Good times for a change

September 22, 2013 9:11 AM

"Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want," an infomercial fanvid.
posted by griphus (23 comments total)

That finger poke at the screen... I do that every time I comment
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 9:17 AM on September 22, 2013 [6 favorites]

Not "Miserable Lie"?
posted by Rustic Etruscan at 9:26 AM on September 22, 2013

And if you call now, we'll double triple the offer!
posted by Sys Rq at 9:30 AM on September 22, 2013

Mod note: This isn't the same vid, and it's still hilarious. Plus it's Sunday and I'm hungover so it can live.
posted by restless_nomad (staff) at 9:46 AM on September 22, 2013 [7 favorites]

I bet this is what it's like being Morrissey all the time.
posted by Ghostride The Whip at 9:46 AM on September 22, 2013 [3 favorites]

Not available to mobile devices? What century are we living in?
posted by hwestiii at 9:58 AM on September 22, 2013 [1 favorite]

Yeah the morrisey really fills these poor fools with pathos.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 9:59 AM on September 22, 2013

Morrissey has it hard.
posted by cjorgensen at 10:01 AM on September 22, 2013

I liked this video, but also Dear Morrissey (lyrics).
posted by Monsieur Caution at 10:08 AM on September 22, 2013

Lighten Up, Morrisey!

is now stuck in my head for the rest of the day
posted by Rory Marinich at 10:10 AM on September 22, 2013 [1 favorite]

Not available to mobile devices? What century are we living in?


Sadly, the early 21st century. A time when the music industry is afraid to let copyrighted music play in YouTube videos. I don't understand why they don't think of the music as promotion rather than a threat.
posted by birdherder at 10:11 AM on September 22, 2013

half way thru the vid i closed my eyes and went back to those days when i thought i had nothing and to some extent now where i've fought so hard to fill my life with so many things and yet my life may still feel void of meaning and empty like an empty cavern where i sit surrounded by obsidian... something like Louis CK explained earlier this week on Conan. then i clicked on Lighten Up, Morrisey! and it all quickly began to dissipate... its a work in progress. either way, thanks for the link Rory.
posted by vonstadler at 10:23 AM on September 22, 2013 [1 favorite]

Oooh, I think this is the place where I can leave this video: Charles Dickens, Victorian Morrisey.
posted by Ned G at 10:23 AM on September 22, 2013 [5 favorites]

Ooh, and also Slow Moving Millie's cover of Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want which is awesome
posted by memebake at 10:34 AM on September 22, 2013 [1 favorite]

Not Happy
posted by Sys Rq at 10:36 AM on September 22, 2013

And those that want to see Morrisey lighten up should check out his epiphany in At Last I Am Born
posted by memebake at 10:37 AM on September 22, 2013 [1 favorite]

Metafilter: I'm hungover so it can live.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 10:38 AM on September 22, 2013 [1 favorite]

I feel compelled to link to the more famous cover of this song, which is also associated with wistful melancholy longing
posted by The Whelk at 10:53 AM on September 22, 2013 [2 favorites]

Bikini shower woman is my favorite. She just stares at the two ends of the towel and gives up instantly.

my role model.
posted by The Whelk at 11:15 AM on September 22, 2013 [1 favorite]

This is actually one of my favorite of the Janice Whaley a capella covers (previously), too.
posted by en forme de poire at 11:52 AM on September 22, 2013

(MeFi Music cover competition anyone?)
posted by en forme de poire at 11:53 AM on September 22, 2013 [2 favorites]

This, on the other hand, is the worst version I can find.
posted by jimmythefish at 11:58 AM on September 22, 2013 [2 favorites]

I don't know if there's a whole lotta competition, but I'm pretty sure this is the best version of Girlfriend in a Coma.
posted by hap_hazard at 2:46 PM on September 22, 2013 [1 favorite]