♪ (ragtime music) ♪
♪ (electronic pop music) ♪
- ♪ YOLO ♪ - I can't hear anything.
- ♪ YOLO ♪
(rapping) ♪ You only live once ♪
- Is YOLO the name of the group?
- Is that the group, YOLO?
- ♪ You know that we are still young ♪
- Oh, rub it in! Rub it in!
- (sighing) This is this generation's Beach Boys.
- This is the guy from Saturday Night Live.
- This was the one that was just on Saturday Night Live, isn't it?
- ♪ Ugh! You only live once, that's the motto ♪
- Why are they hiding their eyes?
- ♪ Ease off the throttle ♪
♪ And wear titanium suits ♪ - It's not violent for once.
Oops! (laughing) I said it too soon.
- ♪ So don't 1980 force ♪
♪ Any plugs into sockets ♪ - Oh.
- ♪ Always wear a chastity belt ♪ - A chastity belt!
- So they're putting together a melody with rap.
This ain't like the old days.
- ♪ Only on this earth for a short time ♪
♪ So don't go outside 'cause you don't wanna die, die ♪
♪ Just take our advice and hide ♪
♪ And scream YOLO... ♪ - (sighs) Oh god.
- ♪ ...to the sky ♪
- Is that what's-his-name, Andy Samberg?
- So you're in charge around here. Is that fair to say?
- (boss) Absolutely. I'm the boss.
- (Mr. Samberg) Okay, so take us through a day
in the life of "The Boss".
♪ (rap music) ♪ - Well, the first thing I do is...
♪ Talk to corporate (like a boss) ♪
♪ Approve memos (like a boss) ♪
♪ Lead a workshop ♪ - Seems less-- more sane.
- ♪ Hit on Deborah (like a boss) ♪
♪ Get rejected ♪ - (snide chuckle)
- Oh my gosh, these are all SNL people.
That's great.
- ♪ Puke on Deborah's desk (like a boss) ♪
♪ Jump out the window ♪ - Oh! (laughs)
- ♪ Suck a dude's [bleep] ♪ - What?!
- ♪ Snort some coke (like a boss) ♪ - (sighing)
- ♪ Crash my car (like a boss) ♪
♪ Suck my own [bleep] ♪ - (disapproving hum)
- ♪ Eat some chicken strips (like a boss) ♪
♪ Chop my balls off (like a boss) ♪ - (laughing)
- ♪ Meet a giant fish (like a boss) ♪
♪ [Bleep] his brains out ♪ - (cracking up)
- (wheezy laughter)
- ♪ Now I'm dead (like a boss) ♪
♪ Like a boss ♪
- My goodness.
- (to himself) All right, this is popular. Okay.
- ♪ Sometimes (oh, oh, oh) ♪
♪ Something beautiful happens in this world ♪
- It starts serious enough. What are they gonna do now?
- ♪ So you just gotta sing ♪
♪ I just had sex ♪
♪ And it felt so good (felt so good) ♪
♪ A woman let me put my penis inside of her ♪
♪ Have you ever had sex? ♪
♪ I have, it felt great ♪
♪ It felt so good when I did it with my penis ♪
- Oh, all right. (chuckles)
- ♪ It literally just happened ♪
♪ Lookin' at her watch ♪
♪ Doesn't matter, had sex ♪
- (cracking up) - ♪ But I cried the whole time ♪
♪ Doesn't matter, had sex ♪
♪ I bet she might have been a racist ♪ - (cracking up)
- ♪ Put a bag on her head ♪
♪ Still counts ♪
♪ I just had sex (everybody sing) ♪
- More sex! Oh, it's wonderful.
- This is a good one.
- Maybe the current sense of humor doesn't get to me. I don't know.
- ♪ And I'll never go back ♪
- Hey, was that John McEnroe?
- (laughing hard)
They wish.
- Yeah, right.
- Never seen fireworks in somebody's pants before... like that.
- Okay.
- It just doesn't get any better than that.
- Fun. That was really fun.
- All right. Am I supposed to say something nice about these guys?
How clever they are when they're so absolutely BORING.
(movie reel clicks)
- (Finebros) So do you know who that group was?
- No.
- I have not a clue.
- YOLO?
- I thought one of them was Andy Samberg.
- Oh, I see them on Saturday Night Live.
- [Bleep] in a Box with Justin Timberlake.
You cannot get better than that.
- (Finebros) They actually used to be on Saturday Night Live.
- Really?
- Well, so?
- I never stay up for that.
- I haven't watched Saturday Night Live for quite a while.
- I don't think there's anything new or funny with Saturday Night Live.
- (Finebros) They actually are called The Lonely Island.
- Oh, I've heard of them.
- (Finebros) Do you think that their songs are funny?
- Uh, no.
- (laughing) I'm afraid not. They're crass and vulgar.
- Not so funny, and not very original, and not very creative.
