Sus Domesticus and Fabaceae (Sequelae)

January 14, 2009 10:31 PM

Pork and Beans II, now with twice the meme-fun.

(This makes sense, as some blog entries about the original video mentioned that the Potter Pals were meant to appear but got waylaid in shipping.)

posted by WCityMike (31 comments total)

There's something actually sort of charming about making the Youtube controller part of the video.
posted by roll truck roll at 11:16 PM on January 14, 2009

I was disappointed to find out the lyrics aren't actually "I'm buyin' candy with the meat inside."
posted by lore at 11:28 PM on January 14, 2009

Great ending.
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 11:31 PM on January 14, 2009

This needs a bibliography: in this case a list of all the links to the original sources.

Then if someone flies in from another planet, or wakes up from a coma, or just decides to figure out what all these Internet pipes are all about, they could go through the list and catch up on the various Internet bric-a-brac.

I'm embarrassed at how much I recognize.
posted by eye of newt at 11:36 PM on January 14, 2009

Is it OK for me to overthink this?
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 11:41 PM on January 14, 2009

The heads popping in and out on certain people is a remarkably disturbing effect.

Also, definite kudos for Rick Astley at the end.
posted by DoctorFedora at 12:17 AM on January 15, 2009

The original is "Not Available in Your Country" and I can't find any other versions.

Fuck you, copyrights.
posted by dunkadunc at 1:27 AM on January 15, 2009

Am I the only one who thinks it's TOO busy now? Sure, I still dig the holy hell out of it, and Tay Zonday with the Rivers Cuomo 'tache is funny (it's no Chris Crocker getting a hug, though) - but, even for an ADD riddled internet dweller such as myself, they have laid too many things in.
posted by cerulgalactus at 2:28 AM on January 15, 2009

Would've been better if they'd actually let Ronald Jenkees play cos that kid can throw down mad beatz!
posted by PenDevil at 4:08 AM on January 15, 2009

The thing I love the best about this is the way they made heroes of people who were probably very, very embarrassed to receive the attention they did - Gary Brosolma, Tay Zonday, the Leave Brittney Alone guy, and the guy who failed the backflip (who's actually a pro stuntman and an accomplished martial artist).

Instead of objects of scorn, they're portrayed as friends we're happy to see again. That makes the video entertaining =and= classy.
posted by Slap*Happy at 5:20 AM on January 15, 2009 [11 favorites]

Nothing could possibly dim my love for this song and its video, but cerulgalactus is right, this version is a little too much of a good thing. The first version was brilliantly edited, and this feels more like the work of an overenthusiastic amateur. Glad to see it, however.

Also, well said, Slap*Happy.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 5:36 AM on January 15, 2009

He had me at technoviking. And the Astley ending. Well done. OUR CULTURE IS MERGIGNGINGNGGG ON THE TOOZZzBBBZZZ. Technoviking (captioned)
posted by cavalier at 5:42 AM on January 15, 2009

I would think quite the opposite, Slap*Happy. Not to get all Warhol, but why did Tay or Leave Britney put their selves up on the tubes if not to get clicks and views? Gary Brosolma I agree probably didn't expect the massive reaction that he got, but still he did put it out there. By the time Britney Guy or Tay were publishing, they knew damn well what viral videos were.
posted by cavalier at 5:44 AM on January 15, 2009

This video is still a lot of fun. Too busy, maybe, but I dig it. I don't have much of an attention span these days, anyhow.

And I want to go on record here, since I said some unpleasant things about this track, this mix, and the album, before I listened to it a few times. I really like the album, and it actually sounds fantastic. It's front-loaded, and some of the songs are duds, but the ones that are good are really good, in the sing-along sort of way. Plus the bonus track "Miss Sweeney" has my favorite hook in pretty much forever. Sure, it's a slowed-down version of the hook from "Suzanne," but that's one of my other favorite hooks.
posted by uncleozzy at 6:25 AM on January 15, 2009

I like Weezer. This is another reason why.
posted by grubi at 7:24 AM on January 15, 2009

Memes are so played out. Can't wait until post-mimetic thinking catches on.
posted by naju at 8:16 AM on January 15, 2009

Instead of objects of scorn, they're portrayed as friends we're happy to see again.

