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VIDEO: The Rock-afire Explosion - Love In This Club (Usher cover)

Posted 6/25/2008 3:15 PM by Cameron Cook

Tags: viral video, r and b

If you grew up in the '80s and early '90s, you'll be perfectly acquainted with the horror that is about to unfold before your eyes: the Rock-afire Explosion was an anamatronic band that would crank out kid's songs at Showbiz Pizza, a kind of Chuck E Cheese's knock-off playroom/restaurant. Before seeing the above video we had completely forgotten about this phantasmagoric nightmare, but the magic of YouTube has brought it all rushing back: the piano playing ape, the sun and moon locked in a never-ending battle for the skies, THE CHEERLEADER MOUSE. So scary.

Anyway, some dude actually purchased one of these monstrosities, and has been programming the machines to belt out current pop tunes, including Usher's new single "Love in This Club", which kind of already has an amusement park, Leprechaun in the Hood aspect to it with the creepy, mindless synth line. Basically, this is viral video gold, and probably what the CIA had in mind when they invented the Internet during the Cold War (not really).

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