If you get down on me, I'll get down...what?
March 14, 2009 11:09 AM Subscribe
This video has it all. Beaches and urban settings, guidos, sportsball games, life preservers, viewfinders, weightlifting, moral messages, horrible band name. What else could you want? Oh, talent...right.
This post was deleted for the following reason: "check this out, it sucks" isn't really a great premise for a post, esp a SLYT post. -- jessamyn
No Doubt. Why did you post it here?
The worst part is I had just recovered from seeing this once maybe 8 years ago.
Thanks a lot.
posted by mannequito at 11:14 AM on March 14, 2009 [1 favorite]
The worst part is I had just recovered from seeing this once maybe 8 years ago.
Thanks a lot.
posted by mannequito at 11:14 AM on March 14, 2009 [1 favorite]
You gotta dig deep to find a Youtube video with only 3 stars.
posted by gman at 11:15 AM on March 14, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by gman at 11:15 AM on March 14, 2009 [1 favorite]
Are they singing this song to the 13 year old boy? Or the homeless guy?
posted by NoMich at 11:16 AM on March 14, 2009
posted by NoMich at 11:16 AM on March 14, 2009
Is it just me or are the band members kind of orange?
posted by treepour at 11:23 AM on March 14, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by treepour at 11:23 AM on March 14, 2009 [1 favorite]
I watched the whole 3:42, but those three dudes never started fucking.
posted by box at 11:24 AM on March 14, 2009 [7 favorites]
posted by box at 11:24 AM on March 14, 2009 [7 favorites]
was it "I'll get down..." or "I'll go down..." I couldn't tell.. and it changes everything!
But, without the answer to that...
In all honesty, I've seen worse music/videos, this certainly isn't my taste, but if we post links to every bad music video, there won't be room for anything else...
so another vote for.... why?
posted by HuronBob at 11:29 AM on March 14, 2009
But, without the answer to that...
In all honesty, I've seen worse music/videos, this certainly isn't my taste, but if we post links to every bad music video, there won't be room for anything else...
so another vote for.... why?
posted by HuronBob at 11:29 AM on March 14, 2009
Eh, they're pretty good but they're no DuJour.
posted by 2or3whiskeysodas at 11:30 AM on March 14, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by 2or3whiskeysodas at 11:30 AM on March 14, 2009 [1 favorite]
I don't think schyler523 needs to take exception to this video because the singers don't have talent. This video does have it all.
The visual signals of the world-within-fantasy that supercedes the world inhabited by the black youth suggest sexual and professional envy on the part of the trio of the black youth's simulacral avatar. The proposition is that when the boy--who at first could only turn out his pockets at a destitute white man's request for alms--transfers the simulacral View-Master to the parentheticallly aforementioned destitute white man, he willingly initiates his own simulcral envy of the destitute white man.
In our world, the black youth will easily sidestep this horrible envy by being able to live in a world devoid of sexually suggestive bikini-clad vamps and envious replicant trios of pearl-wearing lipstick-besmudged girl-like-boy bands.
Under the wire?
posted by mistersquid at 11:33 AM on March 14, 2009 [4 favorites]
The visual signals of the world-within-fantasy that supercedes the world inhabited by the black youth suggest sexual and professional envy on the part of the trio of the black youth's simulacral avatar. The proposition is that when the boy--who at first could only turn out his pockets at a destitute white man's request for alms--transfers the simulacral View-Master to the parentheticallly aforementioned destitute white man, he willingly initiates his own simulcral envy of the destitute white man.
In our world, the black youth will easily sidestep this horrible envy by being able to live in a world devoid of sexually suggestive bikini-clad vamps and envious replicant trios of pearl-wearing lipstick-besmudged girl-like-boy bands.
Under the wire?
posted by mistersquid at 11:33 AM on March 14, 2009 [4 favorites]
I bet the black youth is the only one who wants gets the women in that video.
posted by Benny Andajetz at 11:38 AM on March 14, 2009
posted by Benny Andajetz at 11:38 AM on March 14, 2009
I like this Sloan video.
