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Wednesday 28 September 2011

Intertextuality in music videos



This video contains more nerdy references than any other music video i could find. The list is as follows:

Sega - 0:33
Sunset Riders - 0:35
Super Mario Bros. - 0:43
Rick Roll'd! - 0:46
Star Wars - 0:50
Excite Bike - 1:00
Bubble Bobble - 1:01
Angry Birds - 1:04
Super Mario Bros. - 1:06
Ballon Fight - 1:06
T&C Surfing - 1:06
Elevator Action - 1:11
Pitfall - 1:13
Q*Bert - 1:16
X-Box Achievement Easter Egg - 1:31
Super Mario Bros. - 1:39
Street Fighter II - 1:42
Marvel vs Capcom - 1:44
Ke$ha - 1:48
Grand Theft Auto - 1:58
Pac-Man - 2:01
Grand Theft Auto - 2:03
PaRappa The Rapper - 2:06
The Orange Box - 2:10
The Legend of Zelda - 2:13
Metal Gear Solid - 2:17
Pokemon - 2:23
Hello Kitty - 2:23
Felix the Cat - 2:23
Super Mario Bros. - 2:24
Star Wars - 2:25
Donkey Kong - 2:26
The Impossible Cube - 2:27
Tintin - 2:27
Keyboard Cat - 2:28
Hello Kitty - 2:31
Angry Birds - 2:40
Donkey Kong - 2:40
Darth Vader - 2:40
Pac-Man - 2:43
Zero Wing - 2:43
Twinsen's Odyssey - 2:47
Street Fighter II - 2:50
Mortal Kombat - 2:53
Duck Hunt - 2:54
Sam and Max - 3:00
Kenny G - 3:04
Rise of the Triad - 3:12
The Simpsons - 3:13
Bomberman - 3:17
Final Fantasy - 3:29
PaRappa The Rapper - 3:30
Pac-Man - 3:32
Adventure Time - 3:34
Katamari Damacy - 3:38
Sonic the Hedgehog - 3:46
Sad Cat - 4:14
Garfield - 4:17
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - 4:21
Street Fighter - 4:21
Super Mario Bros. - 4:29
Pro Wrestling - 4:34
Clayfighter - 4:40
The Neverhood - 4:44

The video is made by Goldfish and all of the hidden references are in some way related to the band. For example all enemies are represented as cats, like the stormtroopers, all the people in the bar and bomberman, while the band and friends (like princess peach) are all fish/goldfish related. The intertextual references span from memes to original/classic gaming as well as modern games. These references don't add to the lyrics or music but make for a fun viewing experience that's juxtaposed to the song.

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