- ♪ The ting goes... - (mimicking) "Skrrrraaah!"
(laughing) - ♪ Pap, pap, ka-ka-ka ♪
- "Pap, pap, ka-ka, shibi-pap-pap..."
(giggling) "And a pu-pup-pudrrr-ka."
♪ (punk rock music) ♪
- (Charlie Sloth) Are you ready for this G, yeah?
- (Big Shaq) Come on, I was born ready.
(sirens wailing) ♪ (rap music) ♪
- Oh! - (Big Shaq) Okay.
- (gasping) I love him!
(laughing)
- (laughing) Yes, I've seen this.
This is the greatest video ever.
- (Big Shaq) ♪ Scootnum, ratnum... ♪
- Wait, is it that one meme, sort of a "bap, bap, bap."
- (Big Shaq) Boom!
♪ Two plus two is four ♪
♪ Minus one, that's three, quick maths ♪
- What the--?
- ♪ (Big Shaq) Everyday man's on the block, smoke trees ♪
- Is this English?
- This is my favorite thing in the world.
- ♪ (Big Shaq) When the ting went quack-quack-quack ♪
- The memes for this are so funny.
- Dude, I can freestyle better than this.
What's going on?
- ♪ (Big Shaq) The ting goes... ♪ - (singing along) ♪ ...skrrrahh ♪
♪ Pap, pap, ka-ka-ka ♪ (laughing)
- (Big Shaq) ♪ Skibiki-pap-pap... ♪
- It doesn't make sense, but I like it.
- (mimicking) Skrrrahh!
(laughing)
- I kinda feel it.
- (Big Shaq) ♪ ...and a pu-pu-pudrrrr-boom ♪
- (giggling)
- (Big Shaq) ♪ Skya, du-du-ku-ku-dun-dun ♪
- Ooh-hoo-hoo!
- (Big Shaq) ♪ You dun know, Big Shaq... ♪
- This guy's a genius.
He just blew up off of this.
- (Big Shaq) ♪ Fire-fire-fire in the booth ♪
♪ You get me, man's not hot ♪
♪ I tell her man's not hot, hah... ♪ - (laughing)
- (Big Shaq) ♪ I tell her man's not hot ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...take off your jacket ♪
♪ I said, babe, man's not hot ♪
- (laughing) What?
"Take off your jacket. Man's not hot."
- I don't know if this was meant to be a joke
or if he's actually trying to make a song out of this.
- (Big Shaq) ♪ ...Lynx effect ♪ - (snickering)
- (Big Shaq) ♪ Yo, you dun know ♪
- Oh my god, that's so classic.
That's the greatest thing ever.
That's the best meme this summer.
- I've seen all the memes, but I've never actually seen
the original video.
- I don't even know where this came from.
I just-- it was just all over Twitter.
- (FBE) So we're gonna show you some more videos
in a second, but that video was of comedian Michael Dapaah,
freestyling as his character "Roadman Shaq,"
also known as "Big Shaq."
- Okay, so it was meant to be a joke.
- I used to think that was real until I was talking
to my friends and I was like, "Oh, this guy probably thinks
he's the coolest thing ever."
They're like, "Dude, it's fake."
I was so disappointed.
- When this first became a huge Instagram
or social media hit, everybody thought it was real
and I'm like, "Guys, calm down. He's just a comedian."
- (FBE) Soon after this video was released,
it led to a variety of memes, and we're going
to show you some now. - Awesome, I'm ready.
I'm so ready.
- (BBC anchor) So we're gonna let you listen
to the entirety... - Oh, okay, Big Ben.
- (BBC anchor) ...of this lost mid-day chime
for some time. - (giggling)
I already know what's coming.
- (echo) ♪ ...pap-pap ka-ka-ka ♪ - (cracking up)
- ♪ Skibiki-pap-pap... ♪ - This is so ridiculous.
- ♪ Skya, du... ♪
- I like how they made it echo, too,
so you really feel like it's around London.
(crowd cheering)
- That would be funny, if they actually played this
around everywhere.
- That was so stupid.
