Music Video #49 (Day 19 of 2008)

This will be the most unique entry in this series EVER! For you see, not only have I heard this song before...I've also seen the video! Ok, I've only seen the shorten version so a little is new, but otherwise I already knew what the video was about. So there. Today's video is Three Little Pigs, by Green Jelly. This song was included on this CD that I own, and I saw the video last year.


For anybody who hasn't seen the video, it's a silly metal version of the Three Little Pigs. We start with a swirly intro and a book of fairy tales shows up. The singer tells us to sit back while he tells us a story about the pigs and a BIG BAAD WOLF! We get several pig butt shots when he says tail.

We go from the book to a claymation anthropomorphic wolf. It looks down at itself and sees that it's wearing a jacket and jeans. THIS AIN'T YOUR GRANDFATHER'S Three Little Pigs! To prove that, the wolf puts on sunglasses and flashes a winning smile. He starts to play the guitar as we get our first lyrics.

Pig number one is a hick who lives on a farm. He wears a green cap and a chin that screams yokel. Pig rides around on a tractor but wants to break free from the country. He buys a guitar and moves to Hollywood to make a name for himself. Somehow, he avoids falling into prostitution but he does fail. He builds a straw house on a street with lots of pornography stores and such and is soon attacked by the wolf.

We get the standard wolf attack set to heavy metal. Pigs have very squeaky voices. They're the only part of the song not narrated by the singer. These parts are the highlight of the song as the singer repeats the wolf's lines over and over again getting louder as he goes. In the video the wolf actually bursts into the room before destroying the house. After the house is destroyed the wolf does a solo, which includes a bit where the Big Bad Wolf looks like he's...never mind.

Our second pig is a slacker. In fact, the video informs us that he's a marijuana head. The pig is lying on the beach next to a Jamaican flag towel. Is there anything else that island is known for? He makes his income from religious preaching. Sigh. Instead of sticks he makes his house of trash. He hangs out with the hick pig and does druggie stuff. The wolf pulls up in a motorcycle to attack. The same thing happens to these two pigs and the wolf smokes a giant cigarette when he's done. I think it's a cigarette.

The third pig has a The Brain size noggin and is a grade A student. Not only that, but his dad is a rock star named Pig Nugent who has several gold records. Third pig got a master degree in engineering and built an odd three story building where each floor is jutting out in a different direction. Look pig, just because you can... It's a tri-level mansion that his father paid for. I'm now envious of a gumby-like character.

Wolf attacks, but the attack fails. The pig respond by calling the police. And by police, I somehow mean Rambo. Rambo shoots the wolf several times and we get a quick shot of some live show which was probably taken when Green Jelly did this to a crowd. I'm guessing. We get a story book picture of the pigs looking over the wolf. The song ends by noting that if you listen hard enough, you can still hear the wolf attacking the pigs. Cue chorus. Actually, the song ends with this:

A band with no talent can easily amuse
idiots, with a stupid, puppet show.

I'd be insulted, but they used claymation, so who's stupid now?


I love this song. Heavy metal and drug jokes aren't my thing, but this is still a great, fun song. The video was great too.

The awesome thing is some of the lyrics, especially the part that goes like this:

Then one day he was cranking out Bob Marley,
and along came the Wolf on his big bad Harley.

If only I was half as clever I could have a better blog.