This is gonna get complicated. But hopefully also fun. Bear with me (or just scroll down and watch/listen to the song.)
I watched an episode of How I Met Your Mother tonight with my brother. The episode featured this song* as a cassette single that got stuck in a character's car stereo and was thus the only thing they could listen to for the bulk of 199,999 miles put on the vehicle.
This song is great. It's also featured on a countdown list called The 100 Worst Songs Ever. That's how you know it's legit.
My college uses this song as an icebreaker for incoming freshman classes, by making upperclassmen, faculty and staff get on stage and do a choreographed dance (teaching such moves as the prairie dog and frantic skiier to the 1000 freshmen). Sentimental memories there for me... I wish I had this on video. It's quite a sight to behold.
The song is not only insanely catchy and a testament to true love, it's also educational. I just learned the meaning of the word "haver", and I bet you didn't know the definition until you clicked that link, either!
The Proclaimers are a band comprised primarily of blond Scottish twins. Guys, not girls... and pretty dorky guys at that. But come on, who doesn't love twins? or dorks? It's pretty great watching the one stand behind the other's shoulder and sing the echos / harmonies in the music video....
OH! Did I mention that Johnny Depp is in the video? Guess the song made the soundtrack of 1993's "Benny and Joon" starring everyone's favorite actor...
In conclusion, this may in fact be The Best Song Ever. Or maybe it's not, but it's still pretty great, eh?
"If I get drunk well I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who gets drunk next to you
And if I haver yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's havering to you..."
* - downside of Blogger: they are in bed with YouTube and do not allow embedding of videos from other sites like Vimeo. Why can't we all get along?
should've gone with wordpress. =P
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