Sadly, the really hot chick is the only one not in this band. Not sure why they're there anyway.
Music videos are really short if you think about it. Less than five minutes is not a lot of time if you want to get a good plot in, which is why most music videos do not have a plot or at least not a good one. But some bands have a great plot, they just waste time with other unimportant shit. Which brings me to this video from April 2011 I just stumbled on…
At first I was like, oh its just them in a garage with really cheap cuts to the singer bro singing by himself (and a few to the other singer bro who looks like Mark Hoppus‘ son singing by himself). Standard band on a budget basic music video, I get it. But then it cuts to them rolling a dude in a shopping cart at the local Meijer, and I’m like, is this gonna be a zany hanging out with bros video? They do have a bro in a trunk and a Darth Vader mask for no reason. But then HALFWAY through the song it turns into the PG-13 EASYCORE PARTY video that I definitely would have wanted to see for an extra two minutes. And because they wasted so much time, all the major plot points are rushed.
They should have just gotten to the fireworks factory
They have to quickly introduce the only fat dude as the total douchebag character by just being fat, having a dumb greasy short haircut, and taking a bro’s drink and ‘acting all tough’, establishing him as the villain with no redeemable qualities that stands by himself cause no one likes him and they’re pissed he showed up. Then they immediately introduce the chill bro whose girlfriend is the only really hot girl at the party. Props to the editing bro for cutting out any clear shot of a girl over a 5. Next thing you know the fat asshole has won over the hot chick with a single head nod, and the chill bro punches his face when he sees his girl kind of touching his shoulders. Leads to a perfect a sync up with the ‘Payback’s a bitch, bitch’ breakdown line, and hot girl just shrugs and accepts that now she is with a fat asshole loser for the rest of her life and no longer has any friends. A harsh lesson learned. But it could’ve been so much better!
All morals are more clear after being sewn on a throw pillow
The hot girl could have been disappointed in the chill bro in the beginning for like forgetting their anniversary or something, the douchebag bro could have been invited by her in a ploy to make him jealous and ‘really appreciate her’, and he could have gotten thrown over the fence by everyone at the party’s combined hate for his douchebag ass after getting his face punched in. An ending where the girl and guy get back together would have made a lot more sense, but its clear from the bitter lyrics that the dudes in the band wanted her to suffer (AKA be with the fat asshole loser guy forever oh man do I hate him). Could have at least flashed to the future where she’s miserable rubbing his fat feet while he’s on the couch eating chicken wings and the chill bro is having a threesome with multicultural girls. Would have that message hit home lot harder. So many possibilities, so much wasted potential, so much hope for an hour long TV special on Nickelodeon (where instead of fighting they talk out their differences). If only those band bros didn’t get all up in the way of this beautiful story with their little garage practice and grocery store shenanigans :(
Would you watch this tale of betrayal stretched out for another forty minutes (plus commercials)? Whose idea was it to waste so much time dickin’ around with the band when they had that great plot written up? Should that hot bitch have reacted more than a little shrug when called a bitch and ditched by every single one of her friends for one fat loser? Don’t you just fucking hate that guy? ughhhh, wish that fight scene was longer. Its so cute how they just bought bottled water.
You know what a Meijer is. Brofist
place for grose white trash to buy cheap lunch meat, vacuum cleaners, and WWE DVDs all under one roof?
3:26 = AMAZING
-non band guy crashes party
-leaves with hottest bish
-everyone else gets mad jelly
The real story behind this video is the band bros are struggling to come to terms with the fact they’re approaching the age where ‘being in a band’ isn’t gonna get them pussy by default. The fat dude is actually a metaphor for adulthood, as he is not accepted by anybody at the party, takes away their drinks to represent the sacrifice of the high school/college party all the time lifestyle, and frightens some partygoers (shown here as acting tough). The band bro punching the fat dude in the face is actually him refusing to grow up and is reminiscent of that scene from se7en where brad pitt shoots kevin spacey to death.
Deep, bro.
With that metaphor in mind, the Epilogue would be fast-forward 30 years and Punchy McBandbro is working slave wage as a soundguy in a shitty dive venue, and still living by himself in a shitty apartment in the worst part of town. All his friend are now either dead or working Fatty O’Douche.
my crystal balls informs me punchy will be living it up in turkish prison, following a terribly hilarious adventure trying to smuggle street pharmaceuticals via his totally retro trephination hole.
this is correct.
Blew my mind. Accurate representation of how teenage girls are into band guys for a little while, but it doesn’t take much to get into a serious less glamorous relationship with a dude with a real job.
I still hate that fat scumbag tho, can’t he represent being fucking awful?
I wanted to like this band but couldn’t enjoy the beiber kid’s voice :(
Would be much better imo if the other singer in the band just did all the vox duties himself
Srs doe what do you guys think of the bish in this video?? I am in heart, she’s the definition of a 7.5/10 water balloon who is mostly half slut, half sweetheart aka MY DREAM GURL (srs)
The acting is terrible, but she is really hot. Never get a good full body angle, but she’s at least a seven for that face/hair. In the video she becomes a perfect ten by being the only really hot girl, so we might all be biased by not seeing her in context of other really hot girls.
‘hot by default’ (credit to Jose Galvan for this term)
You mean blondie @ 2:08.
wood smash/1000000000000
You have the ability Sarge, CHARGE!
Ew, no! I mean the Miley Cyrus bish who appears at 2:14 ♥
I laughed way harder at this than makes sense.
me too
Again, I am reminded of how low my standards are. This girl looked like an 8-9 to me. Apparently, there are places where attractive females abound and realistic standards apply, unfortunately I never experience them via being a close minded shut in.
brb rethinking my life
I’m on scenebro’s side, when some asshole steals my bottled water (that stuffs not cheap), I just gotta deck him.
Dude I really love these pointlessly analytical posts (srs). It’s a really good way for me to become interested in something I’m only mildly interested in (easycore) or even in some cases not interested in. Plus I totally agree, the plot was disappointing, should have had more detail about the party. Disappointingly shallow plots lacking detail make me so sad, I experience this in video games all the time.
IDK why but the sentiment exhibited by this post really struck a nerve with me, in a positive way, like “bro I totally know that feel!”
I think that girl in headline pic is hotter than girl in the video. Definitely skipped through video hoping to peep some OTW FMV a la Mad Dog McCree. Me disappoint.
Also, Sarge, your Simpsons analogy was super effective. Congrats, you can now create masterwork references.