Are You Prepared to Laugh Your Hiney Off? (Broadband users only)

[Texaggie79]

This is one of the funniest things I have ever seen. I'm still laughing..

It is a music Video from Japan I think. I can't describe it...

Click here

Rated pg for guys in underpants.

[Texaggie79]

just imagine Village people, ABBA, modernized. There is a group in the UK that does that kind of music, but I forget their name. They are huge with kids.

[RangeRatt]

I'd rather not, personally...brings up flashbacks or a very BAD era in music, IMHO. Seriously, though, it looks like a hoot, and again, I wish I had a sound card here at work.

(Buses stop at bus stations. Trains stop at train stations. On my console, there is a work station. Any questions?)

[hole_n_one]

(Buses stop at bus stations. Trains stop at train stations. On my console, there is a work station. Any questions?)

I got one.

No work, huh?

[RangeRatt]

I sit here 8 hours a night and wait for things to either fault out or shut down. For about six more days.

[kayak]

And to think .... they used to not show Elvis from the waist down on television.

My, how things have changed!

[kayak]

From THIS SITE:

Yatta is defined: Japanese short form for "yarimashita" meaning "did it". When used as an exclamation Yatta! it has the meaning of "I did it!" -From the Anime Encyclopedia.

Why is this important? It's the title of a popular song in Japan, performed by six men who wear nothing but (ahem) fig leaf-adorned underwear.

There are some pictures at that site, for those who are broadband-impaired .... but they really don't do justice to it.

[farmfriend]

Japanese version of the village people.

[uglybiker]

Better living through chemistry...

Hyakugojyuuichi Found a hobo in my room. It's Pricess Leia, the yodel of life.

Wakufuchita !!!!! George Wendt! Magic Bean! Rockapella!!!

[Texaggie79]

Random ping......

[Maedhros]

The first part of the chorus is a clear rip off of Pachelbel's celebrated Canon in D.

I guess they haven't heard that in Japan.

[Texaggie79]

Ok, the fact that you know that is like making me uncomfortable.....

[Maedhros]

Page with multiple versions of the Canon

Alright, it's not complete plagiarism, but the intervals in the repeated base line are clearly the same:

Tonic -> Dominant -> Submediant -> Mediant -> Subdominant -> Tonic -> Subdominant -> Dominant

This is a popular chord progression that has been copied countless times.

[Texaggie79]

Oh ya... That graduation song from a few years ago copied that BIG time.

[Texaggie79]

Come to think of it. I wrote a loop like that.... here. you have to DL the mp3 to hear it right, the sample distorts it

[Maedhros]

The resemblance is amazing. That thing is everywhere, and with good reason: it has a very positive feeling.

[Neets]

OMG this looks like "GUESS WHAT'S UNDER THE FIG LEAF"...

Thanks aggie...nice pic first thing in the morning........arghhhh

[riley1992]

Thanks, toots, but I have dial-up. I would grow roots waiting for that to load.

[Bitwhacker]

The video is about 3:30 too long....

[2Trievers]

They oughta' stick to making electronics and automobiles!

[Cagey]

I would grow roots waiting for that to load.

I beg your pardon?