Comments on: because just like mistletoe, I'm totally hung...

because just like mistletoe, I'm totally hung...

mathowie — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 20:58:16 -0800

GIVE ME A WEAPON OF MASS AFFECTION a boy band (called Boy O Boy) that sings a song like you've never heard/seen before (quicktime video, in a popup, but oh so worth it)

By: blacklite

blacklite — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:04:01 -0800

This is the worst thing in the entire world I have ever seen in musical form. It just keeps getting worse, too. I will never get these minutes back. I need to quit clicking on links.

By: jonson

jonson — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:05:24 -0800

blacklite - you know it was a joke, right, intentionally bad? I thought it was kinda clever. Ignited Minds is an ad agency, about a block from where I work in L.A., this was perhaps their corporate holiday card?

By: kliuless

kliuless — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:06:00 -0800

what that first guy spawned by cory doctorow and quentin tarantino?

By: jazon

jazon — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:06:06 -0800

[this is good]

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:06:30 -0800

Matt, you didn't EAT some mistletoe did you? That shit will fuck you right up. The Beck-analogue was kinda cute, though.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:13:08 -0800

*ROFLgasm*

By: fungible

fungible — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:18:48 -0800

Whatever happened to boy bands? We haven't seen any new ones since NSync broke up. Have they been replaced on the teen musical palate by whiny nasal pop punk?

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:23:59 -0800

omg, that was brilliant...war so isn't awesome. Great find Mathowie, thanks.

By: filthy five dolla n00b

filthy five dolla n00b — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:29:24 -0800

truly n00bilicious, oh wise #1.

By: Kifer85

Kifer85 — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:34:11 -0800

ATOMIC

By: blendor

blendor — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:41:37 -0800

it's been done, and done better.

By: stray

stray — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:44:17 -0800

I am so hawt for those boyz

By: rafter

rafter — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:48:33 -0800

Also here.

By: greasepig

greasepig — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:50:53 -0800

OK, I haven't been keeping up with boy bands lately or anything, but is there anything different about this from what's hitting the charts lately? Seems like something that big group "Three Times One Minus One" would do.

By: c13

c13 — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:52:04 -0800

Boy o boy.....

By: QuietDesperation

QuietDesperation — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:54:43 -0800

The same old hackneyed rhymes. I swear, if I hear "bazooka" and "hannukah" rhymed in one more song, I'll scream....

By: fenriq

fenriq — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:59:07 -0800

I was only able to watch about 30 seconds before the convulsions began. My wife says no more internet for me tonight. Thanks Matt, it was a fun ride. I'm sure the nightmares will be worth it.

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 22:19:32 -0800

Yvan eht nioj...

By: joelf

joelf — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 22:30:18 -0800

My favorite bad assed bad band, all the way from Moalavia! Zlad! with Electronik Supersonik

By: cj_

cj_ — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 22:37:17 -0800

That was the worst thing I've seen in my life. I will torment everyone I know with it, thanks.

By: genevieve

genevieve — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 22:42:08 -0800

I have the sudden urge to ...join the navY

By: wendell

wendell — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 23:15:51 -0800

I was thinking it was a parody... a put-on, until I went to the website of the ad agency that created it, and was assaulted by a Flash-driven assortment of advertising cliches, stating the obvious and unsubstantiated claims of 'edginess'... Our print portfolio isn't so much an exhibition of the best work we've done, but a tribute to the clients who had the courage to let us do it... It's not interactive advertising until somebody decides to click on it... Suppositories. Proof that good things and small packages don't always go together... ...while namedropping a client list dominated by video games (including games based on movies and the propaganda game "America's Army"), Sony and... what's this? Loyola Marymount University? (or as they redundantly call it, LMU University) No-o-o-o! Not my alma mater! I'm going to have to give my degree back!!! Anyway, after looking at the mindset of so-called-IgnitedMinds, it's clear to me hat the 'boy o boy' video represents a dead serious effort on their part, and pretty much the best they can do!

By: Cryptical Envelopment

Cryptical Envelopment — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 23:17:29 -0800

This is cool. U2s record sucks but its good. Fuck, Matt, take it home OK, don't make your community follow your cock OK?

By: milkwood

milkwood — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 23:50:55 -0800

Hellish. Just hellish. My ears are bleeding.

By: jasenlee

jasenlee — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 23:55:09 -0800

Do I dare mention the Icy Hot Stuntaz

By: zia

zia — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 00:09:05 -0800

Matt - you used your power - the power of Howie - for Eveel. Eveel, not good, Matt

By: rushmc

rushmc — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 00:16:59 -0800

Oh. My. God.

