Finally: Tay Zonday covers “Start Me Up”
posted at 9:25 pm on April 4, 2008 by Allahpundit
“But this song’s not the same without Mick’s preening and prancing, AP!” Rest easy, my friends. Much preening and not a little prancing awaits.
The subject header of the e-mail sent by the tipster who found this? “Greatest video ever.” And so it is. So it is.
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Just for that, I hope Allah wakes up tomorrow with a hangover so bad it makes his ears hurt, because thats what this is doing to be now :)
firepilot on April 4, 2008 at 9:27 PM
Does this video have a purpose?
Log on April 4, 2008 at 9:33 PM
My curiosity piqued from this week’s Southpark, I had to watch.
And man. That was bad. And stupid.
BowHuntingTexas on April 4, 2008 at 9:35 PM
Just proves that Einstein was right, everything’s relative.
Oldnuke on April 4, 2008 at 9:35 PM
Look at it this way. At least he didn’t let the old tinsel from this years Christmas tree go to waste.
BrianBoru on April 4, 2008 at 9:36 PM
Start me up,oil and gasoline,might as well skip
right to the napalm,and get this party smokin hot
right from the get go!
canopfor on April 4, 2008 at 9:36 PM
20 seconds (all I could take)
baldilocks on April 4, 2008 at 9:38 PM
You hate us don’t you, Allah?
amerpundit on April 4, 2008 at 9:40 PM
It made this grown man cry. With terror or hilarity, I am not sure… a mix of both, I think.
Wineaholic on April 4, 2008 at 9:40 PM
I feel Tay is much stronger with his original material.
Don’t bottle up that lightning.
SouthernDem on April 4, 2008 at 9:41 PM
That background looks awfully like,oh I dunno
like the scene from Hell,is this one of Zay
Zonday most darkest vids!,
And is this the theme music for Hilda-Beast
when in Denver,they announce Obama as the Libs
Presidential hopeful,and the start-up is Hillarys
empolsion heard round the world,like Karkatoa
going off!
canopfor on April 4, 2008 at 9:44 PM
Barkeep! I’ll have whatever he’s having.
Oldnuke on April 4, 2008 at 9:44 PM
Grolsch for Oldnuke!
SouthernDem on April 4, 2008 at 9:45 PM
You know, after watching this video, I can see why you didn’t ban me, Allahpundit.
You wanted to torture me!!
I hate you
I hate you
I hate you
Indy Conservative on April 4, 2008 at 9:48 PM
NOTE TO READERS:
AP is hunting for that new humping robot video he found (It’s around here somewhere).
Back at 11 !
FloridaBill on April 4, 2008 at 9:51 PM
If it’s possible to hear what it sounds like to be constipated , his voice would be it.. >:{
Grrrr AGGHHhhhhh….
Chakra Hammer on April 4, 2008 at 9:51 PM
Heheh.. I love the overly literal interpretive dance… with the key and so forth. Reminds me of an SNL or MadTV skit that I, probably fortunately, can’t recall.
joewm315 on April 4, 2008 at 9:53 PM
imagine tay zonday covering Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up
lorien1973 on April 4, 2008 at 9:54 PM
A tay Roll.. oh no..
Chakra Hammer on April 4, 2008 at 9:57 PM
I don’t know…
… John Rich just isn’t as good without Big Kenny.
Scribbler on April 4, 2008 at 9:57 PM
He is obviously making fun of people who had Easter baskets explode on their heads. Where’s his compassion?!? What a bigot!
GoodBoy on April 4, 2008 at 9:58 PM
Imagine no longer.
malan89 on April 4, 2008 at 9:59 PM
Allah like Tay Zonday. Ed likes South Park. Now if we could just get Terrence and Phillip to fart on Tay Zonday’s head, everybody would be happy!
radjah shelduck on April 4, 2008 at 10:00 PM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_0719DxMOUY
Asher on April 4, 2008 at 10:00 PM
I’m not sure what’s sadder…the fact that I knew that he covered Rick Astley or that I was beaten to the post punch by someone else.
Asher on April 4, 2008 at 10:01 PM
The second I saw that comment, a little light went off in my head and I knew I couldn’t rest till I could hear it again.
guilty.
malan89 on April 4, 2008 at 10:03 PM
It’s a metaphor for life…you have to find your own meaning.
Asher on April 4, 2008 at 10:08 PM
For some reason, I love this guy. I have watched a bunch of his youtube clip. With that being said I am not the one who tipped Allah about this clip.
USBB on April 4, 2008 at 10:13 PM
This video is crap….
Tim Burton on April 4, 2008 at 10:13 PM
Tay Zonday must be stopped he is blaspheming Rick Astley.. >:{
Chakra Hammer on April 4, 2008 at 10:17 PM
I didn’t look like Tay actually wanted to do it. He probably lost a bet or something. The RickRoll definitely dominates over the TayRoll.
malan89 on April 4, 2008 at 10:19 PM
Conratulations, Allah(tm).
Cuffy Meigs on April 4, 2008 at 10:32 PM
wow. Hasn’t anyone been keeping track of the time. I think his 15 minutes was up about 3 days ago.
moxie_neanderthal on April 4, 2008 at 10:35 PM
dude….that was…it was like….(sigh). Why dude? What is this unnatural affinity that you have with this man-child?
Guardian on April 4, 2008 at 10:38 PM
I want his hair.
RushBaby on April 4, 2008 at 10:43 PM
He is after more theoretical dollars.
Screw theoretical millions, he is going for Bill Gates-style theoretical billions.
