Music Video #81 (Day 21 of 2009)

Today's Video is Fire Water Burn by Bloodhouse Gang.




So, this counts as a classic, huh? It's just another rip off of the Roof Is On Fire!

This video takes place entirely inside an old folk's home. Our singer is a guy wearing a hat indoors. Would you trust him? He starts singing The Roof Is On Fire very slowly. Guess he figures he has to dumb it down for the seniors. He even includes the cuss words, which you couldn't on the record of the original song. Basically, something is on fire but who cares. Let it.

You know, the funny part is that I first heard that chant on a clean family show on The WB. (Not the cussing. Just the roof part.)

Also, that's some impressive rapeface, Mr. Suburbs.

Apparently at this point the Bloodhouse Gang says screw it, as they start rocking out. This mildly annoys the seniors as they try to eat their pudding. Because that's what old people do. One critic gives the band one cheek up. Band leader starts telling us that he's a dumb white guy named Jimmy Pop. I could tell by your suburbs cap, dude. Really, white guys = suburban wuss rocks. Black guys = urban cool rock, rap. I mean, look at Jimmy's attempt to rap! He tells us that he's not young or old and everybody best lay off his girl. His face gets even creepier and he starts jumping on tables telling everybody about his middling genitals. I guess this part explains why he's so angry.

This is not enough for Jimmy. He starts making crude comeons to the seniors. I don't think he's the root of all evil as he claims, but I would get him away from the old folks quickly. Jimmy starts singing the chorus. As he does that, I have to ask what the heck is up with the huge spoons? Do they want to drown the old folks with too much tapioca on one spoon?

J Pop starts rapping in a white boy way again. He tells us that it's hard to keep up his ghetto image. Especially with that hat! He tells us that he's perfect and going to heaven...BUT if he goes to hell just think about the people he'll hang out with. He lists people like JFK, Marvin Gaye, Kurt Cobain, and Webster. The latter is the anti-Christ. He's also dead, despite the fact that a decade after this song was made he's still alive. Or is that what he wants us to think!?

The old folk fall under the spell of the song and start giving Pop the sign of the devil. Man, if only one of the old ladies was cursing. That would be comedy gold. Jimmy is awarded with granny panties. Unless that's a man. Jimmy even kisses one of the old ladies. Huh. We get wacky hijinx as the song winds down. A band member fails to crowd surf. The elders line up as people dance down the middle. Geez, they even grind Jimmy Pop. The band leaves with a gal on their arm, except for Jimmy, har har! The final shot is of the building, telling us that these folk are deaf. Waah waah waah waaaaah.




This is technically a good song. And it's one that's not for me. Sorry, I'll just go back to my suburbs.

The awesome part is the original song. I looked it up as I prepared to write this.