Jimmy Fallon and The Roots are back playing with classroom instruments. This time they're joined by Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone, aka The Lonely Island. While it's not nearly as good as Mariah Carey singing "All I Want For Christmas is You," I do enjoy the child-friendly alternatives to the many swears in the song (personal favorite: monkey funky). Well done, fellas.
The Lonely Island are back (which makes me a happy boy), and this time they've tackled a hot button issue--the idea of legalizing same-sex marriage. With "Spring Break Anthem," the trio juxtaposes all these ridiculous things spring breakers do that get glorified, while things like honoring and caring for a partner are frowned upon. It's not really laugh out loud funny, but very cleverly done, and sure to get people talking. Even better, it's nestled inside a "Between Two Ferns" episode with Zach Galifianakis, and the video features James Franco and Edward Norton. Check it out NOW!
Any fan of this blog knows I'm a big fan of The Lonely Island. After Andy Samberg left SNL, the Digital Shorts, often the highlight of episodes, still existed, but they just weren't very good. Not to say all of Samberg's Digital Shorts were great, but even something as stupid as Dear Sister usually made me laugh, at least.
The trio is back with "YOLO," a song featuring Adam Levine and Kendrick Lamar, and utilizing the popular "you only live once" message from Drake. Of course, stupid idiots took YOLO to new heights, doing something...well, stupid like peeing on a cop car or getting a dumb tattoo because, hey, you only live once! The Lonely Island reminds us of that, but rather than living wildly, they advise extreme caution.
The problem is, I'm not sure how I feel about the song itself. Lines like avoiding children because they have "mad lice," and "two words about furniture: killing machines" make me giggle, but the song is certainly nowhere near as catchy as "Lazy Sunday" or "I Just Had Sex," which were the debut singles of the first two Lonely Island albums. Kendrick Lamar's verse is kind of a throwaway, and I just hate YOLO so much, that even though the idea gets turned on its head, I'm still irritated by it. Oh well, at least this is still better than most of what's on the radio.
