“What are you, a Jehova’s witness? You can say God on the radio now.” “Your last single was about banging two chicks at once. It’s a little late to start courting the southern baptist crowd!” One of my favorite Todd moments ever.
I can think of one good thing to say about those lyrics: "Break you down" might mean breaking down the complex mind and personality of a girl to better figure her out, since apparently, no other man has been able to until now. HOWEVER, I am stretching pretty far to come up with that.
I remember liking this song a little bit...and then I heard it EVERYWHERE and to add insult to injury they played it like 3 Pride parades in a row. I dance to it and I know all the lyrics by heart, but its more like I'm being possessed by my teenage memories than any actual joy from the song itself.
It's pretty clear in hindsight that this song was Usher's attempt to make a stadium chant like Seven Nation Army or Zombie Nation. Problem is, those songs became sports chants organically, and from parts of the music too and not a crowd screaming "oh-oh-woah-oh" in the song itself. Thus, other than the fact that this song is a bizarro nightmare that I forgot even existed, it's pretty obvious why this song as a sports chant never caught on.
Man I wanted to hear Todd's take on this one. I've always thought that the booty/boobies line was the most hilariously half-arsed lyric I had ever heard in my life. I do quite like the crowd chant, though.
Idk why but this and Dirty Bit are the Todd Episodes that made me laugh harder than his usual episodes which I usually enjoy for his perspective and knowledge more than humor
When I watch these old ones I forgot there was a weird sort of love triangle scripted in these things. I always have wondered what the three of them think of this in retrospect. I know Lindsey Ellis is one of the premier essayists on youtube (whether you agree with her or not, she clearly puts in the work). Todd has only matured as a reviewer and I enjoy his channel so much more since things like Trainwreckords became a thing. The only one I never followed was Lupa, I still have seen very little of her work.
If nothing else you should definitely check out the Lindsay/Luca crossover (I think it was some 3rd rate martial arts movie, one of Lupa’s genres). They have great chemistry together. I actually prefer Allison’s recent work to Lindsey’s. Her early reviews where hilarious, some of the funniest things ever. I agree Lindsey puts a lot of effort but I seldom enjoy the film school kind of analysis, not just from her but from anyone.
@@cashnelson2306 isn't the joke that Todd is so warped by all the creepy flirting in pop music that he's no longer capable of understanding social norms? Like I get your point but I think there's a strong argument to say that Todd uses the skits as a "real life" version of what these horribly sexist and creepy songs endorse, it's a continuation of the same criticism. He's not clearly not endorsing that behavior, he's highlighting the creep factor and the lack of agency many of these songs give to the women in them.
@@cashnelson2306 I don't think I was explaining the joke as such, just that the sketches were useful back then because Todd didn't have the same critical abilities he has now. I agree that they're no longer needed and they were always troublesome but I guess I was saying that they were intended to be and served a purpose at the time. I was making the argument they had a purpose at the time, not that they were needed and I'm glad they're gone because a lot of comments showed that people really missed the point of those skits. I agreed with you about them being gone, I was attempting to say that I felt like Todd wasn't intending them the way that many people unfortunately took them.
kenterminatedbygoogle nah, im not complimenting him, at least not by a whole lot. I'm just saying that with the wave of Lorde-influenced indie pop and dreary trap beats that made up the charts in 2016, this sounds a lot more "happy" and "danceable" in comparison. doesn't mean it's high art nor does it make me like it at all (it gave me a headache the first time I heard it, still does now), but it does take me back to a time when other songs sounded less like some 15 year old's self-diagnosed depressive breakdown.
This song is so stupid and the crowd cheering is something I always love, and I like the fax machine. However every time I seek it out I'm like "I could be listening to a song I enjoy more"
I was a senior in high school in fall of '04, and yes, having to listen to "Yeah" over and over and over again made me absolutely miserable. Got so tired of hearing that song and even now it triggers an ancient hatred in me. Usher also ruined his future/credibility by pushing Bieber on the world
I like your style of being in the background and you let your words and clip examples carry the video, not your desire to be recognized. I also like your delivery, it seems conversational not scripted. Keep rolling along.
Just here to confirm that basically everyone likes "Yeah!" My father loves the song and he's a 65 year old Puerto Rican man who listens to The Eagles and various Salsa music.
I used to hate this song when it first came out, then it grew on me cuz it would play when my friends and I would go out and it was good times. Non. So it’s not so much the song that’s good but the memories
I think this review was the second time I'd ever heard a Pavement song. The first was when I discovered that Nickel Creek's "Spit on a Stranger" was in fact a Pavement cover.
