Comments for "Weezer - Pork and Beans (Count the Memes)" Video at VideoSift.com

By intangiblemeg

intangiblemeg (http://www.videosift.com/member/intangiblemeg) — Fri, 23 May 2008 10:26:03 -0700

Wow, Weezer distilled the internet.

By Gunter

Gunter (http://www.videosift.com/member/Gunter) — Fri, 23 May 2008 11:09:39 -0700

By 8756

8756 (http://www.videosift.com/member/8756) — Fri, 23 May 2008 12:30:01 -0700

Damn ! You got me ! ... ok, i'm 2 hours late ...

By calvados

calvados (http://www.videosift.com/member/calvados) — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:15:27 -0700

gj Weezer, very well done indeed

By ant

ant (http://www.videosift.com/member/ant) — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:40:33 -0700

I was going to submit it but I made a bad decision to max out my queue.

http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=weezer&p=r has a few shoots.

From http://videos.antville.org/stories/1798576/ and http://www.weezer.com/news/default.aspx/nid/13717 ...

By Sarzy

Sarzy (http://sarzy.videosift.com) — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:59:57 -0700

This has number one written all over it.

By James Roe

James Roe (http://jamesroe.videosift.com) — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:35:29 -0700

I hope so sarzy. Maybe not on a Friday though, but judging from the comments I am glad I didn't wait.

By dag

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:59:32 -0700

awesome

By uhohzombies

uhohzombies (http://www.videosift.com/member/uhohzombies) — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:45:03 -0700

>> ^intangiblemeg:
Wow, Weezer distilled the internet.

Yeah, but too bad the song sucks. Weezer is past their prime.

By Napalm

Napalm (http://www.videosift.com/member/Napalm) — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:48:26 -0700

Wow first Weezer song since Pinkerton I think I've really liked.

By lucky760

lucky760 (http://lucky760.videosift.com) — Fri, 23 May 2008 17:32:08 -0700

I can't explain it, but while watching this I caught myself with an enormous grin as I felt an honest to goodness *happyness inside. Strange, but very nice.

I love this video. Probably the best one evar.

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Fri, 23 May 2008 17:32:09 -0700

Adding video to channels (Happy) - requested by lucky760.

By gwiz665

gwiz665 (http://gwiz665.videosift.com) — Fri, 23 May 2008 17:37:32 -0700

Why can't I promote yet!? This is bloody brilliant. Well played, Weezer, well played. If this doesn't sift all the way to the top I will personally outstare Jessica Alba.

By schnitzelboi

schnitzelboi (http://www.videosift.com/member/schnitzelboi) — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:28:26 -0700

22 memes, I believe.

Fine, I'm a loser.

By schnitzelboi

schnitzelboi (http://www.videosift.com/member/schnitzelboi) — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:29:48 -0700

Er, make that 25.

By cheesemoo

cheesemoo (http://www.videosift.com/member/cheesemoo) — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:11:01 -0700

Man, I only counted 21.

By Farhad2000

Farhad2000 (http://farhad.videosift.com) — Fri, 23 May 2008 22:24:16 -0700

Someone who links every meme featured should get a Gold Star or Diamond instantly.

By calmebob

calmebob (http://www.videosift.com/member/calmebob) — Fri, 23 May 2008 23:41:24 -0700

makes me cry tears of excellence

By EDD

EDD (http://www.videosift.com/member/EDD) — Sat, 24 May 2008 00:34:16 -0700

I nominate this video/song to be the siftationally siftatious anthem of VideoSift!!

By EDD

EDD (http://www.videosift.com/member/EDD) — Sat, 24 May 2008 00:35:02 -0700

Oh, and I effin LOVED Afroninjas comeback and him kickin' ass, as well as the crowd scene near the end - AWESOME!

By 11807

11807 (http://www.videosift.com/member/11807) — Sat, 24 May 2008 00:38:05 -0700

Wow, I enjoyed that more than the "Internet People" video. Great video!

By jmd

jmd (http://www.videosift.com/member/jmd) — Sat, 24 May 2008 00:39:45 -0700

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numa_Numa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_Coke_and_Mentos_eruption
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate_rain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_Banana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_wars_kid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramatic_prairie_dog#Dramatic_Prairie_Dog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIvWASpK9aQ nunchuck guy
http://www.myspace.com/chriscrocker britney spears girl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww Ms South Carolina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDdYvf-Wimk guy dancing on stage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2cYWfq--Nw daft hands, and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLYD_-A_X5E&feature=related daft bodies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6tlw-oPDBM tshirt guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCF3ywukQYA red shoes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPONTneuaF4 candy mountain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_azQmHSIXs will it blend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NE5elL30w4 ryan vs dorkman
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ogEtfIdgjpY 8:10 Gi joe

Questionables..

