"Or do rap fans secretly like it when rock bands, who have no shot at becoming famous on their own, do a timely cover of a song that was a major hit only three months ago?"

Because I always put thought into how famous the band will be when I buy their music. I never actually base it on whether I like the song or not.

THIS IS TO ALL THE HATERS.. I AM A DIE HARD LIL WAYNE FAN, THIS IS A GREAT SONG AND I LUV THE BAND.. LIL WAYNE WILL NOT TRY TO SUE THIS BAND OR NOTHING LIKE THAT.. HE'S NOT THAT TYPE OF PERSON, THE ONLY THING LIL WAYNE WILL WANT TO KNOW IS WHEN CAN HE DO HIS VERSE ON IT.. HE'LL LIKE THE GROUP AND THE SONG, HE'LL PROBABLY TRY TO SIGN THEM AS WELL.. IM PRETTY SURE THEY PICKED THAT SONG BECAUSE THEIR FANS OF HIS, AND HE'LL SHOW THEM LOVE.. NEW ORLEANS LA. "504" YOUNG MELL, YOUNG MULA BABBBYYY!!!" "GO EMO"

that song is f#cking gay and whoever does not like lil wayne can suck my fat cock who playa hatin faget ass wanna be bitches.

yo christian schene..... wayne really does play the guitar bubs...and im gonna have to back andrew up on this one.. i mean watchin emo kids talkin about lettin her lick the rapper...theres an issue--THEY ARENT RAPPERS and honestly i just thought it was hilarious watchin that..... garbage

Oh yeah, I did say that about your hair. And I'm 7.

Yeah, it physical revolts me. I feel like vomiting just thinking about it.

Why is this song so angsty? The song's about getting some head, why so depressed?

That last one wasn't the real lead singer. It was my friend being a jokester.

bitches please; framing hanley tore this song to pieces; lil wayne doesn't have CRAP on them :) take your hater asses somewhere else.

What a bunch of retards, losers, and haters. If you don't like a song, then you don't like a song, but to sit around and harp on a bunch of guys who have achieved some kind of cred because they did a cover, shows that bitches will be bitches, and that fawk sticks like you guys can't take a song at face value.

Bitches, every last one of you haters.

And I don't even like Framing Hanley!

You're criticizing a cover of fcking lil wayne. It's a song about sucking dick, please tell me who the fck listens to that with an iq higher than their grade point average.

Wow, I love how everyone's hating on Framing Hanley because they revamped a rap song.
I personally think Framing Hanley's version of Lollipop is better than Lil Wayne's, not only because Nixon is absolutely gorgeous, but also because this band obviously loves what they do and have fun doing it.

Plussss, I like Nixon's hair(:

framing hanley's version is a million times better than that sh..it a..ss wayne guys song

wow ppl r sayin sum mean things against framing hanley on here... thats really messed up... i myself completely love framing hanley n i love ur cover to lollipop 10 times more than the actual version!!! o n i think nixon is the hottest man alive wit the best voice i have every heard!!!!

all you haters need to get a life...Lil' Wayne doesn't even write his own songs...so stop with your BS cause its not nessassary...if you don't like the song then don't listen to it...don't sit on a computer like a bunch of whiney little bitches and complain about it...gosh. Many artists do covers like that all the time...and if you can't handle it then don't listen to it....get a life get off the computer and pop a chill pill cause all this BS over a perfectly good cover song isn't nessassary...FH put some emotion into it...and made it more than a song about getting head. so back off.

haha this is so funny that people actually care about this so much. its a f-ing song. a song by a band that will be forgotten when their second album comes out and it sounds exactly like their first one. these bands have no cred in my eyes. nothing original here.

It may have been a cheap shot to make fun of Nixon's hair, but he is definitely a douche. Oh, and Tokio Hotel are cooler (and better looking women) than these broads.

I ABSOLUTELYU LOVED THIS SONMG AND THERE NOT A FREAKING EMO BAND THERE AWASOME THEY DO MORE THAN MOST ARTIST THEY PUT THERE WHOLE SOULD INTO THE MUSIC AND DO IT CUZ ITS WHAT THEY LOVE TO DO NOT TO BE JUDGED IN A SENSE OF BEING LABELED BUT THEY DO IT SOLEY FOR THE FANS AND THERE LOVE FOR ENTERTAINMENT BYE HATERS

this poor guy is blinded by his obsessive love for lil weezy. its to bad he can't see the light. the light being even if this band is "emo with bad hur-cuts(as lil wayne likes to say)" is just as good, better imo. they could be pink hemaphrodites and it wouldnt bother me.

Lil Wayne that dude is GARBAGE as hell man,he's the reason Rap is dying today read what I say

ok so this song ABSOLUTLY ROCKS!!!!!!!

all you f***n haters need to shut up

and for your information they have had singles before this cover and they have had their album out since 2007 and there first single was called "Hear me now"

so can you please get your facts stright before you bash a band you don't know anything about

thanks idiot
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This song has come on 99.5X here in Jacksonville and my wife and I are litteraly listening to CD's now. They play the gayest frickin rock possible. This gay ass emo group ripped a song from an equally GAY rappe't and copied it word for word. Wow, thats talent. Cmon people, its an easy sellout, and you fags that like it dont give a sh_it about sellouts. Your those people I meet, and im like, did you hear what he said? You: "Uh, no dood, uh, I just like the beat!" Fuc king retard maggot ass guzzling faggot hippie morons. Go read a book.

