Los Angeles band Weezer has released their music video for “Pork and Beans”, a single from the soon-to-be-released album, Red Album. The music video parodies internet memes including the Star Wars kid, Matt McAlister’s 155 T-Shirt record, Caitlin Upton as Miss South Carolina on finding USA on a map, and the EepyBird Diet Coke and Mentos Experiments. And in case you miss it, the opening scene is shot in Funtwo‘s bedroom.
The video has debuted on YouTube, gaining millions of viewers within a day, due to the clever use of familiar YouTube faces such as Tay Zonday, Gary Brolsma (Numa Numa) and All Your Base from Newgrounds, Chris Crocker.
Click on the image below to play the video.
Credits
Filming was shot on May 7-10 in North Hollywood, CA, by director Mathew Cullen and producer Bernard Rahill from Motion Theory, with director of photography Jack Green, executive producer Javier Jimenez, art director Kaan Atilla, designers Keith Pasko, Krystal Chinn, Leanne Dare, John Fan, Rob Resella, Eric Deinzer, Jenny Ko, Miwa Matreyek, Angela Zhu, illustrators Nick Losq, Miwa Matreyek, Chelsea Douglas, lead compositor Danny Yoon, compositors Matt Motal, Rob Resella, Eric Deinzer, Jeff Heusser, Jenny Ko, Miwa Matreyek, Jared Sandrew, Michael Scott, Ryan Wieber, 3D animators Ben Grangereau, Na Song, Paul Nilsson. The video stars Rivers Cuomo (vocals), Patrick Wilson (drums), Brian Bell (guitar) and Scott Shrine (bass) alongside other performers flown in especially.
Lyrics for Pork and Beans
They say I need some Rogaine to put in my hair
Work it out at the gym to fit my underwear
Oakley makes the shades to transform a tool
You’d hate for the kids to think that you’ve lost your cool
I’mma do the things that I wanna do
I ain’t got a thing to prove to you
I’ll eat my candy with the pork and beans
Excuse my manners if I make a scene
I ain’t gonna wear the clothes that you like
I’m fine and I’m dandy with the me inside
One look in the mirror and I’m tickled pink
I don’t give a hoot about what you think
Everyone likes to dance to a happy song
With a catchy chorus and beat so they can sing along
Timbaland knows the way to reach the top of the charts
Maybe if I work with him I can perfect the art
I’mma do the things that I wanna do
I ain’t got a thing to prove to you
I’ll eat my candy with the pork and beans
Excuse my manners if I make a scene
I ain’t gonna wear the clothes that you like
I’m fine and I’m dandy with the me inside
One look in the mirror and I’m tickled pink
I don’t give a hoot about what you think
No, I don’t care
I don’t care
I don’t care
I don’t care
I don’t care
I don’t care
I’ma do the things that I wanna do
I ain’t got a thing to prove to you
I’ll eat my candy with the pork and beans
Excuse my manners if I make a scene
I ain’t gonna wear the clothes that you like
I’m fine and I’m dandy with the me inside
One look in the mirror and I’m tickled pink
I don’t give a hoot about what you think