GET OFF MY LAWN!
For years now I have been vaguely aware that a band called The Black Eyed Peas existed. I think I’ve heard a few snippets of their music, but for the most part I just didn’t notice them. That’s the sort of thing that happens when you get into your thirties.
This summer my wife and I have been watching America’s Got Talent, and there is some sort of new rule that every third performer needs to set their act to some recent remix thing set to Misirlou. Or as people my age call it, the Pulp Fiction song.
Out of curiosity I looked the song up online, and it turns out The Black Eyed Peas do a version, where they basically just play the original recording and add lyrics about how awesome they think they are.
Now I’m pretty sure that I am missing the whole point when I see this video.
What we have here is what basically amounts to the sort of multi-racial gang you only see in an 80’s after school special (You know, the kind desperately trying to give away a big pile of expensive drugs) that somehow have the sort of martial arts finesse and chi powers normally reserved for particularly over the top anime. And they use these abilities in the underground fight circuit where they whale on people that don’t have a fraction of their skill, and get in their faces about it. Then one of them punches out the camera man.
Catchy song, but man, what a bunch of assholes.
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July 21st, 2011 at 10:17 pm
I take it you haven’t seen this version of the video, then?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqaWdkdFb3Y
I think it might actually be better.
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Jim A reply on July 24th, 2011 7:10 pm:
Why yes, yes it is. Alhough I DO wish it was in higher resolution. A lot of the shots look so cool, I want to see ’em in high def.
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July 22nd, 2011 at 12:51 am
*grins*
Nate the great: Just made my day. Thank-you.
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July 22nd, 2011 at 11:56 am
WOOT for Nate! Nate FTW!
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July 22nd, 2011 at 5:22 pm
If I live-tweeted that video…
0:13 Hey it’s the beach song! (does the swim dance)
0:17 Oh jeez that’s really unsafe driving.
0:20 Is he wearing sunglasses in parking garage?
0:30 Oh duh it’s just CGI.
0:48 Hah Karate kid. Wax on!
0:56 That’s not a fair fight, the other guy looks like a teenager.
1:04 Kid, stop spinning around and punch the guy.
1:18 See what happens? Stupid kid.\
1:33 What bitch friends!
1:39 Two weeks later, they go bowling in a korean dry cleaners? Wtf?
1:55 to 2:18 Bwhah?
2:20 Are they in the same parking garage with the lights dimmed?
2:35 Why is he running around in circles? Why are they just standing there? Why doesn’t anyone trip him?
2:42 OMG WHY DOES NO ONE TRIP HIM RIGHT NOW?
2:50 There’s like twenty of you why are you just standing there?
3:00 Belly dancing fight! You’ve got them beat, girl!
3:19 Boobtastic Boobie Bump Slap!
3:24 OMG Crazyface!
3:40 Were those shoes?
3:46 What was that fight about again?
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July 22nd, 2011 at 6:33 pm
Yeah, they ARE assholes. And here I thought it was just because they make terrible music. Turns out that their video ‘tudes are just as bad.
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July 25th, 2011 at 8:07 pm
Nate the Great, that is too awesome for words.
Skippy I am so glad you posted this and Nate replied, or I’d never have seen that Navy video. Far superior video wins!
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July 26th, 2011 at 11:50 am
If I hear people calling Miserlou (by Dick Dale) (one of the great guitar playing feats of all time) the “Pulp Fiction Song” I would have to provide them with a proper “Gibbs smack”
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July 27th, 2011 at 2:13 am
Leave it to Nate to bring in the squids… lol!
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July 27th, 2011 at 6:39 am
Heh. I tend to like their music for the most part. I just don’t think about it too deeply.
Incidentally, they did a cover/mix/something with “The Time Of My Life”. Considering how good it sounded for the portion that was just a cover, it seems a shame they had to go and mix it into a new song for them.
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October 24th, 2011 at 11:16 pm
Thanks everyone!
Try this one on for size. Don’t drink anything while watching it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjaZNYSt7o0
It’s an intentionally bad lip sync spoof of a Michael Buble music video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AJmKkU5POA&feature=related
To be honest I’ve never seen the end of the original music video, but I cannot stop watching the spoof.
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