By now, most, if not all of us have seen Weezer's Pork and Beans video. Surprisingly, (or not that surprising) it turns out the concept of using youtube 'celebrities' in a music video is not that original an idea.
In 2007 The Barenaked Ladies, a canadian band known for creating humorous music videos and having a clever stage act, released a music video called Sound of Your Voice. Haven't heard of it or seen the video? Me neither, until I noticed The Globe and Mail today and skimmed this article. The article asks readers if the weezer video is "Tribute, coincidence or ripoff". They also make reference to other similar videos: an episode of South Park , and The Meth Minute 39.
You may also recognize: BaratsAndBereta, The Evolution of Dance guy, Numa Numa, Battle of the Bands, Eepybird, Where the hell is Matt, Geriatric1927, Brookers, boh3m3, thewinekone, and Winston Spear.
Somehow this video went under the radar for me and the few Struttians I mentioned it to, can it just be blamed on SEO fail? or because it's Canadian content? The very fact that the music video view count has less views than BaretsAndBereta's Barenaked Ladies contibution video, seems to suggest just that.
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