The girl with the rainbow colored leggings. I know of one or two high resolution pictures (one of them has been turned into a inspirational poster) of a model wearing them, but recall no such video or animated gif of this girl.
http://208.116.9.205/10/graphics/pics/pictures_skittles.jpg

In the massive collage at the end, theres a pair of 3 animated CG models. They don't look like anything I recognize, but the distorted form and copied animation dance reminds me of the dancing baby, or the Japanese music player that allowed user loadable models that then made them dance to music (if any of you have seen the dancing spider man, that was from this program).
http://www.speeding.co.uk/acatalog/gay_spiderman.gif
http://www.monsterdesign.co.kr/image/spiderman_dancing.gif

There is also what appears to be a floating metal star with a circular grill that rings no bells in the same collage.

And the 3 dancing idiots. I spent most of the time trying to find these guys with no luck. They use the same stage as the numa guy though, so maybe its not a meme?

Bonus: Check out the will it blend link.

By 11714

11714 (http://www.videosift.com/member/11714) — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:06:26 -0700

^wow you did your homework there jmd!

I think this is one of those videos we'll see far down the road when looking back on what the 2000's were like. We'll be like wow.. times were so good then.. and we didnt even know it. then go back to working for our canadian overlords in concentration camps

By EDD

EDD (http://www.videosift.com/member/EDD) — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:43:42 -0700

Great job, jmd.
Those 3 CG models - you can see the middle one is Donald Duck, although my first guess was that it should have been Crazy Frog.
As for those 3 dancing dudes, I'm quite sure they're doing that complete and utter shyte that some have actually labeled as music - Soulja Boy's Crank That.

There's also The Sneezing Panda in the background of the same scene.

And Rubik's cubes.

Oh, and you missed two biggies - epic amateur-made lightsabers and Judson Laipply's Evolution of Dance. And there's also some pretty-colored ponies in the wallpaper, although I'm unfamiliar with those, so that's questionable, I guess.

Heh, I really got into this "research" - I freeze-framed the T-shirt sequences, because I noticed some shirts had pics/slogans on them. There's one that says "Download the free mp3s" - clearly, an homage to spam, so could be considered as a meme. There's some that have bears on them, but I'm unsure what to make of those. There's also one that says "Dancefloor star" in Russian (which is weird, because the most popular hit is an MTV Russia programme along the likes of "So you think you can dance"). And in the second sequence there's one with MTh (???) and that's it.

So I guess for now, that brings the total count to what..? 29?

By James Roe

James Roe (http://jamesroe.videosift.com) — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:45:46 -0700

I think the three models are the sobe thrillicious lizards.

update: no, no they aren't... no clue.

By 10450

10450 (http://www.videosift.com/member/10450) — Sat, 24 May 2008 03:34:17 -0700

When they are in the studio, the producer sits outside playin cool. I thought that was a refrence to Timberland in the One Repuplic video, but maybe thats just me?

By Farhad2000

Farhad2000 (http://farhad.videosift.com) — Sat, 24 May 2008 04:06:54 -0700

No thats Kevin Federline being a douchebag.

Me knowing this is fucking terrible.

By MarineGunrock

MarineGunrock (http://www.videosift.com/member/MarineGunrock) — Sat, 24 May 2008 09:54:04 -0700

~~Wow, no one else saw Charlie the Unicorn?~~

I'm a douche.

By uhohzombies

uhohzombies (http://www.videosift.com/member/uhohzombies) — Sat, 24 May 2008 10:19:44 -0700

Weezer are still as unoriginal as ever.

By Imagoamin

Imagoamin (http://www.videosift.com/member/Imagoamin) — Sat, 24 May 2008 10:40:45 -0700

And that mustache..Come on..Weezer went from trying to be nerd rock to be hipster rock - complete with ironic facial hair.

By eric3579

eric3579 (http://eric3579.videosift.com) — Sat, 24 May 2008 11:48:46 -0700

Is the first scene a take on that Cannon in D, guitar video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8

By jmd

jmd (http://www.videosift.com/member/jmd) — Sat, 24 May 2008 12:17:04 -0700

Charlie (candy mountain) and Evolution of dance are both in my list.

