Elmer Beauregard of Minnesotans for Global Warming writes in with today’s funny: M4GW’s Newest Song – I’m a Denier
He writes:
It’s a parody of “I’m a Believer” written by Neil Diamond and performed by the Monkees. This version was written by Elmer Beauregard and Brian D. Smith and performed by Elmer and the M4GW players.
This song is in honor of all the new Republican Freshman entering Congress and the Senate most of whom are Deniers and proud of it.
I think this is song may be our “Tour de Farce”
Well at least he didn’t choose Manfred Mann’s “Blinded by the light”. Watch below.
Love the drummer.
Michael Mann is playing drums for a Climate Denier band?
Wow, we win?
(I know it can’t be him, but it does look like him. . . )
“Climate Denier” as the new “Yankee Doodle Dandy”?
The landscape behind the band is classic midwestern glacial terrain formed by the deposition of rocky debris picked up during glacial advance and then dropped as the great continental glaciers melted and retreated. Without climate cooling to let the ice sheets form, and then climate warming to cause the glacial melt such landscapes wouldn’t exist. Wait a minute, that must mean that in the past, natural causes must have the climate changing. We know from AGW that must be impossible. LOL
I think that could be their best! I like the original song anyway. What’s up with that chicken? Nice outfit. Probably helps with those cold November nights in Minnesota, home of the lovely and talented Michele Bachmann. Go M4GW!
Love it, another hit from the funniest bunch of deniers! I really liked their benny hill type ending! Keepem coming with more!
Brilliant. Great lyrics and well performed.
Once we start laughing at ‘them’ the battle is more than half one.
Laughing at old Adolf and his team cheered everyone up during WW2.
Chicken Little. I agree that this should be our theme song from now on.
Love it!
Christmas Number 1 both sides of the pond? It deserves it
Brilliant!
How did they get Mann to do the drums?
The lower half of Gore shoulda been a poodle outfit….. š
Layne, I think the bird is Chicken Licken.
Great band, great track, but I think they should have put out a call here for a girlie chorus.
Well played, Sirs — well played!
Gee I thought the one with the handicapped hair was the GAV! of Surrealclimate fame!
Climate is complex, and so are we
We all have many facets
But the rough divide about Alarm
Splits us in two segments.
One of these is not much fun
It wants to scare the kids
The other is more cheerful
And produces the best vids
It is the best for humour
For writing and cartoons
As it grapples with the miseries
Foretelling glooms and dooms.
So with the Friday Funny
May it give a little cheer
Tho’ but for that other side
We’d be somewhere else, not here.
Plenty thanks for this, Anthony! Just fantastic goodly in the bully eye!
Brgds from Sweden
//TJ
Steeptown said on November 5, 2010 at 10:57 am:
Incriminating photos of Dr. Mann with naked tree rings.
They were quite revealing, and disturbing. Some looked like they were having a tree-ring circus.
Excellent. I’ve just sent it over to unReal Climate.
That was good! And I didn’t know Michael Mann played the drums…
A friend of mine from Minnesota sent it to me today – a good laugh – especially Mr Mann lookalike on drums!
Our drummer just happens to look like that, what can I say.
Thanks for posting it Anthony!
Cool song … Mann on drums? Why not, he needs the money.
Happy Days
This could make it to No 1 in the UK charts. A big round of applause from Staffordshire, England. Thank you M4GW for making my day.
Allencic says:
November 5, 2010 at 10:37 am
The landscape behind the band is classic midwestern glacial terrain …
Moraine or esker?
One thing that we can’t deny is that the warmistas provide us with easy pickin’s. It will take the start of glaciers in the heart of the continent to get them off their [CO2] greenhouse gas induced paranoia. Unfortuately, it may come to that, the way that the temperature record has been Hansenized to show warming no matter what.
In the meantime, I have another reason to like the Republicans. āŗ
It appears nearly everyone has come away with the same impression…who knew Michael Mann could play drums?
This is even funnier than “Hide the Decline” which was purged from YouTube because Mann got his knickers all in a twist.
I guess Mann is getting ready for the final collapse of AGW and the end of the money train it has brought him.
He is good with the hockey sticks. That takes skillz.
Good work lads! You provide hope that in some future moment we here in Minnesota will be remembered for something other than inflicting Al Franken and Jesse Ventura on the world.
Oh-oh, MM is not gonna like that likeness of him. Glass of water for MM.
I agree, I think it’s the best yet. We get videos like these, and they get red buttons blowing people who don’t agree to smithereens. Our side is way cooler. And right, to boot!
Bloody good laugh, thanks M4GW. In one brilliant effort you have removed the stigma of the D word and poked fun at it. Marvelous!
Waaay kool. Made my day!
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So can Michael Mann sue them for using a stage double of Michael Mann that looks more like Michael Man than the actual photograph of Michael Mann used in Hide the Decline?
