Ok, so I’m gonna link something that apparently the ENTIRE rest of the universe has already seen, but I just discovered it recently. Now, I laughed hard when this started, but it wasn’t until Donny Osmond showed up at the EXACT same time I was trying to grab a sip of my Dr. Pepper that it became dangerous.
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So at first I had this moment where I kinda panicked…am I this bad? Do people see me on the street and think to themselves “Oh My GAWD, is he ever a NERD!!!”
Thankfully, I’m pretty sure my secret is semi-safe. I don’t think I could get more than three or four digits into pi, and the last of my “action figures” are boxed up and awaiting their moment of ebay glory.
BUT, I’m still a lover of Graphic Novels, Webcomics, Sci-Fi and Fantasy movies (and books, and TV shows, and…) and I’m a recovering Video Game addict. A SEVERE video game addict.
There was a time when I owned ALL of the current-gen game consoles, two different portable game systems and spent about 40 hours a week playing Everquest. Admittedly, that was several years ago, but I’m smart enough to know that there’s a slippery slope for me when it comes to computer aided escapism. I was sucked into WoW for a while about a year ago, and thankfully I’ve kicked that habit too.
Sure, I have a PSP and a DS, but I don’t put in the ridiculous hours on handhelds like I did on my NeoPocket Color and my Wonderswan. Did I mention I own every title ever released for the NeoPocket? Even the really bad ones? No? Yeah, then forget I mentioned that.
Anyway, so I was coasting along in my Video Game Ignoring Fog ™ and I somehow managed to miss the first few iterations of the second coming of entertainment. Seriously people, there should be a public service announcement about “Guitar Hero” and “Rockband” broadcast on every channel in the free world.
I spent four hours last night attempting to perfect “Black Magic Woman” by Santana and “Even Flow” by Pearl Jam. If I spent half the time I’ve spent on Guitar Hero in the last week on ACTUALLY LEARNING TO PLAY A REAL GUITAR I’d be awesome by now.
All I can say is that if they made a version of Rockband that was ALL Sting and The Police songs…I’d never leave the house. So here’s to hoping they don’t…
Amy | 21-Jul-08 at 5:21 pm | Permalink
i’ve heard the song, but i don’t think i’ve ever watched the whole video. too funny.
Donny Osmond rules ALL. That’s pretty much everything I have to say about that.
…as long as you don’t have a fanny pack i think you’re still okay.
Nope, no fanny packs. Last time I had a “fanny pack” was this silly thing I got at Disneyland to hold my camera and my wallet. And I didn’t have a lot of things to choose from at the time. That was almost 13 years ago.
Taoist Biker | 22-Jul-08 at 5:55 am | Permalink
I thought it was funny but I didn’t REALLY crack up until the SW Holiday Special. Then it was all over.
By the time the SW Holiday Special came on, I was already suffering from burning sinuses after aspirating Dr. Pepper forcefully out my nose. Otherwise THAT would have been the funniest moment.
I carried a fanny pack for the first month of college because it was blazing hot and I had a buttload of shorts with no pockets. I will now light myself on fire.
I have already discussed my fanny pack sins…and yours are worse. In college? Seriously???
And oh yes, come to the GH/RB dark side, mwuhahahahahah!! “Suffragette City” is the bane of my existence right about now.
So I finish GH on “Hard” and move on to “Expert” which should just be reclassified as “Finger Tip Blisters and a WHOLE LOT OF SWEARING” just to give a bit of warning. I LOVE this game, but I’m gonna need an intervention at some point. This CAN’T be healthy.
bluesuit12 | 22-Jul-08 at 6:31 am | Permalink
I never get tired of watching that video. Weird Al is a genius when it comes to song parodies. Donnie is hilarious and there’s even a very small cameo by Seth Green. I watched Weird Al perform this on the MTV music awards last year? and it was still hilarious when it was live.
There was a time when I owned all of Weird Al’s CD’s, so I guess I was a bit surprised that I’d NEVER encountered this before. Apparently I’ve fallen so far away from the simple joy’s of my youth that I’m completely out of touch.
I will say that Seth Green slapping his own ass while pimp’n out the mint action figures was hilarious…but nothing will EVER top the white-and-nerdy-ness of Donny Osmond. I mean, come ON!!! He’s “a little bit Rock and Roll” for crying out loud!
AND he and Lisa Marie dedicated an album to Kolob, the star where God lives. And if THAT isn’t the whitest and nerdiest thing you’ve ever heard (and it’s still cool), I don’t know what is.
Taoist Biker | 22-Jul-08 at 9:12 am | Permalink
Yes. In college. Which didn’t really help my rural ass fit in with all the kids from the DC suburbs that represented about half the student body.
I have to admit the mental image makes me laugh at inappropriate times.
Is this GH #1? I’ve never played that one. I have GH3 for the 360, but I’ve barely played it. Too busy with Rock Band. I’m about halfway through the Hard tour on drums, and 1/3 of the way through Hard on guitar…stuck on “Suffragette” as I said above.
I’m playing GH3 on my Wii. I never really paid any attention to GH or GH2. I Just got Rock Band for the Wii about two weeks ago. I’m honestly afraid that I’ll never leave my house once I open the box.
I’m still pissed that they don’t offer a solo tour on bass. Grr.
Never. Leave. House…
Taoist Biker | 22-Jul-08 at 11:03 am | Permalink
Supposedly GH3 is much harder than RB, so I’ll bow to your presumably superior guitar-controller slinging skillz!
I’m not entirely sure I believe the difficulty difference. Rockband (what little I’ve played) was more difficult “for me” than GH3 was at any given point in the game. GH3 on Expert is just insanity. I play on Hard for fun, and I’ll play “Black Magic Woman” by Santana on Medium just for the incredible feeling of playing that song.
As for the mental image, picture a spindly 17-year-old kid, 5’9″ and 135 pounds, really growing his hair out for the first time.
See? Now you can laugh even MORE frequently!
Twice now I’ve laughed during a client call. Dude, that’s just rough to imagine. But Funny. VERY funny.
Allison | 24-Jul-08 at 3:51 am | Permalink
Thanks to my husband’s extreme affinity for Weird Al, I am all to familiar with this song…and all of his others. Have you heard the one where he’s mocking some very long R Kelly song? That one is pretty good…the real song is about a guy hiding in a close to not get caught in an affair…but the fake song is about a couple going to pick up some fast food.
Sadly, I’ve not heard either the parody OR the original. For whatever reason R Kelly and the rest of the current hip hop/rap-ish movement seems to have passed me by. The last time I really listened to rap music was The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. OH…or Eminem. I’m down with the Slim Shady. Or something.
I haven’t played anything since Pitfall on the Atari (even though I’m told Pitfall was Activision…whatever that means). I’m a little behind.
I own an Activision. I haven’t unpacked it in at least ten years, but somewhere, I have Pitfall for the Activision in my home. Clearly, I need deep and comprehensive therapy.