1 00:00:00,020 --> 00:00:00,380 Take one. 2 00:00:00,630 --> 00:00:02,060 Oh, you need one take, baby. 3 00:00:03,420 --> 00:00:03,840 Wow. 4 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:04,860 Wow. 5 00:00:05,430 --> 00:00:05,600 Okay. 6 00:00:06,180 --> 00:00:06,720 All right. 7 00:00:06,970 --> 00:00:08,540 That doesn't make the edit. 8 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:09,100 Anyway. 9 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:23,640 Hello and welcome to We Can't Rewind, We've Gone Too Far, a podcast where a Scotsman, an 10 00:00:23,820 --> 00:00:28,360 Irishman and a Bulgarian review the most terrible, silliest, weirdestest fuck music videos. 11 00:00:28,980 --> 00:00:29,660 Hello, I'm Neil. 12 00:00:29,700 --> 00:00:31,300 Hi, I'm Nelly. And hi, I'm Dave. 13 00:00:31,620 --> 00:00:39,420 Take a look at the show notes for links for today's videos, including Instagram and also our email, which is gone2farcast.gmail.com. 14 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:41,900 We'd love to hear your thoughts and any recommendations for videos. 15 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:47,020 If you enjoy the podcast, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Podcast Player of your choice. 16 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:48,720 I was so professional, Nelly. 17 00:00:49,060 --> 00:00:52,680 Thank you. I've got a towel over my head this time, Nelly. It's doing something. 18 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:54,780 Yes, so have I. Tao crew. 19 00:00:55,020 --> 00:00:55,520 It's a blanket. 20 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:56,340 Tao gang. 21 00:00:57,460 --> 00:00:59,580 I'm uncomfortably warm, I'll be honest. 22 00:00:59,960 --> 00:01:03,960 But it reminds me of when I was a kid when I'd done this with the TV. 23 00:01:05,339 --> 00:01:05,680 TV? 24 00:01:06,020 --> 00:01:06,500 What would you think? 25 00:01:06,580 --> 00:01:09,320 If I wasn't drinking, I'd do it bad to spill my drink. 26 00:01:09,700 --> 00:01:10,620 No, you're quite right. 27 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:12,960 Like, it gets uncomfortably warm occasionally. 28 00:01:13,050 --> 00:01:17,100 But I kind of, like, crack a wee window so I can look at the screen. 29 00:01:18,170 --> 00:01:18,700 It kind of works. 30 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:22,520 Helps with the reverb because this room's quite empty. 31 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:23,400 There's a lot of walls. 32 00:01:23,960 --> 00:01:25,520 So, yeah, it's a little bit echoey. 33 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:26,040 But anyway. 34 00:01:26,380 --> 00:01:28,180 I appreciate that in six months when I edit this. 35 00:01:29,100 --> 00:01:31,140 During lockdown 3 or something. 36 00:01:31,340 --> 00:01:32,380 Yeah, lockdown 3. 37 00:01:33,780 --> 00:01:34,280 Oh fuck. 38 00:01:34,460 --> 00:01:35,660 This time is personal. 39 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:40,540 Today we're drinking Sunny D and looking back to the bright bubblegum year of 1997 40 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:43,740 while dabbling in human anthropology on the side. 41 00:01:44,220 --> 00:01:48,420 I'm not sure where I'm going with this analogy, but this is Akos hit, Dr. Jones. 42 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:54,280 Now that summer is gone, you had to go back home. 43 00:01:55,860 --> 00:01:58,300 Please come and see me again. 44 00:01:58,980 --> 00:02:01,140 I never felt more alone. 45 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:03,960 Baby, I am missing you. 46 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:05,580 I want you by my side. 47 00:02:05,700 --> 00:02:07,360 And I hope you'll miss me too. 48 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:10,840 Come back and say, I think about you every day. 49 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:12,480 I really want you to. 50 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,600 You put my foot right up the ground, you're the love I found. 51 00:02:15,640 --> 00:02:20,920 Directed by Pedder Pedersen, the same guy who directed Barbie Girl, which is kind of obvious to be honest. 52 00:02:21,260 --> 00:02:25,780 It's a bright Europop rendition of the Indiana Jones movies, just like a previous entry had with Life. 53 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,340 There isn't much in terms of the history of this video. 54 00:02:28,540 --> 00:02:32,160 Promo videos of pop singles is what you did on a regular scale in the 90s, 55 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,020 and Aqua being a run-of-the-mill Danish pop band were no exception. 56 00:02:35,260 --> 00:02:39,680 This is one of those videos that has an actual plot, sort of, and characters, kind of. 57 00:02:39,820 --> 00:02:46,960 It also features child-friendly scenes of light violence, bright colours and silly, only mildly racist outfits and can't be acting. 58 00:02:47,260 --> 00:02:51,460 Aquascope really was the thing for a very brief period of time in the late 90s. 59 00:02:51,580 --> 00:02:57,500 The video follows the adventures of Lane Nystrom, who's trying to find her on-screen lover, other aqua member, Rain Def. 60 00:02:57,620 --> 00:03:01,160 It's Renee, actually it's Renee, sorry it's Renee, the accent's on the second year. 61 00:03:01,460 --> 00:03:02,720 Yeah, sorry, I forgot to put the accent. 62 00:03:03,020 --> 00:03:04,000 Rain Def has a ring to it. 63 00:03:04,060 --> 00:03:05,380 Rain Def, here for duty. 64 00:03:05,640 --> 00:03:07,920 I like the smell of aquascope. 65 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,140 We'll get to Aquascope. I have questions about Aquascope. 