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Daydream Believer is another good one, done from Davy’s P.O.V.
*We’re all acting dumb,
Here comes Mickey’s bum.
It just ruined my closeup.
Now we’re all standing up.
Now it’s dancing time.
Unrehearsed kickline.
Then we wave to somebody and I walk into a wall.*
Who would think something with ninja’s would suck so bad.
That had me spitting coffee.
And here I always thought the original video was pee-your-pants funny!
This was done by the same person who did the Total Eclipse one, who I think does the best one.
Here’s the Penny Lane one I mentioned earlier, from Paul’s POV. Horse montage!
I have to admit that I never understood either the original song (Total Eclipse of the Heart???) nor its video. I think the Art Director took the line “Turn Around, Bright Eyes” wayyyy too literally. It looks like the Children of the Damned at Hogwarts.
(And “Turn Around, Bright Eyes” always made me think of Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes, anyway.)
Incomprehensible song with Pretentious artsy video – a perfect target for this treatment. None of the other “literal” treatments I’ve looked at have been anywhere near as good.
My favorite one is Anything For Love.
“My mattress is made of gypsy sluts.
Craftmatic charged me extra for that.”
I was waiting for someone to post this so I wouldn’t have to. It certainly deserves its own thread.
I loved all of the videos posted by this guy, except the Meatloaf one. The others I watched 80 times each. This is sad because I am starting to sing along with the changed lyrics.
I must say that this one, by the guy who invented the concept, I guess, is my current favorite (probably because of what’s sung during the keyboard player’s first solo shot).
OMG that was hilarious. “Same cops from ‘Janie’s Got a Gun’”. Ha!
Total Eclipse is the best by far, but my favorite is White Wedding, just cause the original song’s so awesome and there’s some cleverness in the new lyrics.
Funny, both of those and the Bonnie Tyler video were all the creations of Russell Mulcahy.
There’s a song that belongs in this thread called Title of the Song. It’s like the literal videos, except without the video.
Random cop!
:D:D:D
“I’m going to kick some ass with my own pipe wrench.”
This is what makes the A-ha video my favorite.
But Total Eclipse *is *a much better video to make fun of:
*The gayest man on Earth
Would call this over the top!
*
Now I’m going to go blow the rest of my afternoon watching these. Yay!
Oh holy crap I just saw “Anything for Love”
That was the funniest thing I have ever seen…ever.
I’ve only watched the first one and Daydream Believer. I went through three Kleenex wiping tears of laughter from my eyes while watching.
I haven’t been choked with laughter like this in a loooooong time. Thanks for posting this!
The whole thing is gold. Thanks for posting.
Now it’s getting creepy
And they shouldn’t fence at night
or they’re going to hurt the gymnasts
Surprise mirror!
How about a towel?
Which cretin put gold dust in my fencing mask?
Plus all the whiny voices when the tablecloth trick doesn’t work.
“You’re making it woooorse!”
You simply must watch Video Killed the Radio Star.