Is He AZN?
Or Is He Viral Meme?
I was watching this alternative viral meme by an AZN Yale graphic design student, and I think it was made to resonate with people like me. I think this meme is about being a lone bro, who listens to bloghouse + remixes + popular pop dance songs. For many days, u dance alone inside ur head [via iPod]. But sometimes (day 100) u get to dance with a group of your closest friends. Music sometimes seems pointless, but it is memes like this that remind u that music is kinda like a BFF-type of figure in most people’s lives’.
Wish we would stop ‘reviewing’ music and start ‘learning how 2 have fun with music’ again.
Anyways, this video also reminds me of the significance of tools like the hypemachine, mp3 blogs, and user-generated-content-centric communities like vimeo. All of these tools come together to make like more meaningful. I kinda want his life. U can see how he traveled from the suburbs to a well-respected university with a relevant design program.
After the jump, I have copied and pasted the bro’s playlist. I have colour-coded the songs which r bloghaus.
001. Heart of Glass / Blondie
002. Jimmy / M.I.A.
003. Deceptacon / Le Tigre
004. Im on Fire / 5000 Volts
005. Je Veux Te Voir / YELLE
006. The Way I Are / Timbaland
007. Too Young / Phoenix
008. Over And Over / Hot Chip
009. Stick It To The Pimp / Peaches
010. Say My Name / Destiny’s Child
011. Pin / Yeah Yeah Yeahs
012. Geremia / Bonde Do Role
013. Let Me Clear My Throat / DJ Kool
014. Point Of No Return / Expose
015. Bubble Sex / The Seebach Band
016. Pump Up the Jam / Technotronic
017. Let’s Make Love And Listen To Death From Above / CSS
018. Hella Nervous / Gravy Train
019. Me Plus One / Annie
020. Don’t Go / Yaz
021. Bootylicious / Destiny’s Child
022. Electric Feel / MGMT
023. Boys Don’t Cry / The Cure
024. Lose Control / Missy Elliott
025. Ride The Lightning / Evans And Eagles
026. Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough / Michael Jackson
027. Hearts On Fire / Cut Copy
028. Tainted Love / Soft Cell
029. Between Us & Them / Moving Units
030. It Feels Good / Tony Toni Tone
031. Polaris (Club Mix) / Cyber People
032. You Never Can Tell / Chuck Berry
033. Huddle Formation / The Go! Team
034. Pump That / FannyPack
035. My Love / Justin Timberlake
036. Hung Up / Madonna
037. Justice – D.A.N.C.E (MSTRKRFT Remix) / Justice
038. Cybernetic Love / Casco
039. Creep / TLC
040. When I Hear Music / Debbie Deb
041. B.O.B. / Outkast
042. Bubble Pop Electric / Gwen Stefani
043. Miss You Much / Janet Jackson
044. You Spin Me Round / Dead Or Alive
045. Slide In / Goldfrapp
046. Kelly / Van She
047. Mine Fore Life / The Sounds
048. Disco Heat / Calvin Harris
049. Nighttiming / Coconut Records
050. Club Action / Yo Majesty
051. Pogo / Digitalism
052. Lip Gloss / Lil Mama
053. Heartbeats / The Knife
054. Enola Gay / OMD
055. Goodbye Girls / Broadcast
056. Kids In America / Kim Wilde
057. Kiss / Prince
058. Tenderness / General Public
059. Push It / Salt N Pepa
060. Circle, Square, Triangle / Test Icicles
061. Day ‘N’ Nite (Crookers Remix) / Kid Cudi
062. Shadows / Midnight Juggernauts
063. Paris (Aeroplane Remix) / Friendly Fires
064. Out At The Pictures / Hot Chip
065. Me Myself and I / De La Soul
066. AudioTrack 10 / Diplo
067. Girls & Boys / Blur
068. Heater / Samim
069. I Wanna Dance With Somebody / Whitney Houston
070. Hands In The Air / Girl Talk
071. Limited Edition OJ Slammer / Cadence Weapon
072. Meeting In The Ladys Room / Mary Jane Girls
073. NY Lipps / Soulwax
074. Lex / Ratatat
075. Gravity’s Rainbow (Soulwax Remix) / Steve Aoki
076. Once In A Lifetime / Talking Heads
077. Leave It Alone / Operator Please
078. Half Mast / Empire Of The Sun
079. Hardcore Girls / Count and Sinden feat. Rye Rye
080. Dance, Dance, Dance / Lykke Li
081. Never Gonna Get It / En Vogue
082. Blue Monday / New Order
083. Crazy In Love (Featuring Jay-Z) / Beyoncé
084. 10 Dollar / M.I.A.
