FlipBoardBy the time 2013 wraps up and is in the books , the award for Biggest Villain will probably be locked up by one of three people – Kim Jong Un, Donald Trump or whoever created the Harlem Shake fad. I don’t mean the song, mind you. I mean this recent meme of people dancing like A-holes to the song “Harlem Shake”, as it has been quite the decisive topic among people with too much time on their hands.
Some people, including approximately 80% of my idiot Facebook friends, think these Harlem Shake videos are hilarious. Others treat them like utter blasphemy, based on the fact that the people in the videos aren’t actually performing the Harlem Shake. But then there’s a third party, including indifferent people like me, who don’t really give a crap, and would prefer to watch goats scream during the choruses of popular songs above all else.
Yet here we are, discussing this Miami Heat Harlem Shake video that started popping up on the webs and bloggy blogs last night. And I’m not bringing it up, because I hate it or love it. I have a completely different reason for bringing this up.
The Heat have 27 games left in this long-as-hell regular season, and unless the Earth opens up and swallows LeBron James, they’re going to finish as the No. 1 seed in the East. And they’re still not even playing at 100% yet in terms of trying and caring. So I see this video as less of “Hey guys, let’s join in the fun!” and more as “F*ck you, we’re just having fun right now.” That’s terrifying.
At this point, if I could bet on James averaging a triple-double in the playoffs, I’d be eagerly waiting to turn my shiny nickel into two dimes.
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That video should have been just Birdman and Boshtrich.
I really hoped Bosh would be in one of these, oh well :(
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This video: Outkast ~2003
I actually like the Harlem Shake.
*Extends arms*
Come at me, bros!
As played out as the Harlem Shake is (which apparently occurred about 45 minutes after the meme started), this video actually made me laugh.
Mario Chalmers as Super Mario is an underrated feature.
Real talk: This version of the Harlem Shake is racist.
Udonis Haslem wearing a fireman’s hat while wearing a championship belt while doing the river dance made this video.
I’m one of those group 2 people (HATE HATE HATE SO MUCH), but HOLY SH*T. If you’re going to do one of these videos (don’t), this is how you do it.
I agree. I hate this as well, but this is by far the best one I’ve seen. I want to hate LeBron so much but things like this and his genuine enthusiasm for having fun make it harder.
All this time I thought I had no exposure to this meme, and it turns out I had heard the song all along. I just referred to it as “that song where the background track sounds like a constant stream of squeaker farts.”
Is that D-Wade dressed as the pedo bear?
Kanye West/Pedo bear.