- Anybody can write this kind of stuff. This is low brow.
- Very clever, really funny.
- I liked the lyrics. Especially the one about sex.
- I think they're fairly amusing, yeah, yeah.
Especially the firecrackers coming out of their groin.
- They write smart things.
I mean, even if it's disgusting, they're trying to inform you with humor,
which is generally a way you can get somebody who has a closed mind
to actually consider something.
- (Finebros) What do you think the public response would be
if these songs came out in the '60s or the '50s?
- People would've been horrified!
- Not positive.
- It would be blasphemy.
- There would've been a lot of irate calls to the station.
- The FCC would've shut the radio station down.
- It was against the law, I think.
- (Finebros) Of these songs, did any of them offend you?
- Nah.
- No.
- I'm too old to be offended.
It takes a lot now to offend me. I just think it's funny.
- I didn't like the part about this guy suckin' his [bleep].
- Well, I mean, what was there to be offensive about?
He was sucking his own [bleep]. That's not offensive.
- (Finebros laughs) - That's a goal!
- (Finebros cracks up)
♪ (guitar riff) ♪
- (Finebros) So we'll talk about the songs one at a time.
The first one is called YOLO-- - Right, "You Only Live Once."
- (Finebros) Have you ever heard that term before, YOLO?
- No.
- You know, I think I did on Jimmy Fallon.
- (Finebros) It stands for "You Only Live Once".
- Ah!
- You only live twice according to Ian Fleming in James Bond.
- I'm gonna start using that. I like it!
- (Finebros) YOLO has become a popular slang term for young people.
Sometimes they'll use it normally, but also they'll sometimes use it
for trivial things or as an excuse for mistakes.
What do you think about that? - I think it's silly.
- YOLO is a cop-out.
- They have a right at that age to do that.
- I'm glad I'm not their parents.
I'd get real tired of that.
- What I'm hearing is you just live for yourself,
do what you want, 'cause you only live once.
That doesn't include much kindness or being aware
of what other people need or want.
- If you can live it the way they were living it,
it's great. - (Finebros laughs)
- Are you kidding? Those guys were hot.
(defensively) I don't mean it in that sense!
- (Finebros) The second video about the guy being a boss,
what'd you think about that one? - I liked that one. (laughing)
- A little better.
- I liked that.
- I thought it was ridiculous.
- They start serious, and then it becomes a mess.
- I couldn't catch the words.
- (Finebros) So we have some lyrics from that song.
Can you, uh, read these lyrics back to us from the "Boss" song?
- Oh, no! Now, come on!
- ♪ Crash my car like a boss ♪
- Crash my car like a boss.
(chuckling) Do I have to read that?
- Suck my own [bleep] like a boss? That's what they were saying?
- Chop my balls-- balls off like a boss.
- Now, I sure wouldn't want to chop off my balls.
'Cause, actually, my [bleep] is my best friend.
- Black out in the sewer like a boss.
- Meet a giant fish like a boss.
- [Bleep] it's brains out like a boss.
What a limited vocabulary, as my mother used to say!
- (Finebros) So what do you think of these lyrics?
- God, they're so stupid.
- That's really a piece of [bleep].
(wryly) These young geniuses today, how can we ever top this?
- They're definitely geniuses, man. They're comic geniuses.
- (Finebros) And what about the last song?
What was that song all about? - (scandalously) They had sex!
- I guess they were happy to have sex.
- ♪ I just had sex and it felt so good ♪
It doesn't leave anything to the imagination.
Let me dream a little bit!
- It was about celebrating the fact you just had sex!
It's so taboo, talking about sex, when we really should embrace it.
Of course, if it's not good sex, we don't really wanna embrace it.
- (Finebros) The Lonely Island is massively popular.
Why do you think that is? - 'Cause of what they're delivering.
They're not afraid to bring it.
- It's clever. The writing's amazing.
They actually know how to sing.
- It is funny-- I mean, if you can get past your own hangups,
especially for us older people.
- The language itself is popular with the younger kids.
- Kids can snicker at the words. "Oh!"
Little kids can hear the F-word. "OH!"
That's pop... stuff. It's always the same.
- (Finebros) And if the three members of The Lonely Island
were watching this right now, what would you want to say to them
about their songs?
- Take your sunglasses off is the first thing I would say. (laughs)
- Well, get a life. I mean, get some new material.
- There must be different ways to be funny.
You seem to be talented!
- You guys can go deeper.
- Dude, you guys are [bleep] awesome.
That's it! That's all I-- (laughing)
- It's not my kind of music, obviously, because I'm an old lady,
but I think it's great. Go for it! You only live once.
YOLO! Whoo! - (Finebros laughs)
- Thanks for watching Elders React.
- If you liked the show, make sure you subscribe... like a boss.
- Let us know what videos you want us to watch next.
- Goodbye.
- Well, I'll leave you with one final word of advice: YOLO!
♪ (ragtime music) ♪