Dear god, I'm still traumatised by this song. And there's one little thing about this song that Todd didn't mention, but that used to drive me crazy whenever this song played, and it still does: the very first "woah" of the "pep rally" chant goes a *little* bit up in pitch, in an extremely annoying way, and it does that throughout the entire song. The worst part of this is that they couldn't even get a crowd to do the 5 note line more than once: they took that one single phrase and looped it through the entire song. The existence of william (I refuse to put in the dots) makes me wish the USSR had won the cold war.
@@OneArmedRetroGamer No, she's a rational being who I sometimes disagree with but who deserves respect. You're a ranting right-wing buffoon who injects your politics wherever you can in order to inspire more hatred and division in the world.
@@jamesduncan6729 What else is calling women 'Feminazi's' and 'a vegan bitch' but right wing talking points that are being used on a daily basis for years now? I'm just curious in what other political spectrum you would slot these remarks then
That's because it's the polar opposite of Paula. Raymond v Raymond has almost nothing to do with his divorce and is just a bunch of sex / party songs. Paula has WAY too much to do with his wife leaving him, and he would've been better off recording a party album.
The criticism of Ushers lyrics remind me of "I can transform ya" when Lil Wayne was really excited about his rhymes for once. I just think if Usher sold the Pow Pow Pow like Lil Wayne did. Like this shawty got me regressing 20 years mentally. I think I watch too many Todd in the Shadows videos.
The beat and lyrics (Honey got a booty like pow, pow, pow Honey got some boobies like wow, oh wow) are so underpowered in a way that they actually kinda make me laugh!
Drinking game time! Go to the bar with your guy friends and your entire goal is to pick up girls using these stupid pick up lines in these pop songs! Get slapped finish your drink, succeed take a shot, fail to say the line finish your drink.
+Macro Furry - are u referencing some of her other posts or something? because i didnt get that vibe from the comment seems more like a slave to the tabloids
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"That rhyme is why your wife left you." That was brutal and I loved it.
If i ever join a band, I will write a song for you Todd, called OMG, standing for Overwhelming Marital Grief
It has been a DECADE since this song came out and I am just now learning he says “gosh” instead of “god.” My life is ruined.
Alina Khan same
Maybe he really just likes Harold from Total Drama
@@goatdeer8403 **Instert beatboxing here**
Edit: maybe he helped will.i.am produce the beat for the song
"Tonight we're gonna do a lot of sexin'" what are you a chicken breeder?
sugarfrosted Chicken breeders have CRAZY parties.
That moment when all of your hogs farrow on the same day and you realize you're going to spend all day looking at the genders of the piglets.
*Rabbit
“What are you, a Jehova’s witness? You can say God on the radio now.” “Your last single was about banging two chicks at once. It’s a little late to start courting the southern baptist crowd!” One of my favorite Todd moments ever.
Apparently that was Will.I.am’s doing. He’s Christian and didn’t want to use the lords name in vein
@@PrincessZaire100 omg that’s hilarious
Usher is an avant-garde pioneer. Who else would use a fax machine during a recording.
That was the best use of a non-musical instrument in a track since the fire extinguisher in Mr. Blue Sky.
nigelalice tufnelbowie Beck did.
Death Grips
Charlie puth.
Can't wait for the usher and merzbow Collab album
I miss the not a rhyme button.
Watching a Todd video isn't the same without the risk of your headset exploding
This is why all the remixes of this track dropped the fucking pep rally chanting.
I can think of one good thing to say about those lyrics: "Break you down" might mean breaking down the complex mind and personality of a girl to better figure her out, since apparently, no other man has been able to until now. HOWEVER, I am stretching pretty far to come up with that.
And as we all know, that's all that matters. Pbbbbth.
Or breaking her like a horse? That's what I got from it
I could see that.
Nothing wrong in BDSM if they're both into it.
Tasteless, dude. Chris Brown isn't in the same league as Usher on multiple different levels.
No joke, when I younger I thought this was a Black Eyed Peas song.
I mean, it kind of is.
@@roguishpaladin Black eyed pea. Singular.
Usher.
What are you doing?
Usher.
STAHP.
The way Todd uses his piano to mimic the audio he described as a fax machine, is weirdly impressive
okay, having not watched this video in forever? this is still a great video. It's honestly pretty hilarious years removed.
