Worst And Most Funny Music Videos

OK this video by R.E.M is more annoying that funny but I thought I’d include it anyway.

From the outset of the video I want to hit Michael Stipe. Who thought it would be a good idea for him to be doing callesthetics when he’s dressed like a tool 0:22? I don’t mind the B52 girl dancing that way but only because she doesn’t look like an absolute goof. Plus she’s hot even though she’s about 50 in the video.

This song always leaves me in a foul mood. It’s meant to cheer people up but it has the total reverse effect. It’s like Stipe is aware of this all throughout the song and is goading me with “I know I’m making you want to die! That’s why I’m dancing like a monkey boy!”.

There’s a bit of a reprieve at 1:20 when Peter Buck looks about as pleased as I do when watching this video.  It’s as if he’s thinking “If I have to listen to this song one more time I’m gonna wrap my mandolin around Stipe’s head”

Ok, since when was Rick Moranis a member of R.E.M. I’m referring to 1:26. I didn’t know he could sing. I’m impressed.

By the time I’ve reached 1:40 I’m incapacitated with misery. I’ve even started hallucinating. I even mistook the line “Everyone  around, love them! Love them!” for “Everyone around, KILL THEM! KILL THEM!”. I was even grasping out for a fork.

At 2:30 we’re introduced to the old man who was hobbling along at the start of the song, along with the sad strings bit that was in the intro. Perhaps like me he’s had enough of this song and is off to take a long walk off a short cliff. Who knows.

From 2:45 onwards the entire audience has joined in the act of bouncing around like twats. I don’t mind this so much as it means I can’t see Michael Stipe as clearly which is good. But it also means I’ve lost sight of Kate Pierson’s rack. Such are the sacrifices in life.

The song then manages to find another 12 choruses before it’s finally all over and I can breathe again without wanting to shit everywhere.