I love M4GW and this new music video is excellent as usual.
Instant classic?
Dr. Dave says:
November 5, 2010 at 12:21 pm
“This is even funnier than āHide the Declineā which was purged from YouTube because Mann got his knickers all in a twist.”
I don’t think the purge was ever 100% effective. MG4W removed the instance they themselves put on youtube and took down the instance on their own website but there was nothing they could do (or wanted to do) to stop anyone else.
Here is an original copy with 105,000 plays that’s been up 10 months now:
Dr. Dave says:
November 5, 2010 at 12:21 pm
“It appears nearly everyone has come away with the same impressionā¦who knew Michael Mann could play drums?
This is even funnier than āHide the Declineā which was purged from YouTube because Mann got his knickers all in a twist.”
Hide the decline can still be viewed. Just google it and it pops up. I agree, it is quite good as well.
M4GW could certainly teach the 10:10 zealots a thing or two about how to make your points in a genuinely funny way.
I knew it! Dendrochronologists like sticks of any kind!
Thanks for this one! Awesome!
At 0:19, when the guy standing there with the hockey stick’s face becomes recognizable; I about fell out of my chair!!! It took me a few seconds to realize that’s not M(he who must not be named)M.
The whole thing is great; from the very ironic glacial terrain to the Benny Hill ending and everything in between.
Congrats M4GW, well done.
Too funny, happy Friday!
Bruce Cobb says:
November 5, 2010 at 12:29 pm
“Oh-oh, MM is not gonna like that likeness of him.”
Good thing Mikey can’t sue because the drummer happened to look a bit like him (much better looking than MM, IMO).
Love it Elmer! Congrats again!
Thanks for posting, Anthony. I haven’t been on You Tube for a while so I would have missed it.
The irony of using auto-tune at the end… if the data don’t fit, you must admit.
I vote grammy and oscar…
“I’m a Denier”, written by Elmer Beauregard and Brian D. Smith and performed by Elmer and the M4GW players
Best song of the year, best artists of the year, Best video of the year
Wonderful. You know, Michael Mann always acts like such a jerk and yet here he is showing what a good sport he is. Well done, Michael.
Now do it for real and not rely on a doppelganger.
Dr T G Watkins says:
November 5, 2010 at 10:48 am
Brilliant. Great lyrics and well performed.
Once we start laughing at āthemā the battle is more than half one.
Laughing at old Adolf and his team cheered everyone up during WW2.
Dr. Watkins, you’re absolutely right. I offer a WWII example, sung to the tune of Colonel Bogey (tune whistled decades later in the film, “Bridge on the River Kwai”:
Hitler has only got one ball;
Goering has two, but they are small;
Himmler has something similar,
But Dr. Goebbels has no balls
At all.
It still cheers me up.
kramer says: November 5, 2010 at 11:41 am
That was good! And I didnāt know Michael Mann played the drumsā¦
Yo, bro! Hockey stix, drum stix, he da mann, an’ da mann be good wit wood.
Just the laugh I needed this evening. Thanks.
Minnesotans for presidents!
All of them.
Hey, isn’t Minnesota known for their love of hockey? I hear Mr. Mann is pretty good with a hockey shtick. Maybe a good match…
Regards..
Layne Blanchard:
the chicken is Chicken Little, who shows up at M4GW events, letting everyone know that the earth is warming and the world is about to end.
Actually, I just realized Mann turned in his hockey shtick for a drum shtick…
(rimshot heard in the background)
(couldn’t resist).
Regards..
Thank you M4GW.
If Michael Mann is willing to sue to prohibit the use of his image in M4GW productions the drummer presents a lot of opportunity for using a double instead of Michael Mann images? A real-life double provides even more flexibility than images.
It looks like Manfred Mann beats Michael Mann. š
Just got to love the M4GW, they are great.
Have you seen the up-dated “Hide the Decline” video, with the “I’ll sue” references?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIQ70is-RPM&fs=1&hl=en_GB]
Damn! It worked!
Excellent, they’re getting better and better with each one.
M4GW,
Thanks for a laughing moment.
John
M4GW rules!! – Take it away Michael!
“There was a crooked Mann. Who walked a crooked mile. He had a crooked stick. And he wore a crooked smirk”
Excellent Mann š VBG
The best yet
elmer says:
November 5, 2010 at 12:12 pm
Commiserations to your drummer mate. Could be in for a bit of stick once the general public realises what da Mann did.
Ray says:
November 5, 2010 at 1:18 pm
Think it was a vocoder not auto-tune. Has to be an extreme correction to have that effect, (a la Cher).
DaveE.
Standard swell and swale terrain.
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Thanks M4GW!
A great follow up to “Hide the Decline”. Another chart topper for sure. Now I’ve got two songs I can hum in shower.