There have been many covers, of many different genre of songs over the course of music as me know it. To sneer at a band for giving their interpretation of a song written and performed by another artist is unfair, and a sign of your unintelligence. Everyone has their own personal taste, and for some, it's obvious that this interpretation of this song is much more enjoyable. This band clearly wanted to reach out to the fans of their music/genre with a song they enjoyed themselves, but realize isn't enjoyable for others.

That being said, basing your opinion of a song off of the appearance of the band or any members is incredibly moronic, and shows a true sign of a lack of love for music. At which point, your opinion on what is, and is not good music, becomes null.

It's the equivalent to a man deciding not be a part of his son's life because he despises the woman which conceived the child. Maybe you feel there is an ethical difference, but given the fact that some people feel an absolute love and passion for music, then there is clearly no difference.

A) The reasons they covered Lil' Wayne could be numerous. My guess however is because he is on top of the world in the music industry at this point. This song in particular spent 5 weeks at the top of the Billboards. It's not hard to put 2 and 2 together. The song has been extremely successful, as has Lil' Wayne.

B) They did their interpretation of the song. They used their genre, and made the song more appealing for their fans.

Your opinion is your opinion, which you are entitled to. However, did it ever cross your mind that solid facts heavily outweigh what you THINK is and is not terrible?

So far trying to understand where you're coming from has been difficult. I can see now however that you are just bitter for one of two reasons.

A) Jealousy.

B) You've had a bad experience with an "emo kid" at some point in your life.

How does fact > your opinion? Both of the songs that you are calling "quite terrible" have spent 3+ weeks on the Billboards. In conclusion, it is clearly just your opinion that is, "quite terrible".

When all else fails a sarcastic agreement right?

Fact always has, and always will > opinion. It's not your fault, you just have bad taste.

okay, my review on this review. However before this, I would liek to state my musical background. I am an avid hip-hop fan, not only of hip-hop like lil wayne, but also older musicians such as jay-z, Biggie, Tupac, Eminem, hilltop hoods, funkoars, and drapht, this ios crucial because it states the broadness of my hip-hop education. I am also a huge fan of pop-punk, rock, hard rock, and pop. From everything from nelly furtado, to My chemical romance, blink-182, New found Glory, the Beatles, ect.
1) The smash up of the two genres is a great bridge, which more atrists, should cross.
2) If you cannot appreciate this song cimply because of the fact that the singer is wearing eye-liner or has a lip-ring, you are being very, very, one tracked, does anyone remember bands like the beatles or any band from the british invasion? These bands wore clothing which was a young fashion, and were critisized for it, however, eventually people looked past their wardrobe. This is simply a type of fashion, and no affect an the musician's musical ability.
3)Many people are fan fo both hip-hop , and rock, and the subganres of both. Liking a remix of both does not mean you have less hip-hop or rock cred.
4)Lil Wayne could not sue this band for making this song because:
I) They are signed, therefore their label got them the rights to the song.
II) Itunes does not sell music which the artist does not have the right for selling.

So in conclusion, the review above, is more fo an opinion piece and should be listed as such. this song is infact a good song, it is a rock remix, or rather an ode to hip-hop by hip-hop fans who play rock music.
Opinion: If you want to make fun fo this band for covering the song in question, you would hae to hate on wayne because of his verse on Fallout Boy's song,"Tiffany Blews" where he is singing - with the help of a vecoder- emotional lyrics. And this must be critisized by your morals, because Fallout Boy is a emotional-rock band.
thank you for reading.

You clearly have no point in posting or forming an opinion andross. I read Blair's post just fine. It's clear that you just lack the knowledge to say anything else other than to make fun of some typos.

Classic...

Thanks Willie Boy. This one should be a first ballot if we ever get that P-Fix HOF going. But if you think this is great, swing by the Tokio Hotel artist page.

Awesome.

This thread is pretty awesome.

Andross:
I often read prefix but this posting is making me reconsider. I like the blog because it sometimes breaks stories first and also isn't afraid to post stuff that other blogs wouldn't, such as this story. But the way you've been responding to your readers is really immature and ungracious. Blair Terceira took the time to read your blog and post a thoughtful opinion, and you defensively attack him for a typo? Come on man...it's cool how you cover a variety of subjects but you would come off as a more legitimate critic if you toned down the sarcasm and wrote something other than "this sucks" or "this is crappy." You're not the only critic that I wish would actually write about the music, the sounds. For example, I agree with you that "Sex on Fire" by Kings of Leon sucks, but it were my job to write about it I'd probably talk about the incessant repetition of a cliched lyric over a generic straight eighth-note guitar arrangement and overcompressed, flat radio-friendly production. Instead, you responded to posts on that thread with "Nope. This song just sucks." I have faith in you that you know more about music, and I mean the actual music, than you take the time or creativity to express. Step yo game up, Andross! For the record I do enjoy Wayne, although I never enjoyed the song Lollipop, and I don't enjoy Framing Hanley (or Breaking Benjamin or Saving Abel...does this emo band-name pattern have some weird undocumented connection to the film Saving Silverman? 2001 does seem like about the time when emo became more than a small subgenre...and Jason Biggs is always getting his heart broken...COINCIDENCE?).

