Another Sarah Palin Thread...
April 26, 2010 4:50 PM Subscribe
There are many Lady Gaga parodies online, but this one is particularly topical. Scott Brown and Sarah Palin in Senate Vote.[SLYT]
I couldn't find a Juggalo Romance parody, so you'll have to settle for the frat bros.
posted by mccarty.tim at 4:56 PM on April 26, 2010
posted by mccarty.tim at 4:56 PM on April 26, 2010
Metafilter: I can't shut up about Lady Gaga for five minutes.
posted by chaff at 5:15 PM on April 26, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by chaff at 5:15 PM on April 26, 2010 [1 favorite]
Terrible
posted by fire&wings at 5:26 PM on April 26, 2010 [4 favorites]
posted by fire&wings at 5:26 PM on April 26, 2010 [4 favorites]
awful
posted by caddis at 5:26 PM on April 26, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by caddis at 5:26 PM on April 26, 2010 [1 favorite]
That Brown/Palin parody is cute, but ultimately tedious, whereas the "Rad Bromance" video is fantastic on several levels.
A good rule to keep in mind with these things: Politics ruins everything. Even things that apparently cannot be ruined - like Lady Gaga parodies.
posted by koeselitz at 5:36 PM on April 26, 2010
A good rule to keep in mind with these things: Politics ruins everything. Even things that apparently cannot be ruined - like Lady Gaga parodies.
posted by koeselitz at 5:36 PM on April 26, 2010
So, out of curiousity, has anyone found a recut version of the video which edits out the 6-7 minutes of filler fluff around the actual track?
Because that would be worthy of an FPP.
posted by Decimask at 5:39 PM on April 26, 2010
Because that would be worthy of an FPP.
posted by Decimask at 5:39 PM on April 26, 2010
Huh. Go me: Lady GaGa ft Beyoncé-Telephone (Cut Down Version).
posted by Decimask at 5:42 PM on April 26, 2010 [4 favorites]
posted by Decimask at 5:42 PM on April 26, 2010 [4 favorites]
For the record: I posted this because I like bad, tedious videos in an Everything-Is-Terrible kind of way (hence the contrived tag). 20 years from now, when our kids are using telepathy instead of the internet to communicate, they'll be forwarding this to each other. I was just afraid saying so in the description would sink this thread as poorly framed.
Hopefully my threadshitting won't kill my own thread.
posted by mccarty.tim at 5:43 PM on April 26, 2010
Hopefully my threadshitting won't kill my own thread.
posted by mccarty.tim at 5:43 PM on April 26, 2010
I don't think I understand anything anymore.
posted by localhuman at 5:44 PM on April 26, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by localhuman at 5:44 PM on April 26, 2010 [3 favorites]
BTW, my snark was directed at padded music videos, not the thread. They're like DVDs with unskippable trailers.
posted by Decimask at 5:46 PM on April 26, 2010
posted by Decimask at 5:46 PM on April 26, 2010
Is there a reason this can't go in the still open Lady Gaga post (also by mccarty.tim) ?
posted by clearly at 5:59 PM on April 26, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by clearly at 5:59 PM on April 26, 2010 [2 favorites]
Pop culture got thrown in a blender, and Lady Gaga is what poured out.
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 5:59 PM on April 26, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 5:59 PM on April 26, 2010 [1 favorite]
Is there a reason this can't go in the still open Lady Gaga post (also by mccarty.tim) ?
mccarty.tim covers Lady Gaga.
posted by gman at 6:02 PM on April 26, 2010
mccarty.tim covers Lady Gaga.
posted by gman at 6:02 PM on April 26, 2010
in a burlap sake, and then takes her home
AND THEY MAKE STAINED GLASS CAKE TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT BOYS AND HAIR!
posted by The Whelk at 6:18 PM on April 26, 2010 [2 favorites]
AND THEY MAKE STAINED GLASS CAKE TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT BOYS AND HAIR!
posted by The Whelk at 6:18 PM on April 26, 2010 [2 favorites]
I am expecting a bona fide Lady Guggalo parody by the end of the week. Do not fail me, internets.
posted by fleetmouse at 6:20 PM on April 26, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by fleetmouse at 6:20 PM on April 26, 2010 [2 favorites]
The saddest thing is that I'm straight, Whelk.
