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C'mon people! USA dude is so last week! Apache's where it's at (.mpg)!

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That felt ...patriotic

...

and a little ghey

Posted by: Somersault at 04/12/05 1:22 PM | Reply
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Do you think USA Dude shits red, white, and blue?

I think so.

Posted by: Niemster at 04/12/05 1:38 PM | Reply
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Um, I don't have any words to explain what that Apache video has done to my brain. Thanks?

Posted by: jervo at 04/12/05 1:46 PM | Reply
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I swear that was Doug fucking Henning.

Posted by: Bill at 04/12/05 1:52 PM | Reply
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usa dude reminds me of luke wilson

Posted by: chris at 04/12/05 1:52 PM | Reply
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I think you mean Owen Wilson. Penis nose and whatnot.

Posted by: sr at 04/12/05 2:15 PM | Reply
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No fancy funny comment here... I just can't stop laughing.

Posted by: lauren at 04/12/05 2:38 PM | Reply
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why did they do a disco cover of the incredible bongo band's "apache"?

and i bet you dollars to donuts, borat is all about that video.

Posted by: Douglas Reinhardt at 04/12/05 2:39 PM | Reply
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USA Dude may be last week, but it's about 100,000x funnier, scarier, and more repeatable than "Apache."

Posted by: the management at 04/12/05 3:13 PM | Reply
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Oh. My. GAWD!

Sincere posturing, outstretched arms, curly mullet, ripped jeans, cameltoe, pained close-ups, profile silhouette, blustery wind, fist-pumping, united-front lineup, rushing ocean waters... Wow! This video is like, ALL the 80s video cliches rolled into one.

Posted by: Avatar at 04/12/05 3:20 PM | Reply
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Anyone else thing USA Dude was really Weird Al at first? Upon further inspection though, more like a cross between Weird Al and Daniel Day Lewis.

Posted by: Tigidal at 04/12/05 3:44 PM | Reply
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USA dude was horrible. He kept saying America as Uh-mer-UH-ca. So horrible. If you love it so much, say it RIGHT!. The third vowel is an "i." If that were his only transgression, I would let it slide.

Posted by: Alex at 04/12/05 3:47 PM | Reply
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wow. that guy is going to give me nightmares. wow.

Posted by: mr g at 04/12/05 4:28 PM | Reply
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Email exchange a snarky coworker had with the USA guy:

----- Original Message -----
From: Coworker
To:
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 2:01 PM
Subject: America We Stand As One video


I just saw your parody video on the internet. That is hysterical!

We've been laughing around the office all morning.

Great job.


--- contact@americawestandasone.com wrote:
From: "dennis madalone"

To: Coworker
Subject: Re: America We Stand As One video
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 14:59:49 -0700

Will and your friends in the office / our song is real it is about allll our loved ones that have passed away please BEVIEVE. love and hope dennis madalone and the family


Posted by: Ariel at 04/12/05 4:50 PM | Reply
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dude, apache was so last YEAR. . .

Posted by: beenround at 04/12/05 5:09 PM | Reply
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Three letters: W. T. F.

Posted by: Isaac B2 at 04/12/05 6:12 PM | Reply
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http://launch.yahoo.com/video/default.asp?vid=12024487
More patriotism in song please.
"Bumper Of My SUV"
Yikes.

Posted by: adamg at 04/12/05 9:37 PM | Reply
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Was... was "America dude" for real?? Because I'm extremely frightened now.

Posted by: Jenn at 04/13/05 5:32 AM | Reply
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Whoa, I've had that on my hard drive for like forever now. FINALLY I'M AHEAD OF THE CURVE!

Posted by: dj orinj joos at 04/13/05 10:13 AM | Reply
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one of the computer techs down the hall used to be in a band in the 70's or so ... she's had a picture of that guy on her office wall for like 5 years ... i think they "toured"

Posted by: some music snob at 04/13/05 11:10 AM | Reply
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it's Tommy Seebach ... i guess he died ... but before that he was a "eurovision legend"

http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/1899

nothing else i do today will top that video so i'm going home

Posted by: some music snob at 04/13/05 11:17 AM | Reply
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Looks like Steve Perry from Journey to me. Plus he sucks as hard.

Posted by: andrew at 04/13/05 12:53 PM | Reply
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so last week?

this is the new shit:

http://www.zeronews-fr.com/flash/70s.php

Posted by: Rachel at 04/13/05 5:47 PM | Reply
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fuck you andrew, steve perry is a god.

also, my roommate and i have been gradually learning the apache dance. i would like to be one of those girls, but only if i didn't have to touch the keyboard player.

Posted by: allie at 04/15/05 12:10 PM | Reply
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Oh. My. God. Those were two of the most painful things I've had the pleasure of enduring.

1)USA Dude rocks! Except replace the word "rocks" with the phrase "is totally out of place, and although earnest, is the new master of cheese."

2)I'm with Allie on this. I want to learn the dance. Not the ones the girls did, but the one the keyboardist is doing. If that isn't swank, I don't know what is.

Posted by: Paul at 04/18/05 4:19 AM | Reply
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