That crowd is a sample from MC Hammer's "Can't Touch This"
I wish Will I Am didn't touch it :/
and that was a sample of Rick James's super freak
That becomes very obvious when it's pointed out to you
It's actually sampled from Deep Purple's Live at The Olympia album from 1996. th-cam.com/video/BAvWSWD1UmM/w-d-xo.html
@@daelen.cclark it was.
I wish "overwhelming marital grief" was still the thumbnail
I still do
I remember liking this song a little bit...and then I heard it EVERYWHERE and to add insult to injury they played it like 3 Pride parades in a row. I dance to it and I know all the lyrics by heart, but its more like I'm being possessed by my teenage memories than any actual joy from the song itself.
It's pretty clear in hindsight that this song was Usher's attempt to make a stadium chant like Seven Nation Army or Zombie Nation. Problem is, those songs became sports chants organically, and from parts of the music too and not a crowd screaming "oh-oh-woah-oh" in the song itself. Thus, other than the fact that this song is a bizarro nightmare that I forgot even existed, it's pretty obvious why this song as a sports chant never caught on.
The only non-organic sports chant song is probably We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions, but like, that’s QUEEN. Usher and Will.I.Am aren’t Queen
Man I wanted to hear Todd's take on this one. I've always thought that the booty/boobies line was the most hilariously half-arsed lyric I had ever heard in my life. I do quite like the crowd chant, though.
Idk why but this and Dirty Bit are the Todd Episodes that made me laugh harder than his usual episodes which I usually enjoy for his perspective and knowledge more than humor
“Baby I can break you down” only sounds hot if you’re dating a wrestler.
Come on Ushicho you know I got ya
Or Bane
When I watch these old ones I forgot there was a weird sort of love triangle scripted in these things. I always have wondered what the three of them think of this in retrospect. I know Lindsey Ellis is one of the premier essayists on youtube (whether you agree with her or not, she clearly puts in the work). Todd has only matured as a reviewer and I enjoy his channel so much more since things like Trainwreckords became a thing. The only one I never followed was Lupa, I still have seen very little of her work.
If nothing else you should definitely check out the Lindsay/Luca crossover (I think it was some 3rd rate martial arts movie, one of Lupa’s genres). They have great chemistry together. I actually prefer Allison’s recent work to Lindsey’s. Her early reviews where hilarious, some of the funniest things ever. I agree Lindsey puts a lot of effort but I seldom enjoy the film school kind of analysis, not just from her but from anyone.
What's there to think about? They were just skits.
Oh hey, this episode is the first appearance of the Lupa recurring gag.
And the first time he had a cameo. Weird.
yeah.. glad that's not in todd's videos anymore
the same creepy flirting from the song isn't suddenly funny when todd says it
@@cashnelson2306 isn't the joke that Todd is so warped by all the creepy flirting in pop music that he's no longer capable of understanding social norms? Like I get your point but I think there's a strong argument to say that Todd uses the skits as a "real life" version of what these horribly sexist and creepy songs endorse, it's a continuation of the same criticism. He's not clearly not endorsing that behavior, he's highlighting the creep factor and the lack of agency many of these songs give to the women in them.
I'm well aware what the joke is. It's not a good or necessary one. The Lupa skits aged terribly and Todd's videos are better without them.
@@cashnelson2306 I don't think I was explaining the joke as such, just that the sketches were useful back then because Todd didn't have the same critical abilities he has now. I agree that they're no longer needed and they were always troublesome but I guess I was saying that they were intended to be and served a purpose at the time.
I was making the argument they had a purpose at the time, not that they were needed and I'm glad they're gone because a lot of comments showed that people really missed the point of those skits. I agreed with you about them being gone, I was attempting to say that I felt like Todd wasn't intending them the way that many people unfortunately took them.
Usually I dont like the Lupa skits but it was really funny here imo
6:03 That chanting was from Deep Purple- Live at the Olympia '96.
I thought that was from You Can’t Touch This by MC Hammer, the hammer time part
this song is actually one of my guilty pleasures
Smoking Samoria it's still more upbeat than whatever topped the charts in 2016...
kenterminatedbygoogle nah, im not complimenting him, at least not by a whole lot. I'm just saying that with the wave of Lorde-influenced indie pop and dreary trap beats that made up the charts in 2016, this sounds a lot more "happy" and "danceable" in comparison. doesn't mean it's high art nor does it make me like it at all (it gave me a headache the first time I heard it, still does now), but it does take me back to a time when other songs sounded less like some 15 year old's self-diagnosed depressive breakdown.
