Halftime Show Of Slow

April 2, 2005 9:49 AM

Simply The Best...Better than all the rest.
posted by AMWKE (28 comments total)

MetaFilter: the worst of the web
posted by Nelson at 9:52 AM on April 2, 2005

This makes drunken karaoke seem merciful. (is one of the singers mentally handicapped?)
posted by Sellersburg/Speed at 9:57 AM on April 2, 2005

(which one?)
posted by emelenjr at 9:59 AM on April 2, 2005

There are no words.
posted by dash_slot- at 10:04 AM on April 2, 2005

*flushes with European pride*

That's the second best use of the song since Season Two of The Office when Brent uses it to climax his business seminar 'gig'. [In looking for a clip of that, I just stumbled upon this roboanimitronic Brent as well]
posted by jenleigh at 10:06 AM on April 2, 2005

Context?
posted by Evstar at 10:19 AM on April 2, 2005

I thought maybe something funny or redeeming would develop, like with the Swedish band that starts singing "Total Eclipse of the Heart" somewhat painfully and then rocks out on kitchen appliances, but it didn't. Don't bother.
posted by TheOnlyCoolTim at 10:19 AM on April 2, 2005

a WORLD of DWEEMS!

Wonderful. Can anyone offer any context? What team (German?)
posted by gdav at 10:20 AM on April 2, 2005

We respect your privacy, don't worry. Your video will only show up [in their top ten lists] if it has received more than 200 hits and is within the top 10 most popular uploads for the time period. So if you are uploading sentimental or private content then you don't have to worry about it showing up here.

Memo to self: re-consider posting web-cam footage of last make-out session with goat.
posted by orthogonality at 10:24 AM on April 2, 2005

Getting a 404. Musta got mefid. mirrors?
posted by Baby_Balrog at 10:24 AM on April 2, 2005

Simply The Worst...
posted by wsg at 10:30 AM on April 2, 2005

Dutch, from their Pop Idols. Here's a longer clip (13mb, 4m51s) where they talk a bit before (in Dutch). Yes, your ears will bleed if you listen to it again.
posted by quiet at 10:34 AM on April 2, 2005

Awesome.
posted by underer at 10:43 AM on April 2, 2005

if that didnt start a soccer riot, what does it take these days?
posted by tsarfan at 10:52 AM on April 2, 2005

Ha. That was great.
posted by Hildago at 11:02 AM on April 2, 2005

I assumed this was green-screened. This is real?

Also, are we bad people for watching? I think each singer is actually mentally disabled.
posted by NickDouglas at 11:13 AM on April 2, 2005

Thank G-d there's no embarressing clips of Americans doing anything like this!
posted by Busithoth at 11:16 AM on April 2, 2005

quiet: Holy crap! I honestly thought these kids were mentally disabled. I was about to post how disappointed I was that MeFi had lowered itself to making fun of the handicapped.

How did this come about? Was this the Dutch equivalent of when Simon bets horrible contestants who refuse to believe they are horrible that if they sing in public people will hate them?

Wager? Horrible practical joke?
posted by LeeJay at 11:21 AM on April 2, 2005

It's like a Village People of Napoleon Dynamite characters. There's the guy dressed like a cowboy, the fat gay activist, the "dark" metal dude, a retarded kid, a kid with a speech impediment, and a few who sound like they are genuinely deaf (at first, I thought it was celebrating how these deaf kids learned how to sing even though they can't hear).
posted by Eideteker at 11:51 AM on April 2, 2005

Is this old Europe or new Europe?
posted by bardic at 12:02 PM on April 2, 2005

Ah.... so it's the various William Hungs of Europe?
posted by Hankins at 12:06 PM on April 2, 2005

Eideteker wins.
posted by putzface_dickman at 1:03 PM on April 2, 2005

That kid in the white shirt and black jeans cracks me up with his way of dancing.
posted by randomstriker at 1:09 PM on April 2, 2005

Some of the videos are entertaining, while others...

posted by deemer at 3:02 PM on April 2, 2005

I like the ad on top for software that allows you to "record this video". In fact I like it so much, I feel compelled to offer this Firefox fun tip, if anyone wants to save this, and didn't know how:

Tools>Page Info>Media

Scroll through the list, highlight the file (usually type "embed") and click the little old "Save As" button in the corner.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 3:59 PM on April 2, 2005

A lifetime of pwomises and dweams.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 6:52 PM on April 2, 2005

Alternatively, PinkStainlessTail, you could rightclick the image, copy the property name, and paste that into a new address bar -- which then downloads the video.

Safe and secure this site is not.

On a lighter note, my husband plays an RPG, complete with mic and headset and a whole group of guys whose partners are *also* RPG widows :), so I just busted up laughing when I watched the third film deemer linked ... when your husband regularly says things to you like, "hold on, honey: I can't hear you cause there are too many voices in my head", then you can well imagine what it be like to have some guy's snore be one of those voices.
posted by thewhynotgirl at 12:14 AM on April 3, 2005

Any sneaky ways to find cached quicktime movies in firefox on os x?
posted by craniac at 9:41 AM on April 3, 2005