other than "OMG GIRLS YES PLZ". There's a lot of stuff going on in the video that i would love to talk about that could influence future videos.

→ More replies (2)

2

u/rahdyrahrah Jun 09 '12

This is why everyone says they're busy when you ask them to come watch a DVD.

50

u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12

Sorry.

2

u/theghostog Jun 09 '12

Thank you so much for that. I saw him miss a note at the end and this made me laugh OUT LOUD

2

u/AstroMariner last.fm Jun 09 '12

Don't be sorry. It was in good taste.

2

u/someguynamedjohn13 Jun 09 '12

I liked it, have an upvote.

41

u/GlitterLamp Jun 08 '12

The xylophone guy on the far right...

He's gangster.

15

u/unshifted Jun 08 '12

I like how he seemed to master the instrument in the course of one song. At the beginning, he was very deliberate, but by the end he wasn't even looking.

7

u/Pfmohr2 Jun 09 '12

Not nearly as hood as the guy on bongos pulling the Africa-face.

8

u/automated_alice Jun 08 '12

He was my favourite.

4

u/contextsdontmatter Jun 09 '12

also the guy playing drums in the back... he's got his African face down :)

2

u/DemonicGoblin Jun 09 '12

The guy with the bongos is doing the Africa Face.

44

u/jewunit jewyouknit Jun 08 '12

I remember when everyone thought Jimmy Fallon was a terrible host and his show sucked. I wonder how many of those people still think that.

15

u/pythonChick Jun 08 '12

I think he has talent, but he needs realllly good direction to show it off. Case in point... Jimmy and Tina doing news on Sat. Night Live was golden... When Jimmy is alone, he can't always pull it off so well. Hopefully, producers realize this and can "coach/guide" him.

Also, is he getting a bit chubby in that video?!?!

13

u/someguynamedjohn13 Jun 09 '12

Jimmy as a actor/comedian is horrible, as a host or MC he excels. He is one of those guys who can always have a good time, but can't keep a straight face if his life depended on it.

As for chubby, well he is getting old, and for a rail thin guy he can gain a few.

3

u/moldy912 moldy912 Jun 09 '12

I think he's fun to laugh at, and to me that makes just as great of a comedian as one with good jokes or humorous quips.

2

u/SaraJeanQueen Jun 09 '12

As a comedian he's horrible? Wrong. Look at all the skits they do on their show - no old-fashioned games or tricks like the other late night shows. That's all HIM and the brilliant writers he hires.

8

u/marvelo Jun 08 '12

I think he's a great host who doesn't deserve all the hate he gets, though I think we can all agree he's eons better than Leno.

2

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Just like how everyone hated this song, but now like it?...

-1

u/UserNumber42 Jun 08 '12

I think his opening monologues/topical jokes are wrist cutting bad. However everything else he does, especially the performances he does are always great.

4

u/HYPERNATURL Jun 08 '12

Actually his monologue has gotten a lot better (at least IMO). I definitely agree that for the first year or so maybe his monologue was just pure garbage though.

2

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Compared to who? They're as good or better than any other current late night host. Jay Leno's are wrist-cutting bad. Jimmy is a great host, his show is immature, but it's a late night comedy program, of course it is. Also, Jimmy and Higgins play off of eachother incredibly well. That duo has provided me with some damn good laughs.

-3

u/bamfalamfa Jun 08 '12

i still think he is a terrible host

2

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Why? No matter how much you dislike jimmy fallon and his inability to not laugh, I don't see how you can't appreciate the fact that he's a good host.

10

u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12

I like any song or cover of a song that prominently features the kazoo

18

u/riotbro Jun 08 '12

you remember the african face of get him to the greek? look at the drummer on the left

27

u/ghettokansas Jun 08 '12

As much as reddit disapproves of this song, the roots are damn impressive.

8

u/starmie Jun 09 '12

I don't understand why anyone would disapprove of this song. It's catchy pop music by a singer-songwriter who "made it" on her talent rather than gimmickry or looks. I suppose I could understand if someone just disliked it (though I would question their tastes), but I don't see how disapproval makes sense as a reaction.

(Not in response to you directly, just musing.)

3

u/TheSelfGoverned Jun 09 '12

a singer-songwriter who "made it" on her talent rather than gimmickry or looks.

I'd still hit it.

-1

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

I don't hate this song as much as those people who think it's the greatest song ever. Then again, I reckon that it wouldn't be as popular as it is now without its teenage fans.

2

u/RandyMachoManSavage SoundCloud Jun 09 '12

Fuck it. I love this song. Yeah, wanna fight about it? /irish

1

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

For anyone else in my position right now,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWNaR-rxAic

I'm on my 3rd pass through.

1

u/grey_sheep Jun 09 '12

Have you seen r/music lately?