EDD,I saw the cubes but since nothing was actually being done with them, its hard to attribute it to any meme. In my mind, the most coolest thing ive seen done with rubiks cubes in the past years, are the amature made cube solvers made with webcams and basic robotics. As for the light sabers, the 2 nerd duelist are ryan vs dorkman. They made 2 videos consisting of light saber duals, reproducing some high level special effects like terrain impacts and sparks. Its possible to attribute the light saber effect on lot of other things in the videos due to the gauntlet of HOW TO videos on making your own light saber effects in movies.

Eric, nice catch. Never seen the video till now, but the mouse placement and the overexposure glow from the window as well as overall color is dead on.

uhohzombies, nice catch, although I didn't notice nearly as many memes in there. Its possible they are from different circles. Weezers is pretty much a years worth of 4chans /flash board condensed into a video. And of course both BNL and weezers song itself sucks.. so yea.. their trying tp ride hype trains that are not their own.

By Shepppard

Shepppard (http://shepppard.videosift.com) — Sat, 24 May 2008 12:25:56 -0700

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3gg5LOd_Zus

Best i've got for the three other dancing guys at -1:54

By eric3579

eric3579 (http://eric3579.videosift.com) — Sat, 24 May 2008 13:40:24 -0700

What was it that was floating behind Ms. South Carolina? By the way she looked pretty hot in this video, but I'm guessing still dumb as a doorbell.

By deathcow

deathcow (http://www.videosift.com/member/deathcow) — Sat, 24 May 2008 13:50:49 -0700

killer

By Abel_Prisc

Abel_Prisc (http://www.videosift.com/member/Abel_Prisc) — Sat, 24 May 2008 14:03:53 -0700

While this is an absolute rip-off of the Barenaked Ladies concept, it's not a very original idea anyways. I mean, a band that hasn't done anything good in years, in order to get back on the map, what do they do? Why not mock videos that pretty much everyone in the world have seen?

And I agree with Imago... "Nerd Rock" to Hipster Rock, complete with the ironic facial hair. This whole thing just screams "We want to be cool again".

By rychan

rychan (http://www.videosift.com/member/rychan) — Sat, 24 May 2008 14:48:20 -0700

I wonder if those were the actual daft body girls.

By Krupo

Krupo (http://krupo.videosift.com) — Sat, 24 May 2008 15:29:31 -0700

We have a meme channel, but does that preclude this from also being channelized as a *parody of *viral videos? Of course not, I say.

I'm both amazed and troubled by the nerdfest.

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Sat, 24 May 2008 15:29:32 -0700

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By eric3579

eric3579 (http://eric3579.videosift.com) — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:32:26 -0700

Any bets on where this one tops out when it comes to up votes.

By JAPR

JAPR (http://www.videosift.com/member/JAPR) — Sat, 24 May 2008 18:53:47 -0700

This is a really fun music video and a really, really good song. If the rest of the album can match this level, this will be the first truly good release Weezer's had since Pinkerton for sure.

By Shepppard

Shepppard (http://shepppard.videosift.com) — Sat, 24 May 2008 20:37:37 -0700

Upon a bit more research, theres a Dancing Donald Duck and two alien lookin things at 2:37 which may be something to do with

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Nz2ADowyy1I&feature=related

Edit: There's also some hovering thing in the collage at the end that I cant figure out..you can see it the last time you see the South Carolina chick, behind her to the left

Now, we can prettymuch just close youtube, and just link the website to this movie.

By quantumushroom

quantumushroom (http://www.videosift.com/member/quantumushroom) — Sat, 24 May 2008 22:44:04 -0700

Edit: There's also some hovering thing in the collage at the end that I cant figure out..you can see it the last time you see the South Carolina chick, behind her to the left.

The "Haiti UFO"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up5jmbSjWkw

By moonsammy

moonsammy (http://www.videosift.com/member/moonsammy) — Sat, 24 May 2008 23:00:43 -0700

>> ^Napalm:
Wow first Weezer song since Pinkerton I think I've really liked.

Not even Island in the sun? Actually, I didn't like the song all that much until I saw the video. Pork and Beans would probably have been the same way, except that this is my first time hearing the song

By messenger

messenger (http://www.videosift.com/member/messenger) — Sat, 24 May 2008 23:13:12 -0700

No question, eric3579, the opening is a parody of the Canon in D vid. First meme I noticed.