66 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:12,380 Oh, Zoe Noto. 67 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:14,080 Well, let's 68 00:03:15,410 --> 00:03:16,240 release this little bit. 69 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:18,600 The video follows adventures of Lane 70 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:20,720 Nystrom, who's trying to find her on-screen 71 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:22,740 lover, other aqua member, René 72 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:24,860 Tiff, as well as rescue the other band members 73 00:03:25,060 --> 00:03:26,860 from a very stereotypical, and 74 00:03:26,940 --> 00:03:28,960 as well, mildly racist jungle tribe. 75 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:30,800 Anyway, let's talk about 76 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:32,380 the video. Aquascope. 77 00:03:32,660 --> 00:03:34,740 Okay, I've had absolutely no time to 78 00:03:34,820 --> 00:03:36,760 do any research, so I'm just as clueless 79 00:03:36,770 --> 00:03:38,360 as everyone listening to this, potentially. 80 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:41,340 Does anyone know the details of Aquascope, what it is? 81 00:03:41,500 --> 00:03:42,420 Is it a type of film? 82 00:03:42,420 --> 00:03:46,280 Well, let me tell you all about it, and I'm going to get Nelly to do that. 83 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:51,780 Scott from Aquacorn. 84 00:03:53,820 --> 00:03:54,040 What? 85 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:55,060 Nothing. 86 00:03:56,080 --> 00:04:00,020 So it's a thing that kept popping up at the beginning of all of their videos. 87 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:05,180 Like, it's the same thing that shows at the beginning of Barbie Girl. 88 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:15,480 And from what I vaguely remember, like pretty much all of their kind of like bright, funny, silly videos started with that. 89 00:04:15,710 --> 00:04:19,100 So I think it just kind of them trying to brand specific types of videos. 90 00:04:19,209 --> 00:04:24,920 Because not all of their videos have them, as far as my half an hour ago research showed. 91 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:30,120 I don't know, I presume I was supposed to be like, oh, we're doing something dumb and silly. 92 00:04:30,460 --> 00:04:33,100 It could be kind of a spoof of like shot in Technicolor 93 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:35,660 and the stuff's all colourful, so maybe. 94 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:37,460 That's what sprung to my mind when I saw it. 95 00:04:37,460 --> 00:04:38,820 It's like a brand of film or something like that. 96 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:41,860 It could just be their personal video brand thing. 97 00:04:41,870 --> 00:04:45,860 I mean, both Barbie Girl and Dr. Jones were directed by the same person. 98 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:49,160 You can kind of tell they're very, very similar in tone. 99 00:04:49,380 --> 00:04:50,500 I have no idea, actually. 100 00:04:50,900 --> 00:04:52,620 I generally don't know how it started and why, 101 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,760 but you notice it on some of their videos, so it's there. 102 00:04:55,820 --> 00:04:58,759 I don't really get why because it doesn't really have any point 103 00:04:58,780 --> 00:05:07,160 Because if it is trying to be like, you know, the old CODA scope, whatever it was called, you know, that widescreen ratio, I'm assuming that's what it is, as Dave said. 104 00:05:07,280 --> 00:05:08,080 I don't really get it. 105 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:09,680 Aquascope is actually a thing. 106 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:11,240 It's an actual device. 107 00:05:11,660 --> 00:05:13,020 It's like an underwater viewing device. 108 00:05:13,780 --> 00:05:15,900 Maybe that's what he was researching in the jungle. 109 00:05:16,140 --> 00:05:17,440 He was designing the aquascope. 110 00:05:17,460 --> 00:05:18,260 Why in the jungle? 111 00:05:18,740 --> 00:05:23,020 Why would you do research an underwater telescope in the jungle? 112 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:24,540 Because Nelly, it's a rainforest. 113 00:05:24,850 --> 00:05:26,180 A really heavy rainforest. 114 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:28,860 Rain, water, aqua, and all ties together. 115 00:05:31,460 --> 00:05:37,540 Neither of you saw this, but my jaw just kind of like unhinged because I just genuinely don't know how to take this. 116 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:39,880 Hinge your jaw back and carry on. 117 00:05:52,700 --> 00:05:54,800 I was trying to piece together the general story, 118 00:05:55,020 --> 00:05:58,500 which seems to be the male band member, I guess, is Dr. Jones. 119 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:02,500 And then the female band member is going off to either save him or meet up with him. 120 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:03,680 What do you reckon is... 121 00:06:03,820 --> 00:06:07,500 I can't tell if he's being captured or if he's just living with the tribe. 122 00:06:08,900 --> 00:06:10,140 He's their deity. 123 00:06:11,340 --> 00:06:12,560 Like, I'm not making this up. 124 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:15,740 Like, in the final scene where he finally wakes up. 125 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:16,620 Wakes up now. 126 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:17,380 Wake up now. 127 00:06:17,620 --> 00:06:19,940 When he shows up out of his tent. 128 00:06:20,220 --> 00:06:24,540 Like, there's a split second where they show, like, a totem of him wearing sunglasses. 129 00:06:26,140 --> 00:06:26,860 He's the deity. 130 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:28,340 Like, so basically, he's the deity. 131 00:06:28,840 --> 00:06:31,140 Hence why he tops his bandmates to getting murdered. 132 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:32,160 It's really fucking dumb. 133 00:06:32,860 --> 00:06:34,540 I kind of hate that part. 134 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:35,480 I really hate it. 135 00:06:35,580 --> 00:06:37,340 That was kind of, yeah, that was what I was wondering. 