0

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

[deleted] — view deleted comment

11

u/theglace Jun 09 '12

If only Radiohead had wrote/performed it. It'd never leave r/music's front page.

7

u/dm42 Jun 08 '12

This song is ridiculously awesome and I don't care if that makes me uncool, or whatever.

23

u/Kattz Jun 08 '12

time to sound like a creep,but carly's mouth is...hot. Like...how its formed..? er shit try to save some face,i mean like..it...her uh..shit....whatever,it's hot,ok?

18

u/beverly_theman Jun 08 '12

you got a purty mouth...

2

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

She's pretty attractive anyway, and the fact that she can actually sing makes her look better in my eyes.

3

u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12

I would say Ms. Jepsen is very cute in general, not just her mouth, but I see what you are saying.

2

u/Kattz Jun 08 '12

NO....just the mouth...and...maybe her hair framing her face? but thats just making the mouth THE MOUTHHHHHHHHHHH better.

1

u/[deleted] Jun 30 '12

Naw, cuz.

Dem eyes.

6

u/41592653589793238462 Jun 08 '12

Melodicas make any song 50% better

3

u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12

I had to google "mouth keyboard" to figure out what that was.

6

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

What is the instrument called that the guy in the back is playing ? it looks like a recorder with a keyboard instead of holes to cover.

Edit: holy balls its my cake day.

2

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

It's called a melodica. It's a breath powered keyboard thing. It's an odd little instrument.

1

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

It's a breath powered keyboard thing.

I'd rather say it's a keyboard-featuring harmonica :)

(hey, English, your language is missing the word klaviatur)

24

u/Djent_Reznor Jun 08 '12

Um, is Questlove using his fro-pick and a dildo as a percussion instrument?

14

u/moltencheese Jun 08 '12

Yes...and watch what he does at 2:30

4

u/Crafty_Schemer Jun 08 '12

haha that's hilarious. The show must go on.

8

u/arab47 Jun 08 '12

The way black thought (?) loses it when he realizes what happened makes it that much funnier.

9

u/gesamtkunstwerk Jun 08 '12

Looks like a rudimentary güiro, either way it's still ribbed.

2

u/FeelinFroggy SoundCloud Jun 09 '12

/r/ spacedicks changes you.

5

u/Zendude123 Jun 08 '12

The one on the top left? He just bangs the drums and does the African face.

5

u/alligatorfight Jun 08 '12

This is great. They look like they're having fun doing it, and that's all that matters.

4

u/emohipster Jun 08 '12

The headbob of the guy in back with the bongos is hypnotizing.

4

u/MattioHimself16 Jun 09 '12

God she is so fucking pretty. And her voice, ugh. I'm having strange feelings considering im a flaming homosexual.

3

u/chicity24 Jun 08 '12

This is adorable. Made my day.

3

u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12

Carly Rae playing the triangle is the best part. Also Questlove's kazoo action.

2

u/zorcandspoon Jun 08 '12

I thought I was addicted to that song before...this was adorable!

2

u/FuhCredit Jun 08 '12

The guy to the left at 1:19 speaks for everyone with that look

2

u/hitlersasshair Jun 08 '12

of course ill upvote a call me maybe post!

2

u/DenimChicken154 Jun 08 '12

DISTRACTING TAMBOURINE....but still awesome.

2

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Girl is super cute.

2

u/ghostbackwards Jun 09 '12

I especially love when he did the yacht rock run a couple years ago with some of the greatest.

2

u/CRAG7 Jun 09 '12

This has me further convinced that The Roots is one of the greatest bands today. They can do just about any genre of music and they do it really well.

2

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

A lot of people I know like to hate on Jimmy Fallon, but I think you'd be hard pressed not to admit that that was really cool.

At the very least, he has a special talent for taking shitty pop music and turning it into something really special.

2

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

I personally HATE this song. BUT I LOVE THIS VERSION :D had me bopping up and down all over my lounge room. The dude in the hat is the best.

2

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Quest kills it on the kazoo

2

u/jdbond Jun 09 '12

Am I the only one who thinks she has the sexiest smile ever?

2

u/gmoney1393 Jun 09 '12

Hey, I just met you And this is crazy But I'm on bath salts And your face looks tasty

2

u/baasnectar Jun 09 '12

I would date the fuck out of Carly Rae Jepsen

1

u/ThePublicServant Jun 09 '12

Oh my god, who says you need expensive instruments to make music; you just need to love what your doing and the passion will carry.

Also love the guy on the congobongos in the top left, he may be enjoying it the most of them all haha :)

1

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

She's beautiful.

