It was a funny looking bird and he stood right before my eyes / With a space suit and a laser-gun he was only passing by...

December 19, 2006 1:53 PM

Videokids - Woodpeckers From Space (youtube) Test your mettle - try to watch the whole thing.
posted by hypocritical ross (24 comments total)

Another youtube endurance test? Why?
posted by Burhanistan at 2:01 PM on December 19, 2006

whassamatter? scared?
posted by hypocritical ross at 2:22 PM on December 19, 2006

Sounds like a cheap "Jam On It" ripoff.
posted by sharksandwich at 2:25 PM on December 19, 2006

YEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

Life is worth living again! All glory to YouTube and hypocritical ross!

Woodpeckers stimulate my funny bone!
posted by Tube at 2:39 PM on December 19, 2006

I couldn't do it.
posted by The White Hat at 3:04 PM on December 19, 2006

This post will probably get deleted, but I'd still like to raise you.
posted by soundofsuburbia at 3:10 PM on December 19, 2006

It would only be merciful.
posted by dhartung at 3:16 PM on December 19, 2006

wow, soundsofsuburbia: that really, really sucks.
posted by hypocritical ross at 3:21 PM on December 19, 2006

O ya, o ya, well, how about listening to this for 12 straight hours... huh? (mp3 links at bottom of page)
posted by anthill at 3:27 PM on December 19, 2006

That's not a woodpecker.
posted by koeselitz at 3:35 PM on December 19, 2006

From the description in soundofsuburbia's "raise you" link: "This video was transferred from a VHS promo copy sent to a radio station. The Hi-Fi audio track was maintained and there are no logos/bugs on the screen."

Somebody's a very careful archivist of crap.
posted by koeselitz at 3:38 PM on December 19, 2006

This is awesome.
posted by brundlefly at 3:43 PM on December 19, 2006

Failed.
posted by bpm140 at 4:21 PM on December 19, 2006

i guess someone must have liked it enough to redo it ... (just some amateur video, but the girl's cute)
posted by pyramid termite at 4:24 PM on December 19, 2006

Compare this to the thin line of gray ditch-mud that runs down midtown New York City curb gutters after a rain in the summer. Or, perhaps, the taste of raw sea urchin. Take a bite of either. Discuss.
posted by nj_subgenius at 4:42 PM on December 19, 2006

I couldn't listen to the woodpecker but I made it all the way through Edelweiss due to cleavage and the catchy tune.
posted by Dillenger69 at 4:45 PM on December 19, 2006

Suburbia wins. Hands down.

And, (though the cute girl helps), I did almost enjoy the second woodpecker from space video.
posted by Debaser626 at 6:27 PM on December 19, 2006

Alright, I watched the whole thing. Where can I pick up my free Wii?
posted by obvious at 6:49 PM on December 19, 2006

Wait a second now. THAT LAUGH is actually stolen?
posted by ernie at 6:52 PM on December 19, 2006

a recent entry
posted by es_de_bah at 7:26 PM on December 19, 2006

and thankyou anthill...that was awesome...
posted by es_de_bah at 7:31 PM on December 19, 2006

This post will probably get deleted, but I'd still like to raise you.

Wow! I'd totally forgotten about that. One or both of the dudes rapping on that were students at my college when I was there. Of course we all thought it was the greatest song ever.

This is what "Raf" of "Raf and Cooly-C" is doing now.
posted by Opposite George at 10:57 PM on December 19, 2006 [1 favorite]

Somehow an mp3 of this song washed up on my computer in the haze of the late 90's and their college-dorm networks. I loathed it but could never get rid of it. The first ten seconds made my stomach turn, my face twist. Whenever I would feel numb, I would play the beginning of the song, just to feel something, anything.

Somehow the video makes the song better, not worse.
posted by bicyclefish at 11:54 PM on December 19, 2006

Life's too short to devote an hour and a half to watching this video. I realize it's actually only 3 minutes long, but time is relative...
posted by wsg at 1:16 AM on December 20, 2006