By: hopeless romantique

hopeless romantique — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 01:22:27 -0800

Ow, it burns!

By: cgc373

cgc373 — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 01:39:40 -0800

This vid surely is some cock-ass fuck, no shit. Except on the tip. Slide. Although it hurts more and more as you go, which is a little strange, no?

By: Colloquial Collision

Colloquial Collision — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 02:33:06 -0800

I am now forwarding that link to all my relatives. No, we don't get along, so it's cool.

By: bryanzera

bryanzera — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 02:35:19 -0800

Wow ... that had everything. A reference to current events, veiled homosexuality and a key change. Boom.

By: Colloquial Collision

Colloquial Collision — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 02:45:51 -0800

Wow ... that had everything. The video also has decent AfterEffects, which is trendy and MTV-esque. The video also has a Card Dance/Shatter explosion effect which is possibly the biggest, most awful design faux pas in motion graphics...actually, it's a travesty, the biggest, most awful travesty in motion graphics.

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 03:00:58 -0800

Wow ... that had everything. And they broke it down, man -- they totally broke it down!

By: cgc373

cgc373 — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 03:19:39 -0800

Hmm. After wendell's comment, I also looked around the Ignited Minds site for a few minutes, and conclude the sincerity behind their video effort is genuine, but the thrust of their whole approach/persona/etc is perfect pop irony in a shiny, vapid shell. They mean it, of course. They "really, really mean it," I mean. Or I'm just being mean, really. In any case, their ironic stance intends to deflect any criticism with its buoyant freshness, like some kind of fabric softener or douche. Too bad they fail. That kind of thing is entertaining when it works.

By: cgc373

cgc373 — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 03:27:14 -0800

I suppose we could stay in-house with this, too. (Does this count as a double-post and a pseudo-Meta-self-link?)

By: yerfatma

yerfatma — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 04:17:04 -0800

a dead serious effort on their part, and pretty much the best they can do! You've got to be shitting me. Way to hate on something halfway decent. You don't like it, that's fine. But it's well done for something made for laughs. Putting it down in a post-post-ironic way is worth 0 cool points, so everyone save their "Look at my reaction" reactions for the next meme thread.

By: tr33hggr

tr33hggr — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 04:45:43 -0800

D-Rock is my favorite. He keeps it old skool!

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 04:46:50 -0800

Rhyme scheme by Ogden Nash. Music by Casio™. This will unite nations.

By: joelf

joelf — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 04:48:44 -0800

a dead serious effort on their part, and pretty much the best they can do! I'm guessing its an attempt at a viral for their company or something fun just to piss around with, to give to some of their "in the know" clients

By: Flem Snopes

Flem Snopes — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 04:53:02 -0800

Another example of life imitating the Simpsons.

By: JanetLand

JanetLand — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 04:54:19 -0800

I was terribly impressed that they spelled "mistletoe" correctly. Who says these kids aren't learning anything in school?

By: cgc373

cgc373 — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 04:57:53 -0800

yerfatma, I ain't hatin', I'm laughin', but the slippery part at issue -- if there's an issue here: real question -- is how serious this effort is and what effects it's after, unless I'm misreading wendell. There's nothing wrong with fooling around or playing seriously; I don't think that's wendell's point or mine. What bugs with Boy O Boy isn't "Weapons of Mass Affection" so much as Ignited Minds. Look at the site. Some of that shit would pass in MetaFilter some days in some threads with some people, but most of it would be slapped down hard in short order, because it's so chirpy and ironic you want to hit 'em in their . . . ahem.

By: cgc373

cgc373 — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 05:03:07 -0800

Another example of life imitating the Simpsons. "Life" imitating the worst of The Simpsons.

By: fluffycreature

fluffycreature — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 05:10:07 -0800

It's not easy to produce such a piece that provides the perfect balance between laughing and groaning. Quite well done. I do live in fear though when the next highly manicured boy band is going to be announced. I am hoping that period of music history is behind us. I wait....

By: sciurus

sciurus — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 05:10:51 -0800

As bad as that was, I still hate the song Feliz Navidad even more.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 05:36:00 -0800

Just like mistletoe, that thing was totally HUNG!

By: yerfatma

yerfatma — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 05:51:49 -0800

What bugs with Boy O Boy isn't "Weapons of Mass Affection" so much as Ignited Minds. Look at the site. I don't really have a problem with their site. They're an ad agency. I don't trust an ad agency and I don't want to hire one, but some people are looking for one and that's the kind of thing that sells as bleeding edge right now. Nothing ever changes: what's bleeding edge in marketing is what was cool in the recent past. The only difference is the cycles have gotten shorter. Look at Nike's new Lebron campaign and it's anime stylings.

