And now, your comedy break
Tonight's Wikipedia bingo led me to the MySpace home of Scared Weird Little Guys, a musical comedy duo out of Melbourne, Australia. Notable tracks: "Cleaning Out My Tuckerbag," an increasingly Eminem-flavoured parody of "Waltzing Matilda", and "Christmas Day (The Bawdy Song)," 1:59 of fun for anyone who still giggles at "Sweet Violets" or "Miss Susie Had a Steamboat". My favourite, though, is the innocuously-titled "1985", the video for which you should totally watch:
I like this video because it works on so many levels -- lyrical, musical, and visual. (Oh, and it goes without saying that this could never have existed without fair use provisions.) I'm a big fan of structural gimmicks like the ones they're employing, and the tune is, dare I say, one of the best riffs on '80s melody and instrumentation that I've ever heard. If they had a CD I could buy, I'd buy it.
Click to viewI like this video because it works on so many levels -- lyrical, musical, and visual. (Oh, and it goes without saying that this could never have existed without fair use provisions.) I'm a big fan of structural gimmicks like the ones they're employing, and the tune is, dare I say, one of the best riffs on '80s melody and instrumentation that I've ever heard. If they had a CD I could buy, I'd buy it.