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October 27, 2005
When Camcorders Attack!
You may have already seen this video; apparently, it's been making the rounds of the Internet in viral fashion since July. I saw it for the first time this morning when a friend forwarded it to me at work. Since then, I have learned that it was on the Today Show this morning during an interview with Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin, and it's also featured on Boing Boing itself. But even if I'm late to the party, I have to say that this video is one of the funniest things I've ever seen... two Chinese art students lip-synching to the Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way."
From the first few seconds, this thing is a classic -- check our guy in front as his eyes roll up into his head as the music begins! And check out the choreography; these guys had their moves planned out in advance. And dig our second singer in the headband; apparently, the only appropriate thing to do when it's your partner's turn to sing (or when you obviously have forgotten the words to your part) is to overexaggeratedly purse your lips as if you were about to kiss your aged great-aunt.
Tell me that the first kid's "dance" during the first chorus doesn't remind you of that crazy head-turning dance that Franklin used to do in the Charlie Brown Christmas special? And what attention to detail: while one sings the lead, the other dude is making sure to mouth the echoes Am I (am I? am I?) your fire, indeed! And when they get into that last, passionate chorus... well, I don't think I've ever seen anyone head-banging to the Backstreet Boys before.
You'd think that between the Star Wars Kid , the Titanic Pimp, Numa Numa, and the Whisper guy, people would stop filming themselves performing music on camera.
Comments
I think I have seen that 500 times now and I still roll on the floor when they do the criss cross type thing.
Posted by: Cuzin Jose at October 27, 2005 02:53 AM
You definitely should have had a disclaimer to not play in the office. Was laughing so hard I have the hiccups.
Posted by: Shari at October 27, 2005 03:06 PM
I never saw it before and oh my god. When they got to the bridge, I think I peed a little. And the look on Headband Guy's face on the final freeze... *guffaw*
So much better than any BSB video.
Posted by: eden at October 28, 2005 01:11 PM
