Pharrell's Happy question.

[Little_Nemo]

On a related note, I was just checking out the video for this song. Are there actually twenty-four hour-long videos and has anyone watched all of them?

[installLSC]

@Biggirl

Doesn’t Pharrell sound eerily like Curtis Mayfield?

Yup Pharrell has always liked that vocal sound going back to 2000’s “I Just Wanna Love U” by Jay-Z. (Surprisingly, Pharrell wasn’t credited for singing the chorus.) It’s used heavily on his side project N.E.R.D.

[Starving_Artist]

@Skammer

I liked this song the first time I heard it, when I took my kids to see Despicable Me 2.

I think a “room without a roof” is unbounded. Limitless. It goes to the sky. Like you feel when you’re happy.

That’s been my take too. If you feel like a room without a roof, you feel like your happiness is unconstrained.

[TexCat]

Just in case you need a little more: http://24hoursofhappy.com/

[Son_of_a_Rich]

@Athabasca

Yep to the Curtis Mayfield similarity. I do wish PW would doff the Mountie hats, though. I’m Canadian and they just look weird on him. Not a meme I would associate with his music or performances.

Smokey the Bear Robinson.

[congodwarf]

@Skammer

I liked this song the first time I heard it, when I took my kids to see Despicable Me 2.

I think a “room without a roof” is unbounded. Limitless. It goes to the sky. Like you feel when you’re happy.

This is what it feels like to me. I never tried to interpret the actual meaning of the line because when I first heard it I automatically felt this exact feeling. This song is the only song I’ve ever heard that actually makes me feel the meaning of the words. I think it’s part of the reason why the song has been so successful. People feel what he’s saying, without even realizing it. It makes me happy.

[Gyrate]

I always think of the restaurant from Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. Steak! From the sky!

[Nuveena]

@Skammer

I liked this song the first time I heard it, when I took my kids to see Despicable Me 2.

I think a “room without a roof” is unbounded. Limitless. It goes to the sky. Like you feel when you’re happy.

Another vote for this one. You don’t feel like you’re IN a room without a roof. You feel like you ARE a room without a roof.

[Baron_Greenback]

@Nuveena

You don’t feel like you’re IN a room without a roof. You feel like you ARE a room without a roof.

I think this is a perfect description of the room, and the song

[pulykamell]

@pulykamell

It’s okay, you’re not the only one. Somehow, I missed this song, too. I mean, I was tangentially aware of it from a couple Facebook posts, but never heard it until actually clicking on the link in the OP. I’m not entirely sure how, as I don’t go out of my way to avoid pop culture (and actually like to be somewhat clued in to what’s going on.)

God, and now because of this thread, I can’t get it OUT of my head. Listen to it once and it’s like permanently stuck in there.