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August 27, 2005
The Super Bowl Shuffle
I stumbled upon something unintended and frightening today while surfing... the original 1985 video for "The Super Bowl Shuffle" as performed by the Chicago Bears. After watching it, I have the following reactions:
* Man, that 80s synth urban/old skool rap style could be awful at times. I mean, really bad. Sadly, the opening bars of the song sound like it could have come from any Eddie Murphy movie from 1983 to 1987. And that's not good.
* Only like three members of what was arguably the best football team of all time had any rhythm to speak of. It's almost embarrassing to watch the inner white guy in many of the players assert himself. I've seen better dancing at redneck weddings.
* God, I miss Walter Payton.
* Is it just me, or does it look like neither Payton nor Jim McMahon were in the studio with the rest of the team? Both of them look like they were shot separately and spliced over video of the other guys.
* The three whitest performances in this video are:
1) Steve Fuller (#4), the backup quarterback. Listen to his verse, and tell me you don't hear Gomer Pyle or one of the Duke cousins. Plus, check his dance moves behind Jim McMahon and tell me you don't see a 8th grade boy at his very first dance.
2) Maury Buford (#8), the punter. MORE COWBELL! Bonus for looking like he was auditioning for "Weekend at Bernie's."
3) Mike Singletary (#50). One of the best linebackers in history never looked so harmless. I watch him in this video and think of that old SNL skit with Jim Belushi and Alex Karras: "We're WHITE GUYS, and we take no crap, as we deliver our - white rap!"
* The chick in the referee uniform blowing her whistle whenever one of them was going to say "ass" turned the light bulb on over my head - I finally figured out where Robert Palmer got the idea for the look for the chicks in his "Addicted to Love" video.
This was historically awful - as hideous an aritfact from the 80s as parachute pants, Bonnie Tyler videos, and musical montages in the middle of teen films.
Comments
Finally...something musical we can agree on. LOL...
Posted by: Brent at August 27, 2005 07:07 PM
I always thought McMahon looked, well, "specially-abled," esp. in that video. And he's so cocky about it with his terrycloth headband and his sunglasses. But hey, at least he wasn't on the Cowboys.
Posted by: eden at August 27, 2005 11:34 PM
I showed this video to my kids who are 19,18,17 and 14. They all played football including my daughter. She played for 5 years. They all said comments like "Hope they played better than they sing/dance." "They have no business singing/dancing." One of my children begged me to shut it off. I had to laugh because I remembered liking the video when it first came out but now it just looks ridiculous! I wonder how many of them regret doing that video now!!!
Posted by: Pam at July 28, 2006 05:43 PM
Anyone have a copy of the Belushi "That White Guy" skit from SNL (2-2-85)?
Posted by: Dan at August 16, 2006 10:07 PM
