Comments on: Could this be the best bad music video of all time? 3 Second Rule, by Lisa Gail Allred

By: Jean-Luc Turbo

Jean-Luc Turbo — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:57:00 +0000

I think we should all let Christian Tea Party Republican Baby Boomer Hockey Mom with cougar aspirations have her fun.

By: Art

Art — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:08:00 +0000

I find myself actually wishing that it would be a requirement to have some kind of a state-issued license in order to make music videos.

Weeping Jesus on the Cross! That was terrifyingly bad.

By: Xuth

Xuth — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:05:00 +0000

Is it wrong that I quickly became fixated on how horrible I think the “three second rule” is? I know the video is tongue in cheek but many of the ideas certainly aren’t. I like that my s/o and I encourage each other to flirt (or more) with other people. It saddens me to see people so insecure about themselves or their relationships that their partner _looking_ at someone is a concern.

By: james james

james james — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:07:00 +0000

Xeni, please consider:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_41yAymp4W4&feature=related

By: Heisenberg

Heisenberg — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:20:00 +0000

I’d say she’s paying for it right now.

By: pukage

pukage — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:41:00 +0000

This might just actually be an ad. for a singles service like match.com – since she puts her cellphone number at the end of the video!

214 731 0383….???

By: wrybread

wrybread — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:30:00 +0000

I thoroughly agree with all the points you made in this thread. There’s some serious production and musicanship going on in this video, just not by the singer herself.

And as you said, Justin Bieber is most definitely a highly skilled professional musician. Whether or not someone likes him or the whole industry he represents is another matter, but he’s *definitely* professional and highly skilled.

Here he is when he’s like 12 for example, a full on prodigy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28VmUxTDU5Q

Again I’m not saying he, or the music in this woman’s video, are to my taste, but that doesn’t mean they’re not very competent.

By: Jesper Myrfors

Jesper Myrfors — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:25:00 +0000

Nope. just bad in the way America has become bad. It’s George W. Bush bad. It’s “I’m glad I wasn’t born here” bad. It’s “My passport doesn’t say USA” bad.

By: Gyrofrog

Gyrofrog — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:51:00 +0000

It’s like that recurring dream where I’ve suddenly returned to high school (except beards were prohibited).

By: bibulb

bibulb — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:17:00 +0000

Now I wanna hear her cover the Shaggs.

By: thermoplasticity

thermoplasticity — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:36:00 +0000

I couldn’t make it past two seconds. I heard the beat and saw cowboy hats and “NNNNope!!!” >click<

By: hanoverfiste

hanoverfiste — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:53:00 +0000

Having grown up with MTV appearing on cable I can certainly say this is not the worst video. Visually, a cheesy music video. For someone that is likely unsigned the singing seemed to mildly ok to a bad day at karaoke. I have sadly, sit in Country and Western Bars in West Texas and heard equal or worse.. of course my attraction there was not the “band” but the females that came there. I’m certain in person Lisa Gail seems more impressive if she performs. Koi Pham, did a good job with what he had to work with.

As for youtube phenomenon, this is also not the worst I have ever seen. I do appreciate the fact it was posted so people could respond with worse. Rebecca Black certainly is worse although I saw a response video that had her voice sped up making in more tolerable.

I remember in the early 90s when CD burners for PC became available, a girl my brother knew made a CD and it was pretty bad. Just comes with cheaper technology.

By: Annastacia Dickerson

Annastacia Dickerson — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:47:00 +0000

*Wimpering* Gone… gone. My 3:39 minutes are gone, and I cannot have them back.

By: Charlie B

Charlie B — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:36:00 +0000

To fill up the hole that would be there otherwise.

By: Jan Angevine

Jan Angevine — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:48:00 +0000

Any relation to Gloria? That might explain it.

By: Graham Scott

Graham Scott — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:16:00 +0000

http://youtu.be/FCVBLLYAgdo

I’m just going to leave this here to see who actually watches this.

By: Adrian Beauchamp

Adrian Beauchamp — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:26:00 +0000

Icy Spicy could give this gal a run for her money: http://youtu.be/Gyptl-BQNBk

By: Jhayne Holmes

Jhayne Holmes — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:10:00 +0000

Not quite in the same league as that Shine On Me by Chris Dame Owens, which is one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen. In fact, I just spent twenty minutes tracking it down so I could share it with you all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDyDz8WeiM4 He's cast as a fantasy.. warrior? wizard? He seems to be battling some witches on behalf of a princess characters and there’s a bunch of stock footage of things like fireworks, mountains, and galleon looking ships exploding. Half the time he’s dressed a bit like Prince, if Prince dressed like a pirate, the other half like he’s an extra in a period soap opera, complete with an unfortunate As You Wish mustache. Yes, he wears a cape. Yes, he claps his hands and spins a lot. Yes, there is always a wind machine. IT’S EVERYTHING YOU DREAMED OF AND MORE. Or, at least, everything he dreamed of, which is even more worrying.

By: thisbikeisatardis

thisbikeisatardis — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:29:00 +0000

YES!! That is exactly what I was going to say. I’m totally going to google an autotune app…

By: DreadJester

DreadJester — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:56:00 +0000

Because out of polite niceness when she sang or showed that song to people they told her it was a “great song” even though it wasn’t. She believed them, and probably ignored the few folks who told her the truth, thinking they were jealous because the song was so “awesome.” A few months later you get this.

By: timquinn

timquinn — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:50:00 +0000

I have so much to say, and it is all the sort of stuff my mother would have told me to keep to myself.

By: Casey Tompkins

Casey Tompkins — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:40:00 +0000

I did’t get the point of the song, I couldn’t listen for 3 seconds. Is that why it is called the 3 second rule? Could someone who is tone deaf please let me know?

By: robcat2075

robcat2075 — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:25:00 +0000

Aw, let her live the dream for a few minutes. It’s not Carnegie Hall, it’s not the Smithsonian, it’s the Internet.

You guys are grinches.

Let her try her dream while it’s still possible. In ten years the Internet is going to be as gate-keepered as network television and you’re going to be nostalgic for the day when people could post any crazy, ill-advised thing they wanted.

By: rattypilgrim

rattypilgrim — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:25:00 +0000

Yes, she could have.

By: Sohcraits

Sohcraits — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:13:00 +0000

This video just gave me a 3 second stool. You’re teeeaaring me apaaaaart Lisaaa!

By: whisper dog

whisper dog — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:31:00 +0000

Up to that point I thought that this was an honest if misguided attempted at a serious recording. But those harmonies – wow.

By: DSarge001

DSarge001 — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:35:00 +0000

Why couldn’t she have paid for it herself?

By: Steffan Pitzel

Steffan Pitzel — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:11:00 +0000

Oh my god. That’s brilliant. With some slightly more abstract lyrics and a more interesting arrangement… This is totally a Klaus Nomi song.

By: snagglepuss

snagglepuss — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 08:01:00 +0000

Even my dogs wouldn’t howl along with it.

By: orn310

orn310 — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:59:00 +0000

Well, I think she might break the poor computer that does it.