You can thank me for this later

[sholio]

So apparently William Shatner has a new album and a music video out.

I know what you're thinking: "I must run and watch this immediately!"

Yes. Yes you should.

As far as I'm concerned, this video completely blows away what was up until this point the trippiest, most utterly WTF professional music video I'd ever seen, which was David Hasselhoff's rendition of "Hooked on a Feeling". Since I hadn't seen that one in awhile, I had to go looking for it on Youtube -- it's always good for a laugh -- and because I'm a generous person, I decided to share. :D

You're welcome.

Comments

[jennaria]

Dear lord. That is fascinatingly...fascinating. O_O

[sholio]

It's really ... something, all right. XD

[tei]

I... oh my god... what did I just do to my eyeballs?

[sholio]

*passes the brain bleach*

[michelel72]

I ... that ... what?

I'm going to have nightmares now, THANKS. (hee)

[sholio]

When I suffer, my flist suffers with me! Sad but true.

[torachan]

I think the key to understanding both of these lies in the following phrases "little high little low" (Shatner) and "high on believing" (Hasselhoff).

idek I guess I'm glad they can make fun of themselves? (Oh god, please let them be making fun of themselves. I think the most frightening part to me is that there is the chance they might be totally serioues!)

[sholio]

I ... can't even figure it out. I think it's intentional, but the idea that it might not be is a terrible, terrible thought indeed. XD

[holdouttrout]

Something this amazing has to be intentional... right?

[skeddy_kat]

I made my husband watch, too. He thinks he will have nightmares. My work is done. Thank you.

[meridian_rose]

I thought Shatner's Lucy in the Sky was the weirdest thing ever. Until now. I'd never seen that Hoff vid though, wtf indeed :D

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

Can't sleep, Cpt. Kirk will eat me!

I really, really hope the people who do the literal videos do Shatner's. They have to do Shatner's. It would be a crime if they didn't.

[sholio]

Can't sleep, Cpt. Kirk will eat me!

*snicker* Or flatten you with a meteor ...

It would be hard to parody Shatner's videos, I'd think, because they ALREADY look like parodies.

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

But that's the point! The literal lyrics for this would be priceless. You saw the literal rendition for Hasselhoff's video, right? - "The Hoff will save you all!" Heee! :D

[sholio]

ahaha, no, I haven't seen it, didn't even know it existed! *goes to look* :D

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

Oh. Huh :/ I could have sworn I rec'd it but I may be getting my vids mixed up.

[sholio]

Now that I've watched it (and stopped laughing :D) I think I have seen it before - parts were familiar(ish). I don't remember when or where, though. But thanks! I needed that.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

HOLY SH...atner, indeed!

(the second most disturbing part after the vid itself - okay, third, after the chorusing constellations - was realizing that flaming meteors crashing into the planet now makes me squee. Homestuck, what hath thou wrought of me?)

While I'm at it: WTFWTFWTFHASSELHOFFWTFWTFFURCOATWTFFLYINGWTFWTFFISHWTFWHYYYYYYYYYYY?

[sholio]

HOLY SH...atner

That's the best part of the vid IMHO. XDDD Well, inasmuch as it has a "best" part.

These are the situations that OMGWTFBBQ was INVENTED for.

(In case you were tempted to check out more Hasselhoff vids for some reason, Jump In My Car has a similar sort of "... wait, WHAT AM I EVEN WATCHING" factor to it.

[alessandriana.livejournal.com]

what is this i don't even

I... I think I may need to go and lay down for a while...

[sholio]

Yeah, that sums it up, I think.

[schneefink.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. This is so bad I couldn't even watch it. I have to believe that these are intentional parodies.

But the Literal version of the Hasselhoff vid is priceless xD

[leesa_perrie]

Thank you, my life would not be complete without these two videos in it!!! :D

The Shatner vid definitely blows the Hasselhoff one clear out of the water!!

[tari-roo.livejournal.com]

I feel both blessed and cursed to have not been aware of these videos... and now that I am.. there is no going back! :)

Thanks for sharing.

[flingslass.livejournal.com]

The Hoff did the classic Aussie song Jump in My Car by Ted Mulry Gang. It's horrendous!

Here's The Hoff (http://youtu.be/sKPwFEPsueU)

and here's the original (http://youtu.be/YsJAhUtDXRE). You decide :)