Well fuck it then, can we just turn this into a thread for absolutely random music video postings? It is Saturday after all. I say lettem fly.
posted by mannequito at 11:39 AM on March 14, 2009
Well fuck it then, can we just turn this into a thread for absolutely random music video postings? It is Saturday after all. I say lettem fly.
posted by mannequito at 11:39 AM on March 14, 2009
Oh, God. Lifejackets! Cummerbunds! In! Neon! Colours!
This is suburban Canadian music at its pinnacle. (You must be THIS LOW to achieve this pinnacle). I remember that a teenaged cousin of mine LOVED these brothers, but they never really broke out much beyond Pickering shopping malls and a brief stint on MuchMusic.
posted by maudlin at 11:40 AM on March 14, 2009
This is suburban Canadian music at its pinnacle. (You must be THIS LOW to achieve this pinnacle). I remember that a teenaged cousin of mine LOVED these brothers, but they never really broke out much beyond Pickering shopping malls and a brief stint on MuchMusic.
posted by maudlin at 11:40 AM on March 14, 2009
This video has it all. Beaches and urban settings, guidos, sportsball games, life preservers, viewfinders, weightlifting, moral messages, horrible band name.
You forgot ritual sacrifice, pedophilia, Hoverounds®, undertones of French colonialism, and George Wendt...wait, I think I clicked on the wrong link.
posted by aftermarketradio at 11:40 AM on March 14, 2009
You forgot ritual sacrifice, pedophilia, Hoverounds®, undertones of French colonialism, and George Wendt...wait, I think I clicked on the wrong link.
posted by aftermarketradio at 11:40 AM on March 14, 2009
What the hell are those orange things jumping around?
posted by fire&wings at 11:41 AM on March 14, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by fire&wings at 11:41 AM on March 14, 2009 [2 favorites]
I thought it was some awesome animation. After all, the orange plastic (almost identical) mannequins playing the 'singers' looked real for at least 50% of the time.
The OH SO AMUSING pearl necklace theme was excellent, too. Where excellent is "Shitter than any shit you can imagine".
posted by Brockles at 11:41 AM on March 14, 2009
The OH SO AMUSING pearl necklace theme was excellent, too. Where excellent is "Shitter than any shit you can imagine".
posted by Brockles at 11:41 AM on March 14, 2009
I have an uncle named Guido and he takes exception to your "LOLguidos" tag.
posted by cimbrog at 11:41 AM on March 14, 2009
posted by cimbrog at 11:41 AM on March 14, 2009
Why are they orange?
posted by vibrotronica at 11:42 AM on March 14, 2009
posted by vibrotronica at 11:42 AM on March 14, 2009
The orange, gel tousled, gay deltoid Tangent Universe will collapse into itself in 28 seconds.
posted by benzenedream at 11:42 AM on March 14, 2009
posted by benzenedream at 11:42 AM on March 14, 2009
For reasons I cannot possibly explain, the moment I saw the the first of the guys in the group (0:14) and heard the vocal, I thought, "Are these guys Canadian?" No prompting, no maple leaves in the background or anything, but that sprung up there as quickly as I would remember someone's name when I first saw them. I was befuddled and a little annoyed at myself for clearing not taking good care of my brain if it was misfiring this badly.
Lo and behold. That does look like an overcast day on Lake Michigan, I suppose.
But that was the only remotely interesting thing from this post. Put me in the "why?" camp. ('Y' camp?)
posted by el_lupino at 11:43 AM on March 14, 2009
Lo and behold. That does look like an overcast day on Lake Michigan, I suppose.