136 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:39,920 Because I was like, it doesn't seem like he'd actually been captured. 137 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:42,780 Although, how he wound up being their deity in the first place. 138 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:44,080 Let's not go there. 139 00:06:44,260 --> 00:06:45,360 Is a cause for concern. 140 00:06:46,140 --> 00:06:46,880 Let's not. 141 00:06:47,280 --> 00:06:47,940 Let's not go there. 142 00:06:48,020 --> 00:06:49,280 Felsie colonialist bastards. 143 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:50,000 Oh, it's that. 144 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,520 So this video literally can't just want flying nowadays. 145 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:54,880 Like, absolutely not. 146 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:57,520 You can call me like a party pooper as much as you want to, 147 00:06:57,640 --> 00:06:58,920 but the video is really fucking dumb. 148 00:06:59,020 --> 00:07:00,240 And it's late 90s. 149 00:07:00,380 --> 00:07:03,720 They could have done something that it's not this. 150 00:07:03,860 --> 00:07:07,540 I think it's more a spoof of the old films of this kid elk. 151 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:09,160 They're not really making their own story. 152 00:07:09,300 --> 00:07:12,340 They're just taking the piss out of films they probably saw when they were kids. 153 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,040 Are they taking the piss or they're just riffing? 154 00:07:15,500 --> 00:07:16,740 Are they just copying wholesale? 155 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:24,560 they're not doing anything new innovative innovative oh with cannibals putting humans in 156 00:07:24,750 --> 00:07:29,780 in a massive pot it as a joke it's something that's been done for a very long time as a joke 157 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:34,300 in like in cartoons and everything so it's not like they're doing something more they're just 158 00:07:34,300 --> 00:07:38,420 doing the same thing it's basically a live action cartoon now i think of it i guess it's on brand 159 00:07:38,420 --> 00:07:44,759 for them yeah it was shot in like whatever 97 guys you could have not especially like the last 30 160 00:07:44,780 --> 00:07:50,220 seconds you also get to but i have really big problems with that because it's really fucking 161 00:07:50,500 --> 00:07:56,980 insensitive i'm pretty fucking racist for even in 97 they would have been able to tell that i don't 162 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:01,160 know if music video producers in 97 would have that would have occurred to them to be honest 163 00:08:01,260 --> 00:08:05,000 would have just they would have just went oh it's fine and just continued anyway i mean come on even 164 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:10,379 the actual indiana jones 4 wasn't that bad i've seen i've seen the nuclear nuclear french scene oh god 165 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,120 Yeah, that was the thing that happened. 166 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:14,580 Yeah, because when people told me about that, 167 00:08:14,660 --> 00:08:18,280 I was imagining like he was sitting in a walk-in fridge, 168 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:19,740 you know, like Boris Johnson. 169 00:08:21,460 --> 00:08:25,040 But I didn't realise it was an actual like tiny home fridge 170 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:25,840 that he was hiding in. 171 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:26,760 I was like, oh my God. 172 00:08:27,620 --> 00:08:30,940 Okay, so let's talk about the physical effects, 173 00:08:31,020 --> 00:08:31,940 which I actually quite like. 174 00:08:32,039 --> 00:08:33,140 Like they were very dumb and cheesy, 175 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:34,840 but I did appreciate them 176 00:08:35,060 --> 00:08:38,180 because they weren't trying to make the video more than it was. 177 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:45,240 So I did appreciate the cheesy fake animals and the erupting volcano, which, yeah, you know, wink wink. 178 00:08:47,220 --> 00:08:47,640 Not again. 179 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:52,320 The like, model dumb animals and stuff like that definitely brought a smile to my face. 180 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:57,960 The bit where she's holding the snake, it's like meant to be attacking her, but she's clearly just holding a completely inanimate snake. 181 00:08:58,260 --> 00:08:59,760 Just made me laugh my fucking arse off. 182 00:08:59,820 --> 00:09:00,520 In a good way. 183 00:09:00,660 --> 00:09:04,420 It's probably budget constraints, let's be honest, but I think it ties in with the whole charm. 184 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:05,640 I think it's totally deliberate. 185 00:09:05,980 --> 00:09:08,100 It's like, it's what they were going for and I think they nailed it. 186 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:12,520 yeah definitely the thing that makes the video for me is actually the the performance of the 187 00:09:12,540 --> 00:09:17,580 main two band members it's like they're not good actors but they're they're they're going for it 188 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:23,540 with enough campiness yeah they're they're given 110 percent renee's face whenever he's on camera 189 00:09:23,540 --> 00:09:28,080 is just hysterical because he once again he's like a living cartoon character i kind of really like the 190 00:09:28,300 --> 00:09:32,560 acting of the the other two band members as well because they kind of like always in the background 191 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:36,999 but they just yeah it's pretty fucking funny especially in the scene where in the in