posted by mccarty.tim at 6:22 PM on April 26, 2010
posted by mccarty.tim at 6:22 PM on April 26, 2010
so you can't talk about boys and hair? Sheeesh. Straightest guys I know can think of nothing but and the gays are all about hammers and fixin' motorcycles. Get with it dudester.
posted by The Whelk at 6:25 PM on April 26, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 6:25 PM on April 26, 2010 [2 favorites]
So I'm flipping channels today, and Telephone's playing on teen-oriented-ad-delivery-system-that-rarely-plays-music. I keep flipping. And there, playing on CMT, at the very same time, is the Dixie Chicks' (actually pretty similar) take on husband-murdering: Goodbye Earl, starring Dennis Franz and Jane Krakowski.
posted by Sys Rq at 6:37 PM on April 26, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by Sys Rq at 6:37 PM on April 26, 2010 [2 favorites]
Hello hello mccarthy.tim, you posted, I can't read a thing, I got no wireless reception in my punk house you see y' see. Wwwww wwwww www what did you post about? I keep getting disconnected. Sorry I can't follow the link, I'm kinda busy.
I'm kinda busy. Yeah, kind of busy. Sorry if I can't rtfa I'm kinda busy.
Just a second, this post is about my favorite song, and I can't post a comment while I'm drinking this rye whiskey! You should have asked the mods, excepted it's cortex's birthday, and now y'all wont stop posting about lady gaga!
Stop posting! Stop posting! I don't want to browse any more! I left my heart and my head on the dancefloor.
Stop posting! Stop posting! I don't want to comment any more! I left my heart and my head on the dancefloor.
meh meh meh meh meh meh fehfehfehfehfehfeeerrrrnnnnn
posted by fuq at 6:44 PM on April 26, 2010 [7 favorites]
I'm kinda busy. Yeah, kind of busy. Sorry if I can't rtfa I'm kinda busy.
Just a second, this post is about my favorite song, and I can't post a comment while I'm drinking this rye whiskey! You should have asked the mods, excepted it's cortex's birthday, and now y'all wont stop posting about lady gaga!
Stop posting! Stop posting! I don't want to browse any more! I left my heart and my head on the dancefloor.
Stop posting! Stop posting! I don't want to comment any more! I left my heart and my head on the dancefloor.
meh meh meh meh meh meh fehfehfehfehfehfeeerrrrnnnnn
posted by fuq at 6:44 PM on April 26, 2010 [7 favorites]
Sorry mods. Because of me, you guys probably won't go out for cake next birthday.
BTW, I'm a Christmas baby, so I know what it's like for people to be obnoxious on your birthday. (bah humbug)
posted by mccarty.tim at 6:54 PM on April 26, 2010
BTW, I'm a Christmas baby, so I know what it's like for people to be obnoxious on your birthday. (bah humbug)
posted by mccarty.tim at 6:54 PM on April 26, 2010
and now y'all wont stop posting about lady gaga!
Never! Viva la Gaga!
so you can't talk about boys and hair? Sheeesh. Straightest guys I know can think of nothing but
"Golden earring golden tan / Blow-wave in the hair / Sure they're all straight - straight as a line ..."
posted by octobersurprise at 7:07 PM on April 26, 2010 [1 favorite]
Never! Viva la Gaga!
so you can't talk about boys and hair? Sheeesh. Straightest guys I know can think of nothing but
"Golden earring golden tan / Blow-wave in the hair / Sure they're all straight - straight as a line ..."
posted by octobersurprise at 7:07 PM on April 26, 2010 [1 favorite]
I think my favorite part of that Scott Brown parody is that it seems to have been posted on March 30th, a good week or so after the health care bill passed.
posted by graventy at 7:21 PM on April 26, 2010
posted by graventy at 7:21 PM on April 26, 2010
"Golden earring golden tan / Blow-wave in the hair / Sure they're all straight - straight as a line ..."
Hey now, this ain't no Joe Jackson thread!
It's a Dixie Chicks thread, right?
posted by Sys Rq at 7:23 PM on April 26, 2010
Hey now, this ain't no Joe Jackson thread!
It's a Dixie Chicks thread, right?
posted by Sys Rq at 7:23 PM on April 26, 2010
Weirdly, the thing that pissed me off most about this video is that "Scott Brown" has a southern accent. He's from Wrentham, MA!
posted by oinopaponton at 7:33 PM on April 26, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by oinopaponton at 7:33 PM on April 26, 2010 [1 favorite]
I just realized
Telephone
it is a metaphor.
