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madoka · Joined: 27 Mar 2008

Roger Ebert calls this "The Greatest Music Video Ever Made"

"The Grand Rapids LipDub Video was filmed May 22nd, with 5,000 people, and involved a major shutdown of downtown Grand Rapids, which was filled with marching bands, parades, weddings, motorcades, bridges on fire, and helicopter take offs. It is the largest and longest LipDub video, to date.

This video was created as an official response to the Newsweek article calling Grand Rapids a "dying city." We disagreed strongly, and wanted to create a video that encompasses the passion and energy we all feel is growing exponentially, in this great city. We felt Don McLean's "American Pie," a song about death, was in the end, triumphant and filled to the brim with life and hope."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPjjZCO67WI&feature=player_embedded

flakfizer · Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 2:40 pm Post subject:

Thanks for posting that. I hadn't heard about it until now. It made me miss home a bit (I'm from Michigan, though not from GR). I'm surprised about GR being listed on the "declining cities" list. In Michigan, the decline is almost all in the eastern half of the State (Detroit, Flint, Saginaw, etc.) It's nice to see people care about the community they live in.

Louis VI · Joined: 05 Jul 2010 Location: In my Kingdom

Great coordination but the small groups of people were overshadowed by the big venues. The city sure looks mostly empty! Triple the people count and it may actually appear robust. Maybe centralizing them and segmenting the time, moving them around more instead of the camera would have created a greater sense of a cup not emptieth out.

shifter2009 · Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Location: wisconsin

Pretty epic. I agree that if they managed to get more people in some of the shots it'd be a bit better as it did seem the city was kinda empty at points, maybe if they could have just managed to fill the bridges at the end. Just nit picks though, it was very well done.

Panda · Joined: 25 Oct 2008

ThingsComeAround · Joined: 07 Nov 2008

uplifting

*Edit*
Seems everyone can pull together and create something positive to change the perception of a disinterested few..

now if only we could get the politicians to change their attitudes and generate real jobs geared toward education and research, more of America could have something to smile about

shifter2009 · Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Location: wisconsin

TSE · Joined: 24 May 2011

Yeah, kind of underwhelming. And I know for a fact that Grand Rapids is one giant Catholic suck-town.

Besides, I think we all know what the best music video of all time was:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m1EFMoRFvY

flakfizer · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 5:18 am Post subject:

DorkothyParker · Joined: 11 Apr 2009 Location: Jeju

The video is okay. I can see Roger Ebert remains hyperbolic as ever.

Grand Rapids looks like a nice enough city. It reminds me of my home city, which I love. I am in the market for a house in a shitty but soon to be gentrified area. I wonder if they have any of those there...

Steelrails · Joined: 12 Mar 2009 Location: Earth, Solar System

Grand Rapids is kind of like a Korean Concrete City...things are pretty nice and all, but it doesn't have much character.

I'd just keep on driving through Grand Rapids on my way to Holland....

Michigan is all about Traverse City and Ann Arbor. Maybe the 248 if you like wannabe East Coast suburbia.