Don't miss these money quotes:
"God is my friend."
"Worshippin' Worshippin' Yeah!"
"Church can be fun. You know that it is."
"So excited. We so excited. We knowin' Jesus is alive today."
Oh, and please don't miss the cafe shot.
Not only did they entirely capture the simplistic, contrived feeling of the original, but they managed to map it directly onto the church. What's most frightening of all is the number of people who will watch this and think this is what church and Christianity are all about.
I think when you hit this point you stop facepalming and you just walk right over to the wall and start banging your head against it.
It does feel So Much Better when you stop....
ReplyDeletebut i. can't. stop.
ReplyDeletemust. bang. head.
Ok. Um, Rob? INTERVENTION!
ReplyDeleteI'll just say that whoever produced it needs to take a second look at the pencil sketch effect on the video - it makes her look like she has black teeth.
ReplyDeletei think that's from the braces.
ReplyDeletei wonder if she's the pastor's kid.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what Jesus thinks about plagiarism.
ReplyDeleteparodies aren't plagiarism, yo.
ReplyDeleteI think it depends on the content of the parody.
ReplyDeleteIf someone (SNL, say) makes a parody of a movie, it's protected.
If someone takes anothers's music and does a parody of it, I believe they have to get permission; i.e., "Weird" Al always had to get permission from the original artists to make his songs. There was a dispute between him and Coolio over "Amish Paradise" about whether he got permission first or not.
considering the number of people who have parodied this song, i doubt this church is going to be the one anyone would go after. ... i'd probably start with conan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Th1HgtYuMY and then hit jimmy fallon (with stephen colbert) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5Asg5ww_Iw
ReplyDeletethen maybe you could go after the rest of the crowd. there are jillions.
other parodies:
funnyz - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c5LPQld7OM (wearing a CSU sweatshirt!)
chad vader - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPI6g_XG7ck (this was the first one i saw... even before seeing the original. chad rocks. i thought he was just being extra goofy till i saw the original.)
covers
here's a cover done in bob dylan style - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FISHEO3gsM
nicepetertoo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGttPMtpJu8