[ SECRET POST #2443 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2443 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Sailor Moon]


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03.
[Taken]


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04.
[Hetalia]


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05.
[John and Edward Grimes/Jedward]


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06.
[Zoolander]


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07.
[X-Files]


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08.
[Amanda Palmer and Paula Deen]


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09.
[Once Upon a Time]


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10.
[Corporal Rivaille from Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 035 secrets from Secret Submission Post #349.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

01. http://oi43.tinypic.com/262plqg.jpg

Secret 1 - Pitch Perfect

[transcriptanon]

[Picture is the screen-capture of the YouTube video titled "CUPS!! - Pitch Perfect - Sam Tsui, Alex G, Kina Grannis, Kur Schn...", showing four young people sitting around a wooden table in a park or backyard with glasses (the drinking kind) in their hands.]

When I first watched Pitch Perfect, I loved the Cups scene. Then I saw this version. Now when I hear Anna Kendrick's version come on the radio, I cringe. In comparison she doesn't do the song justice; her timing and pitch (hah!) aren't as good as these folk's. She's not... bad exactly, she's just not as good.

I wish they could remake Pitch Perfect and have one (or all, for weirdness) of these four playing the lead.

[deadtree]

...weirdly, I am sitting here listening to this very thing on youtube right now and singing along

[shortysc22]

Oooo thanks for posting this, I like their version of it!

[(Anonymous)]

I saw this and immediately googled it. Hot damn!

And it's all one take, too.

[shortysc22]

It is impressive that it is one take.

I actually remember the cups game from when I did summer camp forever ago and can't believe that's what this song is.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, it is a good video.

YIPPEE!

[elephantinegrace]

Anything that promotes Sam Tsui's AMAZING talent gets my stamp of approval.

[kelincihutan]

Some days I think I am the only person in the world who knew the cup game before this movie. And that's a weird feeling.

That being said, you're right, OP. This cover is a million miles better. They did a really good job.

[pantasma]

Clap clap, taptaptap, move the cup; do it right and don't mess up!

[kelincihutan]

And you can sing any song in 4/4 time to this rhythm...though some fit better than others.

[pantasma]

And since most pop is written in 4/4 in F, it makes it easier to play around.

[kelincihutan]

Is most of it in F? I didn't know that.

...Geez, just when I thought my estimation of pop music could sink no lower.

[pantasma]

Seems to be. I noticed it when I started listening to DJ mixes. Talking to a DJ friend, it would take even more steps to tune everything so it fits together, but they don't all do that, let alone often. When I looked up the original songs they were all in the same key. I've found a couple that are different since, but they're mostly by indy local bands and still in the relative minor or the dominant, so the transitions are still doable if those songs are used.

Someone suggested it has something to do with chord shapes: maybe F is just easier to play chords on the full scale. Who knows? Regardless, F is a favorite key!

On the other hand, pop can be enjoyable. You can do really interesting things regardless of the key (or the fact that they're all the same). I find it more fun when they're not painfully formulaic and repetitive, or if they're making fun of the formula in some way. All music has a form (even Cage's, with his I-Ching tiles). But the reason popular music is popular is because of its hum-ability. If it's too hard to remember, people aren't going to wonder what it was called and go look it up or request it. The more writers stick to a form and frame for their writing, the more likely they are to be remembered based on our expectations within the genre.

Oookay, that got long. xP /theory

[fridgetothefire]

Huhn. I felt like Anna's version wasn't *supposed* to be super great. Not bad, but not stunning either. She wanders in, she isn't sure she wants to be there, and the point is that the Bellas are desperate. Chloe already knows she can have better tone and harmonize thanks to the shower/titanium scene.

[(Anonymous)]

I think we're supposed to think that she was great, at least in the "wow, she's so quirky and original!" sense. Everyone seemed duly impressed except for Aubrey, and it was already established that she had a giant stick up her ass.

[forgottenjester]

I like both versions. I also like PAINT's version. I know I have preferences but, eh, I don't find it having much to do with how good/bad it is and more about the singers just doing different... versions and trying to attain different things with the song.

But you can like whatever version you like, OP.

As for the rest... fic?

[(Anonymous)]

I am just so damn sick of this song. Also, the cup thing annoys me--learn how to play a real instrument, for Christ's sake.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh God, now I don't want to see Pitch Perfect because I fucking hate that goddamn cups song.

[(Anonymous)]

The movie isn't great but if you are easily won over by people singing acapella covers of pop songs (as I am) it's worth seeing.
I totally agree about the song, but it's only in one short scene.

[mishey22]

It only takes up about 30 seconds of the movie

[(Anonymous)]

That song was the best part of the movie, so if you don't like it, I really wouldn't recommend it.

[(Anonymous)]

here's a thought: those of us who find the song and brief performance incredibly irritating probably don't think it's the best part.

[(Anonymous)]

Then you're a fan of gross and immature humor, in which case, my comment wasn't intended for you. :)

[pantasma]

The arrangement is fun, and I like what they did in the instrumental(?!?) interlude.