Music Jun 23, 2010 at 11:36 am

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1
wait, no, this song is really bad. and "travie" is not a name. get a real name, hippie.
2
Dan, I'm dancin'

That's without a g, Cook!
3
Hmm. I actually really hate this song. And I'm definitely not a music snob. Something about the way he sings the last/first lines of the song really turns me off. The video made me like it a little better, though, which is interesting...

BTW, if you go to the music section, the link to the article is broken.
4
LAME. This is a joke, right?
5
Oh dear, Dan is writing about music again . . .
6
This singer is extra douchey -- I defy anyone to last more than 30 seconds into that awful, awful song.
7
Peaches would eat this dude for breakfast!

Billionaire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rt7Eq7BZ…
8
When I was a kid - a Million dollars was all the money you could want... Inflation!
9
This is . . . quel est le mot? . . . trite.

BNL 4 lyfe.
10
Ah, the callow narcissism of youth. Feh.
11
I think his voice is beautiful. With the right song, he could be amazing.
12
The rapper is Travie but the singer is Bruno Mars (aka Peter Hernandez). His voice is beautiful, but he always seems to be singing on other peoples tracks. I wish he would record more on his own.
13
Terrible song featuring some of the most idiotic lyrics ever written.
14
I love that song but if you want a good laugh and quite amusing time with Jackie Hoffman as OLD LADY GAGA before it get a 1,500 hits -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U6hMk6WM…
15
this is an awful song.
16
I enjoyed it, Dan. Not everyone thinks your taste in music sucks.
17
If they'd all just take the hoops out of their ears, laser off their hand tattoos, get a haircut, wear real clothes and go back to business school, maybe their dream would come true. Damn hipster douchebags.
18
Whoa - flashback to 1994.
19
Pop music is boring.
20
I watched the video with the sound off. Why did he give his mother's car to the hitchhiker?
21
I think it's pretty damned not-too-bad, I really like well-done "story" videos like this one, and the dude with the sideburns reminds me of a young Springsteen.
22
Aww, why all the hate? It's a cute song. It's better / more authentic than most of the overproduced talentless crap put out by the pop/rap genres these days/ever.
23
I think that whole thing was just an ad for Tuborg beer.
24
I mean, I don't understand economics but this guy is even worse than me.
26
What the fuck is up with the banana-burns? Ridiculous.
27
Aww, I liked it.

A surprising amount of people hate reggae beats (even reggae-esque beats) and that's probably part (not all! I'm sure not all!) of the hate. I remember when No Doubt came out with Rock Steady - with most of the songs being a sort of reggae/punk/rock mix - and it got slammed by fans who hated it. I, of course, loved it :-)
28
I couldn't get into the song mainly because he obviously doesn't want to be a billionaire enough to actually do anything about it. Becoming a billionaire is a pretty clear cut path. It starts in business school. Move into either an investment bank or preferably a consultant firm. Save your money and learn a few fields. Take that money and start a business. Take it public or sell it. Repeat if you didn't hit your target the first time. Alternatively, be a super smart computer guy who starts a revolutionary new business while still in college. Take the business public or sell it.

All the stuff he sings about doing with his money? That's not how billionaires think and not what they do. If you want to be a billionaire, you had best like working better than sex or sleep.

So anyway, the sound was fine and I appreciate the sentiment of wanting to be rich, but this video was sort of like someone singing "I want to be NBA player so bad" while sprawled on the couch covered in pringles crumbs with empty pizza boxes and beer cans spread around the room and no hint of exercise or even a basketball anywhere in the video.
29
While nothing compares to listening to a cassette of "A Chorus Line" every time we were in the car for the entire summer of 1979 (and I'm not even gay), if you like that first guy's voice, you should listen Amos Lee, especially the song "Freedom." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJdnsa2N4…
30
Dan, give the musical Washington Heights a listen if you like this.
31
um I hope Dan is joking. That song and video is really terrible.
32
Die Prinzen did it better with their song Millionär: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH-1cg2rv…

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