TRAITOR
This song is so stupid and the crowd cheering is something I always love, and I like the fax machine. However every time I seek it out I'm like "I could be listening to a song I enjoy more"
@@goatdeer8403 I like this song it’s not my favorite
can i say that shawty is dead ffuuuuuucking hated that word
i think usher needs to come back i miss his style of music
For a good while this was Todd's favourite review he did
Man, hearing Pavement after that cacophony felt so good.
A booty like "pow pow pow"? Is that a reference to farting?
The Fall of the House of Usher (1839)
Todd, thank you for criticizing the background chanting. OMG so bad.
Its stolen from a Deep Purple live performance
This is a pissy "show the ex I'm like sooo over her... *cries*" album😑
I was a senior in high school in fall of '04, and yes, having to listen to "Yeah" over and over and over again made me absolutely miserable. Got so tired of hearing that song and even now it triggers an ancient hatred in me. Usher also ruined his future/credibility by pushing Bieber on the world
If theres a club with bleachers and hot dogs I wanna go there
I always love your funny gags with Lupa.
I too adore them. They were more funnier with the Nostalgia Chick's unrequited love for Todd.
Yes! Shady Lane!
It's been a couple of years but I don't remember liking this song at the time. Nice review, Todd!
A review of an Usher song would be the last place I thought I’d find a reference to Beck’s Sea Change
It's that Todd in the Shsdow difference.
Slways adds some taste to absolute garbage.👍🏾
Never knew will.i.am was in this song and I’ve been listening to it since it came out and it’s 2018
Same
ah yes. the club music era of the late 00s-eary 10s
This song's a massive guilty pleasure for me
yeah, songs like this and down bring back memories of dance central 3
Legends say in hell, you hear these cheers for eternity
I like your style of being in the background and you let your words and clip examples carry the video, not your desire to be recognized. I also like your delivery, it seems conversational not scripted.
Keep rolling along.
I just realized it's about time for Usher to come back since he's been out of the public eye for a while.
Please God no.
He was actually just on a Chris Brown song in 2017
It was one of the worst songs I've ever heard. It squandered him completely.
Not really. Circa 2024.
The MV is way too good for this song. It’s partly redeeming it. I ain’t gonna lie.
I’m watching so much of your old stuff TH-cam has been advertising pianos to me
Just here to confirm that basically everyone likes "Yeah!" My father loves the song and he's a 65 year old Puerto Rican man who listens to The Eagles and various Salsa music.
The main thing I'm learning binging your videos is we have the same taste in music when I least expect it, thank you for the Pavement reference.
when I play these videos in the background I laugh and when I actually watch them I laugh even harder LOL
Those are good breakup songs. Blood on the Tracks and Sea Change particularly, but they are no Duntisbourne Abbots Soulmate Devastation Technique
I used to hate this song when it first came out, then it grew on me cuz it would play when my friends and I would go out and it was good times. Non. So it’s not so much the song that’s good but the memories
Shady Lane sounded so good after that crappy Usher song
I really like this song. It sounds so cool.
Omg usher is singing he sounds exactly like William lol.
This whole review is Still hilarious, love it. Something about the rhythm of "Damn you's a sexy bitch. Good night Todd." is really satisfying too xD
I think this review was the second time I'd ever heard a Pavement song. The first was when I discovered that Nickel Creek's "Spit on a Stranger" was in fact a Pavement cover.
I admit, I sort of like this song. XD Love your reviews, man!
I actually really like this song, but Todd you are so funny and your criticism of the lyrics is dead on.
I honestly think that this song would've been better if will I am had not worked on this song
Will.I.Am wrote the song. Are you're suggesting that 4 min 28 sec of silence would be better?
(That may be a valid take in this case, by the way.)
What are they saying in they saying in the back ground, all I'm hearing is: YOLO YOLO YOLO.
0:14 startled me 😂
Every time I see that scene of HIMYM I start laughing.
Todd hoping the song “OMG” stands for “Overwhelming Marital Grief” might be in his top 10 best jokes ever.
They play this at my new job and this review comes to mind without fail.
Dear god, I'm still traumatised by this song. And there's one little thing about this song that Todd didn't mention, but that used to drive me crazy whenever this song played, and it still does: the very first "woah" of the "pep rally" chant goes a *little* bit up in pitch, in an extremely annoying way, and it does that throughout the entire song. The worst part of this is that they couldn't even get a crowd to do the 5 note line more than once: they took that one single phrase and looped it through the entire song.