- Dude, it's just so good.
- I don't know why it's so fun to listen to.
God, I love the internet.
- ♪ The dog goes woof, woof woof woof ♪
- What's gonna happen?
- ♪ ...moo moo moo ♪
♪ The duck goes quack... ♪ - Oh god.
- ♪ ...quack quack quack and... ♪
♪ The ting goes.. ♪ - (mimicking) "Skrrrahh!"
(laughing) - ♪ Pap, pap, ka-ka-ka ♪
- ♪ The ting goes skrrrahh ♪
- (laughing breathlessly)
- (laughing) A little gun. - ♪ ..and a pu-pu-pudrrr-boom ♪
♪ Skya... ♪ - Perfect.
- ♪ ...du-du-ku-ku-dun-dun... ♪ - Perfect, just a perfect meme.
- It's so ridiculous.
- People with memes nowadays, they get so creative.
It amazes me.
♪ (A-ha, "Take On Me") ♪ - Oh. Oh no.
- ♪ The ding goes pap, pap, ka-ka-ka ♪ - Stop.
Stop!
- ♪ Yo... ♪ - My jam, though.
(laughing) - ♪ ...pudrrrr-boom ♪
♪ ...pap, and a pu-pu-pudrrrr-boom ♪
- Yes! Yes, oh my god.
- ♪ ...pap, pap, ka-ka-ka ♪
♪ Skrrrahh... ♪ - Oh, I like this remix.
- Hey, this ain't bad.
- ♪ ...pu-pu-pudrrrr-boom ♪
♪ ...ka-ka-ka ♪ - Yes, that's my favorite.
- I really like "Take On Me" already,
and then just adding the rap to it just adds to it.
- I've always tried to reenact what he says,
but I can never do it.
- (narrator) To persuade females to come close and admire...
- Oh, I love when they narrate the nature documentaries.
- (narrator) He sings the most complex song he can manage.
- ♪ Two plus two is four, minus one that's three, quick maths ♪
- (narrator) He also, in his attempt to outsing his rivals,
incorporates other sounds that he hears from the forest.
- ♪ The ting goes skrrrahh... ♪ - (laughing)
- It actually matches perfectly with the mouth
and everything.
- ♪ Skya... ♪ - (snorting)
- ♪ ...du-du-ku-ku-dun-dun ♪
♪ Poom, poom ♪
♪ You dun know, Big Shaq ♪ - Wow.
Nature is beautiful.
- I'm not gonna get tired of these.
It's just not happening for me.
- "Dany: Jon, it's 97 degrees in the middle of June.
Take off the jacket."
- "Babes, man's not hot." (laughing)
- (laughing) His face, too.
That's just exactly what it says.
- I do feel like there wasn't enough reference
to other lyrics, but I'm so glad that people are talking
about the other lyrics that were in the song.
- Oh god, "T as in Troy?"
(laughing) "No, T as in Ting goes skrrrahh, pap, pap, pap."
- (laughing) Oh my god.
- Okay, that was good. High School Musical.
- High School Musical was my childhood,
and the T as in Troy was a big deal.
- "The girl: take off your jacket."
- "Man's not hot." (laughing)
Oh, I love these.
- I like that jacket.
I would totally wear that.
- There's just so many lines in it that make no sense,
but it kind of just flows out of his mouth well,
and that's why I'm not gonna question it.
- That guy's got to be hot. There's no way.
But I guess men can never be hot, so...
- I've never seen these ones.
Only the video ones, they're all over Instagram.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's old.
It's old. At this point, it's old.
- "Her: He's probably thinking about other girls.
The ting goes skrrrahh, pap, pap, ka-ka-ka."
- "And a pu-pu-pudrrrr-boom. Skya!"
- I always love these ones, actually, the girl and the guy
laying in bed and then it's like, "What is he thinking about?"
And it's always ridiculous.
- I'm so into these memes.
People get so creative on Twitter especially.
That's just why I keep my account around,
just for the memes.
- It's kind of like let's see how creative
someone else can be, then, you know,
we like to laugh at it.
