Big Ten Mascot - Call me Maybe

[Omega015]

That is far from the truth. Go on YouTube with a mobile and try to verify that. There is very little copyrighted material blocked.

1. Mobile viewing has to be enabled by the uploader. By default this isn't done.

2. Any video that has a copyright claim filed against it is not available for viewing on a mobile device. This is policed by the copyright holders, so of course it isn't going to be comprehensive.

Mobile platform views do not get paid: http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2453875

Copyright holders can choose to allow to be paid for the videos rather than have them taken down. I'm guessing this is what is happening for Carly Rae Jepsen since parody videos are more famous than the song: http://www.youtube.com/t/contentid

 

[gophergrad]

I'd vote for the Nittany Lion as the worst mascot in the B1G, maybe even the worst in the country. Not a lot of creativity there. Herky Hawkeye doesn't do much for me, either. But. ...

Sparty
Goldy
Brutus
Purdue Pete
Bucky

. ... putting any biases aside I think those 5 all are pretty darn good college mascots.

Purdue Pete really? Maybe I'm missing something with that one or it's just that human-esque mascots seem lame to me.

Otherwise I completely agree.

 

[GoAUpher]

Purdue Pete really? Maybe I'm missing something with that one or it's just that human-esque mascots seem lame to me.

Otherwise I completely agree.

On one hand, Pete is a soulless looking creature. On the other hand, he has a sledgehammer. Does the sledgehammer outweigh he overall hideousness? I vote no.

I think we can all agree that he is far superior to this:

Why did KSU give the mascot a cat's head but then leave the human body?

 

[gophergrad]

On one hand, Pete is a soulless looking creature. On the other hand, he has a sledgehammer. Does the sledgehammer outweigh he overall hideousness? I vote no.

I think we can all agree that he is far superior to this:

Why did KSU give the mascot a cat's head but then leave the human body?

HAHAHAHAHAHA. I am laughing at that mascot, and whoever at KSU thought that was a good idea. That is hideous.

 

[matt]

On one hand, Pete is a soulless looking creature. On the other hand, he has a sledgehammer. Does the sledgehammer outweigh he overall hideousness? I vote no.

I think we can all agree that he is far superior to this:

Why did KSU give the mascot a cat's head but then leave the human body?

Budget cuts man.

 

[Dr.Don]

On one hand, Pete is a soulless looking creature. On the other hand, he has a sledgehammer. Does the sledgehammer outweigh he overall hideousness? I vote no.

I think we can all agree that he is far superior to this:

Why did KSU give the mascot a cat's head but then leave the human body?

They are trying to prove that there is more than one way to skin a cat.

On the other hand, I love cats. They taste like chicken.

 

[Cayman]

Just heard "Call Me Maybe" on the radio for the first time yesterday.

Good Lawd, what a horrible song.

Carly Rae Jepsen, or whoever wrote that song, may not be one of the great lyricists of our time, but it fulfills its purpose of being a fun, catchy pop song. And no, I'm not just one of those people who listens exclusively to the top 40 hits of the present time.

 

[GophersInIowa]

Carly Rae Jepsen, or whoever wrote that song, may not be one of the great lyricists of our time, but it fulfills its purpose of being a fun, catchy pop song. And no, I'm not just one of those people who listens exclusively to the top 40 hits of the present time.

I can almost guarantee that she did not write the song. Most pop singers these days are just performers and don't have a lot of musical talent.

 

[Omega015]

I can almost guarantee that she did not write the song. Most pop singers these days are just performers and don't have a lot of musical talent.

She does have writing credit on the song, but how much she did is unknown: http://www.allmusic.com/album/call-me-maybe-mw0002325085

But even if she didn't do much, somebody who is very good at writing a catchy pop song was behind it and that shouldn't be dismissed.

Being "just a performer" shouldn't be dismissed either. Being able to entertain is not easy.

 

[GoAUpher]

I can almost guarantee that she did not write the song. Most pop singers these days are just performers and don't have a lot of musical talent.

And even if she did write the lyrics, it's quite likely that the song itself was produced and arranged by someone else. 2 other extremely catchy pop songs that are often noted as "sticks in your head" songs illustrate this well. Both "Tik Tok" (Ke$ha) and "Party in the USA" (Miley Cyrus) were produced by the same guy. Given how catchy this one is I wouldn't be surprised if the same guy (whose name escapes me) was involved.

 

[Omega015]

And even if she did write the lyrics, it's quite likely that the song itself was produced and arranged by someone else. 2 other extremely catchy pop songs that are often noted as "sticks in your head" songs illustrate this well. Both "Tik Tok" (Ke$ha) and "Party in the USA" (Miley Cyrus) were produced by the same guy. Given how catchy this one is I wouldn't be surprised if the same guy (whose name escapes me) was involved.

You are thinking of Lukasz Gottwald (Dr. Luke)

Call Me Maybe was produced by Josh Ramsay who doesn't have much in the way of credits until now.

 

[Parski1]

I can almost guarantee that she did not write the song. Most pop singers these days are just performers and don't have a lot of musical talent.

Justin Beaver wrote the song.

 

[tikited]

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

I can admit that I liked this when I first saw it.