Video: “Same As It Ever Was”
posted at 2:12 pm on July 22, 2010 by Allahpundit
Three and a half minutes of brilliance to cleanse the palate via Ann Althouse. You don’t even have to watch to enjoy it; just close your eyes and savor the uncanny vocal impersonation.
I’m assuming that everyone — everyone — knows the reference point here, but in case there are any young HA readers out there, this will set you right. Once upon a time, little ones, there was a cable channel that aired music videos…
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You could be 30 and not realize that. The channel was nothing but reality TV by the early 90s.
MadisonConservative on July 22, 2010 at 2:17 PM
That was awesome!
milwife88 on July 22, 2010 at 2:19 PM
Same as it ever was….
Dr Evil on July 22, 2010 at 2:19 PM
HAHAHAHAHA!!!! THIS IS BRILLIANT!!!
I have to share this with my big brother, Ben. He was totally into MTV (before it sucked) and we both used to watch new music videos like the one this is based on. When it was new. Sigh.
And if you don’t recognize it…man that makes me feel super old. Please tell me others know this video too!
powerpro on July 22, 2010 at 2:20 PM
Dude! Totally brilliant….Superb.
I wish there would have been a beer summit cameo or something akin to that.
MORE MORE MORE!!!
ted c on July 22, 2010 at 2:20 PM
Awesome!
AUINSC on July 22, 2010 at 2:21 PM
I remember back in the day when MTV reigned….When Motley Crue’s “Home Sweet Home” was video of the week for ??umpteen weeks??…
when it was all day, all night, in Stereo….
yep, when those days rolled by….
ted c on July 22, 2010 at 2:22 PM
pretty good but this will more than likely be yanked soon.
Doctor Zhivago on July 22, 2010 at 2:22 PM
Love it and I remember the old MTV too – it is the ‘soundtrack’ of my college days!
Brat on July 22, 2010 at 2:25 PM
It would be nice if we could _assume_ that some Hot Air commenters, you know, KNOW ABOUT STUFF that happened before they were born, but having barely survived previous threads on non-NASCAR topics…
A question for those who get it:
Is that song the official anthem of Generation X, or would you pick the Violent Femme’s “Add It Up” instead.
fivefeetoffury on July 22, 2010 at 2:26 PM
More, please!
30 pcs of silver on July 22, 2010 at 2:26 PM
This is the comedy gold we need. This country is so far overdue for a laugh, a really really REALLY good laugh—-and the source of that laugh sits on some golf course somewhere.
ted c on July 22, 2010 at 2:28 PM
I can only imagine David Byrne’s reaction.
Bill Ramey on July 22, 2010 at 2:29 PM
The original video was choreographed by Toni Basil, who was then inspired to do “Hey, Mickey!”
Her career as a Hollywood choreographer extends from American Graffiti thru at least The House Bunny.
Karl on July 22, 2010 at 2:31 PM
Brilliant! Best video I’ve seen this week next to the bubble blowing dolphins!
scalleywag on July 22, 2010 at 2:31 PM
I Want My MTV…..and a new administration too.
GnuBreed on July 22, 2010 at 2:32 PM
Brilliant. That’s some real talent at work there.
RadClown on July 22, 2010 at 2:32 PM
ROTFLMFBO!!!
The downside is I will never hear the original song the same way again.
annoyinglittletwerp on July 22, 2010 at 2:32 PM
I don’t care how old ya are…you GOTTA know the Heads! Their best IMHO is THIS one, but yeah…Tina Weymouth and Chris Franz (formed Tom Tom Club) are the coolest people in music I’ve ever met. And they put on an awesome show.
JetBoy on July 22, 2010 at 2:33 PM
Yeah the original MTV I remember “Take Me To The River”
Take my money, my cigarettes
I haven’t seen the worst of it yet
I wanna know that you’ll tell me
I love to stay
Stop Making Sense.
Dr Evil on July 22, 2010 at 2:33 PM
That would be fun.
rollthedice on July 22, 2010 at 2:34 PM
Do you remember Remote Control? The MTV game show that had to do with TV shows?
We watched that all the time!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyLnvjS2e2M
powerpro on July 22, 2010 at 2:34 PM
I Want My MTV…..and a new administration too.
GnuBreed on July 22, 2010 at 2:32 PM
+ a trazillion.
*It’s a ‘twerp-ism’.*
annoyinglittletwerp on July 22, 2010 at 2:35 PM
I hated that song then and I hate it now but…………
That video I could watch!!
