Rejecting the Shiny Baldness of the Materialistic Eighties

Shadow Hog · Post by **Shadow Hog** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:08 pm

So, as you may know, Sonic CulT/Sonic 2 Beta is down. Which sucks. But in the meantime, the person asking for donations (Saz I'd assume) put up a funny little 1994 music video by Right Said Fred (the "Too Sexy For My Shirt" guys) which features none other than Sonic. Barely. The song's catchy, though.

Anyway, since I didn't see it mentioned in the timeline on the website (and we DO cover that kind of thing, don't we...?), I've uploaded it onto YouTube to share (since Lord knows CulT/S2Beta might suddenly return, making a link to THAT moot). <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI2En2RVf6s">Enjoy.</a>

Post by **Segaholic2** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:13 pm

VERY interesting! I'm surprised nobody else discovered this before now.

j-man · Post by **j-man** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:57 pm

Weird, and totally gay. Why was Sonic even involved in it at all?

I recognise that fat guy. Wasn't he in those old ads with the guy getting a "cyber razor cut", or something? Y'know, with the barber's chair and the metal arm, and shit.

Wooduck51 · Post by **Wooduck51** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:19 am

I cannot think of anything to say other than "intriguing"

Gaz · Post by **Gaz** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:53 am

I sort of remember this. They released a Sonic version of this song to help promote Sonic 3. I think it was also used in a Sonic commercial. However, the single flopped badly hence why it's fairly obscure.

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:24 am

Wow. Especially the part that's supposed to be a Sonic-eye view.

Isuka · Post by **Isuka** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:39 am

Teh irony...

Wikipedia wrote:A line in The Hold Steady song "Knuckles" contains the line "I've been trying to get people to call me Freddy Knuckles, but people keep calling me Right Said Fred".

BTW:

Most users ever online was 232 on Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:45 am

New record.

Frieza2000 · Post by **Frieza2000** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:40 pm

Hours earlier, Segaholic2 wrote:Also, please don't rape my bandwidth all at once.

"Please don't rape" just doesn't evoke the same compassion it once did.

Post by **Crazy Penguin** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:56 pm

j-man wrote:I recognise that fat guy. Wasn't he in those old ads with the guy getting a "cyber razor cut", or something? Y'know, with the barber's chair and the metal arm, and shit.

I loved those old ads. He was like a Sega Tommy Cooper with a skull sidekick.