The existence of william (I refuse to put in the dots) makes me wish the USSR had won the cold war.
When you played the piano in the start i thought it was vai Amor by gilli.
Yea this song sucks, ironically I kinda like the crowd chanting. It’s the only reason I like this song at all
i like it in a ironic, fascinatingly terrified type of way. Because why is this song so unnecessarily daunting???
Was this the infamous Lupa fiasco?
Tiger Chu no
its cool to see someone else's opinion on this song
personally I really like this track lol sorry idk
This is just reminding me you should review Camila cabello
Do never be the same
Riah Reviews It was 7th Worst song of 2018
Minus the dumb "Gosh" I think the chorus to this song is fantastic. The crowd noise is such a cool effect
on the bright side, I don't mind was pretty good.
This song is beyond wretched. Thank GOD Will I Am's gone.
Rina Sawayama actually did come out with a song called stfu
It's a better pop song
I love this song.
Todd, Todd, Todd, why are you trying to 'pick up chicks'?
Nostalgia Chick's into ya and you didn't do anything!😏
They got together in real life. She's a crazy, feminazi, vegan bitch. They broke up a while ago.
+j ho spoken like a 13 year old.
@@OneArmedRetroGamer No, she's a rational being who I sometimes disagree with but who deserves respect. You're a ranting right-wing buffoon who injects your politics wherever you can in order to inspire more hatred and division in the world.
@@roguishpaladin you're just as bad, If not worse for still equating right wing with bad. Libtard
@@jamesduncan6729 What else is calling women 'Feminazi's' and 'a vegan bitch' but right wing talking points that are being used on a daily basis for years now? I'm just curious in what other political spectrum you would slot these remarks then
Best part of this video was Lupa. She's awesome.
Every Todd exchange with Alison Pregler is pure gold lol
Poor Lupa
It was dark times when this was a hit, I hated hearing it every single time.
this song is cursed
Original airdate 7/29/2010
Why does it say 2015
@@loudmouth8666 He was uploading to a site called Blipp which shut down.
Raymond v Raymond > Paula
That's because it's the polar opposite of Paula. Raymond v Raymond has almost nothing to do with his divorce and is just a bunch of sex / party songs.
Paula has WAY too much to do with his wife leaving him, and he would've been better off recording a party album.
Usher just has a posse following him around to cheer him on; that's why he thinks those lines are good
Can't have amodern rap video without ciroc lololol
Is this how you got the idea for Train Wreckords?
"WTF would be a better name for it" you mean "Where They From?" Eh eh?
I'll see myself out...
Todd might get an answer to his questions regarding the "breaking down" in the ungoing Diddy-case...
That quote unquote “rhyme” was stolen from Boom Boom Pow. In Fergie’s first verse, it’s there
It's like when you copy off a classmate but they got the answer wrong so you did too lol
The criticism of Ushers lyrics remind me of "I can transform ya" when Lil Wayne was really excited about his rhymes for once. I just think if Usher sold the Pow Pow Pow like Lil Wayne did. Like this shawty got me regressing 20 years mentally. I think I watch too many Todd in the Shadows videos.
When did this song come out?
2010
I really just find this song funny.
The beat and lyrics (Honey got a booty like pow, pow, pow
Honey got some boobies like wow, oh wow) are so underpowered in a way that they actually kinda make me laugh!
Anyone know the name of the song at the end
Shady Lane by Pavement according to the wiki
yo, i liked this song when i was little. But that was only cause usher is good at dancing, and will i am's "rap" was the part even young me skipped
Anyone else thought it was "break it down" instead?
i never understood those skits with lupa.
They were just weird and kinda uncomfortable
I totally forgot about them until I started re-watching old videos. I think they're kinda cute.
You must have a different seven words than the rest of us 😂
so this is basically "dad r&b"
Love in the club was better. Loved the intro.. but it made the entire song for me😂
True
Drinking game time! Go to the bar with your guy friends and your entire goal is to pick up girls using these stupid pick up lines in these pop songs! Get slapped finish your drink, succeed take a shot, fail to say the line finish your drink.
Usher, Nicki, etc. are *afraid* to say "God". They think acknowledging Him will lose them fans.
Lynn Green Fuck off, homophobe Christian regressive hick.
I seem to remember Nicki Minaj speaking directly _to_ God in Girl on Fire. Check out this deer.
+Macro Furry - are u referencing some of her other posts or something? because i didnt get that vibe from the comment
seems more like a slave to the tabloids