Saturday, February 5, 2011

An Equine-Alternative to your Shitbox

A good friend, Mr. William Hinton Wilder Anderson III, directed me to the clip above, and I couldn't be more grateful. Not only is the song downright hilarious, but, to put it in the parlance of WHWA3, the subtleties present themselves on the subsequent viewings. Translation: it gets funnier every time you watch it, much like Lebowski. Will was kind enough to provide the following equation determining their musical style:

(The Commitments + Michael Jackson)  =  The Rubberbandits
(Weird Al Yankovic x The Streets)

The "Rubberbandits" wear those masks to keep their anonymity, because apparently they vandalized something using the "Rubberbandits" moniker, then decided to expand their horizons into music, comedy, etc. Basically they'd get arrested if their identity was revealed. Kind of like a vulgar duo of Irish Banksies (is the plural of "Banksy" Banksies? Don't know how grammar applies to rogue artists).

For your viewing pleasure, I've provided a viewer's guide below of the video's most precious moments (with time-stamps, of course).

0:14 - A bald man with a shaved head and goatee with each arm around a girl has a teardrop tattoo, implying he's killed a man.

0:17 - Grey suit, lavender shirt, striped purple tie = very unhappy for some reason

0:25 - The Father of the Bride is just perfect

0:28 - They achieved critical mass with their degree of bridesmaid sluttiness.

0:32 - Same level of sluttiness for those not in the wedding party

0:38 - The "loose girls chew gum" theme starts to become apparent

1:18 - The lyric "if you're looking for a ride, I've a horse outside": uproarious if spoken, ten times that when sung

1:33 - The other Rubberbandit is massaging the Groom's shoulders

1:55 - The actor playing the priest gives an Academy Award-worthy performance in lip-synching "Fuck your Honda Civic"

2:39 - The bridesmaid's lip-synching here is a close second

2:46 - What's any song without a "call & response" part?

3:00 - It's not a party till the bridesmaids don horse-masks

3:27 - The wonderful illustration that a horse can never be booted by parking enforcement, followed shortly thereafter by the realization that a horse is probably better than any of those POS cars

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I hope this was as enjoyable experience to all those reader(s) out there as it was to me.

P.S. For your pleasure, a 7-year-old photo of my aforementioned friend Will


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