Great job Elmer and M4GW from a fellow Minnesnowdan.
Most excellent guys!
Well done in every respect.
Hmmmm, Doesn’t this imply deniers are a load of Monkeys…
The MM doppleganger was good, but I was somewhat disappointed by the lyrics, which could have better matched the original, something like
I thought warming wasn’t just a fairytale
Everyone would cook, including me
Heat was out to get me,
That’s the way it seemed
Fear of frying haunted all my dreams.
Then I saw the light,
Now I’m a denier,
Not a trace of doubt in my mind
etc
If you have,”not a trace of doubt in my mind”, then you cannot be a sceptic… “got a little doubt in my mind”, more appropriate, unless you really are a “denier”
OK, which web-savvy individual is going to start a Rage-Against-The-Machine-style viral campaign to get this to the UK No1? Let’s get everyone laughing and listening. The UK could use some good humour and common sense about now …
Thanks M4GW!
Two days made in one week-Nov2nd and now this.
love it..
Real art from AWG, excellent work 2010 just keeps on getting better. Up here the Premier of British Columbia just quit and the Canadain Minister of the Enviroment did too. Both AWG bedwetters (the better to tax you with my dear). Of course there is no connection to the Republicans win in your recent election (Bless you all) For our politicos will follow your lead and so you have helped us out bigtime once again. Thanks again.
Oopes Canadian Minister..
I must have viewed “Hide the Decline” at least 30 times, and this is another keeper. Well done M4GW – thanks for another video that prompts repeated LOLs! There’s no decline in your talents to hide! š
ROFLMAO!!!
Mann, that was awesome! Maybe Michael Mann was trying to make up for the hassel over Hide the Decline. Think he could sue to force them to cover up the double’s face? He’s priceless! (you have to kinda feel sorry for the guy, who’d want to look just like MM, considering ClimateGate and all?)
Ok, but who is the guy with the super long hair supposed to be? I think they needed a little better Gore mask, but heck, I’m not complaining – they got me rockin’ over here, with a huge grin on my face.
Anthony, thank you so much for posting this!!
There’s nothing to say but – simply wonderful!
–Ahrvid
I coulda used some more cow bell.
The earth has a fever and the only prescription is more cow bell.
http://www.funnyhub.com/videos/pages/snl-more-cowbell.html
Has anyone seen this in the Americanthinker.com today?
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/11/the_green_bubble_is_about_to_b.html
Well done Elmer!
Minor hiccup with the lyrics. They should be:
And commiserations to the drummer. We all have a burden to bear.
I’d use the song as my theme but I’m an infidel and active heretic.
As someone who grew up in north-central ND and remembers (not fondly) what 45-50 degrees BELOW zero F. felt like: I’ll always have a soft spot for my M4GW neighbors to the east. People who are from parts of the country where 15 degrees ABOVE zero F. is a really cold day have NO IDEA what 50 below feels like. . . .
maybe M4GW can do this one:
Imagine thereās no cold in the Arctic
Itās easy if you try
Warming at the South Pole
Above us polar bears that have died
Imagine all the stations
Recorded, not repor-or-or-orted
You may say Iām a believer
But Iām not the only one
I hope some day youāll join us
And the world will live as drones
Imagine thereās no money
Only serfdom everywhere
Al Gore in a Gulfstream
Pachauri in a bed
Imagine all the people
In Zhivago ho-ome-steads
Yo-o-o-o-ou
You may say Iām a believer
But Iām not the only one
I hope some day youāll join us
And the world will live as drones
Imagine cat 5 hurricanes
Tornadoes from the sky
Floods, dust storms, and starvation
Children only cry
Donāt think so? Thereās no pressure,
Red button, you will di-i-i-i-i-ie
You may say Iām a believer
But Iām not the only one
I hope some day youāll join us
And the world will live as drones
Imagine thereās no science
An Inconvenient is the Truth
The IPCC the only text book
The consensus thinks for you
Imagine all the pupils
Learning controlled view-ew-ew-ew-ew-ews
You may say Iām a believer
But Iām not the only one
I hope some day youāll join us
And the world will live as drones
I can almost imagine them making a parody of California Dreamin’ regarding a recent election result…
Not bad… well actually it is. It’s awful! I support the sentiments fully, but come on folks, we can do better than this, can’t we? They can’t sing or play, and what’s with the wonky Autotune at the end? My point is: how is the media expected to take notice of this when it’s so amateurish? (And no it doesn’t take any sort of big money to be able to actually play and sing, just basic talent.)
Sorry, I was just very disappointed.
“David, UK says:
November 6, 2010 at 1:37 am”
It’s no more amateurish than Al Gores’ mocumentary on global warming IMO.
Well done M4GW!
Love it! Particularly like the Benny Hill-esque chase over the field at the end.
Can someone please write out the lyrics for me? I have always had difficulty hearing lyrics but I want this one!
