Since the beginning of time, unicorns have been considered awesome in many cultures and revered for their succulent meats and life-giving quicksilver blood all across the globe. They are loved by young and old alike for their representation of purity, prosperity and most importantly, their magical rainbow powers.
As the Internet continues to grow strong and ever-expanding, much like Cthulhu at an all-you-can-eat-Joe-Bob buffet, it's not about what's in the real world that's interesting and engaging anymore, it's about how hilarious that shit is on Youtube and how fast you think it'll become society's new favorite toy, sort of like how Justin Bieber has managed to slay the minds and hearts of millions of gaping-mawed tweens via viral attention which has ultimately launched him (?) into mega-super-wacky-stardom.
Despite the healthy and consistent love for unicorns as seen in video games, fantasy novels, comicons and the Rainbow Reverend Mother Lisa Frank, it appears that unicorns have become the new 'it' thing to love and to attract popularity.
I remember in February of 2010, a friend and I were surfing on the net. Because who reads books anymore? Don't answer that. Anyhow, he was on
Adultswim and found a cute little game called
Robot Unicorn Attack. We were like, "haha this is pretty awesome, I remember that song, I love that song!" Because of course the moment you take a tacky pop track from '94 and connect it to a thing that you immediately like, the song becomes awesome. Again. In fact, the song, "Always" by Erasure, gained its own resurgence of popularity, and sales for the album perked up. Of course, no one cared about supporting the band, it was all about going, "IT'S THE ROBOT UNICORN ATTACK SONG OMG I WANT IT!"
Now, just over a year later, unicorns seem to be making more and more appearances all over the place.
T-shirts,
adorable handbags,
meme crossovers,
webcomics,
general buffoonery,
holy-shit-that's-awesome artwork, and
fan inspiration (whoever made this rules!) But most importantly, and finally, the reason why I'm posting this rant in the first place, they've started showing up in music videos.
Thanks goes out to Joe L. for these first two gems of the internet! The man is truly a unicorn at heart!
Ke$ha - "
Blow." Take that any way you like, but it is neither sexual or drug related--at least for the video. It throws you off immediately, making you aware that mythical creatures are not only present but that also 'mythical' is an oxymoron since they say none were harmed in the making of the video, implying that unicorns are in fact real creatures that we love and respect. Which they are so I guess that point's taken. James Van Der Beek has a starring role alongside the popstar, and they are surrounded by unicorn-headed people in tuxedos...because it looks cooler that way.
The best part about this for me was that someone has earned themselves two cookies for the nerdery in this video. 1) Unicorns (obviously). And 2)
Creepy Horse Mask! It's plain to see that someone was cutting budget corners by shucking out a few hundred bucks to buy bunch of the marginally internet-infamous creepy horse masks, paint them white and stick horns on them. Seriously, go look. Same damn thing, I swear.
Youtube's
Serenading Unicorn performing in super awesome hand-puppet glory, Coolio's "
Gangsta's Paradise." If you aren't familiar with the Serenading Unicorn, you should be, he's adorable. And he's a unicorn. Explanation: Juicy Fruit made some ads where a unicorn hand puppet lipsyncs to old popular tunes like Culture Club's "
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" and Boyz II Men's "
Just for You."
To add to these enjoyable tidbits of lolz, I decided to compile some moar unicorn stuff just for you!
Charlie the Unicorn - If you haven't heard of this then you don't know the internet. Or you're Mormon.
Planet Unicorn - Animated series about a gay boy named Shannon who wished for a planet full of unicorns.
And although no unicorns are present, these are related, and worth watching.
E2 Angels' "Unicorn" - Video's pretty hokey, but the song isn't bad. Sort of has an 80's vinyl tinny sound with a style reminiscent of something you might hear on a soundtrack made for goth puppies. It gets my vote!
Team Unicorn's "Geek and Gamer Girls" - Well, apart from being called "Team Unicorn", this has nothing to do with unicorns. But I just discovered it and thought it noteworthy. The song parodies Katy Perry's "California Gurls" and throws in a ton of geeky references, as well as some notable appearances by Seth Green, Stan Lee, and Katee Sackhoff (she plays Starbuck in the recent BSG series). It's cute and its lyrics are pretty clever but none of the girls known how to lipsync right--in fact all of their mouths are either too small or too big when they're singing their parts.
Oh well, still entertaining!