@ Hmmm...
I write stuff in the comments section to try to get posts like yours. It's not like I'm writing stuff like I do in the comments section in the actual post, I'm just trying to stir people up into commenting. If that means I have to write stuff like "this song sucks" to get people to talk about the post, then I'll do it. And in fairness, I wrote the "this song sucks" on the video post, which actually was explicitly about the video, not the song, per se.

All I hear is a bunch of gay people bitchin that Framing Hanley did a better job than Lil Wayne. Saying things like

Lil wayne hates Pablo Picasso.....

lil wayne sucks balls all he does stand on stage sing like he needs to take a sh!t and hold a guitar he is a fuking piece of sh!t that needs to die the only reason that he exists is for Framing Hanley could do an awesome cover song that came from some sh!tty rapper

Maybe you should do your research, my album is out on shelves now. It's called "I Listened to Framing Hanley, and I'll I got is This Terrible Case of Aural Herpes: A Symphony In 19 Movements." It totally blows this shiite out of the water.

I really wouldn't call them successful. More like "lucky" and "one-hit quasi-wonders."

What was their other "hit" then? The only song they had that charted on the pop charts (the chart that measures hits) was this one. So, technically speaking, this is their only hit. They may have had another single. But not another hit. Meanwhile, my new single, "I Listened to Framing Hanley, and All I Got is This Terrible Case of Aural Herpes, Pt. 14" will be out tomorrow.

I personally liked Framing Hanley's version better...stop hating and whining on the band...its all music...you rap lovers can like wayne's version....rockers like me can listen to hanley's...

Andross is entitled to his opinion.
However I do find Andross' close minded way a little obnoxious.
Besides I like both lollipop's.
You guys are idiots you can't not like Lil Wayne's if it weren't for him there would be no amazing cover.
And this is an amazing cover Framing Hanley did quite well and the singer is amazing and I actually think he's pretty gorgeous.
Did I mention I love his hair?

WRONG!

Fail.

Then you don't understand the pass/fail dichotomy.

Wrong.

Wrong.

Liar. They suck.

You are missing a whole lot of punctuation and good sense there, shorteyboo.

EMO band? Your so mental. They're not emo, your just an idiot. They're great singers, but if you dont think so, then fine, go back to listening to your Jonas Brothers and Hannah Montana crap. Framing Hanley doesnt care about haters like you.

it was fun song...there's not much more to it than that. if you like it, rock out with your cock out. if you don't well...skip to the next track and put your cock away. really, one song doesn't warrant sooo much heated discussion. critics say all kinds of stupid crap but they can't take away from each person's enjoyment of a piece of music, whether you're a die hard fan or just really dig the chorus of a band's single. i think critics are really most useful when they stop trying to be creatively demeaning and outrageous and just talk about the experience of listening to a piece of music for them, positive, negative or inbetween. anyways, if you really wanna get ticked off at a critic with a god complex check out the folks over at pitchfork...they seriously think they crap roses over there.

I love how the only defense to me calling them Emo is saying that I listen to Hannah Montana. Because if I don't like this garbage, I must like her and the Jonas Brothers. Makes perfect sense. Also, I can't believe this thread has 101 comments.

This is terrible.

Be open minded. Being so one sided is a shame.

All the haters should go off and run away.If they don't like the song remake that Framing Hanley did then they don't have to listen to it.The way they did it I found you could actually understand the lyrics more.Their video actually makes sense.Nixon and his hair are smexie!

wow. really? those are mighty big words (or lack there of) for such sloppy sentence structure andross. hate hate hate. yes you are entitled to an opinion, but the funny part is, you don't HAVE ONE. you don't have a hit (cover or not), downloaded by millions. so where is the judgement coming from? you are merely a speck in this world who matters probably as much as your opinion does in regards to this song...choke on your own words, go find a song to cover, sing it as good as he does, LOOK as good as he does, and get your millions of views and downloads to earn you your rights for your judgement on this band. you HELPED them get to where they are believe it or not, because YOU, yourself, actually VIEWED AND LISTENED to the so-called "horrid" remake, making their numbers climb. ironic but thanks! it's funny how we all have talents but some of us [insert your name here andross] cling on so tightly to your weaknesses hoping to better yourself while belittling others. you poor poor lil human. and just an fyi...if you claim to be a lil wayne fan and appreciate him and his music...then here's a lil inside piece you might enjoy. Lil Wayne HAS confirmed his approval of the song and is in route to conjuring up something with the band and their peers. not too shabby for a "one hit wonder emo cover band from the sticks". beats what you will ever accomplish in your lifetime sweetheart ;) ahhhhhh, the luxury of finding something to write about. your stupidity and ignorance makes it all too easy!