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by Natalie Mootz 
Sep 25th 2008 at 12:00PM
Yesterday I wanted to impress you all on my first Moviewatch post, so I showed you a very classy, serious movie. Today? Not so much! Instead, today I offer you a good laugh. MTGScreenie brings us his musical and comedy stylings in the form of Stuck in the World of Warcraft. This music video, set to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire," but with WoW-specific lyrics, is a comic ode to the game he loves. MTGScreenie's singing isn't going to win any awards, but I think that makes the song even more endearing and funny, especially when he strains to hit the high notes or runs out of breath because the song outpaces him. The visuals won't blow you away, but you'll see lots of amusing reminders of things you love and hate about playing WoW. Seriously, people, who doesn't love lag and ganking!
If you have any suggestions for WoW Moviewatch, you can mail them to us at machinima AT wowinsider DOT com.
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Filed under: Machinima, Humor, WoW Moviewatch
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Amaxe Sep 25th 2008 12:10PM
That was actually better than many of the cover songs
TotalBiscuit Sep 25th 2008 12:17PM
Do not show anything like this again. Some of us had our sound on :
Cowy Sep 26th 2008 7:55AM
My ears... :(
I liked the lyrics but the actual singing was like a bad night of Tequila and Karaoke.
redaruroa Sep 26th 2008 11:00AM
Haha that was funny. Thanks
Moloth Sep 25th 2008 1:03PM
-10 for the very poor singing.
+110 for the great lyrics!
:D
music lover Sep 25th 2008 1:04PM
High marks for concept, decent ones for visuals, but if he wants to make it better he should probably enlist the aid of a friend with a better singing voice. Still, cute idea!
Blackhorn Sep 25th 2008 1:38PM
Or not.
Do you actually think having even Billy Joel himself on lead vocals would have made this a better video?
music lover Sep 25th 2008 1:47PM
Heh. I'm pretty easygoing when it comes to WoW music videos, especially when they're based on songs I like in the first place. It's not going to win any awards, but I've seen worse. The singing needs help, though.
Macgayver Sep 25th 2008 1:13PM
Hahahahaha. My eardrums just broke free and ran off
Jolly Sep 25th 2008 1:24PM
Dude sings heck of a lot better then me and it wasn't half bad, 7.5/10!
prudychick Sep 25th 2008 1:35PM
This was an entertaining way to not process the PO's sitting my my desk.
/sigh back to work.
iliya Sep 25th 2008 2:11PM
I think it's evident he's not trying to sing well, he's doing it for fun, and you know what? I enjoyed what he did here. The lyrics really made it for me because it was it was rhythmically in tune with the original.
Well done, sir, well done!
QwithnoU Sep 25th 2008 2:15PM
If you want to hear the REAL "We Didn't Start the Fire" World of Warcraft parody, download the Outlandish podcast episode 28 (released 8-25-08) from iTunes. It is the funniest thing EVAR!
Spoiler alert!
(Its about Trade Chat)
Frank Sep 25th 2008 3:41PM
i can't harp on his singing, because he's probably better than me. his lyrics and rhymes were great, though. /lol
Pink Sep 25th 2008 4:09PM
I thought this movie was bad when it first came out... time hasn't improved it.
He didn't even remove the original vocals!
Or put any thought into his lyrics at all...
Zep Sep 25th 2008 5:57PM
Okay he's not the greatest singer, but it's not THAT painful... I had an issue though when he filled in rhymes with items. There's a billion items in WoW; seems like cheating. Go with zones, famous spells, leeroy jenkins, that stuff.
Matt Sep 25th 2008 8:43PM
Wow, didn't know this even existed until a listener of ours submitted it to us today. Yep, I have to say Jeremy's version is better. Outlandish Podcast, Episode 28 on iTunes or the website. Too bad we don't have a video.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=273838319
http://www.outlandishpodcast.com/parodies/trade.mp3
bsides88 Sep 26th 2008 3:49PM
you guys should make some stupid little videos for the outlandish songs. For the most part they are the BEST warcraft parody songs out there!
Subscribe to Outlandish!
Matazuma Sep 27th 2008 8:48PM
Outlandish!!!!
Jeremy's version is alot better but more offensive