Yes. Rather than lamely parody or make a reference to these flashcelebs, they actually get them all together, doing their thing, bouncin' about to a happy song. It's so friendly! So unlike the internet!


Post-Meme is the New Meme.
posted by The Whelk at 8:55 AM on January 15, 2009 [1 favorite]

Hm, looks like they added:
The "I Like Turtles" Kid
Phillippines prisoner performance of "Thriller"
Leeroy Jenkins
Badgerbadgerbadger
Tom Dickson from Will it Blend? (Ms. South Carolina uses one of their blenders to shred a map in the original)
Technoviking, as mentioned above
There is a tiger mauling someone, it looks like, but not sure what that is from.
Coconut chop fail
I also don't know who the guy in the toque on the keyboards is.
Or the people in the aquarium.
Or the rabbit (?) chasing the pigeon (?) near the beginning
Ask a Ninja
at least.
posted by m0nm0n at 9:33 AM on January 15, 2009

If you run them side-by-side with the "doubler" and they're only slightly out of sync then you end up getting this awesome echo effect like you're listening to it in a cave.
posted by GuyZero at 9:54 AM on January 15, 2009

I made it through 43 seconds.




Really embarrassing.
posted by Zambrano at 10:14 AM on January 15, 2009

I made it through 43 seconds.

But the chorus doesn't even start until 57 seconds. Which is when it kicks into excellent mode. Please do not disrespect the traditional structure of the pop song.
posted by flashboy at 10:18 AM on January 15, 2009

You know, I like Weezer in general, and "Pork and Beans" in particularly, so I've been baffled by the abysmal "Beverly Hills" ever since it came out. It's such an awful, stupid song, and it confuses me how an otherwise good band thought it was a good idea.
posted by Caduceus at 10:44 AM on January 15, 2009

I also don't know who the guy in the toque on the keyboards is.

Well, it's my hero and your new friend: Ronald Jenkees
posted by Potomac Avenue at 11:08 AM on January 15, 2009

Jenkees is easily my favorite thing on YouTube, and he's a great human being too; his encouragement was enough to push me to self-publish my own album after years of indecision. His CD is permanently in my car stereo.
posted by jake at 11:23 AM on January 15, 2009

Well, damn; they found the Techno Viking guy. If I had known I would have one MeFi wish come true, I would have given it more thought.
posted by yhbc at 11:29 AM on January 15, 2009

I always wished that Weezer was (musically) a better band.
posted by cmoj at 11:50 AM on January 15, 2009

Good work, WCityMike. I'm fairly sure that the "clotheshorse" is actually the Big Dog robot.

Oh, and the dancing prisoners are from the Philippines. Other than that, spot on.
posted by flashboy at 12:48 PM on January 15, 2009

Charlie the Unicorn was in the background.
posted by dunkadunc at 2:18 PM on January 15, 2009

Also, at 0:52-0:53, the Mentos/Diet Coke experimenter tosses his safety goggles to the G.I. Joe dude, presumably as a take on the "guy catches glasses with face" viral Ray-Ban ad.
posted by dilettanti at 2:35 PM on January 15, 2009

Also, "Daft Hands" at 2:03 (and later) and "Daft Bodies" at 2:07
posted by dilettanti at 2:41 PM on January 15, 2009

Okay so I spent a buck to buy the mp3 of the arrangement mentioned by WCityMike, and the composer of said arrangement actually took the time to write me a personal note of thanks for spending that buck on his music. How cool is that?
posted by WolfDaddy at 11:15 AM on January 16, 2009 [1 favorite]