But that was the only remotely interesting thing from this post. Put me in the "why?" camp. ('Y' camp?)
posted by el_lupino at 11:43 AM on March 14, 2009
This is suburban Canadian music at its pinnacle. (You must be THIS LOW to achieve this pinnacle). I remember that a teenaged cousin of mine LOVED these brothers, but they never really broke out much beyond Pickering shopping malls and a brief stint on MuchMusic.
They're no Robin Sparkles.
posted by NoMich at 11:49 AM on March 14, 2009
They're no Robin Sparkles.
posted by NoMich at 11:49 AM on March 14, 2009
For those of you who found the oral double entendres in Color Me Badd and Bell Biv Devoe videos too subtle...
posted by jonp72 at 12:02 PM on March 14, 2009
posted by jonp72 at 12:02 PM on March 14, 2009
oy vey, I remember these boys. I was working at Urban Outfitters in Toronto at the time when this group was trying to break out, and their stylist was always coming into the store, trying desperately to give these boys a look that wasn't "suburban mallrat" (boy, were they in the wrong store).
And, yes, they're as orange as carrots. I saw them come in and try on clothes at the time and they were like carrot-colored beacons in the distance. I remember as being relatively friendly, despite the wretched music they produced.
posted by LMGM at 12:04 PM on March 14, 2009 [3 favorites]
And, yes, they're as orange as carrots. I saw them come in and try on clothes at the time and they were like carrot-colored beacons in the distance. I remember as being relatively friendly, despite the wretched music they produced.
posted by LMGM at 12:04 PM on March 14, 2009 [3 favorites]
If only the black kid had gone down on the hobo at the end, this would have been post worthy.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 12:07 PM on March 14, 2009 [3 favorites]
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 12:07 PM on March 14, 2009 [3 favorites]
y'all can kill me in the morning...
leave me out of this, please.
posted by longsleeves at 12:11 PM on March 14, 2009
leave me out of this, please.
posted by longsleeves at 12:11 PM on March 14, 2009
I didn't have the nerve to finish the video. Was the kid transported to the beach returned home safely? Why did they transport that kid to the beach in the first place so's that they could teach him about oral sex? Did the homeless guy get any action?
My mind won't let me watch the rest. It just won't. My brain does not want.
posted by doctorschlock at 12:17 PM on March 14, 2009
My mind won't let me watch the rest. It just won't. My brain does not want.
posted by doctorschlock at 12:17 PM on March 14, 2009
Why are they orange?
The buff, choker-chained, frosted and salon-tanned guidos are native to northern New Jersey, and can be found roaming in packs of four to sixteen. Primarily nocturnal, their habitats include bars and nightclubs, especially on 2-for-1 nights and shooters nights. They may gesture menacingly if approached by someone outside of their band, but will rarely fight unless they heavily outnumber their opponents. Mating season is year-round. Their natural predator is the bouncer.
posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing at 12:19 PM on March 14, 2009 [6 favorites]
The buff, choker-chained, frosted and salon-tanned guidos are native to northern New Jersey, and can be found roaming in packs of four to sixteen. Primarily nocturnal, their habitats include bars and nightclubs, especially on 2-for-1 nights and shooters nights. They may gesture menacingly if approached by someone outside of their band, but will rarely fight unless they heavily outnumber their opponents. Mating season is year-round. Their natural predator is the bouncer.
posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing at 12:19 PM on March 14, 2009 [6 favorites]
Where was that magic fuzzy pimp hat capable of attracting all women in a 100-yard radius when I was 14?
posted by jonp72 at 12:30 PM on March 14, 2009
posted by jonp72 at 12:30 PM on March 14, 2009
Carotenoids are usually red, orange, or yellow pigments, and include the familiar compound carotene, which gives carrots their color. These compounds are composed of two small six-carbon rings connected by a "chain" of carbon atoms. As a result, they do not dissolve in water, and must be attached to membranes within the cell. Carotenoids cannot transfer sunlight energy directly to the photosynthetic pathway, but must pass their absorbed energy to chlorophyll. For this reason, they are called accessory pigments. One very visible accessory pigment is fucoxanthin the brown pigment which colors what has commonly become known as "guidos", found in northern New Jersey and lake-area Canada.
posted by netbros at 12:38 PM on March 14, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by netbros at 12:38 PM on March 14, 2009 [1 favorite]
Wait, they could have called themselves Kowarsky, Kowarsky, and Einbinder and become a hell of a law firm...instead they did THIS????
posted by HuronBob at 12:42 PM on March 14, 2009
posted by HuronBob at 12:42 PM on March 14, 2009
My soundcard seems not to be working, which is a shame.