the 192 00:09:37,020 --> 00:09:43,120 massive pot and they just just the faces they make of as you said fucking hysterical yeah they're 193 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:47,900 they're kind of like comedy sidekicks if you're trying to spoof dr john um like indiana jones 194 00:09:48,180 --> 00:09:54,120 would you not want your character to be a bit tiny bit indiana jones you know i never made the 195 00:09:54,200 --> 00:10:00,680 connection between dr jones and indiana jones well really yeah you saw this video and you're like oh 196 00:10:00,680 --> 00:10:05,679 yeah i wonder who this dr jones is i was watching it going like oh it's a bit like a cheesy indiana 197 00:10:05,700 --> 00:10:07,540 Jones but I still never made the connection 198 00:10:07,680 --> 00:10:09,500 between the names. Oh wow. That's 199 00:10:10,420 --> 00:10:12,020 an impressive level of stupidity 200 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:13,940 I'm not gonna 201 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:15,680 blame it on the whiskey you're drinking right now 202 00:10:15,680 --> 00:10:17,560 are you tired? I think it was the 203 00:10:17,980 --> 00:10:19,460 lack of the whip 204 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:21,260 and the hat. This is true 205 00:10:21,700 --> 00:10:23,020 made you not realise it. 206 00:10:23,820 --> 00:10:25,620 He has a hat. He comes across more 207 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:27,720 like an actual scientist who was out there 208 00:10:27,980 --> 00:10:29,560 researching something and he's just like 209 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:31,400 stumbled across this tribe and 210 00:10:31,660 --> 00:10:32,800 accidentally became their deity. 211 00:10:33,100 --> 00:10:38,180 In fucking Ray-Ban sunglasses and like freshly shaven heads. 212 00:10:38,270 --> 00:10:40,060 Ah, well, he's a cool scientist, you know. 213 00:10:40,180 --> 00:10:40,920 Right, sure. 214 00:10:41,500 --> 00:10:41,860 Archaeologist. 215 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:43,080 Archaeologist. 216 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:43,700 Yeah. 217 00:10:44,740 --> 00:10:45,100 Anthropologist. 218 00:10:45,350 --> 00:10:47,460 He doesn't seem like the action hero type. 219 00:10:47,690 --> 00:10:50,700 He just seems like a bumbling potential scientist to me. 220 00:10:50,790 --> 00:10:51,100 I don't know. 221 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,900 I mean, he does leap through half of the song, so. 222 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:55,900 They're all out adventuring trying to get him back. 223 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:57,440 And he's just sitting in his tent like, 224 00:10:57,490 --> 00:11:00,100 maybe I should send him a text or something, you know. 225 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:03,880 Oh, did they say text via Morse code? 226 00:11:04,540 --> 00:11:07,340 How do you do smiling tongue emoji in Morse code? 227 00:11:07,340 --> 00:11:13,220 Oh, there's absolutely a way because there will be a symbol for semicolon and for the letter P, capital. 228 00:11:13,580 --> 00:11:13,840 There we go. 229 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:17,420 I still have the question of what he was researching in the jungle. 230 00:11:18,660 --> 00:11:19,460 Sock puppets? 231 00:11:19,660 --> 00:11:23,060 The effects of voodoo on potential band members. 232 00:11:23,220 --> 00:11:23,760 That as well. 233 00:11:24,140 --> 00:11:26,640 Yeah, he does have a voodoo doll of her, doesn't he? 234 00:11:26,780 --> 00:11:30,300 Like he's like stroking the doll and talking lovingly to it. 235 00:11:30,340 --> 00:11:31,940 And it's like, mate, buddy, nah. 236 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:34,740 Well, I've never really thought about, obviously a voodoo doll's meant, 237 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,060 well, when you see him in movies, it's always to inflict pain. 238 00:11:37,580 --> 00:11:40,060 But could you inflict pleasure with a voodoo doll as well? 239 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:41,240 Am I going to a strange place here? 240 00:11:41,980 --> 00:11:44,120 Uh, no. 241 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:45,460 I'm going to a strange place here, aren't I? 242 00:11:45,500 --> 00:11:46,700 You are going to a strange place. 243 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:49,620 Well, I mean, yes, I'm going to say yes. 244 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:51,280 Surely you could, yeah. 245 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:52,160 Surely it works both ways. 246 00:11:52,300 --> 00:11:53,120 Why would it only be pain? 247 00:11:53,260 --> 00:11:53,760 Yeah, exactly. 248 00:11:54,060 --> 00:11:55,300 Some people like both, so. 249 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:57,000 you could get a tiny little whip for it 250 00:11:58,340 --> 00:11:58,800 go on 251 00:11:59,100 --> 00:11:59,620 that's all I've got 252 00:12:02,060 --> 00:12:03,800 it's a PG-13 podcast 253 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:05,620 that is not a PG-13 podcast 254 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:08,020 well I have to repeat the fucking Baba podcast 255 00:12:08,210 --> 00:12:08,560 it's not 256 00:12:09,279 --> 00:12:10,860 that's not safe for life 257 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:12,200 I forgot about that one 258 00:12:14,019 --> 00:12:15,540 oh actually that reminds me 259 00:12:15,570 --> 00:12:17,420 did anyone translate the French 260 00:12:18,139 --> 00:12:19,580 we can do a very 261 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:21,159 quick google search 262 00:12:21,180 --> 00:12:27,200 As pour I entree on prend du voodoo, I enter the voodoo. 263 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:30,200 Ah, okay, that actually makes sense. 