The new Weezer video, in short, is a blast. A romp. A rollercoaster of viral video emotions. The band collected some of the most famous faces from the YouTube generation and crammed them all into three minutes and nineteen seconds of musical bliss. All your favorites are there: Chris Crocker, Tay Zonday, and Miss South Carolina (looking like quite the hottie these days), just to name a few. The only one missing is the woman who fell out of the grape-mashing barrel. Still makes me laugh every time.
Of course, the strange footnote to all this is that I'd actually heard this song on the radio once last week, and silly me, I thought it was Sugar Ray. As a result, I've spent the past few days telling people, "Have you heard the new Sugar Ray song? It's actually REALLY GOOD!" Well, my hope for a Sugar Ray comeback has now been squashed, but hey, let's hear it for Weezer! I'm off to the iTunes store...
Thoughts on the song? The video?
Update: Full list of references after the jump.
A guy on BoingBoing posted these links to the clips that were referenced (and I graciously fixed all the broken links, ahem):
Tay Zonday - http://www.youtube.com/user/TayZonday?ob=1
Miss Teen South Carolina - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
Kelly, from the Shoes video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCF3ywukQYA
the Will It Blend? blender - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8H29jU8Wrs
Chris Crocker (Leave Britney Alone) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWSjUe0FyxQ.
the dude in Evolution of Dance - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMH0bHeiRNg
Daft Hands http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2cYWfq--Nw
Daft Bodies - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLYD_-A_X5E
Charlie the Unicorn - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsGYh8AacgY
the ninja guy - http://youtube.com/watch?v=HFBBh2n2yP0
Dramatic Chipmunk - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Kyi0WNg40
it's peanut butter jelly time! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8MDNFaGfT4
K-Fed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6RvngAZCcQ
the Soulja Boy dance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZE2OzguWHo
diet coke and mentos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKoB0MHVBvM
lightsaber guys http://youtube.com/watch?v=8NE5elL30w4
t shirts http://youtube.com/watch?v=r6tlw-oPDBM
numa numa kid http://youtube.com/watch?v=60og9gwKh1o&feature=rel
all your base are belong to us http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qItugh-fFgg
GI Joe PSA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atXIKI2XHj4
Another great video from Weezer. My personal favorite is Keep Fishin' that they did with the Muppets. But really, what is better than Kermit and the gang?
Very creative.
I'm glad they didn't include that little guy from India. But, I could have done without seeing K-fed.
By the way, does anyone know the video being parodied towards the end of the clip with the band member in a blond wig and standing in front of red shoes?
Youtube "Kelly" and "shoes."
Oh my god shoes. B-Side I can't believe you don't know Kelly! I'm gonna betchslap ya shetbag.
Why does Rivers (the lead singer) not even remotely look like himself?
Just one word: Beautiful.
Hmmmm... I'll just have to classify that Shoes video under the "I don't get it" category. You know, like Napoleon Dynamite and Lost.
I was confused about the guy in front of the shoes, but then the shoes video on youtube just confused me more.
I love this video. The more I watch it, the more I appreciate it.
I think the K-Fed bit was lifted directly from his video. For some reason, it's not as cool as if he'd actually shown up and participated in this video shoot.
"Hmmmm... I'll just have to classify that Shoes video under the "I don't get it" category. You know, like Napoleon Dynamite and Lost.":
THANK YOU - christ i thought i was the only one.
it's hard to listen to the song, because the video is so distracting.