But we're neoclassicists, I guess, at heart

September 29, 2018 11:14 PM

Give a duo of horny 70-year-olds the world's most basic video-editing software and a Google image search for ancient statues, and you get this: the puerile, delightful music video for the song Missionary Position, by Sparks.
posted by rorgy (12 comments total)

Is like to point out that achieving the desired result for the missionary position required digital manipulation, as is so often the case.
posted by under_petticoat_rule at 12:31 AM on September 30, 2018 [28 favorites]

That's just twisted.
posted by flabdablet at 4:21 AM on September 30, 2018 [1 favorite]

The best missionaries always open with an oral argument
posted by jordemort at 6:35 AM on September 30, 2018 [4 favorites]

FELIX BENE FVTVES
posted by Sterros at 6:57 AM on September 30, 2018

You might pride yourself,
You're so avant-garde,
But we're neo-classicists
I guess at heart

There's a Metafilter: joke in there
posted by Gorgik at 7:08 AM on September 30, 2018 [5 favorites]

So, I guess we can assume that they're both a missionary alumnius?
posted by mondo dentro at 8:58 AM on September 30, 2018

Ron Mael is truly one of the greatest lyricists of the last fifty years.
posted by SansPoint at 12:00 PM on September 30, 2018 [3 favorites]

For more ancient statue sexy dancing, I'd recommend some of Nina Paley's work.
posted by taltalim at 1:58 PM on September 30, 2018 [2 favorites]

What is remarkable about Sparks is that Hippopotamus is easily as enjoyable as Kimono My House or Propaganda - in terms of my enjoyment they had a bit of a dip when they moved back to LA and did more rockish things, but since the late 90s have been reliably glorious. I was thinking the same thing about They Might Be Giants while listening to their most recent album again the other day - it's just as hummable and fun as Lincoln or Flood were thirty years ago. What the two bands have in common - what is, I think, important - is that they're not afraid of being very silly. In fact, silliness is often their *raison d'être*. Silliness keeps you young, I think.

There should be a place for bands and performers like this who aren't likely to be thrust into the dreary, po-faced Hall of Fame, but should be celebrated for consistent awesomeness and the enhancement of life.
posted by Grangousier at 2:50 PM on September 30, 2018 [3 favorites]

There should be a place for bands and performers like this who aren't likely to be thrust into the dreary, po-faced Hall of Fame, but should be celebrated for consistent awesomeness and the enhancement of life.

Something like the Fun Music Hall of Tame--a nondescript building where laureates can get a cup of coffee and a piece of cake. Situate it someplace completely anodyne. Like, I dunno, Cleveland.
posted by pykrete jungle at 6:39 PM on September 30, 2018 [1 favorite]

If I had kids, I'd use that to explain how they got here.
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 6:47 PM on September 30, 2018

I really got off on this, \o/
posted by a humble nudibranch at 7:35 PM on September 30, 2018 [2 favorites]