Originally published at: Tenacious D's Video Games music video hits all the right notes | Boing Boing
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I have to say I don’t understand the point of Tenacious D
It doesn’t seem to be serious but I don’t know who it’s mocking, or why those people deserve Jack Black’s derision 
I think he’s just having fun making music, and happens to be pretty funny so his music can be as well.
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If we’re going to discuss Jack Black and video games, I have to mention the excellent Brütal Legend:
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Less “Jack Black’s derision,” and more of “Jack Black’s loving and funny tribute to his beloved rock music.” They’re to rock music what Galaxy Quest was to Star Trek.
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Beat me to it.….
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As mentioned, Jack Black most definitely doesn’t hate or dislike rock music or rock musicians. He seems outright worship Ronnie James Dio for instance.
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From what I’ve seen, the greatest parodies seem to come from people who adore the medium they’re pillorying. Ween is a great example of a band who basically take each of their most influential bands and make a spot-on parody that works beautifully as a representative example of that music. I mean, 12 Golden Country Greats is a masterpiece to the degree that in my shithole one-stoplight hometown, one of the bars unironically had it in the jukebox alongside Travis Tritt and Garth Brooks. I imagine that would make them extremely proud.
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No Pitfall, though? That’s a gross oversight.
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