264 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:39,260 Oh yeah, it does make sense, Nelly, yeah. 265 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:45,580 For listeners at home, if you haven't watched the video, there is subtitles, but they're really badly done and you can't see that last word. 266 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:47,460 That's why Nelly sounded like she was having a stroke. 267 00:12:47,620 --> 00:12:49,840 If you haven't figured out yet, I'm not French. 268 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:52,480 However, this sentence apparently means 269 00:12:52,700 --> 00:12:55,120 guys, we eat at 8 o'clock, 270 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:56,400 which is fair. 271 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:57,720 Because they're in the pot at that point, aren't they? 272 00:12:58,140 --> 00:12:58,900 Oh, no, they're not in the pot yet, 273 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:00,280 but they're about to get put in the pot, 274 00:13:00,380 --> 00:13:01,940 so meat's back in the menu, boys. 275 00:13:02,460 --> 00:13:03,740 Is that all? Just those two? 276 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:04,320 I think so, yeah. 277 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:05,600 That was very exciting. 278 00:13:06,220 --> 00:13:08,220 I still want to know what the voodoo part means. 279 00:13:08,380 --> 00:13:09,740 I wonder what it means, like, 280 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:12,000 we do voodoo? 281 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,060 I think we may have at least one French listener 282 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:16,060 judging by the podcast statistics. 283 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:17,200 So, email, 284 00:13:17,900 --> 00:13:20,940 gone2farcast at gmail.com with your translation. 285 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:24,560 Or you can also contact us on Twitter at gone2farcast 286 00:13:24,900 --> 00:13:28,040 or drop us an Instagram message on gone2farcast. 287 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:34,560 Anyway, so I put in the talking points note, 288 00:13:34,740 --> 00:13:39,980 I put in like a reference about the female lead singer's clothes. 289 00:13:40,340 --> 00:13:41,640 They're a bit like scantily, 290 00:13:41,700 --> 00:13:45,300 but honestly, they're not quite as bad as they could be nowadays. 291 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:47,460 Like, yeah, we see a lot of midriff. 292 00:13:47,860 --> 00:13:50,960 I remember enjoying that aspect of this video when I was young. 293 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:55,040 It was a plus for young me. 294 00:13:55,180 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaking of, Dr. John's is really friendly, as I mentioned, with the voodoo doll. 295 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:03,080 And then he's immediately shown playing with a sock puppet. 296 00:14:03,780 --> 00:14:06,780 Like, I'm not sure what he's doing there, but also feel a bit uncomfortable. 297 00:14:08,580 --> 00:14:10,520 And then he immediately goes to sleep as well. 298 00:14:10,620 --> 00:14:15,240 So it's like, whoever edited that had an idea. 299 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:17,080 And I'm not sure what idea is going. 300 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:18,320 Just watching this bit again. 301 00:14:18,820 --> 00:14:19,360 Oh yeah. 302 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:20,000 Oh yeah. 303 00:14:20,220 --> 00:14:20,300 Fuck. 304 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:21,320 Jeez I never noticed that. 305 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,100 I watched that video way too many times. 306 00:14:23,220 --> 00:14:23,600 Guess he's it. 307 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:25,440 And then he sort of flips his hat around and goes. 308 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:26,720 Ah well time to go to bed. 309 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:27,020 Mm hmm. 310 00:14:27,660 --> 00:14:28,140 Mm hmm. 311 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:29,280 He's been away from. 312 00:14:29,700 --> 00:14:31,260 What's the chops Leanne for a very long time. 313 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:31,760 Yeah but. 314 00:14:32,140 --> 00:14:33,620 Should there's females in that. 315 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:35,180 Actually very good point. 316 00:14:35,580 --> 00:14:37,300 Where are the females in that tribe. 317 00:14:37,420 --> 00:14:37,980 That is a good point. 318 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:38,700 They don't seem to be any. 319 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:39,360 I'm not judging. 320 00:14:39,700 --> 00:14:40,880 But also where are the women. 321 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:41,720 How do you reproduce. 322 00:14:42,020 --> 00:14:44,160 Maybe only the men take care of the boiling. 323 00:14:45,020 --> 00:14:45,340 Colonialist. 324 00:14:45,700 --> 00:14:46,020 Travelers. 325 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:50,840 of a aspect of things in their culture i'm gonna do i'm gonna go into the colonial thing a bit like 326 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:56,500 a lot of like all the old like really old like 50s adventure films of some sort of indiana jones 327 00:14:56,620 --> 00:15:00,640 type person going over to a foreign country and going on adventures and stuff like that they were 328 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:07,040 basically propaganda for colonialism though this kind of by extension is glorifying colonialism 329 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:14,219 it is because you have the main character one of the main characters and is it being an actual 330 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:16,320 deity. Sorry, not an actual 331 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:18,000 deity being a deity for 332 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:20,220 a tribe that is shown as cannibals 333 00:15:20,740 --> 00:15:22,040 by extension, you know, 334 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:23,340 uncivilized, quote unquote. 