A "literal video", for the uninitiated, is a music video in which the original soundtrack has been replaced with a very similar soundtrack where the lyrics have been altered so that they simply describe what's going on in the video. The funniness varies wildly, even in the hands of someone as skilled as David A Scott Jr., but he's responsible for the classic literal version of Total Eclipse of the Heart.
I checked back at his page at Funny or Die earlier this week and found some gems. Here are two of them.
First up, "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson, which is so loved and ground-breaking that it can take a little ribbing - even if whoever wrote the subtitles doesn't know how to spell "unfazed". After all, MJ actively encouraged Weird Al Yankovic to spoof his videos more than once; I think he might have chuckled at this one.
Earlier this week, I was remembering a song from the time I brought my newborn younger daughter home from the hospital.
The following was one of the songs getting heavy rotation when I brought elder daughter home from hospital. It's also strong enough to survive some knocking.
One: Literal Video Version - watch more funny videos
The "sad man", by the way, is Bono's father who died nine years later. I like to think he would have found this funny, too.
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