Is This the Worst Music Video of 2011?

What the HELL?

Yahoo's Music Blog posted their picks for the worst music videos of 2011 (and believe it or not, Rebecca Black's "Friday" only clocked in at #4!)... their pick for absolute worst was a video from a Cleveland metal band called Alternate Reality (nope, I never heard of 'em either) for their song "The King That Never Was," which appears to be some sort of King Arthur/"Excalibur" fan fiction filmed at the local Renaissance Faire. The song and video are screamingly bad.

Yahoo's critic describes the video thusly:

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1) Alternate Reality - "The King That Never Was"
Do not attempt to adjust your computer monitor. Do not assume that the video you are about to see is the result of some egg-nog-induced fog. Deluded Cleveland metal band Alternate Reality really did shoot an ambitious video about, according to lead singer Steve Delchin, "the legend of King Arthur and his quest for the Kingdom of Metal." The result is a video not even the most diehard Dungeons & Dragons enthusiast or Comic-Con season-pass-holder could appreciate or sit through more than once. Actually, if this video were intended to be ironic, we would say it was the most genius video of all time. Ditto if it were a video by Spinal Tap, Tenacious D, or Bill & Ted's Wyld Stallyns. But sadly, it seems like these not-so-shining-armored guys' tongues were nowhere near the vicinity of their cheeks when they filmed this video atrocity. Apparently they really do live in an alternate reality in which dressing up like Mickey Mouse from Fantasia and engaging in Camelot swordfights is the epitome of cool. Obviously, this is not a reality in which any sane person would choose to live.

The rest of the list (and it's a painful one) can be found here:

http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/video-gaga/most-epically-awful-videos-2011-even-worse-rebecca-033853710.html

That narrator chick has nice tits, so it wasn't all bad.

Haha, Looks like a Big Budget Black Metal Video minus the Corpse Paint and The ever present Forest. If you look at it carefully, I think the hilarity was done on purpose

Best yell ever at 2:16

The_Jayroh wrote:

Best yell ever at 2:16

I nearly spit coffee all over my screen!

The_Jayroh wrote:

Best yell ever at 2:16

That "singer" is just AWFUL! It's not really singing, more like talking fast into the microphone - I don't think I would describe the music as "metal" - also, that has got to be some of the easiest guitar work EVER recorded!

Yup, that was pretty cheesy. It's weird that the band doesn't look the part, but all the actors do.

Mglaffas81 wrote:

That "singer" is just AWFUL! It's not really singing, more like talking fast into the microphone - I don't think I would describe the music as "metal" - also, that has got to be some of the easiest guitar work EVER recorded!

Agreed that the guitar work is rather simple, but how can you NOT describe it as metal. It might not be good metal, but it's metal nonetheless.

ultmetal wrote:

Agreed that the guitar work is rather simple, but how can you NOT describe it as metal. It might not be good metal, but it's metal nonetheless.

It'll probably get nominated for Best Metal Performance at the Grammy Awards

I wouldn't buy it or anything - but I found it to be some cheesy fun. For what was supposedly a "Worst Video" I watched it all the way through and never thought about shutting it off. I'd even watch it again if I had to. Can't say that about a lot of other videos I've seen.

wow. TheKing does not approve of this.

The film used for this video is upset for being violated.

mc666 wrote:

That narrator chick has nice tits

That opening "narration" was hilarious. I kept wondering "So when the hell does the actual song start?" ... then I was sorry when it finally did.

ultmetal wrote:

It might not be good metal, but it's metal nonetheless.

The Ult-Man speaks tr00th, as usual.

Fat Freddy wrote:

mc666 wrote:

That narrator chick has nice tits

That opening "narration" was hilarious. I kept wondering "So when the hell does the actual song start?" ... then I was sorry when it finally did.

This is payback for all those horrible videos you have subjected all of us to!!

exact33 wrote:

This is payback for all those horrible videos you have subjected all of us to!!

If you're referring to Jan Terri's "Get Down Goblin," that masterwork is leagues ahead of "The King that Never Was."

Fat Freddy wrote:

exact33 wrote:

This is payback for all those horrible videos you have subjected all of us to!!

If you're referring to Jan Terri's "Get Down Goblin," that masterwork is leagues ahead of "The King that Never Was."

I still havent forgiven you for unleashing that Terri video on us. Now you do this - do you just not like us???

A+ for effort.

U for execution.

Good God, the singer looks like Ken Shamrock.

Looks like they spent too much time working at the local Renaissance festival and forgot they really live in 2011.....

The video obviously took much more work than the actual music.

jstate wrote:

I wouldn't buy it or anything - but I found it to be some cheesy fun. For what was supposedly a "Worst Video" I watched it all the way through and never thought about shutting it off. I'd even watch it again if I had to. Can't say that about a lot of other videos I've seen.

Exactly. I kinda enjoyed it. And if you remove the vocals and the video, the song itself--although simple--really ain't that bad.

I wasn't too fond of Phoenix Reigns Constantinople video, but that was 2 years ago? I thought it looked stupid with people fighting with swords and shields, only for there to be walls with graffiti behind them. there's also too few shots of me and I froze my butt off for some of those scenes.

Not nearly as bad as I was expecting. Pretty humorous overall.

In other news this is the first time I've seen/heard the "Friday" video, I'm headed to the bathtub to slit my wrists.

Mglaffas81 wrote:

That "singer" is just AWFUL! It's not really singing, more like talking fast into the microphone - I don't think I would describe the music as "metal" - also, that has got to be some of the easiest guitar work EVER recorded!

Yeah, maybe it can be termed as "mental" not metal.

Well, that was 'orrible.