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View Original Thread: Tom's Music Thing - Nokia's Russian Musical Suit vs McRorie

 
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If it hasn't arrived already, one of your mates is probably about to email you this YouTube clip, or send you to the pjotro.com website to see a funny clip of a guy (is he David 'Elsewhere' Bernal?) in a green suit, dancing and making crazy electro sounds. It seems like a shame that, right now, Britain's highest form of art is the corporate-funded viral video (i.e. this show at the ICA). In this case, you can just imagine gang of 30-something Barleys sitting round in Clerkenwell:
Dude A: "Well, Nokia have given us £MetricFuckton of cash to do something innovative and creative and viral. Obviously we've spent 3/4 of the budget on gak, so what are we going to do?"
Dude B: "There was that one guy from that one website, McRorie. That was some funny shit! Lets rip it off and spend loads of money on it!"
All: "Sweet!"
But the thing is, McRorie is real, and this isn't. And the whole thing is an attempt to promote Nokia's lamentable N91 phone, which is a first-generation iPod Mini strapped to a year-old brick phone. It does make me wonder whether the Lordi/Eurovision thing was another elaborate Nokia-backed prank, masterminded from a open-plan hotdesk somewhere near you... (Thanks, Ash)



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