Throw out some more memes.
Memes are the communication of 2017.
- (FBE) How would you say these memes
compare to the other ones you've seen?
- Um, I'd say it's nothing ground-breaking.
There's better memes out there
- It's really good for this moment.
Maybe in a few months from now, we'll hear
"pap-pap" and we'll be like, "Oh, yeah, remember that?"
But I don't think it will be as relevant.
- This is one of the greatest memes of 2017, hands down,
because it's a song and it has a lot of lyrics,
different lyrics, you can branch it off
into so many directions, which is why it's so big.
This is very versatile.
You can combine it into other memes.
- This one stacks up pretty high.
I mean, all the other memes kind of start a little bit,
you know, you see them a little bit,
and then they just blow up, and they get a little bit annoying.
This one just came out of nowhere.
(laughing) And it blew up.
- There's so much going on in this one video
that you could pick it apart and throw it
into so many different memes that I guess-- it's so elaborate
you can do so much with it, so I like this one.
- (FBE) So after the original video went viral, Michael Dapaah
released a version of the song, which went as high
as number two on Spotify's global viral playlist.
- Are you serious?
- No, it isn't.
Oh my god, I'm listening to that on the way home.
- Oh man, okay, so he's totally capitalized off this,
seeing the response from the meme, and he was like, "Yes.
I can do something with this."
- (FBE) So what do you think about the fact that this verse,
which was meant as a joke, actually led to a lot of memes,
and then led to a song that's become really popular?
- I feel like that's so reflective of our culture.
I feel like that's so classic us, but now I want to listen
to the full song.
- It's just a joke that shouldn't be going into a song.
I mean, yeah, the memes and everything,
that works perfectly fine because that's in the same genre,
same area, but the moment you put that into a real song,
it's like, okay, that's going too far.
- Music is art, so I don't like it when this art platform
is hijacked and then is used as this,
and then it's like, "No, what are you doing?"
I mean, it's not even the artist's fault.
The artist just produced it.
It's like our society is down with it.
- It just shows how strong meme culture is.
I don't think necessarily memes are gonna be a platform
for new upcoming great hits, but there's always gonna be something
you hear and you're like, "Dang, it's giving me some good vibes."
The Shooting Star song, that song wasn't super popular
before and a bunch of people-- they got a lot more popularity
from that meme.
- That's just the way the internet works now.
We take things, we love it, and then we exploit it, like,
"Okay, let's make it a little serious."
Kind of like the "Cash Me Ousside" girl.
Now she's making actual music, and a lot of people
are hating on her for that, but I'm like, no,
because she took the 10 million followers she got
out of that and was like, I mean, I might as well keep expanding on it.
- (FBE) So finally, there have been lots of people
online who are attempting this rap themselves.
- Oh yeah, uh-huh.
- (FBE) So we want to see you try it as well.
- Oh my god, no.
- (laughing) Okay.
This is my opportunity to show the world what I got.
- These aren't words.
These are noises that I need to do,
and I don't know if this is gonna work.
- Okay. (clearing throat)
A wise man once said, "The ting goes skrrrahh."
(giggling) "Pap, pap, ka-ka-ka."
- "The ting goes skrrrahh, pap, pap, ka-ka.
Skibiki-pap-pap." (snickering)
- "Pap, pap, ka-ka-ka.
Skibi..." (giggling) "Skibiki-pap-pap."
- "Pu-pu-pu-boom.
Ski, du-du-ku-dun."
- "Pap, pap, ka-ka, shibi-pap-pap..." (giggling)
"And a pu-pup-pudrrr-ka."
- (flubbing) Shibi-k... shi-shibi--
Shibi-k... yeah, see, I don't even--
see, I don't even-- what the hell is he even saying?
Like, do these-- do these originate from anywhere
or is this literally just him making sounds?
- "The ting goes skrrrahh, pap, pap, pap, ka-ka.
Skibiki-pap-pap, and a pu-pu, pudrrrr-boom."
(laughing) "Skya, du-du-ku-ku-dun-dun.
Poom, poom. You dun know."
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