Comments on: U know me, and I know u, OMFGWTFBBQ

U know me, and I know u, OMFGWTFBBQ

divabat — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:16:11 -0800

By: Dia Nomou Nomo Apethanon

Dia Nomou Nomo Apethanon — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:23:24 -0800

The first link is to a video of Lolcat images, and there is a song about Lolcats playing, which someone set to the tune of "Come Together." The second link is to a video of the performers of the first song, performing that same song, in live format.

By: philip-random

philip-random — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:28:33 -0800

I generally don't like song spoofs that use Beatles tunes.

By: davejay

davejay — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:39:03 -0800

I generally don't like your face. okay, not really.

By: poppo

poppo — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:39:07 -0800

The two coffeehouse ppl need to listen to Come Together a few more times, wow

By: Roman Graves

Roman Graves — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:40:42 -0800

I would be embarrassed to sing that in public.

By: GrooveJedi

GrooveJedi — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:41:22 -0800

Wow, that is unbelievably annoying.

By: tomas316

tomas316 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:41:23 -0800

FAIL. Not funny.

By: dersins

dersins — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:43:03 -0800

I generally don't like song spoofs that use Beatles tunes. I generally don't like song spoofs that are, y'know, fucking awful.

By: billysumday

billysumday — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:46:41 -0800

Those poor people.

By: xingcat

xingcat — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:47:26 -0800

Oh. Filk.

By: lipsum

lipsum — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:49:43 -0800

At least 100% of this rocks.

By: evilgenius

evilgenius — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:55:32 -0800

but does it rip off The Muppet Show?

By: Happydaz

Happydaz — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:06:18 -0800

I want those three minutes back.

By: Law Talkin' Guy

Law Talkin' Guy — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:09:40 -0800

I'll take this over yet another "privilege checklist" any day.

By: newfers

newfers — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:18:26 -0800

Oh, what a buncha cranks! I love all things LOLcat, personally. So sue me.

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:22:49 -0800

I agree with the first video preamble - there are lots of better things to criticize than the way the performers look. That's the least of their problems.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:25:33 -0800

I... err... eeeeeerrrgh... oooof. lolcat filk are two words I never really expected to see used together. Is there a word for feeling sheepish and embarrassed for someone else? I want to laugh. The delivery is... kind of wooden but I guess that's filk for you If we're unlucky he's going to read poetry to us first, and then throw us out of the airlock.

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:27:52 -0800

This is about 14 months too late.

By: I Foody

I Foody — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:29:07 -0800

I think it's tough, because if I saw this in an actual coffee house or whatever I would think it was kind of cute. Certainly not great and kind of embarrassing but not objectionable. But when I watch youtube where there is an expectation that songs sound like songs even if they are about memes the embarrassingness just jumps out.

By: jbickers

jbickers — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:31:19 -0800

I hate the Internet.

By: everichon

everichon — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:32:04 -0800

Is there a word for feeling sheepish and embarrassed for someone else? Plaatsvervangende schaamte.

By: dawson

dawson — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:36:27 -0800

I enjoyed giving that 1 star.

By: Evangeline

Evangeline — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:54:01 -0800

I want those three minutes back. So you watched it for three minutes? So after the second minute, were you still holding out hope that you would like it, or did you just keep watching it so you could say, "I want those three minutes back"? I kind of liked it.

By: zerokey

zerokey — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:54:50 -0800

I think the concept is cute, but dammit, they look and sound like they're not having one ounce of fun. They look too damned serious. People singing a freaking song about lolcats should be making goofy expressions, not focusing on their warbles and vibrato. I think my long and torrid affair with LOLCats may finally be over. I has teh sad :(

By: katillathehun

katillathehun — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:02:30 -0800

OMG IS FULLA WHITE

By: walrus hunter

walrus hunter — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:05:15 -0800

So, we've been reduced to metaLOL, have we? Let's get over ourselves, people.

By: dammitjim

dammitjim — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:07:37 -0800

Well, I didn't have crazy high expectations, and I can't help it, I still love looking at good LOLcats pics, even if I've seen them before. So the first link (the one made after people were evidently making fun of the performers in previous comments *stares pointedly around thread*) was more fun. The song made the LOLcats more fun, though... I couldn't watch the second one by itself.

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:31:16 -0800

This is still here?

By: ixohoxi

ixohoxi — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:49:20 -0800

Filk is basically Weird Al Yankovic, without the commercial and artistic success. I'll allow a moment for that to sink in.

