As a diehard Lord of the Rings fan since around age 13, I have only one thing to say about this:
They're taking the hobbits to Isengard!
I bet you can't get this out of your head now, can you?
This guy couldn't:
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I hate you for that. But in a good way.
Another triumph of science ...
I don't know what it says about me, but I absolutely loved it!
Oh great. Now I'll have to spend all afternoon watching BadgerBadgerBadger just to get those out of my head.
If there were a Hell, you'd burn in it for eternity.
Oh my. Just when I was going to sleep. I'll blame any insomnia or nightmare on you.
Oh. My.
Although it's a very interesting thing - loop a sentence long enough and you start hearing it as music . . . (got it from WNYC's wonderful Radio Lab show, the musical language episode . . .
I'm not sure you can ever unhear it, though . . . .
They're taking the hobbits to Isengard!
Yawn. I guess I'm getting old. If that's what the young folks listen to today, I'm glad I don't belong to that generation. The only thing that's really impressive is the guy's dentist. I guess I stopped listening to techno when they started with that annoying re-re-re-peating of always the same sentence. The day. The earth. Caught fire.
Glad you liked it, too.
Old. But entertaining nonetheless.
And now, I have to watch dancing badgers for the next 3 hours to get this song out of my head.
Oh, and may I recommend http://www.leekspin.com? It's truly hypnotic... =D
I put this same youtube video into my science webcomic, Lab Bratz, a couple of months ago, here: http://labbratz.comicgenesis.com/d/20061204.html
We torment each other in the lab with this stuff! Plus, who doesn't love a good LotR spoof?
Ed
Since I need more fruit in my diet, I'll be cleaning this out of my head with Mango! Mango! Mango, mango, mango! Mangooooo!
Was this done by the same guy who made the "Piccard Rap?" The styles seem very similar.
I assume you've seen this one. (Less brilliant, but still pretty catchy--I do like the layering of all the 'catch' sentences by the end.)
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/taters.php
You have it all wrong. Shows how if you keep repeating a lie often enough...
They're taking the Hobbits TOO, Eyes and Guard.
*shakes fist* I want those two minutes back!