♪ (ragtime music) ♪
♪ (chiming) ♪
(in video: approaching footsteps)
- ♪ (in video: chiming) ♪ - She's a fairy godmother? No.
(in video: clucking)
Ooh!
♪ (catchy pop beat) ♪
Nice body.
Shake your booty.
- (in video: clucking) - (chuckles)
Oh, great.
♪ (singing Chinese) ♪
(laughing) Where do you find these things?
Where do you guys find these things?
This is like Swan Lake gone wrong.
(singing along) ♪ Cootchie, cootchie, cootchie, chootchie ♪
(screeching in Chinese)
- (chucking) - (in video: bawking)
- (in video: bawking) - Oh yeah.
(in video: bawking)
Is she getting married? Could be a wedding gown.
Oh, god, I love the rhythm!
(in video: rhythmic bawking)
What they selling? Is that the commerical?
(in video: cheeping)
(laughing)
I like this. It's cute.
- Uh oh, here comes the dogs. - (in video: woofing)
- (in video: crowing) - Who let the dogs out?
(in video: quacking)
- (in video: cow moos) - I'm speechless.
- (screeching in Chinese) - (cat meows)
- (in video: bawking) - What?
Ooh! Play that back.
Oh, well that was exciting to see bare chested men for a change.
(in video: scatting)
- (in video: singing Chinese) - Is this Cinderella?
That's so creative.
- (screeching in Chinese) - (cat meows)
- (in video: rhythmic bawking) - Don't.
Wow, I want that costume with the things in the back.
I find this highly disturbing, personally.
Oh, thank you.
Cute girls, but what the heck--?
Is this all the sounds of animals?
Is that what they were singing?
(chuckles) Entertainment today is something else.
- (in video: poof) - (giggles)
What's the story? I don't know.
That's something kids are listening to on the radio?
I saw a little bit of that on TV. Boy, I like that.
(movie reel clicks)
(Finebros) So what did you think of the music video?
It's not really a song.
That was bizarre.
It's cute, clever.
I liked it.
I'm not quite sure what it was all about.
I absolutely loved the music.
I've never seen anything like that down on the farm,
I'll tell you that, brother.
(Finebros) What do you think the song was about?
I don't think they knew.
Chickens.
It's a health food advertisement. Eat more chicken.
It's a Cinderella story.
The girls in the rubber wigs, those were the evil stepsisters.
To me, it was somebody's idea of art.
(Finebros) So let's take a look at some stills from the video.
What was going on here?
What is...? I haven't a clue.
Five girls jumping. Nice legs.
She's the king-- queen chick?
They're imitating the chickens and the chicken is dismayed.
"What's with these stupid women?
Oh my gosh!"
(Finebros) All right, what about this?
I guess it's one way to hide nudity.
The chickens think they really need to cover up their boo-boo.
I see great photography-- cinematography,
and some very, very lovely women.
And I don't get the overall picture! I'm a schlep.
(Finebros) And what about this part?
I would hide my face too.
How can a guy think he's a He-Man
when he has no hair on his chest?
With all the women running around naked,
it's kind of nice to see some men with their abdominals exposed.
(Finebros) So this music video comes from China.
Oh, okay.
What's going on in China now?! (laughs)
(Finebros) Do you think that they were purposely
trying to make a fun, silly song or do you think they thought
this was a very serious, good song.
Well, it's supposed to be one of the great mysteries of all time.
It didn't look like a real song, per-se, but it didn't look like a parody either.
If they set out to do something serious, they obviously failed in that task.
I think they're making something funny, over-the-top.
I think they're trying to go against the traditional seriousness of China.
In a society like China, where there are so many restrictions
how could they produce that and get away with it?
(Finebros) If it was just meant to be a funny song,
- why would they do that? - To entertain people?
To make people laugh and have a good time?
Because of the Korean phenomenon last year with the horse--
- (Finebros) Oh, Gangnam Style. - You've got it right. Right.
(Finebros) Are there any songs you remember, growing up,
that were silly songs, but people liked them anyway?
Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor on the Bed Post Overnight?
There's a Pawn Shop on the Corner of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania.
♪ Baa, baa, baa, baa, Barbara Ann ♪
That was kinda goofy.
♪ Ooh-muh-muh-mow ♪
♪ Papa-ooh-mow-mow ♪
♪ Papa-papa-papa ♪
♪ The bird, the bird, the bird is the word ♪
(Finebros) Even on this show, we've covered viral, crazy songs
like Gangnam Style and What Does The Fox Say?
Oh, yes.
(Finebros) Ever since, artists and companies have been trying
to replicate that success.
Why do they try to replicate it versus creating something original?
That doesn't make much sense to me.
I'm thinking because they don't have the vision
to come up with something new.
Once someone has success, other people think if they copy that
they can have success too.
They're trying to get that ride.
They're trying to catch that wave.
It's a copycat world we live in,
but it's fun-- it captures something inside, so let it be.
You have to make something weird,
unless you are really talented and you are a great dancer
like Gene Kelly, at least.
Then you don't need that.
(Finebros) Even though you might watch something
and you would go, "Oh, they're doing this on purpose,
to try and become popular."
But yet, people will still be like, "I don't care. It's funny."
And they'll share it to people anyway.
Why do people still make it huge instead of rejecting it?
I don't think most people think.
Lazy brains! Lazy brains.
Something appeals to you, I'm not sure it matters
whether it's original or not.
You go, "Well, I like it, so I want to share it."
Be the first one to send it off to somebody else,
the first one to notice it, and that gives you ownership
of part of it.
The world is pretty bad right now,
so anything that's silly and makes you feel happy
and doesn't make you think much probably goes over well.
(Finebros) So, finally, do you hope there's gonna be more videos
like this and Gangnam Style in the future?
(chuckles) No.
No.
(laughs) No, there's enough already.
But at least they're entertaining and they're funny.
It doesn't hurt anybody.
Gangnam Style and this video, I enjoy thoroughly
so I hope there is more.
I take my hat off to any of these people who come up with these
clever, catchy music songs.
And whether there's a story to it or not, who cares?
They're just fun watching.
Thank you so much for watching this chapter of Elders React.
Let us know what crazy music videos you think we should be watching next.
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(à la Chick Chick) ♪ Bye, bye, bye! ♪
♪ Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye! ♪
♪ (ragtime music) ♪