So can I take this opportunity to ask if ob, pb, and jb are brothers? and if so, what happened to their siblings k through n?
posted by Sova at 12:43 PM on March 14, 2009
So can I take this opportunity to ask if ob, pb, and jb are brothers? and if so, what happened to their siblings k through n?
posted by Sova at 12:43 PM on March 14, 2009
You know, I would like to personally thank you for this post. Last night I unsuccessfully tried to watch the movie Irreversible, I only got halfway through it. This has wiped those memories clean and has replaced them. I think I still may need therapy though.
posted by P.o.B. at 12:59 PM on March 14, 2009
posted by P.o.B. at 12:59 PM on March 14, 2009
The buff, choker-chained, frosted and salon-tanned guidos are native to northern New Jersey...
That may be, but these guys are Canadian. And I love the Wikipedia entry:
posted by pracowity at 1:00 PM on March 14, 2009
That may be, but these guys are Canadian. And I love the Wikipedia entry:
b4-4 (pronounced 'before 4' - a reference to the fact that there are 3 group members) was a boy band from Toronto, Ontario. The band had three members: twins Ryan and Dan Kowarsky, and Ohad Einbinder. Although friends for several years, the group did not officially form until 1999. After spontaneously walking into Sony Records' Toronto office, the group performed impromptu for Sony's A&R head and chief recording engineer. Confused by their efforts, the trio was signed to the label, and the album b4-4 was produced.How did they manage to get a record deal? They confused the A&R guy. Dazzled him with orangosity and Wilma necklaces, I bet.
posted by pracowity at 1:00 PM on March 14, 2009
Guys, when you want your guidos, go straight to the source:
Guido Beach, New Jersey.
posted by Pastabagel at 1:01 PM on March 14, 2009 [2 favorites]
Guido Beach, New Jersey.
posted by Pastabagel at 1:01 PM on March 14, 2009 [2 favorites]
That may be, but these guys are Canadian.
Yes, many have migrated due to loss of habitat - clubs closing during the recession. Beaten but determined, the guidos brave the long distances, subsisting on a diet comprised solely of Grey Goose vodka and powerbars as they make the journey north. Some will not survive. Others will live through the journey, flocking together in their tinted Nissan Sentras to celebrate their arrival with "the thumping of the bass tubes".
posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing at 1:04 PM on March 14, 2009
Yes, many have migrated due to loss of habitat - clubs closing during the recession. Beaten but determined, the guidos brave the long distances, subsisting on a diet comprised solely of Grey Goose vodka and powerbars as they make the journey north. Some will not survive. Others will live through the journey, flocking together in their tinted Nissan Sentras to celebrate their arrival with "the thumping of the bass tubes".
posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing at 1:04 PM on March 14, 2009
How did they manage to get a record deal? They confused the A&R guy. Dazzled him with orangosity and Wilma necklaces, I bet.
No foolin, I was going to post that same quote, pracowity, but chalked it up to Mefites messing with the wiki entry and opted not to. If that's the real deal, it's phenomenal.
posted by joe lisboa at 1:15 PM on March 14, 2009
No foolin, I was going to post that same quote, pracowity, but chalked it up to Mefites messing with the wiki entry and opted not to. If that's the real deal, it's phenomenal.
posted by joe lisboa at 1:15 PM on March 14, 2009
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