Talon on July 22, 2010 at 2:35 PM
CGI Serpenthead….niiiiiice.
dont taze me bro on July 22, 2010 at 2:37 PM
They should do another one with “Burning Down the House”.
RadClown on July 22, 2010 at 2:37 PM
Oh yeah.
jaime on July 22, 2010 at 2:38 PM
Now this was and entertaining video! Good Job!
ORrighty on July 22, 2010 at 2:39 PM
Excellent!
First mtv video?
……
Video killed the radio star
cmsinaz on July 22, 2010 at 2:39 PM
BTW in this video… did you all notice the TelePrompTers? He he! It would have been funny if they had gone “off script” and sent up a plea for help as they were being flooded.
powerpro on July 22, 2010 at 2:39 PM
Love it and I remember the old MTV too – it is the ’soundtrack’ of my college days!
Brat on July 22, 2010 at 2:25 PM
I was a teenager during MTV’s heyday.
I remember watching a ZZ Top video(‘TV Dinners’)and looking aghast at my mother because she thought the monster coming out of the TV dinner tray was ‘cute’.
I’m now around the same age that my mother was when she made that comment.
*pained look*
annoyinglittletwerp on July 22, 2010 at 2:40 PM
Oh yes, I remember as a wee young lass back in 1981, watching the count down like it was a space shuttle going off into space… to the last 5 seconds. Sitting there with my dad, who didn’t know what MTV was going to be… and watching the first video “Video killed the Radio Star” and him getting up and leaving.
I think it is now, Reality Show killed the Video Star.
upinak on July 22, 2010 at 2:40 PM
And if you don’t recognize it…man that makes me feel super old. Please tell me others know this video too!
powerpro on July 22, 2010 at 2:20 PM
first MTV video I ever saw: Van Halen’s “Pretty Woman”. Those midgets still haunt me.
catlady on July 22, 2010 at 2:40 PM
That was clever.
myrenovations on July 22, 2010 at 2:41 PM
Ahhh, Talking Heads! That was awesome.
lizzie beth on July 22, 2010 at 2:41 PM
Its over for Democrats, the only thing left is for them to run on their record.
Speakup on July 22, 2010 at 2:42 PM
No, never watched that. By the late 80s I didn’t watch much MTV. The only other show I have ever regularly watched on there was Beavis & Butthead. So glad they are coming back!
Brat on July 22, 2010 at 2:42 PM
And you may find yourself living in a shot-gun shack.
Good Lt on July 22, 2010 at 2:42 PM
Upinak: good one
cmsinaz on July 22, 2010 at 2:42 PM
Oh yes, I remember as a wee young lass back in 1981, watching the count down like it was a space shuttle going off into space… to the last 5 seconds. Sitting there with my dad, who didn’t know what MTV was going to be… and watching the first video “Video killed the Radio Star” and him getting up and leaving.
I think it is now, Reality Show killed the Video Star.
upinak on July 22, 2010 at 2:40 PM
My parents never missed ‘Bevis & Butthead’ and ‘Daria’.
annoyinglittletwerp on July 22, 2010 at 2:43 PM
Mother never let me watch that sinful musical television programing. Something about “hell” and “Axl Rose is bad.”
Bee on July 22, 2010 at 2:44 PM
But, yeah…very cute video. :)
Bee on July 22, 2010 at 2:45 PM
Hubby loves B&B.. I am more a Daria girl. Parents hated MTV LOL
upinak on July 22, 2010 at 2:45 PM
Bill Scrunty on July 22, 2010 at 2:46 PM
Oh yeah I forgot all about that show, I watched Aeon Flux sometimes too!
Brat on July 22, 2010 at 2:46 PM
Now do another one to the tune of “Psycho Killer”. (Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa faaaaaaa fa. You better run run run run run run run awaaaaaaaaaaay.)
tommyboy on July 22, 2010 at 2:47 PM
Mother never let me watch that sinful musical television programing. Something about “hell” and “Axl Rose is bad.”
Bee on July 22, 2010 at 2:44 PM
There were upsides to having libertarian/conservative Jewish parents.
For the most part I watched what I wanted-usually documentaries.
Yes-I was and still am a dork.
annoyinglittletwerp on July 22, 2010 at 2:47 PM
Ok, I’m walking around humming this to myself. …and laughing…
ted c on July 22, 2010 at 2:47 PM
Man alive, that was good.
