The Edelweiss Song

(During the LaZorra visit.)

LaZorra: We determined earlier that the only face I'm really capable of making is the Eye of Sauron face.

ThePhan: LOL

ThePhan: Yes.

LaZorra: We determined this while I was trying to make an angry rapper face.

ThePhan: Sauron is a pretty angry rapper.

Sentynel: He is.

Sentynel: Man, have you *heard* the lyrics about the Rings?

ThePhan: And he should be. The orcs sure aren't giving him edelweiss.

Sentynel: "Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul" That's angry, man,

Randy: He's from the Underground.

LaZorra: BRING ME EDELWEISS OR I WILL BURNINATE THIS GONDOR

LaZorra: Sent: He was originally supposed to do a duet with Nimoy on the Bilbo Baggins piece, but he was cut. That would make any rapper angry.

* ThePhan supposes she and LaZorra should probably post the Edelweiss video at some point so everyone can experience the madness.

Sentynel: Phan: That would help.

ThePhan: It is the song attached to this album cover: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51tVJzo0ukL._SS500_.jpg

LaZorra: LOL YESSS

LaZorra: BRING ME EDELWEISS

ThePhan: And it has a vocal version, a rap version, a tourist version, and a yodel version.

ThePhan: According to that record cover.

LaZorra: I wonder which one we saw.

LaZorra: Vocal, probably.

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ThePhan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rp8qGigqYk

ThePhan: That is what LaZorra and I spent our afternoon on.

LaZorra: We *did* spend an exorbitant amount of time with it.

Sentynel: Good thing it's in HD.

ThePhan: We did.

ThePhan: Sent: Yeah, you lose a lot of the hidden meaning when it's just in normal D.

LaZorra: I wish the text of the record cover were there with it. It was all about the loss of innocent life because girls insist on boys picking them edelweiss.

Sentynel: Re video: what the actual fork? I simply can't put that any more politely.

LaZorra: That is a perfectly valid reaction.

ThePhan: The text on the record covert art can be found here: http://www.discogs.com/Edelweiss-Bring-Me-Edelweiss/release/668459

ThePhan: (The Google search I used to find it was: alpenworld edelweiss precipices man would fall)

Sentynel: Covert art!

LaZorra: TP: LOL LOL

Sentynel: I'm pretty sure that takes an auspicious second place in the list of weirdest music videos I've ever seen.

LaZorra: Sent: Well, any art in it is certainly hidden.

LaZorra: We discovered the record randomly in a used music store and couldn't stop laughing. We must have stood there for ten minutes gawking at it.

ThePhan: All the quirky yet lovable characters of the music video are featured on the back of the cover art, too.

ThePhan: But... distorted.

Randy: Wow

LaZorra: We never did look up their second release, "Starship Edelweiss."

Sentynel: You mean their second release was their first.. IN SPACE?

ThePhan: LOL AND ALSO

ThePhan: There was a sticker on the cover that said, "When you PLAY IT, SAY IT!"

LaZorra: ...come to think of it, I'm not sure what that "IT" referred to.

ThePhan: Well, turns out it has a meaning: http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/arch.../play-it-say-it-rolls-out-at-cbs-radio

ThePhan: But it's much more fun thinking that the producers are demanding that we chant the lyrics along with the band.

LaZorra: IF YOU REALLY LOVE ME YOU SHOULD BRING ME EDELVWEISS

Sentynel: That's the second time you've spelt that with a "v" in it today. Are you typoing, or just confused by German pronunciation?

ThePhan: Are you playing it?

ThePhan: Because I don't think you have to say it if you're not playing it.

LaZorra: Sent: I must have typoed the first one. That was autocomplete.

LaZorra: If you'll notice, I have spelt it multiple times correctly. :-p