Much enjoyed.
David, UK says:
November 6, 2010 at 1:37 am
Come on, David, lighten up. It’s humor, and not meant to be high art. Sure, it’s a bit goofy- that is part of its charm, and adds to the humor.
It’s become easier to laugh and poke fun at the Warmistas, especially since they are losing, and keep providing the skeptics/climate realists (aka “deniers”) with such great material, for which we should thank Gore, MM, hansen, et al. The Warmistas are indeed their own worst enemies.
very funny. I went to the website and found Frozen Wasteland, also very funny and well done. Got to love it….especially the MM drummer…THANKS.
OT:I just did a parody on Keith Olbermann on You Tube. If you cant stand him, it is pretty good i think. Click my name above…
Lucy Skywalker says:
November 6, 2010 at 5:27 am
“Can someone please write out the lyrics for me? I have always had difficulty hearing lyrics but I want this one!
Second the motion. (Hearing aids…both ears and it still doesn’t help much with computer videos. TV is always on close-captioned).
The visuals sure take you back to the old “Monkees” shows. That bit at the end with the pointless chase in the field was classic “Monkees,” however someone pointed out above that it was typical of a Benny Hill ending. I’m thinking Benny Hill was first with that bit.
āDavid, UK says:
November 6, 2010 at 1:37 amā
You make your anti-CAGW video, and we’ll compre it to those of M4GW.
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/climategate-figure-threatens-lawsuit-over-satirical-youtube-video-hide-the-decline—no-cap-and-trade-coalition-says-bring-it-on-91591369.html
@Dave wendt
‘You provide hope that in some future moment we here in Minnesota will be remembered for something other than inflicting Al Franken and Jesse Ventura on the world.’
As an occasional visitor from UK to Rochester, Mn, I was always under the impression that you also laid claim to Bob Dylan and The Artist Formerly Known As…….
For which, along with M4GW, I think your state can claim some considerable kudos.
@jimmi
Nope. In honour of the writer of the original song, they are Diamond Geezers.
Those guys always put a smile on my face.
Amino Acids in Meteorites says:
November 5, 2010 at 10:21 pm
maybe M4GW can do this one:
Imagine thereās no cold in the Arctic
Itās easy if you try
Warming at the South Pole
Above us polar bears that have died
———-
Excellent! I e-mailed M4GW last Christmas to suggest that they could use “Imagine” to make a great spoof song – it could hit on many levels, too! I like your version.
To Lucy Skywalker:
Here are the lyrics …
Thought the Earth was heatin’ up like a Foreman grill
I thought the poles were meltin’ like a fondue pot
I was a greenie weenie
I hated SUVs
I used to cringe when cows would cut the cheese.
Then I checked the facts
Now I’m a denier
We can all relax
The planet’s just fine
It was all a hoax
(Ooh …) I’m a denier, the world’s not on fire, it’s just a lie.
It turns out global warming’s just a Ponzi scheme
Seems the more lies they told the more money they got
They got Nobel prizes
And an Oscar too
Seemed like there was nothin’ we could do
Then came Climategate
Now I’m a denier
There is no debate
Or doubt in my mind
It was all a hoax
(Ooh!) I’m a denier, the world’s not on fire, it’s just a lie.
Well, all right …
(Instrumental)
They got Nobel prizes
And an Oscar too
Seemed like there was nothin’ we could do
Then came Climategate
Now I’m a denier
There is no debate
Or doubt in my mind
It was all a hoax
(Ooh!) I’m a denier, the world’s not on fire, it’s just a lie.
Then came Climategate
Now I’m a denier
There is no debate
Or doubt in my mind
I’m a denier yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah …
I’m a denier
Yeah, I’m a denier …
Etc.
Amino Acids in Meteorites and vigilantfish says:
Already did a version of it.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF5F6eYho8U&fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6]
The chicken must be James “Chicken” Cameron – the one who ran away from debating Marc Morano!!
I always appreciate the M4GW guys. It is great to be able to poke fun at something that too many people take way too seriously.
As far as it being a little campy, lighten up Chester. It is supposed to be in fun. No it isn’t the Minute Waltz, but it is quite entertaining.
Best wishes to the M4GW guys from your neighbor Northern WI.
David A. Evans says:
November 5, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Actually, Cher used auto-tune. She was, I think, the first signer to use it.
Nice, one day after uploading and its already over 15000 views. I sense a viral video coming on (and more empty legal threats from micky mann heehee)
Hehehe, excellent. But just in the interests of accuracy, Anthony: “Blinded by the Light” belongs to Bruce Springsteen š
Lyricist says:
November 6, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Thanks for the lyrics. Much obliged.
Thanks a lot Lyricist!
haha. nice!
āThe true genius shudders at incompleteness ā and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be.ā
Edgar Allan Poe