335 00:15:24,020 --> 00:15:25,740 They're also faceless and 336 00:15:26,639 --> 00:15:28,000 it's very uncanny. 337 00:15:28,260 --> 00:15:30,100 But I think the question is, why was he there? 338 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:31,840 Was he working for a particular government? 339 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:33,980 Is he trying to sneak in and steal their resources? 340 00:15:34,260 --> 00:15:35,460 And then he just got too comfortable. 341 00:15:36,020 --> 00:15:37,760 Should we go into the final points? 342 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:38,540 Yeah, yeah. 343 00:15:40,779 --> 00:15:42,240 It's been going for a while. 344 00:15:42,340 --> 00:15:43,640 Let's just do it. 345 00:15:55,100 --> 00:15:58,560 This is a song that I managed to miss while growing up. 346 00:15:58,630 --> 00:16:01,700 I think the closest I got to Aqua was when the Barbie Girl craze hits. 347 00:16:01,860 --> 00:16:03,200 Aqua never really appealed to me. 348 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:07,100 The sound didn't really resonate with what I wanted to listen to at that time. 349 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:11,220 Now back then, when I was about seven or eight, and I shit you not, 350 00:16:11,380 --> 00:16:16,100 So the only music I remember listening to was Cher's Believe and Hanson's Oombo. 351 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:17,260 Cheers. 352 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:23,620 I actually think that probably Hanson's Oombo was probably the first CD album I had. 353 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:25,140 And Cher was probably on cassette. 354 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:29,700 But as catchy as Dr. Jones sounds, it personally doesn't stick in my head. 355 00:16:29,700 --> 00:16:31,300 And I'm really, really glad for that. 356 00:16:31,340 --> 00:16:32,780 The video is mostly offensive. 357 00:16:32,900 --> 00:16:33,400 It's bright. 358 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:33,820 It's silly. 359 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:37,860 And I don't hate it per se, but I don't think there's much of a substance in there. 360 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:41,600 It is the same stick that got old immediately after releasing Barbie Girl 361 00:16:41,980 --> 00:16:45,980 and grew even more tired with every single passing similar video they made. 362 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:51,600 And the campy acting is fine, but it's the level of a third grade Aladdin Panto. 363 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:54,080 And stereotypes have aged pretty badly. 364 00:16:54,300 --> 00:16:57,800 And I've not actually seen anything recent of theirs, 365 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:02,540 but I really hope for their own sake they've just retired the whole aquascope bullshit. 366 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:03,700 No love for aquascope. 367 00:17:03,830 --> 00:17:05,660 I think overall I quite enjoyed it actually. 368 00:17:05,839 --> 00:17:08,500 Maybe there's a bit of nostalgia in there for me. 369 00:17:08,860 --> 00:17:10,280 It's basically a live-action cartoon. 370 00:17:10,630 --> 00:17:12,980 It's kind of performed quite well for what they're going for, 371 00:17:13,339 --> 00:17:14,980 which is just slapstick nonsense. 372 00:17:15,260 --> 00:17:16,100 Best and worst parts. 373 00:17:16,819 --> 00:17:19,760 The best part, and I do legitimately fucking love this part, 374 00:17:19,959 --> 00:17:23,800 is as they're talking to each other over the Morse code machine, 375 00:17:24,140 --> 00:17:26,240 they're kind of singing as they do it, 376 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:28,580 and they're clearly Morse coding what they're singing, 377 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:32,180 and if you watch it, they're actually tapping in time with the song. 378 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:38,920 So I've just got the image of them somehow managing to get the sort of musical qualities into Morse code, which I find hilarious. 379 00:17:39,100 --> 00:17:45,340 The worst part is they don't seem to want to kiss each other the two times that they do, which is fair enough because they're not actors. 380 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:48,920 But I hadn't realised that they were at some point in a relationship. 381 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:51,000 I don't know at which point this was made. 382 00:17:51,020 --> 00:17:53,200 It definitely looks like they're trying to avoid winching each other. 383 00:17:54,460 --> 00:17:55,820 But that's nitpicking to be honest. 384 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:57,320 They're just trying to keep it PG, guys. 385 00:17:57,700 --> 00:18:01,340 Yeah, well, they don't even do like a peck on the cheek or whatever. 386 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:04,480 They legitimately look like they're trying to avoid touching each other. 387 00:18:05,120 --> 00:18:05,940 So it's like... 388 00:18:06,420 --> 00:18:06,960 Just that. 389 00:18:07,220 --> 00:18:10,040 They're just all so sweaty with that jungle. 390 00:18:10,300 --> 00:18:11,360 Smell like aquascope. 391 00:18:11,820 --> 00:18:13,560 How does aquascope smell? 392 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:15,340 I'm thinking kind of like bubble bath. 393 00:18:15,500 --> 00:18:16,080 A bubble bath. 394 00:18:16,540 --> 00:18:17,480 So why is that bad? 395 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:18,020 I don't know. 396 00:18:18,500 --> 00:18:19,520 I hadn't thought this very hard. 397 00:18:20,220 --> 00:18:20,960 I hadn't thought this through. 