September 6, 2001

6:09 PM

A good dose of cuddly animals. Put down your ad-hominems, and take a look at the new Weezer video directed by the guy that recently employed our favorite hot-dog eater. It's got kittens. WMPlayer or RealPlayer
posted by machaus (15 comments total)

So what makes this MetaFilter worthy?
posted by milnak at 6:36 PM on September 6, 2001

you can't beat Buddy Holly
posted by matteo at 6:37 PM on September 6, 2001

I'm not too excited about the new version, but it did have a chimp, so that's good. I watched some of the other videos and enjoyed them quite a bit.

I saw them here in Richmond a few years back with Nerf Herder. If I recall correctly, some ass jumped up on stage and knocked over their amps, so Rivers just said goodnight and walked off... they had played most everything, but I was still disappointed. Richmond's music scene has since died, I wonder why?

Thanks for the link.
posted by hotdoughnutsnow at 6:53 PM on September 6, 2001

hotdoughnutsnow, I can think of one good reason...
posted by machaus at 6:59 PM on September 6, 2001

hrm, windows media link works for me. The siega version caught my eye more, but the jones version is attractive, too, albeit kind of sedated. It's a toss up for me.
posted by Hackworth at 7:12 PM on September 6, 2001

Ever since that nice little Aimee Mann moved out of Richmond, we've all lost our musical stylings. Not really, I just wanted to be the third Richmonder to post in this thread. Carry on.
posted by Hankins at 7:16 PM on September 6, 2001

Tangent (but not deliberate hijack) : One of the longest running ways to this day amongst my long ago far-and-wide-scattered university pals to call me a moron is to sing :

"Ooo-eee-oo I look just like Buddy Holly
Oh-oh and your Maritime Law"

which is how I heard and sang the Weezer "you're Mary Tyler Moore" line for years until they caught me.

Any other egregious lyrical stuff-ups out there?
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 7:23 PM on September 6, 2001

"...At least the kiddies are leaving Gary Coleman alone."

Whatchu talkin' 'bout, skallas?

*I'm sorry. Very very sorry.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 7:25 PM on September 6, 2001

"So what makes this MetaFilter worthy?"

because it mentions KITTY.JPG!
posted by jcterminal at 7:33 PM on September 6, 2001

the past three comments have all been LOL-worthy.. i think i'll check out the video too...

BTW, did anyone else think it was the coolest thing ever when they got that supplementary CD for Windows 95 with not only Hover (groundbreaking game), but the Buddy Holly Music Video?

and now, for no reason... "we can dance... we can dance... everybody look at your pants."
posted by lotsofno at 7:52 PM on September 6, 2001

Why's it worthy? Why is it worthy?! It's Weezer and baby animals, for crying out loud, what is not to like! Can anybody watch that slow-mo monkey toss montage and not smile, at least inwardly?

lotsofno: Me too! I watched that AVI about 4,986 times.
posted by kevspace at 8:18 PM on September 6, 2001

Why's it worthy? Why is it worthy?! It's Weezer and baby animals, for crying out loud, what is not to like!

Weezer and baby animals.

Seriously, I'm not a big fan of either.
posted by zztzed at 9:19 PM on September 6, 2001

Is this where I make a comment about how delicious kittens are, and get pelted with rocks and garbage?



Yup, I guess it is.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:25 PM on September 6, 2001

Funny, I found it reminiscent of that mid-80s Talk Talk video with the jungle animals and parrot.
posted by dhartung at 11:50 PM on September 6, 2001

"Metafilter Worthy"

lol, some of you guys really need to like go outside and get a good dose of reality or something.

who the hell cares?
posted by Satapher at 10:08 AM on September 7, 2001