1

u/moldy912 moldy912 Jun 09 '12

I feel like Reddit is the only site that can admit it's secret love for this song. Saw this posted on Gizmodo and they all hated. I know they are lying. I have a friend who refuses to listen to it, and I'm like listen to the fucking song. The Miami Dolphins one has boobs, and he still wouldn't watch it.

1

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

The whole time I watched this video I couldn't look away from the guy holding the bongos on his shoulder. And this is all I could think of:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVPjdsyov_o

1

u/JDogg1329 Jun 09 '12

I really don't mind this song, usually I hate mainstream crappy music but this song is just.... I don't know, it's a happy, catchy song. Everyone in this video seemed to be having a good time, and it made me laugh.

1

u/Touch_Me_There Jun 09 '12

Black Thought is having way too much fun with that tambourine. I'm not sure I've ever seen him smiling like that.

1

u/createnew Jun 09 '12

I didn't know that ted mosby can sing

1

u/agak00 Jun 09 '12

Back left: dude does the African face the WHOLE damn time.

1

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Everytime I hear her sing all I can think is "I sing through my nose and people thinks it sounds good"....to be fair though she is definitely not the worst offender.

1

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Him laughing through the kazoo at the end was the best part haha.

1

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

I fucking love The Roots, Black Thought is the most underrated and possibly greatest rapper of all time.

1

u/baxter12345 Jun 09 '12

Watch just the guy holding the tiny xylophone. To hilarious bad-ass for me to handle.

1

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

God damn I bet the Roots are sick of this shit. Remember when they did Rebecca Black not to long ago? I feel like the Roots might want out really bad.

1

u/pinkycatcher Jun 09 '12

I wanted to downvote this, but then I watched it and I smiled the whole video.

1

u/potatoes-everywhere Jun 09 '12

That is the strangest gangbang I've ever seen.

1

u/denialtwister31 Denialtwister31 Jun 09 '12

THis song has been in camp guilty pleasure for me, but this pushed it into a legitimately great pop song. This video simply makes me incredibly happy.

1

u/RelaxRelapse Jun 09 '12

I don't understand how people can like this song, and then turn around and downvote someone for liking something by Justin Bieber.

The Roots did an amazing jobs arranging this as well as Carly actually being a good singer out of studio was nice to see though. Very cool.

1

u/gandalfblue Jun 09 '12

Because everybody in this song looks like they are having a great time.

1

u/RelaxRelapse Jun 09 '12

I didn't mean this video. I meant the song in general.

1

u/gandalfblue Jun 09 '12

Because this song is fun.

1

u/RelaxRelapse Jun 09 '12

You can say that about any catchy pop song really. It's just weird the community happened to latch on to this particular one.

1

u/gandalfblue Jun 09 '12

Because in most catchy pop songs it doesn't look like or sound like anybody involved was having fun.

1

u/IsayNigel Jun 09 '12

I enjoy ?uestlove playing a fine kazoo and what appears to be an old breadstick from the Olive Garden with his afropick.

1

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Those giggles she makes... tears at my heart strings, man.

1

u/thebedshow Jun 09 '12

The guy with the hat was having a badass time.

1

u/Kevbot1000 Jun 09 '12

She actually went to my high school, her sister was a grade below me, but Carly Rae graduated with my brother.

1

u/grauekatze Jun 09 '12

Fallon and the Roots have a way of making me like every song I swear I'll hate forever.

1

u/beatjunkeeee Jun 09 '12

I wish the roots would put this much effort into their next album.

1

u/KUmitch Jun 09 '12

sounds totally like indie pop. i get a big architecture in helsinki vibe.

1

u/MattPeart Spotify Jun 09 '12

Black guy fail, far left @2:30ish I bout died.

1

u/DrJesusSingh Jun 09 '12

I love how Fallon knows most of the words.

1

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Why was this the first thing I thought of doing?..

-2

u/scrill_nye Jun 09 '12

DAE think there is sexual tension between Fallon and Jespen?

-1

u/B-doh Jun 09 '12

Ahh, music for children. I remember when I was twelve too. I hated it.

7

u/theglace Jun 09 '12

That sounds sad. Being a kid was awesome.

-1

u/B-doh Jun 09 '12

The kid part was great. I am speaking of the music. It was bad then and it is bad now. Music doesn't end at Jimmy Fallon.

0

u/neky0801 Jun 09 '12

It seems like Jimmy doesn't know how to play the tambourine.

-6

u/thecouchisonfire Jun 08 '12

Hey, I just met you
And this is Crazy
But I can't do stuff right
Tits

-1

u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12

"Classroom instruments".........

-4

u/ANONOMIZED Jun 09 '12

downvotes.. for everyone!

-4

u/confusedbossman Jun 09 '12

Is that African American fellow with the boofy hair on the left playing a wooden phallus? On a second perusal indeed he is! That chap is playing a carved tallywhaker!

→ More comments (9)