31 Werewolves | "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" video

The Flaming Lips' "Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" is all about the abuse of power, so the video has lead singer Wayne Coyne as some sort of military dictator who amuses himself by torturing people.



The song suggests that human appetites will always kick in and take over, corrupting any powerful person, no matter how compassionate he or she began. The video represents these appetites in the torture sequences: a man is covered in burgers and then chased by ravenous fat dudes, then a woman has donuts taped to her body and is pursued by policemen. Finally, Coyne's character gets his comeuppance by being draped in raw meat and hounded by a werewolf, once again a symbol of unrestrained passion.



Here are the lyrics, heavily abridged because there are a lot of yeah yeah yeahs and other repetitions in there. I love it though.

If you could blow up the world

With the flick of a switch,

Would you do it?

(Yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah)

If you could make everybody poor

Just so you could be rich,

Would you do it?

(Yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah)



If you could watch everybody work

While you just lay on your back,

Would you do it?

(Yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah)

If you could take all the love

Without giving any back,

Would you do it?

(Yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah)



And so we cannot know ourselves

Or what we'd really do

With all your power.

What would you do?



If you could make your own money

And then give it to the poor,

Would you do it?

(No no no no, no no no no)

If you knew all the answers

And could give to the masses,

Would you do it?

(No no no no, no no no no)



Are you crazy?

It's a very dangerous thing to do

Exactly what you want,

Because you cannot know yourself,

Or what you'd really do

With all your power

What would you do?