By jmd

jmd (http://www.videosift.com/member/jmd) — Sat, 24 May 2008 23:15:51 -0700

Quantum, I studied the video, and imo it dosnt look the same. For starter, the ufo video is pretty much a bottems up view while the weezer vid is showing a top down view most of the time.

By dag

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Sat, 24 May 2008 23:26:46 -0700

Afro Ninja's kick-ass comeback is the highlight of this video.

By dystopianfuturetoday

dystopianfuturetoday (http://www.videosift.com/member/dystopianfuturetoday) — Sun, 25 May 2008 00:05:06 -0700

Ohhh, where can I get me some of them lightsaber sticks?

By Zonbie

Zonbie (http://zonbie.videosift.com) — Sun, 25 May 2008 06:12:09 -0700

Who says music videos don't sift too well eh

LOL That was GREAT!!

By RedSky

RedSky (http://www.videosift.com/member/RedSky) — Sun, 25 May 2008 06:20:27 -0700

WHERE IS PEDOBEAR?

WHERE?!?!?

Pretty average song though, either Weezer have been going downhill or I've lost interest in their kind of music.

By seltar

seltar (http://www.videosift.com/member/seltar) — Sun, 25 May 2008 13:30:09 -0700

This just made me all warm and fuzzy inside! I think I'm in love!

By Eklek

Eklek (http://eklek.videosift.com) — Sun, 25 May 2008 14:01:04 -0700

Apart from the Barenaked Ladies video
http://www.videosift.com/video/Weezer-Are-Thieves-Sound-of-Your-Voice-by-Barenaked-Ladies
check this one
http://www.videosift.com/video/Internet-meme-song
and the memes used:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Internet-meme-song#comment-207856
to satisfy you meme addiction..

By rychan

rychan (http://www.videosift.com/member/rychan) — Sun, 25 May 2008 15:10:17 -0700

I wouldn't call this a rip off of the barenaked ladies. Lots of people have independently come up with the idea of internet meme medley type things (include south park). And regardless, this one is much better produced. The barenaked lady one focuses on video bloggers who frankly I've never heard of.

By 11714

11714 (http://www.videosift.com/member/11714) — Sun, 25 May 2008 17:26:57 -0700

>> ^dag:
Afro Ninja's kick-ass comeback is the highlight of this video.

I concur! :-D

By 8772

8772 (http://www.videosift.com/member/8772) — Sun, 25 May 2008 23:55:32 -0700

lmao @ ms. South Carolina blending maps

By Xenster

Xenster (http://www.videosift.com/member/Xenster) — Sun, 25 May 2008 23:57:52 -0700

Not sure, but that intro might have something to do with the gnarles barkley cover with that weird russian instrument that was running rampant on the sift... too lazy to look it up right now. Being in a slump, this video really brightened things up for me. +1 for Weezer, "Say it ain't so" still being my #1 choice for karaoke nights.

By Fjnbk

Fjnbk (http://www.videosift.com/member/Fjnbk) — Mon, 26 May 2008 09:56:03 -0700

I was expecting a rick roll at the end.

By Imagoamin

Imagoamin (http://www.videosift.com/member/Imagoamin) — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:38:06 -0700

Theremin was the instrument.

By tacotime

tacotime (http://www.videosift.com/member/tacotime) — Mon, 26 May 2008 12:05:48 -0700

got my vote

By dannym3141

dannym3141 (http://www.videosift.com/member/dannym3141) — Tue, 27 May 2008 08:04:59 -0700

This video brought back so many memories. Coupled with the usual tone of weezer, this made me almost feel weepy at times. Love it.

By Zonbie

Zonbie (http://zonbie.videosift.com) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:19:49 -0700

*dead good, and no embed allowed now.

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:19:49 -0700

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By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:55:35 -0700

Awarding blahpook with one star point for fixing this video's dead embed code.

By lucky760

lucky760 (http://lucky760.videosift.com) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:54:10 -0700

Just realized Kevin Federleezy (aka KFed) appears right at the moment when Timbaland is mentioned in the lyrics because he then proceeds to mimic Timbaland in OneRepublic's video for Apologize (which Timbaland helped to reach the top of the charts with a remix and adding a couple of yells).

By Laekroth

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*dead

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By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:31:49 -0700

rasch187 has fixed this video's dead embed code - no Power Points awarded because rasch187's points are already fully charged.

By lucky760

lucky760 (http://lucky760.videosift.com) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:05:22 -0700

*dead in a manner of speaking - the video kidnaps you to their site when you click play.

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This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by lucky760.

By siftbot

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