085. Love To Love You Baby / Donna Summer
086. Steppin’ Out / Lo-Fi-Fnk
087. Karle Pyar Karle / Asha Bhosle
088. Love Will Tear Us Apart / Joy Division
089. Straight Up / Paula Abdul
090. My Drive Thru / Santogold, Casablancas, NERD
091. Like A Prayer / Madonna
092. Freedom 90 / George Michael
093. Black & Gold / Sam Sparro
094. B-O-O-T-A-Y / Spank Rock and Benny Blanco
095. Great Dj / The Ting Tings
096. In A Dream / Rockell
097. Don’t Stop the Music / Rihanna
098. Hong Kong Garden / Siouxsie & The Banshees
099. It’s Tricky / D.M.C.
100. Bizarre Love Triangle / New Order
Do yall like his taste in music, or is it just 1 of those people who ‘want to listen to dancey music’ too much and end up going to mainstream 80s dance nights and ‘dancing too hard’ to obvious hits that aren’t that good?
Previous Keut AZNs of the Days
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/t/kute-azn-of-the-day
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42 Comments
you could id all 100 of those songs. impressive. but also. i kinda wonder if in fact you are this keut art skool azn.
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//////////Reply by xavier
//////////Posted February 19th, 2009 at 12:26 am
@sarah, oh shit it is carles
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//////////Reply by --
//////////Posted February 19th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
@xavier, 2 fat 2 b crls. not enough blow of the ol ipodphone
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y so fat?
he moves much but still so fat
and AZN2 dafuccc
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this only went viral cos he’s fat.
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//////////Reply by lauren
//////////Posted February 19th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
@schnappy, lame.
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well that sucks. the 30 piece lazy susan 3 in 1 fondue set sold out on woot.com while i watched that.
that’ll teach me to watch dance montage videos on ironic alt culture blogs ever again :’(
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what song is that at 33?
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Thx 4 the playlist
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woops. nevermind.
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you’d think he’d be skinny by video’s end
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//////////Reply by May
//////////Posted February 19th, 2009 at 1:15 am
@uglygirlzarntpeople, LOL
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WAH, my new idol.
Alliwannabeisakeutaznmeme1day
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that was great!
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That chubz AZN has impeccable taste in muzak.
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//////////Reply by bleep
//////////Posted February 19th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
i agree
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Sam Sparrow – Bloghouse??? Fuck please ‘un-red’ him…. pleaaaaaaase!
I have lost all repect for you Charleton.
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//////////Reply by charleston
//////////Posted February 19th, 2009 at 7:13 am
@White Blipster, w0rd
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Idk how I feel about this crls.
AZN is not keut or healthy, might die from seizure and not from keutness =(
I’m going to die keut. Gotta do it right with the bangz and am appy hoodz.
