I guess I'm just getting old. I didn't realize that all the real action was happening at the upper end of the scale--at the place where Justin Bieber and Psy are competing with Jennifer Lopez for the most-watched YouTube video of all time.
791 million hits vs. 538 million hits.
I'm sure you've all seen them both, but just in case.......
1 billion views. What's so special about that guy. I don't get it. I mean, I watched it and contributed to his success with one more view, but I still don't understand what is so important that 1 billion people care to watch him. I feel super old lately because I had a birthday on the 24th, most of the people I arrest (I'm a cop... no offense) are younger than me, and I don't get what's so damn special about a horse dance. Been done before....
---------- Brad
Last Edited by on Oct 26, 2012 9:40 PM
Yeah my Granddaughter Bella said 'grandpa you don't get many hits on your youtubes as One Direction (her favourites) were getting a million hits a day. She suggested I should do a One Direction tune which might increase my hit rate. I asked her what tune and she suggested I do their Forever Young. I looked it up but no it was not me so I chose Bob Dylans version instead:-
The Bieber video is 798 teens who have watched it 1 million times. The other guy, I think it's the techie tune that keeps 'em watching. My most watched video, over 18.000 hits:
I think there's something evil and addictive about "Gangnam Style." I find myself wanting to replay the video repeatedly. It's evil. Very well constructed, too. Evil. Hook-y. Opium-like.
Last Edited by on Oct 27, 2012 7:20 PM
Psy, the Gangnam Style guy, has a surprisingly interesting past that includes time as a music major at the Berklee College of Music. His ascent to the top has by no means been a sure or obvious thing. He was a stubborn, somewhat crazy but focused cut-up--busted for drug use, in and out of the Korean Army, dropping out of several US colleges, in trouble with Korean moral authorities. A bluesy life--except for the fact that his father had a lot of money and prestige. But it all came together for him at the end.