398 00:18:21,660 --> 00:18:24,320 Bubble bath mixed with mud. 399 00:18:24,420 --> 00:18:26,680 Well, I mean, mud baths are a thing. 400 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:27,180 It's true. 401 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:28,300 I've never smelled a mud bath. 402 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:31,060 It smells of like a wet earth. 403 00:18:31,420 --> 00:18:38,720 it's it's fine it's offensive uh best moments for me is a single shot uh while they're introducing 404 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:45,820 the characters the portrait of klaus it's it's just so funny it's so sincere and they told him 405 00:18:45,980 --> 00:18:51,340 to smile for a portrait photo and he smiled like a high school graduate in the 50s and it just 406 00:18:51,740 --> 00:18:57,379 works uh and the worst moment for me are just the last the whole last 30 seconds of the video just 407 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:58,280 just all of it 408 00:18:58,420 --> 00:18:58,900 it's horrible 409 00:18:59,500 --> 00:19:00,180 cut it out 410 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:01,500 set it on fire 411 00:19:01,660 --> 00:19:02,200 put it in the bin 412 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:03,440 yeah in the bin 413 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:04,440 yeah so best 414 00:19:04,460 --> 00:19:05,000 and worst was 415 00:19:05,420 --> 00:19:05,800 obviously the 416 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:06,820 wacky nod to 417 00:19:06,980 --> 00:19:07,520 indiana jones 418 00:19:08,060 --> 00:19:08,640 it's pure slack 419 00:19:08,780 --> 00:19:09,540 stick banter 420 00:19:09,580 --> 00:19:10,480 pure slack 421 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:11,520 stick banter 422 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:12,540 especially with 423 00:19:12,540 --> 00:19:13,400 a gramophone face 424 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:14,480 facts were fun 425 00:19:14,860 --> 00:19:15,480 um i don't 426 00:19:15,900 --> 00:19:16,220 really have a 427 00:19:16,360 --> 00:19:17,260 worst part i mean 428 00:19:17,360 --> 00:19:18,120 maybe the mild 429 00:19:18,860 --> 00:19:19,660 colonialism nods 430 00:19:19,660 --> 00:19:20,420 and whatnot but 431 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:21,100 i don't know 432 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:22,000 just seems very 433 00:19:22,180 --> 00:19:22,680 of the time 434 00:19:22,980 --> 00:19:23,640 uh i'm gonna 435 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:24,100 give it uh 436 00:19:24,540 --> 00:19:25,040 i'm gonna give it 437 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:25,780 an eye because 438 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:27,360 it did put 439 00:19:27,380 --> 00:19:29,360 in my face. Yeah, I gotta give it an eye. It's 440 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:31,320 harmless, it's fun 441 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:33,440 but it is a pile of shit 442 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:35,220 at the end of the day. An enjoyable 443 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:36,280 pile of shit. That's it. 444 00:19:37,179 --> 00:19:37,960 I sustain. 445 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:41,180 What's the word? Dictionary corner. 446 00:19:42,039 --> 00:19:42,820 Dictionary corner. 447 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:45,520 Scott, dictionary corner. Abstain? 448 00:19:45,820 --> 00:19:47,260 I don't want to give verdicts. 449 00:19:47,300 --> 00:19:48,580 Abstain. Abstain. 450 00:19:49,860 --> 00:19:50,660 Abstain. Okay. 451 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:53,240 I love that that worked, that I just 452 00:19:53,380 --> 00:19:54,920 showed you dictionary corner and someone 453 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:56,760 the other side of the country just went 454 00:19:57,420 --> 00:19:58,400 it's just my moment 455 00:19:58,820 --> 00:19:59,080 thanks god 456 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:01,800 he can't actually hear you 457 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:02,540 I said 458 00:20:02,780 --> 00:20:02,920 shh 459 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:05,760 don't ruin the magic 460 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,120 practice abstinence 461 00:20:07,580 --> 00:20:08,780 otherwise god will judge you 462 00:20:08,980 --> 00:20:09,200 what? 463 00:20:09,700 --> 00:20:10,860 christian side hugs only 464 00:20:11,220 --> 00:20:12,180 christian side hugs 465 00:20:12,540 --> 00:20:13,620 christian side hugs 466 00:20:13,740 --> 00:20:14,940 leaving space for jesus 467 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:17,300 christian side hugs 468 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:20,100 that's a new phrase 469 00:20:20,460 --> 00:20:21,300 i've just learned it 470 00:20:21,340 --> 00:20:22,280 i'm so glad i learned it 471 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:24,080 this whole experience 472 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:24,680 has been worth it 473 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:25,179 for that 474 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:29,080 Anyway, yes, I abstain because I find it inoffensive, 475 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:30,500 but also I don't think it should exist. 