Friday Night Videos

I heard good things about the Barenaked Ladies for years before they finally hit it big, and was somewhat surprised and a little disappointed that they were unable to sustain the success of "One Week." That's as great a song as there ever was for someone like me--how can you not like music that references the X-Files and Sailor Moon among dozens of other pop culture shout-outs? The video is a work of genius as well. Sure, the Evel Knievel, General Lee and Starsky & Hutch Gran Torino are wonderful (if not obvious) callbacks to my childhood, but the thing that really, really puts it over the top for me is the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang homage in the opening scenes. Très cool.



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