This one's for the fellas who've been asking themselves questions...
October 11, 2014 1:30 PM Subscribe
The Rubberbandits (featuring Gabriel Byrne) present a message for all the Fellas of the world. (NSFW)
(Previously and Previously)
The Rubberbandits are a comedy duo from Limerick, Ireland who only appear in public with shopping bags over their heads.
Some other Rubberbandits from their album Serious About Men not featured on MeFi:
I Like to Shift Girls
I Wanna Fight Your Father (As Gaeilge)
Spastic Hawk
(Previously and Previously)
The Rubberbandits are a comedy duo from Limerick, Ireland who only appear in public with shopping bags over their heads.
Some other Rubberbandits from their album Serious About Men not featured on MeFi:
I Like to Shift Girls
I Wanna Fight Your Father (As Gaeilge)
Spastic Hawk
That was some serious wrong-side-of-the-uncanny-valley action there.
posted by gusandrews at 1:42 PM on October 11, 2014
posted by gusandrews at 1:42 PM on October 11, 2014
The two previouslies are the same.
This was pretty awesome. Tangentiallly, I've always been curious what the deal is in porn that it still refers, pretty much exclusively as far as I know, to "shemales" (which is what the song uses in that context). Like what is the linguistic/sociological/?? thing that keeps such a word going when it's not really used elsewhere, especially since it's often-but-not-always presented as just another category, with all the lack of judging. Does anyone happen to know? Wikipedia notes its use but doesn't seem to explain, and I'm hesitant to google it because googling porn gets awkward fast.
posted by Lemurrhea at 2:05 PM on October 11, 2014
This was pretty awesome. Tangentiallly, I've always been curious what the deal is in porn that it still refers, pretty much exclusively as far as I know, to "shemales" (which is what the song uses in that context). Like what is the linguistic/sociological/?? thing that keeps such a word going when it's not really used elsewhere, especially since it's often-but-not-always presented as just another category, with all the lack of judging. Does anyone happen to know? Wikipedia notes its use but doesn't seem to explain, and I'm hesitant to google it because googling porn gets awkward fast.
posted by Lemurrhea at 2:05 PM on October 11, 2014
Excellent advice.
posted by Samuel Farrow at 2:48 PM on October 11, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by Samuel Farrow at 2:48 PM on October 11, 2014 [1 favorite]
I've a Horse Outside will always have a special place in my heart, but this did send me into the giggles.
posted by Diablevert at 3:08 PM on October 11, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by Diablevert at 3:08 PM on October 11, 2014 [3 favorites]
Of course these guys are from Limerick.
posted by vorpal bunny at 4:11 PM on October 11, 2014
posted by vorpal bunny at 4:11 PM on October 11, 2014
Just realised their similarity to tism.
posted by deadwax at 7:37 PM on October 11, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by deadwax at 7:37 PM on October 11, 2014 [2 favorites]
I've a Horse Outside is on my frequent play list, and this one may make it too, if I can get the video out of my brain.
posted by Peach at 8:08 PM on October 11, 2014
posted by Peach at 8:08 PM on October 11, 2014
Either that last scene was about prison sex or it was about bathroom cruising. I'm not entirely sure which. I hope the latter.
posted by hippybear at 8:46 PM on October 11, 2014
posted by hippybear at 8:46 PM on October 11, 2014
I prefer to look at it as the ventriloquist achieving a successful resolution of certain anxieties he had previously only been able to express through the medium of Gabriel Byrne (not to be confused with Gay Byrne).
posted by Diablevert at 9:53 PM on October 11, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by Diablevert at 9:53 PM on October 11, 2014 [1 favorite]
Is there something I've missed about Gabriel Byrne that would lead to their choosing his persona for this, or is it just "randomly weird"?
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 1:42 AM on October 12, 2014
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 1:42 AM on October 12, 2014
he had previously only been able to express through the medium of Gabriel Byrne (not to be confused with Gay Byrne.
I'm embarrassed to admit that the first time I saw this video a month or two ago, I ended up watching Gay Byrne do a very good interview with Gabriel Byrne.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 5:59 AM on October 12, 2014
I'm embarrassed to admit that the first time I saw this video a month or two ago, I ended up watching Gay Byrne do a very good interview with Gabriel Byrne.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 5:59 AM on October 12, 2014
Was that James Spader and Peter Gabriel in the audience?
posted by shecky57 at 8:18 AM on October 13, 2014
posted by shecky57 at 8:18 AM on October 13, 2014
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That is something that happened.
posted by The Whelk at 1:38 PM on October 11, 2014 [2 favorites]