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...song sucks, too. Apart from the always-funny guitar solo by KG (the real source of the D’s comedy), it is hard to believe that the band that wrote the greatest tribute song in history has stooped to “If you are a diva, then go to Geneva / And if you are snooty, then sniff on my booty.” This is the song’s funniest line...
...overwhelming sincerity of the duo. Jack Black couldn’t do satire if his life depended on it (see “Nacho Libre” for proof). These dumpy fat thirtysomethings really love this music, and they truly believed that they were the greatest band in the world. Right now, it’s painfully obvious that they?...
...combination of silent-era cinema expressionism, “Thriller”-era leather jackets, and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”-era choppy animation—is how strange and incongruous it seems; the second is how much sense that combination makes for a band whose sound rolls a barbershop quartet, a dance-floor DJ, and the Pixies into...
...turns him into a werewolf. We end in an Edenic forest that allows the strange couple to live a blissfully nude life with fellow werewolves. In between, we’re treated to some freaky visuals, some funny ones, and not nearly enough nifty dancing from the ultracharismatic band...
...this sounds a little bit like “Thriller,” well, it should: the band is clearly referencing the milestone Michael Jackson video, falling somewhere between pastiche and parody. The self-conscious (dare I say postmodern?) cannibalism of such elements makes for an interesting although not thoroughly engrossing video. While they can’t match the King of Pop visually, they’re musically so far ahead of the curve that it doesn’t matter...