Comments on: I won't take this lying down

I won't take this lying down

yankeefog — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 10:03:53 -0800

(12 meg quicktime movie) is an utterly charming German music video about all the other fun things you can do lying down. (Yes, it's entirely safe for work, unless your workplace forbids quirky charm.) If you enjoy it, check out Transsylvanische Verwandte(12 meg quicktime movie), another work by the same director. For a look behind the scenes of both films, there's this making-of video. (The making of video is a realplayer file, and it's in German--but I don't speak German, and I got the general idea.) Via Antville.

By: jedicus

jedicus — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 10:35:19 -0800

The lyrics go: I love the hateful tirades of my cobbler, when I bring him something to repair I love it when pizza bakers chew me out I love it when someone grills me (unsure of this one) I love the songs of bureaucrats I love, love this sing-song I love it to wander in the valley of tears I treasure standing in torrential rain I love it when moths take a liking to my clothes I love it when someone tells me something won't work I love conversations about suicide I love, love this sing-song It just has to be charming And it has to be subtle And it has to have a joke And it should be sexy And it has to have esprit And exhiliration And exhiliration I also treasure the great catastrophes I love social differences I love it when everybody whines I love, love this sing-song It just has to be charming...(repeated)

By: jedicus

jedicus — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 10:42:36 -0800

(Those are the lyrics for Heiterkeit, by the way) Oh, and also by the by, Licht did this song at least a couple years ago, but I hadn't seen the video, so thanks for the post. I had seen the video for Safarinachmittag, though on a different site, and I didn't realize videos had been made of several of his songs.

By: Pecinpah

Pecinpah — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 10:49:48 -0800

This is so goddamn good it makes me feel nauseous.

By: wheelieman

wheelieman — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 11:03:19 -0800

Metafilter: Yes, it's entirely safe for work, unless your workplace forbids quirky charm

By: peacay

peacay — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 11:30:05 -0800

Thanks yankeefog, that was excellent.

By: Alison

Alison — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 11:59:26 -0800

Wow, that was great. It makes me want to crawl around on the floor of my office.

By: jenovus

jenovus — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:24:16 -0800

That was actually really cool. Thanks!

By: Mikey-San

Mikey-San — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:05:08 -0800

This has made me happier than anything else I've ever seen on MeFi before.

By: 3.2.3

3.2.3 — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:57:24 -0800

ingenious.

By: Popular Ethics

Popular Ethics — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 19:32:48 -0800

OK, today is officially quicktime funday on Metafilter. Thanks yankeedog.

By: muckster

muckster — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 20:32:04 -0800

[das war lustig]

By: gren

gren — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 01:26:31 -0800

yeah, many thanks for that, I needed something silly and light to clear my head of the news of the day, and this does it in spades. TONS of really simple tricks you can do with a digicam, some friends and a floor (safe for work things ;)