LastRick on July 22, 2010 at 2:47 PM
Peter Gabriel’s Sledgehammer was the best music video evah!
RadClown on July 22, 2010 at 2:48 PM
I took the day off work to watch their first day of programming. 8/1/1981.
Here’s the play-list.
Jeff2161 on July 22, 2010 at 2:49 PM
Thank God these are words I’ll never have to utter:
Did I vote for this guy? What have I done!
CCRWM on July 22, 2010 at 2:49 PM
Byrne replies cryptically:
forest on July 22, 2010 at 2:49 PM
Hubby loves B&B.. I am more a Daria girl. Parents hated MTV LOL
upinak on July 22, 2010 at 2:45 PM
My parents watched them(my husband who’s 11 years my senior loves B&B) but I found them to be juvenile.
Like I said: once a dork-always a dork. LoL
annoyinglittletwerp on July 22, 2010 at 2:50 PM
Second video? Pat Benatar You Better Run
That woman still rocks today
CookeyD on July 22, 2010 at 2:50 PM
More like Digital killed the Video Star. We all watch videos on demand via You Tube.
Just think, next year is MTV’s 30th Anniversary. Yup, I feel old now.
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I enjoyed the video! Unfortunately, all I hear from my Obama supporting friends is..”Give him a chance!” They’ll never watch it.
kiakjones on July 22, 2010 at 2:51 PM
Daria was great !
Jeff2161 on July 22, 2010 at 2:51 PM
LOL.. yeah my hubby is 13 yrs my senior. When he hit the big 50 I am going to get him all the B&B on DVD and let him veg out. LOL
upinak on July 22, 2010 at 2:52 PM
This video pretty much calls it…..this presidency is over. It’s as over as MTV is over as a music video channel. The White House is no more about governing the greatest country than MTV is about showcasing music bands and their products. They are one in the same, they’re both a primped freakin’ reality show—both poorly produced, poorly acted, talentless and unworthy of attention. Unfortunately, all of us are supporting cast in this crappy show.
ted c on July 22, 2010 at 2:53 PM
A beautiful wife?
50sGuy on July 22, 2010 at 2:53 PM
Second video? Pat Benatar You Better Run
That woman still rocks today
CookeyD on July 22, 2010 at 2:50 PM
My sweet ex-husband just saw her in concert in St.L. and said that she blew him away!
He also bought me a tee shirt.
Can’t wait to see it.
annoyinglittletwerp on July 22, 2010 at 2:53 PM
Freaking awesome. I love Talking Heads. “And She Was” is one of my favorite songs evah.
Is it me, or does Barry look a little like Tiger Woods in that video? Maybe it’s just the golf club in his hand that makes me think that. ;o)
NoLeftTurn on July 22, 2010 at 2:53 PM
Excellent!
FloatingRock on July 22, 2010 at 2:55 PM
Wow.. Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty…I’d fogotten I liked that song… I wonder if YouTube has it…
CCRWM on July 22, 2010 at 2:56 PM
LOL.. yeah my hubby is 13 yrs my senior. When he hit the big 50 I am going to get him all the B&B on DVD and let him veg out. LOL
upinak on July 22, 2010 at 2:52 PM
Mine hit 50 last year and hates disco…so guess what was playing at his party.
*evil grin*
I turn 40 this fall and I’m sure that payback will be a b**ch.
annoyinglittletwerp on July 22, 2010 at 2:56 PM
Cookeyd:you know it…..love her
cmsinaz on July 22, 2010 at 2:57 PM
I took the day off work to watch their first day of programming. 8/1/1981.
Here’s the play-list.
Jeff2161 on July 22, 2010 at 2:49 PM
Cliff Richard?
Carly Simon?
WTF?
annoyinglittletwerp on July 22, 2010 at 2:57 PM
This also feels like the Truman Show, with Jim Carrey. Obama is Truman and is completely oblivious to the real world. His reality is concocted, manufactured and scripted (or telepromptered) and the rest of us are merely the supporting cast in the show. He lives in a bubble and is completely unaware of the truth about himself, or the rest of us……
and the days roll by….
ted c on July 22, 2010 at 2:59 PM
J. Geils Band: No Anchovies, please.
” That bowling ball, it’s my wife! “
Jeff2161 on July 22, 2010 at 3:00 PM
The song is forgettable, but the vid is pure art!
itsnotaboutme on July 22, 2010 at 3:00 PM
I remember when it came to our town. I grew up in the Midwest and it was 11/11/1981…and I think it was a Friday.