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first of all, for the record, i watched the entire video. second of all, you know what, i was gonna hate all over this video, say somethin along the lines of, “why am i watching this jerk dance his ass off for 10 straight minutes? why am i giving him exactly what he wants and doesn’t deserve, which is my full, undivided attention?
but then i looked a little deeper into the video and figured out there is a message here. there is a message of freedom, a message of independence and free will which i will choose not to ignore. he’s trying to send a message that you can be alt anywhere, in your job in your school, and it’s completely normal to be alone when all you want to do is dance to the music that you listen to on a daily basis. this music makes you alt. and you know what, he saves the best for last on that thursday or friday or saturday night when he goes out to be with his altbros and save the day.
killer soundtrack, for the most part, with the exception of all the mainstream “shock” rap songs that are dispersed through here (such as #99,97,83,etc…)
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//////////Reply by pooponyoursoul
//////////Posted February 19th, 2009 at 1:40 am
@MrsOfficer, thank you
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//////////Reply by ES
//////////Posted February 19th, 2009 at 4:57 am
@MrsOfficer, I can’t get past my annoyance at this can’t-dress can’t-dance unattractive desperate showoff, even though I’m trying to see it your way. And I mean that sincerely: I’d would rather feel positive feelings than be a cynical, negative hater, but UGH GOD UGH THAT KID UGH!
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//////////Reply by wtf
//////////Posted February 19th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
@ES,
what are you talking about :: that kid is DOPE :: TOTALLY UNIQUE FOR EVEN DOING THIS TO BEGIN WITH – recognized by a great university as having what it takes to be in their program. he is the progam. and his flagrancy in dressing attire was awesome. come on! he’s a dude who has the balls to express himself.
im sorry but you are being the rash in the human butt. don’t take this personal but seriously shut the fuck up and let people be great. u smell like a hater
u smell like you hate something about what you can’t do that you really want to do.
am i projecting?
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BORING / big time gheybo
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//////////Reply by h8rbro
//////////Posted February 19th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
@h8er, even i hbrbro have a soft spot for dance… let the fat asian dance! even though his moves a lil girly, let him dance to his ultimate dance ply list.. (not being ironic/sarcastic/cynical) i want to dance party with asian bro!!
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//////////Reply by wtf
//////////Posted February 19th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
@h8rbro,
me2
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//////////Reply by j03
//////////Posted February 19th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
@h8er, tru definition of gheybro
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you would think that after 100 days of making this video he would come up with some new moves
but i dunno- maybe he just ‘feels it’
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I expected to hate this, but … I really can’t hate on anybody who dances their ass off to New Order like this kid does. Propz 2 Ely.
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Hahahahahahahahahaha props to him!!!
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How is Ratatat bloghaus and not Hot Chip? Considering neither is actually very haus or very blog at all…
Also, as far as “learning 2 have fun with music again”, the best thing that’s happened in “dance” culture in the last 10 years is all the Turntablists turning into party rockers (see a-trak, craze, klever, etc.)
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This video reminded me that I liked that Go-Team mp3 5 years ago. I was disappointed with the end. I wanted him to be alone forever.
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Carles… can’t believe you posted this. I’m so happy… I have helped perpetuate the chain of a viral meme video. My life is complete now, it has a meaning. I have a purpose.
<3U
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I was disappointed at the end, too, but because it wasn’t Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up”.
If you’re going to make a dance-out meme then make it right, honor the memes that allowed you to be the next meme. Also missing: the pokemon theme.
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ugh! wat the ef crls. this azn did not shed a single lb. was he doing the fat danz? idk dun wanna lrn that dans if im not gnna lose 10 lbs. i wanna lose 10 lbs.
unfortunately he’s just azn. if it were viral he’s be skinny by now.
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freaking genius
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now i am forced to compile all of these songs into a playlist……
that was pretty awesome.
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You should mos def add “Enola Gay” by OMD to the bloghaus category. Uh, social commentary on dropping the atomic bomb is not good enough for you, Carles?
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ZOMG
THANKS FOR THE LULZ
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obv gayzn. he’s “OK” with his “body image” and listens to le tigre, gravy train, paula abdul, etc.
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Can n body say “Ghey Theater Major”?
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mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
it’s okay. he has good taste in music. however, you, carles, do not.
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Look fat chinks think they are white now.
