Honestly, I woke up this morning with no interest of finding some mind blowing--change the world music video. So I settled on Nerf Herder. There is nothing Earth changing about this band. They are Blink 182 with a masters degree (actually I don't know if that's true). All in all, this is one of their most successful songs. Actually, the one of the only reasons they got attention for this song was because it made fun of an MTV staple--Van Halen.
The lyrics are Van Halen references. All in all, the song could be taken a homage to Van Halen...however, Sammy Hagar, David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen and the rest of the guys didn't see it that way, going so far as to trash Nerf Herder in the press. The backlash from the band helped make this song a minor hit on MTV in 1996.
After "Van Halen", Nerf Herder's biggest mark was recording the theme song to the WB TV show, "Buffy The Vampire Slayer", making them the most successful nerd rock band from Santa Barbara to record a theme song to a TV show based on a 1992 Kristy Swanson movie.
Anyhow, I'm really getting off track. Enjoy Nerf Herder's "Van Halen".
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