Iron Maiden
Duran Duran
first two videos….I was hooked.
ted c on July 22, 2010 at 3:00 PM
The video of Billy Joel’s “Pressure” never left me once I saw it as a kid.
MadisonConservative on July 22, 2010 at 3:01 PM
Oh hell yeah!
Nathan_OH on July 22, 2010 at 3:03 PM
And 2 generations of brain dead children turned into brain dead adults…
repvoter on July 22, 2010 at 3:03 PM
No way! Do you all not remember Land of Confusion? The Puppet? LOL maybe not.
upinak on July 22, 2010 at 3:03 PM
Hate to be the Debbie Downer here but let’s be honest, it really wasn’t that funny.
At all.
MaxMBJ on July 22, 2010 at 3:04 PM
And yet these so called brain dead children are the prodigy of yet even more brain dead parents.
Keep it real rep!
upinak on July 22, 2010 at 3:05 PM
Wow, I hadn’t seen this before…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw6xesXLIAA
MTV from the moment it went live Aug. 1, 1983 (cripes, I was 2 1/2 years old).
JetBoy on July 22, 2010 at 3:06 PM
Forgettable? That song rocks! I guess that’s why they make vanilla and chocolate.
RadClown on July 22, 2010 at 3:06 PM
We didn’t start the Fire. I still have that whole song memorized.
upinak on July 22, 2010 at 3:06 PM
I like the original Talking Heads vid too much to watch this one, even if it’s a good parody.
Missy on July 22, 2010 at 3:06 PM
Awesome! But the guy with the camera and the hat… was that Matt Drudge?
Wolftech on July 22, 2010 at 3:06 PM
Jeff G is spot on with this.
So what music video goes with this? Maybe Modern English’s I Melt With You?
Mr. Joe on July 22, 2010 at 3:08 PM
My first music video was Gene Autry! But thia was great.
tim c on July 22, 2010 at 3:09 PM
Farking awesome parody…
(golf claps)
JohnBG on July 22, 2010 at 3:11 PM
Outstanding!
PSA
Friends don’t let Friends drink and vote!
DSchoen on July 22, 2010 at 3:13 PM
How apropos is this, from Wikipedia: “Brian Eno sang nonsense verb sound blocks, which Byrne then converted into lyrics in the call and response style of American radio evangelists on the theme of moving through life with little awareness or questioning. Boy does that sound familiar…
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“And you may tell yourself, My God…what have I done!”
rcpjr on July 22, 2010 at 3:14 PM
waiting with bated breath for a parody of the best video ever…Golden Earring’s “Twilight Zone”….please…
Matticus Finch on July 22, 2010 at 3:20 PM
one of my favs….
120 minutes was awesome in its day
cmsinaz on July 22, 2010 at 3:20 PM
I think that whole album deserves every bit of praise that gets heaped upon it, but I happen like the early mid 80′s weird stuff they were doing along with Fripp and Belew and Gabriel. But it is odd and I can see why some people don’t like it. My Dad called it “that drug music”.
forest on July 22, 2010 at 3:22 PM
Thank You! That was great!
Ya know, if I didn’t think these a**holes were doing permanent damage to the country, I would say this Obama administration has really been entertaining. They are a bunch of amatuers – a laugh a day!
humdinger on July 22, 2010 at 3:22 PM
Second video?
Mac Davis It’s hard to be humble (when your perfect in every way)
For the most part ya don’t even need to change the words!
DSchoen on July 22, 2010 at 3:27 PM
Are you telling me that there is no more MTV?
Blake on July 22, 2010 at 3:30 PM
Did they need David Byrne’s approval to cover his music/lyrics for this video in order to avoid copywrite infringement?
tigerlily on July 22, 2010 at 3:37 PM
That would be very cool. Also, how about “Don’t fear the Reaper” with you know who in the starring role – come to bring death to Amerikkka.
tigerlily on July 22, 2010 at 3:39 PM
Spot the VJ from the early MTV days!
kiakjones on July 22, 2010 at 3:40 PM
So the legends are true!
darii on July 22, 2010 at 3:40 PM
I’ve watched Politizoid cartoons in the past thinking this too but later decided they were actual sound bites. I can’t listen to this right now to check on this one.
pitythefool on July 22, 2010 at 3:48 PM
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