Refuse/Resist

If YouTube is any indication, Sepultura’s “Refuse/Resist” holds a strange fascination for children.

Exhibit A is a video showing two brothers playing the song. I’d guess that the drummer is about eight years old, and the singer/guitarist is about six. The latter is playing a guitar that’s practically taller than himself. He’s also wearing a Pikachu shirt. His vocal ad libs are somewhat disturbing. Not only does he do the “Fuck it up” that comes before the main riff enters (actually, I think it’s supposed to be “Fuck shit up”), he also does some “Uh”s on the upbeats. Has he been watching Sepultura live tapes? Did he go to a show? Where did he learn to do the “fret hand over the neck” trick?

More importantly, where are the parents? Are they filming this? Or is it the bad influence older brother? Would you let your elementary schoolers listen to Sepultura? There’s no way I would, unless they got educated in Black Sabbath first. Sabbath at two, Maiden at four – that’s about the right trajectory for rocking Sepultura at six.

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Kids playing Refuse/Resist

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TviTCFAGr6w]

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Exhibit B is a video showing two children dancing to this song. This is one of the most surreal things I’ve ever seen. The girl in the Powerpuff Girls mask is something else. In terms of compulsive viewing of car crash-like phenomena, she’s somewhere between the Dancing Baby and the Star Wars Kid. It’s kind of like watching Donnie Darko minus the plot and Jake Gyllenhaal. The poor boy doesn’t have much rhythm, but he manages to sync up with the girl near the end for some credible “Jumpdafucup” action.

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Kids dancing to Refuse/Resist

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faN9ztFajb8]

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How did this video get made??? Did Uncle Frank, the one with the tattoos, say, “Kids, want to do something fun?” Were they coerced into doing this? If so, someone should call Child Protective Services. I’m reminded of that Simpsons episode where Burns shoots a gun at some guy’s feet and tells him to dance.

To get some, ahem, chest hair back into all this, here’s the original video. It’s pixilated as hell, but what can you do. Enjoy!

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Sepultura – Refuse/Resist

[googlevideo width=”425″ height=”346″]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1088631911945842316[/googlevideo]

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