Ok, so here we go with the second 1 and 1. For the good one, it’s another indie band, but a bigger name. You may have seen it, but I doubt it. And it’s brilliant. For the bad, we have a relatively famous one, but if you haven’t seen it, well, then here’s a what-not-to-do. So many mistakes made.
For the good we have:
While watching this you should try to remember the era it was being made in. 2006 was Bush-era, multi-war America. The move into examining the politics of the time using a high school UN club isn’t a huge lead, but this is executed really well. The outsider turning to music after being shunned, the font being used, the band members (who are in their late-20s, early 30s here it looks like) playing high school students, the parodying of political action in a high school setting; it’s all dead-on in an off beat way. Also, that prof is awesome.
As for the…other:
NOT FOR SINGING ALONG WITH! Ok, first I’m going to jump on the music and vocals. Music – sounds canned. Vocals – I wish they used autotune, and I hate autotuned vocals.
As for the video, I feel kinda bad slamming this one, since it’s low budget and all, but I’ve done student projects for free that’ve looked much better than this. While they apparently hired a guy and had a $300 shooting budget, it looks like they took their mom’s camcorder from ’98 and recorded it in an afternoon. As for the “D”, that’s Detroit. It hit such viral fame at one time it got a “Know Your Meme” spot:
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/its-so-cold-in-the-d
Hope you enjoyed that,
Kergin
Threat Shark 
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