Gift for Jetpack Monkey by AbsoluteDestiny (Hausu - 1977)

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Title of vid: Rock Lobster
Recipient: Jetpack Monkey
Vidder: AbsoluteDestiny
Fandom: Hausu (1977)
Music: Rock Lobster by The B-52s
Summary:
Content notes: Physical triggers (e.g., epilepsy or migraine: strobe lights, bright lights, "stuttery" cuts between 2-3 stills)
Signed length: 03:30
Signed URL: http://advids.org/vid/66/

Lyrics
We were at the beach

Everybody had matching towels

Somebody went under a dock

And there they saw a rock



It wasn't a rock

It was a rock lobster



Rock lobster

Rock lobster



Rock lobster

Rock lobster



Motion in the ocean

His air hose broke

Lots of trouble

Lots of bubble



He was in a jam

He's in a giant clam



Rock, rock

Rock lobster

Down, down



Here comes a stringray

There goes a manta ray

In walked a jelly fish

There goes a dogfish



Chased by a catfish

In flew a sea robin

Watch out for that piranha

There goes a narwhal

Here comes a bikini whale



Rock lobster

Rock lobster

Rock lobster

Rock lobster

Comments

[jetpack_monkey]

Holy f**k. HOLY F**K. So the surf riff kind of plays with the "Scooby-Doo on Acid" vibe of the movie. And the ridiculousness of the lyrics give you so much space for some truly inspired visual matches. And some very silly ones, too. It took the second viewing to catch the "Down, down" thing. Stealth pun! or maybe not that stealthy, I haven't had much sleep.

Also, just generally amazing cutting and use of the surreal-as-fuck imagery. Singing skeleton at 1:20 owns my soul.