I don't think it is. I think it's quite literal.
But your haiku is totally off!
posted by Theta States at 8:35 PM on April 26, 2010
Telephone
it is a metaphor.
I don't think it is. I think it's quite literal.
But your haiku is totally off!
posted by Theta States at 8:35 PM on April 26, 2010
Shiiiiit.
I loves me some Lady Gaga.
But this is too damned much.
posted by IAmBroom at 10:30 PM on April 26, 2010
I loves me some Lady Gaga.
But this is too damned much.
posted by IAmBroom at 10:30 PM on April 26, 2010
boo_radley:
“I just realized
Telephone
it is a metaphor.”
You can call all you want
But there's no one home
And you're not gonna reach
My tater-phone
posted by koeselitz at 11:04 PM on April 26, 2010
“I just realized
Telephone
it is a metaphor.”
You can call all you want
But there's no one home
And you're not gonna reach
My tater-phone
posted by koeselitz at 11:04 PM on April 26, 2010
I don't understand the significance of Scott Brown having an Austrian flag painted on his chest.
posted by montaigneisright at 2:39 AM on April 27, 2010
posted by montaigneisright at 2:39 AM on April 27, 2010
I think my favorite part of that Scott Brown parody is that it seems to have been posted on March 30th, a good week or so after the health care bill passed.
At the end of the video, a radio announcer is heard to declare that Obama is signing the HCR bill, and Scott Brown's reaction is, "Shit, I guess that didn't work."
posted by explosion at 4:10 AM on April 27, 2010
At the end of the video, a radio announcer is heard to declare that Obama is signing the HCR bill, and Scott Brown's reaction is, "Shit, I guess that didn't work."
posted by explosion at 4:10 AM on April 27, 2010
Austrian economics? That's big on libertarian free markets. It's like the Chicago School, but older and with less failed connotations.
That's my best guess.
posted by mccarty.tim at 4:54 AM on April 27, 2010
That's my best guess.
posted by mccarty.tim at 4:54 AM on April 27, 2010
Young people today.
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 5:28 AM on April 27, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 5:28 AM on April 27, 2010 [1 favorite]
I never thought I'd say it, but that Brown/Palin video needs Autotune. Seriously! It's fine satire I guess, but the satire and fabulous Scott Brown costumes are overshadowed by the horrible singing.
posted by Theta States at 6:32 AM on April 27, 2010
posted by Theta States at 6:32 AM on April 27, 2010
oh oh I know this one *waves hand like Horseshack* flag it and move on!
posted by onlyconnect at 7:41 AM on April 27, 2010
posted by onlyconnect at 7:41 AM on April 27, 2010
That Palin has zero flow. I suspect the actual Sarah Palin is a better rapper than that.
Still, it's better than anything The Capitol Steps ever did. Amirite?
posted by rusty at 7:54 AM on April 27, 2010
Still, it's better than anything The Capitol Steps ever did. Amirite?
posted by rusty at 7:54 AM on April 27, 2010
Esquire magazine has an article on her in May's issue, calling her the “grandmother of pop music.”
I spotted it yesterday, but figured we'd all be better off without it being turned into yet another FPP about her.
No offense, Tim. I'm less than gaga about Gaga at the moment. Too much media saturation.
posted by zarq at 8:31 AM on April 27, 2010
I spotted it yesterday, but figured we'd all be better off without it being turned into yet another FPP about her.
No offense, Tim. I'm less than gaga about Gaga at the moment. Too much media saturation.
posted by zarq at 8:31 AM on April 27, 2010
Mod note: tidied up a little, carry on - yeah the post isn't great, I suggest everyone make their next post totally awesome.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 11:30 AM on April 27, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 11:30 AM on April 27, 2010 [1 favorite]
Yeah, I was half asleep and anything seemed ironically awesome. Plus, I was a bit big for my britches after the Mean World Syndrome post. Feel free to say THIS IS THE WORST POST WE EVER DIDN'T DELETE in the next podcast.
posted by mccarty.tim at 11:50 AM on April 27, 2010
posted by mccarty.tim at 11:50 AM on April 27, 2010
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