By: storybored

storybored — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:19:52 -0800

Nuke it from orbit, please.

By: Windopaene

Windopaene — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:20:07 -0800

ILOLD

By: mhoye

mhoye — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:32:59 -0800

I can't say I'm particularly proud of the fact that I enjoyed that, but I enjoyed that. Having said that, though, given the number of quote-artists-unquote out there who are rolling in money and fame performing songs that somebody else wrote, played and produced, sneering at filk is a pretty small-minded, pissy thing to do. Sure, that there's about as gangly and white a hippie as you're likely to see, but there's still a lot more life in that video than anything I've heard on the radio recently.

By: luftmensch

luftmensch — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:38:53 -0800

but does it rip off The Muppet Show? posted by evilgenius at 4:55 PM on June 10 This does!

By: JHarris

JHarris — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:09:21 -0800

Yeah, I also don't get the hate here. I think yer all a bunch of hipsters! Everyone around gasps in shock at my audacity.

By: LSK

LSK — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:14:37 -0800

I actually very much enjoyed this tune, and am not ashamed to admit it.

By: It's Raining Florence Henderson

It's Raining Florence Henderson — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:32:03 -0800

Here come old YouTube, he come beating a dead horse He got kitty porn hairballs, he one screaming meme-e He got LOLS clear from here to Fark Got to be a MeFite he just rolls in the snark....

By: Antidisestablishmentarianist

Antidisestablishmentarianist — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:40:15 -0800

I can't believe this wasn't a double, saw it months ago, OMFG. Yeah, I like lolcats, but then again I didn't see one until this year, so i'm not worn out yet. I have no idea how I managed to avoid them so long, but I did. So, the video was kinda fun, nothing groundbreaking, but good good, there is a lot of cheerio pissing around here sometimes.

By: Antidisestablishmentarianist

Antidisestablishmentarianist — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:41:09 -0800

good good = good god

By: Hands of Manos

Hands of Manos — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:50:07 -0800

Metafilter: ILOLD

By: l33tpolicywonk

l33tpolicywonk — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:54:09 -0800

Gave me a whole new perspective on "Come Together" and its connection to absurdism. Kind of like discovering 30 Rock = The Muppet Show.

By: bicyclefish

bicyclefish — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:00:56 -0800

I was going to chime in on this thread, but it seems like you guys pretty much have things under control here.

By: erniepan

erniepan — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:01:17 -0800

DO NOT WANT

By: Scattercat

Scattercat — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:02:04 -0800

I thought this was entertaining. On the other hand, from the ages of about ten to about sixteen I listened to literally nothing except Weird Al and Dr. Demento. In fact, the only reason I started listening to anything else was because I enjoyed the sound of "Smells Like Nirvana" enough to want to hear the original song.

By: WalterMitty

WalterMitty — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:13:56 -0800

I can has grilled cheese sandwich?

By: koeselitz

koeselitz — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:50:37 -0800

Rule #437 of the internet era, also know as “the law of electronic embarrassment:” if your song and/or video comes even remotely close to that long-vaunted status of “meme”…you are required to ride that gravy-train to the end of the line, posting live versions, extended versions, and shortened versions, and making appearances on crappy TV shows like Jimmy Kimmel Live.

By: therubettes

therubettes — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:59:49 -0800

Shameful stuff.

By: Mr. Bad Example

Mr. Bad Example — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:42:06 -0800

> Is there a word for feeling sheepish and embarrassed for someone else? > > Plaatsvervangende schaamte. Or in the simple and beatiful language of my people...

By: the duck by the oboe

the duck by the oboe — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:18:13 -0800

Wow, that second video had the most blatant line-crossing I've seen for a long time.

By: kuujjuarapik

kuujjuarapik — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:12:32 -0800

I think that things like this are the reasons for teenage hatred of adults.

By: lizarrd

lizarrd — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:07:49 -0800

Is there a word for feeling sheepish and embarrassed for someone else? -loquatious. In Spanish, it's verguenza ajena. Literally, foreign shame. ...and the link answered that. As to it's universality, I've never really studied it. It's just yeah, you're right this is exactly that.

By: Zambrano

Zambrano — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:19:43 -0800

If you were going for a major douche-chill-inducing experience, I give this the full 5-stars. Congratulations.

By: TheOnlyCoolTim

TheOnlyCoolTim — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:38:15 -0800

The thing is this idea could have been pretty amusing if they had bothered to make it not suck.

By: orme

orme — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:38:29 -0800

LOL indeed