i am curious if the people involved have applied for the proper permits. i count more than 5 people involved.

curious

That was great! Good job guys and gals! Is was very entertaining. Stuff the rules lah.

as long as it is not opposition activities, police wont arrest. ha ha ha

Is this a show to the expats in the CBD that singaporeans are free to express themselves?

Let’s have more of such spontaneous displays of youthful exuberance. Let a thousand flowers bloom. Let 10,000 flowers bloom. Who knows, in time, we will have 100,000, a million flowers blooming. And then change will come about …. Alleluia.

Aping the Michael Jackson’s tribute @ Central Station in Stockholm
Go youtube and see
Can we come up with some originality ?

Well done guys, keep it up! Young people should come out to express more than just follow what the gov. told to do. Once again, well done.

Walau !!! mass hysteria or sort of irrational exuberance erh – impending GST reduction or what lah ………haha ! ! !

Walao eh , you people are really so …… flash mob has been there for donkey years.

This is too draggy for a FLASH mob.. it should be short and sweet.. maybe one minute plus.

Er, this is a nothing more than a paid commercial by a company. An intrusive and irritating one to boot- the question of permits is a totally relevant one, why should companies so freely utilise that much public space to hawk their products when draconian laws curb actual individual singaporeans’ right to free assembly and free expression?

Nothing to do with creativity, spontaniety or youthful exuberance. Another copycat advert, rather poorly executed at that!

Public Entertainment without a licence! Oh wait, they are not SDP, so pass!

look, iam the chio one infront, shaking my boobies :)

I like it!! Brings out the live in this society.

Life is boring in Singapore, no creativity just a copy cat show.

What’s the title of the last song? Anyone know?

Nice. I like. ;)

They are not following the footsteps of the ministars that hip hop around right?
they are not from ypap right? i mean they look so scholarstic and young lor.

who is behind these , or who sponsored these?
Cannot be no one.

by the size of this dance in such a prominent place, i suspect, donche pray pray.

singaporeans donche suka suka do these sort of thingies wan.
singaporeans are singaporeans.
there are so many youths in there.
how the come they feel so confident they will not get into trouble?

approval?

To: 16) Raffles Turning In His Grave on October 25th, 2009 1.58 pm

Nobody by Wonder Girls
http://www.youtube.com/user/wondergirls?blend=1&ob=4

Thank you, hahaha.

Nice song!

These people are impeding traffic flow, although they are just part of a commercial or theatrical act.

Compare this to the 5 who were charged with illegal procession and later acquited but the local prosecutor still wanted to punish them by appealing against the court decision.

What a farce!

let’s not get political about this. it’s just a flash mob – part of an ad campaign. chill.

If commercial services can be allowed free promotion, what’s wrong with political promotion? Why even flyering by an opposition party has to have police permit?

this is a commercial organised activities, please don’t call it flash mob! it insulting to the spontaneous!

Love it! Fabulous! What is “Flash Mob”? Never heard of it nor seen it done, this is new to me. if it is a commercial ad, what is it advertising?? Anyway, I’m impressed!

What’s this at Raffles Place?

It’s another local copycat version of wat the ang moh did earlier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYAUazLI9k&feature=player_embedded#

I’ll bet 100 ber with anyone that this is one of the PAPies dirty little trick — to show the world that we are a spontaneous, open society !!!

This is an interesting show, an innovative way to sell a product. Copycat or not, I must say that it was well done and nicely executed. But this also shows the sad part of being a Singaporean. If you have the money and is a large corporate peddling your products, you can take up half the Raffles Place Square to peddle your ware but if you are a Singaporean voicing your rights to a better way of life and a better government, you can be arrested and charged in court for walking from Point A to Point B, let alone DANCE! Yah, sure you can dance your way to prison!

Want to know what a real flash mob is? Watch these guys in action, they’re at a whole different level. It’s really brought by civilians and very little commercial motivation. http://www.youtube.com/user/improveverywhere

if SDP did the very same thing with the same amount of people , would they be arrested ?

Food for thought…….

“this is a commercial organised activities, please don’t call it flash mob! it insulting to the spontaneous!”

Whether it is flash mob or organised activities, that is not the point, the point is that it is still breaking the law, the very same kangaroo law that use against SDP.

Oh gee c’mon why does everything need to be so politicized anyway? It’s cool, it was well executed, and judging from the number of times this video has been reposted on facebook, it’s been well received.

It’s not everyday that such things happen in Singapore, so enjoy it and chill! :)

We cannot blame copycatting.
The world has too many top inventors and innovators not found in singapore.
Thus singaporeans follow more than invent.

XiiAoGeNgEnX,

it is you who politicised the event when you make your remark. We are questioning the law, a kangaroo law. If you mean that questioning the law means politicising the event, is that what your masters have taught you ? Oh, nothing new where in fact your master is a good exemplar !

“It’s cool, it was well executed, and judging from the number of times this video has been reposted on facebook, it’s been well received.

It’s not everyday that such things happen in Singapore, so enjoy it and chill!”

Isn’t the same can be said of SDP’s “public gathering” video as well ?

When it comes to money thingy and event that glorify the government, it is legal and well-anticipated, and when it comes to opening up Singapore through activism and politics, suddenly it becomes illegal ?
Wow, Kangaroo is rampaging Singapore !!!!! God saves the tiny red dot !

i can’t believe this. all these excitement over this commercially driven mass dance. do you even know what you are fighting for? you only let the government laugh at you, barking up the wrong tree, is this what you want to represent? whoever is not against us, is for us, is it? even money grabbers?

If only the response of the crowd/audience and the music quality can be copied too, that would be truly great. Look at the ang mo wan that FUPAP @25 posted.

The people both in the dance and audience in the ang mo video range from very young (children) to very old (elderly), and they ALL clearly are enjoying it or at least are appreciating it. The crowd in Spore just do not seem interested much less excited by it. That is the big difference to me. Why is it so and why no elderly out & about like the ang mo version (considering we have an aging population)?

Looks like this had been rehersed umteen times and the crowd already knows its coming. With the ang mo one, the crowd is genuinely surprised. Look at their faces. That video zoom in alot on peoples reaction but not the Spore one. Yes we can copy but face it, we are far behind. Our children & elderly also do not have a life looking at this video.

A funky show by PA members.