476 00:20:30,780 --> 00:20:32,260 I think it's a dumb video, so... 477 00:20:32,260 --> 00:20:34,500 You find it inoffensive and offensive at the same time. 478 00:20:34,500 --> 00:20:37,260 Yeah, inoffensive and offensive, mostly harmless, 479 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:41,520 but also I don't think there is, like, if it doesn't exist, 480 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:44,960 I don't think we'll ever lose anything of substance at all. 481 00:20:45,500 --> 00:20:47,500 It wouldn't be a butterfly effect situation 482 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:49,820 where if the video for Aqua was never made. 483 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:51,340 Well, you never know. 484 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:51,860 You never know. 485 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:53,400 There might have been, like, not the video, obviously, 486 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:55,600 but there might have been a couple that met in a club. 487 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:56,340 Do you remember clubs? 488 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:57,980 A quad, sorry? 489 00:20:59,400 --> 00:20:59,800 Club. 490 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,740 They were big rooms that people got together in 491 00:21:02,980 --> 00:21:03,960 and they danced. 492 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:05,040 That sounds horrific. 493 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:06,640 Were they forced to wear masks? 494 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:07,920 They were close to each other as well. 495 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:08,560 Oh no. 496 00:21:09,140 --> 00:21:09,980 There's no masks there. 497 00:21:10,120 --> 00:21:11,980 And where was it called that? 498 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:14,320 People fucking in clubs. 499 00:21:14,700 --> 00:21:17,040 There might be a couple out there somewhere 500 00:21:17,420 --> 00:21:19,780 who met dancing to this who wouldn't have met. 501 00:21:19,980 --> 00:21:21,440 No, actually I'm putting a pin to this. 502 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:23,080 The song is an eye for me, 503 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,580 But the video is just, it doesn't need to exist. 504 00:21:26,700 --> 00:21:29,620 So hence why the abstinence. 505 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:30,560 Glad we cleared that up. 506 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:32,640 No, the song is fun. 507 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:33,460 It's dumb. 508 00:21:33,740 --> 00:21:35,200 But the video is like, nah. 509 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:36,820 The song is good, dumb. 510 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:38,420 The video is potentially not good, dumb. 511 00:21:38,460 --> 00:21:38,540 Yeah. 512 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:40,660 Not dumb, doesn't dumb good. 513 00:21:40,700 --> 00:21:42,360 I think that video kind of ran its course. 514 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:43,900 It was fun while it lasted. 515 00:21:44,740 --> 00:21:47,040 It's time to move on with our lives. 516 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:06,300 next week is our christmas episode yeah it's not even we don't even do this weekly i keep on doing 517 00:22:06,300 --> 00:22:12,680 this fuck's sake uh next episode is our christmas episode yay single dolls yeah 518 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:19,720 we've all been bad bad boys and girls that sound is very very kinky new santa's got 519 00:22:20,360 --> 00:22:21,400 got a present for you you 520 00:22:24,220 --> 00:22:28,740 it's called a year of depression it's already happened so when you're enjoying uh your christmas 521 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:34,360 with uh your family in groups of less than sex and less than two households at least i think that's 522 00:22:34,360 --> 00:22:38,860 what it is here i've lost track you can listen you can all listen to the podcast together do you 523 00:22:38,700 --> 00:22:43,480 I think the new rules are you can't actually listen to podcasts in groups of 6 as well. 524 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:47,200 Especially past 10 o'clock. 525 00:22:47,360 --> 00:22:51,900 We are doing Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta's Christmas. 526 00:22:52,260 --> 00:22:56,500 Christmas in a quote, because fuck me. 527 00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:58,460 I think you might like it. 528 00:22:58,800 --> 00:22:59,560 That's the name of the song. 529 00:22:59,630 --> 00:23:02,580 I don't think you actually like the song or the video. 530 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:03,860 Both horrible. 531 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:06,740 Tune in to listen to us suffer through this. 532 00:23:07,060 --> 00:23:08,080 We suffer for you people. 533 00:23:08,100 --> 00:23:10,400 Nelly sent me this video a couple of days ago 534 00:23:10,740 --> 00:23:13,080 and I watched it once and just went, 535 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:14,220 yes, this is the one. 536 00:23:14,420 --> 00:23:16,360 It is awkward gold. 537 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:17,340 Hold on. 538 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:19,980 I've just watched the first five seconds 539 00:23:20,180 --> 00:23:23,360 and I already know what it's going to be like. 540 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:24,460 So far. 541 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:25,700 It's just not good. 542 00:23:25,860 --> 00:23:27,640 And I'm six seconds in. 543 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:29,700 Okay, stop there. 544 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:30,980 Save it for the next episode. 545 00:23:31,580 --> 00:23:32,500 I'm going to save it. 546 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:34,120 Say goodbye, everyone. 547 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:34,740 Bye. 548 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:38,820 I'm sorry, I'm so sorry for next episode you guys. 549 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:40,660 Bye. 550 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:41,600 Bye. 551 00:23:41,620 --> 00:23:41,760 Bye.