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crls pls dont start doin ‘jumps’ – blog jumps r unauthentic
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he took my gimmick :(
i just a slut
he is viral
stole my the playlist of my heart
and my am app lame jacket
want to be a better meme
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//////////Reply by SilverTell
//////////Posted February 19th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
@CAROLINE,
Don’t worry no1 owns anything anymore. Adidas “stole” “my” personal brand with their new fashion line: SLVR.
We’re living in a post ownership society. No1 can plagiarize
not even Joe Biden or The Coldplays.
No1 can own music
not even u with ur authentic vinyl collection.
No1 can own words
not even CRLS’ “altbro”
No1 can own copyright
not even Apple Computers’ Company
No1 can own u
not even The Man/Barry Obammes/CRLS
No1 can stop us
not even our neon hangovers’ from last night’s party.
No1 can be authentic/orginal/gimmicky/zany
not even mee.
“Imagine all the ppl
living for dismay.”
– Steve Jobs, author of Free Culture
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//////////Reply by altCreep
//////////Posted February 19th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
@SilverTell,
h8 adidas!!
<3 ur cmmnt, u should write a relevant 2 todays society book.
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//////////Reply by SilverTell
//////////Posted February 19th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
@altCreep, what should i call it?
“2 Many Books”
“SLVR”
“WRDZ on TREEZY”
“generation jk”
“evrything we thought mattered, didn’t”
“The Internet is Us/ing Us”
“The Big Switch”
“Dreams from My Father”
“The Paradox of Choice”
“generation CRLS”
“Radiohead ≠ The Beatles”
“runoffline: a rant abt bloghou5, authenticity, meaning, celebrity, photography, relevance, nd blogging: a rant worth reading abt.”
“We r yall bros: u’ll nvr be alone again.”
i’ve been listening to forkast [via p4k] today reminiscing abt the olden days when music mattered and there was meaning. now everything is a video game sound track or an emulation of a reinterpretation of a cover of a remix of a mashup that was inspired by NASA or Girl Talk. everything is data ruining my meaning.
r we data
or r we meaning?
ugh. the neon nvr ends friends
Anamanaguchi: “Dawn Metropolis”
AAAAAAAAAAAAAH WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY! SO STUPID!!! HAHAHAHAHA
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HOW does he have so many outfits???? those professional ALT clothes must have set him back more than a few grand
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//////////Reply by SilverTell
//////////Posted February 19th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
@anonymous, idk abt a few grand. exquisite tees don’t cost that much. his cotton crack pride is s0 neon generation. ugh.
“Is He AZN?
Or Is He Viral Meme?”
- false choice by CRLmarkS
He is blogville. He is Aoki. We are dancer.
ps
human will be big in 2k9. he’s a retrospective of where we’ve been together (2k2-2k7)
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//////////Reply by h8rbro
//////////Posted February 20th, 2009 at 2:06 am
@SilverTell, i still think we are dancer… dancer robots maybe… i found out that i was human after all from DFTPNK and justice and simian said i would never be alone again… but i am still alone dancing and i cant stay human being alone so i must be a robot… they both liad to me… Brandon Flowers then asked me if i was human of dancer so i choose dancer..DancerRobot.. i will now change from h8bro to DancerRobot as my name… .. . . . .
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//////////Reply by DancerRobot
//////////Posted February 20th, 2009 at 2:08 am
@h8rbro, it has been done
you forgot to color-code some great bangers.
008: Over and Over-Hot Chip
018: Hella Nervous-Gravy Train
033:Huddle Formation-The Go! Team
060: Circle Square, Triangle-Test Icicles
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I don’t understand yet if this guy is a dumb bullshit or a fuckin’ genius!!
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AZN!
http://www.feedhimtothepigs.com/?p=88
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hahahahahah 9:01 MEXIALT or PEDOALT?
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after a post like this? not wondering why the hacker did what he did. laying it on pretty thick there
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“Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.”
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#29 is obviously bloghaus. Between Us and Them is more alt than Hearts On Fire, by far.
Chh.
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