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Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch

Music Video | 1999
ArtistBloodhound Gang
SongThe Bad Touch
AlbumHooray For Boobies
DirectorRichard Reines
MusicJimmy Pop Franks
GenreRap and Hip Hop
IntroNo
OutroNo
Highest Charts Position2(DE)
LyricsJimmy Pop Franks
Set LocationParis, France
Sound MixStereo
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown
Release date

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Synopsis

Shot around Paris, the video follows the Bloodhound Gang in oversized "MonkeyRat" costumes as they roam the streets, encounter animal footage, and turn their crude mating fantasies into slapstick mischief. Armed with blowguns, they kidnap several women and parade them through the city before staging a chaotic street dance with their captives. Along the way, the band antagonizes chefs, mimes, and passersby, building toward a deliberately tasteless finale that matches the song's collision of sexual innuendo, cartoon violence, and juvenile humor.

Factoids & Trivia

  • The video was filmed in Paris during a day off on the Bloodhound Gang's 1999 European tour. The band reportedly bought five "monkey rat" costumes for roughly $200 and used them to turn the city into an improvised comedy set.
  • Paris landmarks and streets are central to the clip, with the Eiffel Tower appearing repeatedly. Locations include the Place de l'Estrapade, Avenue de Saxe, and the Champ de Mars.
  • Multiple versions circulated. The uncensored cut contains additional gross-out material and a more explicit opening, while television edits removed or altered several scenes.
  • MTV pulled the original version from regular rotation after GLAAD objected to a sequence in which the costumed band attacks a gay couple. Geffen Records edited out the scene, after which the revised video returned to MTV.
  • The street performance, baguette fight, kidnapping gag, and mime-related slapstick helped make the clip one of the most recognizable comedy videos of the late-1990s alternative-rock era.
  • The video's premise deliberately confuses animal behavior with human sexuality, echoing the song's recurring Discovery Channel joke while presenting the band as a gang of badly behaved zoo escapees.

Lyrics

Ha-Ha! Well now, we call this the act of mating
But there are several other very important differences
Between human beings and animals that you should know about

I'd appreciate your input

Sweat baby sweat baby sex is a Texas drought
Me and you do the kind of stuff that only Prince would sing about
So put your hands down my pants and I'll bet you'll feel nuts
Yes I'm Siskel, yes I'm Ebert and you're getting two thumbs up
You've had enough of two-hand touch you want it rough you're out of bounds
I want you smothered want you covered like my Waffle House hashbrowns
Come quicker than FedEx never reach an apex just like Coca-Cola stock you are inclined
...
© Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch. This is an excerpt, provided as citation under fair-use.
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