Blarg the Destroyer on April 4, 2008 at 10:47 PM
Oh, and I would like to add that I think -on some level- Allah hates us all, but in his own special way.
Blarg the Destroyer on April 4, 2008 at 10:49 PM
I’d rather be waterboarded. . . . And made to bark like a dog than have to watch that for more than 20 seconds. This is Allahs revenge for all the grief he’s been
getting.
Texyank on April 4, 2008 at 11:08 PM
31, but I’ll be scarred for life.
doubleplusundead on April 4, 2008 at 11:21 PM
I had to stop the video. There was no bat to his head.
Just saying.
awake on April 4, 2008 at 11:24 PM
What was that about blogging drunk?
Mazztek on April 4, 2008 at 11:24 PM
Man, I’m really feeling the Tayhate on this thread.
malan89 on April 4, 2008 at 11:26 PM
hmmm, production value’s gone up here.
Which makes it look like he’s really trying.
Which makes Tay decidedly less cool.
Serves me right. I’ve been begging for more Tay blogging for months. This is how I’m repaid.
John from OPFOR on April 4, 2008 at 11:31 PM
Speaking of Rickroll, a bunch of different sites are trying to Rickroll the Mets.
doubleplusundead on April 4, 2008 at 11:33 PM
Hmm… I thought the “Dramatic Gopher” killed him.
Yoosaion on April 4, 2008 at 11:36 PM
Um… “Greatest Video Ever”???
I would say, “Total POS”…
fabrexe on April 4, 2008 at 11:38 PM
That wasn’t a cover so much as a burial.
TexasDan on April 4, 2008 at 11:47 PM
Hmm. It seems Tay has suspended the practice of turning away from the mic to breathe.
marc@hubsandspokes on April 5, 2008 at 12:12 AM
Maybe Tay Zonday, aka Adam Bahner – certifiable Moonbat, can suspend the practice of breathing.
firepilot on April 5, 2008 at 12:50 AM
That was awful. I kept waiting for something to make it better to justify AP’s comment…after 2 minutes I was ready to cut my own head off.
HawaiiLwyr on April 5, 2008 at 12:53 AM
Allahpundit is testing us.
I just realized he is a US Navy SEAL Command Instructor, of Instructors.
We are in a War Against Terrorism, for Almighty’s sake…..
“What does not kill us, will make us strong….”
Seven Percent Solution on April 5, 2008 at 1:10 AM
To quote Dana Carvey, quoting GHWB, “Nah Gah Dewitt…”
Captain Scarlet on April 5, 2008 at 1:19 AM
Zonday is god.
The_Freeze on April 5, 2008 at 2:12 AM
Shouldn’t we alert the authorities that Tay Zonday is terrorizing our nation?
TDBURN on April 5, 2008 at 3:19 AM
That made something crawl up my leg….
TBinSTL on April 5, 2008 at 4:47 AM
On the 15 minutes of fame scale, Tay is at 15:49.
cat-scratch on April 5, 2008 at 8:30 AM
All you guys are
too
much
Will be giggling all day at this whole thread. Thanks for the fun wakeup.
inviolet on April 5, 2008 at 8:45 AM
Damn, that thing just ruined my early morning Starbucks.
Are you sure that wasn’t Clooney disguised as Tay? Only Clooney could produce such a flop!
Keemo on April 5, 2008 at 8:59 AM
dude that rocked
vcferlita on April 5, 2008 at 9:06 AM
Wow someone must be doing a lot of drugs this morning because I could not watch more then 20 seconds of it.
I bet this video could be a hit at Gitmo showing it to the prisoners there, but the ACLU would complain about cruel and unjust punishment if they did. :-)
JeffinSac on April 5, 2008 at 9:15 AM
OMG
The sad thing is that with his original compositions he’s pretty good because he works within his natural vocal range. But trying to sing songs that are out of his natural vocal range just sound terrible.
ScoopPC11 on April 5, 2008 at 9:46 AM
Heh! Me too.
Zorro on April 5, 2008 at 9:48 AM
Tay Zonday HAS to be a violation of the Geneva Convention.
sulla on April 5, 2008 at 11:49 AM
Not a fan of the actual production value behind this. He may well be turning away from the mic to breathe, but one can’t tell when he’s LIP SYNCHING!
Oh, and if you can’t appreciate Tay Zonday, you hate America.
Krydor on April 5, 2008 at 11:51 AM
When is he going to have his baby?
Drtuddle on April 5, 2008 at 1:41 PM
It’s the Pentagon’s secret plan to close down Gitmo.
My collie says:
Poor b*st*rds. They don’t stand a change.
CyberCipher on April 5, 2008 at 1:57 PM
All ready on the left, all ready on the right…. all ready on the firing line! , release safety. Fire at will!
If only!
Tay Zonday go away!
Don’t come back any day!
MNDavenotPC on April 5, 2008 at 3:30 PM
When’s Youtube gonna start paying this kid so I can sue said kid for causing such a deep…. disturbance in my personal force man?
Da hell was that?
The freakin’ DEAD are rising from their graves, taking to the streets, and eating the living.
Bastids.
ChipDWood on April 6, 2008 at 1:29 AM
Could not watch more than 15 seconds… too painful. Now my ears are bleeding.
MsUnderestimated on April 6, 2008 at 11:33 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Yh17wx6VJI&feature=related
The ultimate TayRickRoll.
knivek on April 7, 2008 at 6:09 AM
My bad … THIS is the ultimate TayRickRoll.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=777I2GXqvpE&NR=1
knivek on April 7, 2008 at 6:14 AM