Week 8 Video Reviews
Beavis and Butt-head Watch Men Without Hats
Artist's Name:
Beavis and Butt-head is an American animation series that was created by Mike Judge. Men Without Hats was a Canadian new wave band.
Song Title:
"The Safety Dance"
CD/Album Title
Beavis and Butt-head Watch Men Without Hats is episode 63 "Cow Tipping"
Year
1994
Record Company
"The Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats is on the Virgin Label
Director
Mike Judge and Yvette Kaplan are the directors of the Beavis and Butt-head video
Narrative of Video:
Beavis and Butt-head are sitting on the couch. They are both singing the intro to a song but they are not using words. The video of "The Safety Dance" begins in the background. Butt-head asks "Is that Michael Jackson?" Beavis sits and laughs. He makes a comment "I think that's that bee from that Blind Melon video" and Butt-head laughs. Butt-head replies "Oh yeah". They both sit and laugh. The scene changes from the video to Beavis and Butt-head who are swaying back and forth to the music. The scene goes back to the "The Safety Dance" video. Butt-head says, "Dammit, I'm sick and tired of seeing crap like this" Beavis says, "Yeah, that'd be cool, if like Robin Hood came, and like, shot these guys with an arrow" and then he laughs. He repeats "yeah, yeah yeah yeah" and Butt-head laughs.The video changes back to Beavis and Butt-head on the couch. Butt-head says, "Yeah" and laughs. "Rock on, Beavis" Butt-head says. The camera focuses on Beavis. Beavis is laughing. The scene returns to "The Safety Dance" video. The scene changes to Beavis and Butt-head on the couch. Beavis is picking his nose. There is a crackling sound head in the background that accompanies it. The video of "The Safety Dance" is on the screen again. The scene moves back to Beavis and Butt-head. Butt-head is smelling his fingers. A sniffing noise can be heard. The video of "The Safety Dance" returns to the screen. While the video is playing Butt-head comments, "This butt-hole keeps saying he can dance but he can't dance." Beavis says, "Yeah", and starts laughing. Beavis says, "He needs to like, go to a Pantera concert and learn how to dance". Butt-head laughs, and says "Yeah, that'd be cool". "They'd get their butts slammed around". Beavis answers, "Yeah" and starts laughing. Beavis says, "Yeah, they'd get their butts kicked". He laughs. Beavis continues, "If I was there, I'd start kicking that one guy in the nads". Beavis laughs. Butt-head says "Yeah" and he laughs. They both start laughing. The scene changes back to Beavis and Butt-head sitting on the couch laughing. The video ends.
How the Music and Video Relate:
The Beavis and Butt-head comments relate well to the actions in the video.
Review:
The Beavis and Butt-head characters can be pretty amusing. I think they are correct that the video is "crap".