By: doublehelix

doublehelix — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 05:54:56 -0800

I thought the whole think was a joke. Didn't you laugh? I thought it was really funny! Nothing to take seriously.

By: Jart

Jart — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 06:07:51 -0800

I Loved It. It Was Better Than Cats. I Will See It Again and Again.

By: cgc373

cgc373 — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 06:19:09 -0800

from 10 things about people who play 4) They are acutely aware of what's new and cool. At least until being acutely aware of what's new and cool becomes old and uncool. 7) They create and respond to "buzz." Oddly, few of them know what an apiary is. from Asses and Elbows (under About Us) 1) We've successfully marketed more than one billion dollars of computer and video game software. That's twice as much as agencies that have marketed a half-billion dollars of computer and video game software. 4) We believe our bottom line is your bottom line. And our bottom line is our bottom line. But our bottom line is not your bottom line. According to our CFO, this benefits you somehow. These aren't the most juvenile or least entertaining pulls from this juvenile and dull site, but I'm not interested in transcribing too much more inane market-babble. I don't think it qualifies in any way though, as a "bleeding edge."

By: bardic

bardic — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 06:52:51 -0800

Umm, boy o boy, as in, fighting gravity?

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 07:24:35 -0800

I was terribly impressed that they spelled "mistletoe" correctly. Except later, when "M-I-S-T-L-O-E" seemed to scan better.

By: papercake

papercake — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 07:45:15 -0800

Am I the only one that thought the missile they were talkin' 'bout was going to be something else?

By: kenko

kenko — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 07:56:20 -0800

There are no comics in the Wall Street Journal.

By: amandaudoff

amandaudoff — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 08:15:59 -0800

papercake- thank you for not making me the only one.

By: Miss Bitchy Pants

Miss Bitchy Pants — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 08:41:43 -0800

papercake and amandaudoff: When they sang "Point that missle in my direction" I hit mute as I was certain everyone in the company would assume I was looking at gay porn. Again.

By: Juicylicious

Juicylicious — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:32:18 -0800

hang on down mistletoe, hang Thanks for creating an earworm for me Matt. Oh yeah, missle [giggle]

By: NationalKato

NationalKato — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:52:18 -0800

they just don't seem like their hearts are in it. not like these guys, who have a serious message to convey.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:55:12 -0800

Did some people not watch until the very end where they mention it's a joke holiday piece for their clients? It's a big fat joke.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 10:29:12 -0800

If only driving a pencil through my eardrums and burning my eyes with hot coals would kill the memories of the sights and sounds of that atrocity. Trepanation may be my only hope.

By: SweetJesus

SweetJesus — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 10:36:40 -0800

That whole thing is fantastic... Where can I get the ringtone?

By: darkstar

darkstar — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 12:55:46 -0800

Hilarious! And dare I say it, the music is pretty infectious, too. (Oh, God, no, not the vocals!) If anyone happens to know where the .mp3 is for this, it'd go great in my iTunes. Right next to Bubba the Love Sponge's twist on the theme from Gilligan's Island and the radio broadcast of the Hindenberg crash...

By: deborah

deborah — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 13:30:03 -0800

*plays Feliz Navidad to rinse out ears*

By: NationalKato

NationalKato — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 14:06:30 -0800

*plays Stereolab to rinse Feliz Navidad out ears*

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 18:54:32 -0800

Is anyone seriously considering that this wasn't a joke? Metafilter, you disappoint me!

By: Bdave

Bdave — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 19:08:49 -0800

That was a nice song. *dies*

By: adrober

adrober — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 23:22:14 -0800

you GUYS seriously you don't get this is song AT ALL...theze commenz are so full of HATE... that song is saying something REALLY IMPORTANT about LOVE and stopping war and stuff.. and KC is so totally cute i totally want him to point his missle in my direction HEHE... the missle im talking about is his PENIS... just kidding! NOT! but seriously... i HEART this song... XOXOXOXOX.

By: dougunderscorenelso

dougunderscorenelso — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 09:27:25 -0800

It's a little bit late...would've been overjoyed to see this a year and a half ago. Still, you have to love the "awesome" line.

By: Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 09:30:30 -0800

"the story was long so I just passed it by but I'm pretty sure it would've brought a tear to my eye." That was good, but then I noticed they rhymed Bazooka with Hah-NOOK-a. Fucking beautiful. *snif*