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ODDLY ENOUGH, THE PAIRING OF C.C. DEVILLE AND PAULY SHORE DID NOT BRING ABOUT THE APOCALYPSE

 Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 at 11:02am by

Right around the time that Poison were soldiering on with the C.C. DeVille-less Native Tongue, the crazy coked-up Jew from Brooklyn was trying to launch a solo career. Perhaps thinking he could duplicate the success of Poison’s cover of “Your Momma Don’t Dance,” DeVille started by doing a version of “Hey Good Lookin’” for the soundtrack to the Pauly Shore vehicle The Son-in-Law… with Spike from The Quireboys on vocals, no less.

I don’t remember having ever actually seen this video played on MTV at the time, or even being aware of its existence until it got mentioned on Poison’s episode of Behind the Music. But I do think it’s the video they should play at DeVille’s funeral, because it so perfectly illustrates his, uh, subtlety: you gotta love how DeVille uses eighteen different guitars over the course of a three minute clip, how he and Spike literally seem to be pushing and shoving one another for the spotlight (C.C. even lip syncs along with the melody, as though he might fool people into believing he’s the lead singer), but most of all, you gotta love the sequined “I’m Back!” hat.

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  • Bermuda Jay

    It’s videos like this that make me wish that “celebrity snuff content exclusively for your mobile phone” was more than just a joke on 30 Rock.

    What’s that? MC Lyte just murdered CC DeVille? Thanks, phone!

  • http://www.jonesyandthewayne.com Wayne

    I had the great misfortune to catch a few minutes of some Pauly Shore sketch show on Showtime the other night. Truly some of the worst attemps at comedy that I’ve ever seen.

    Oh, and CC Deville is just a dreadful guitarist. Say what you want about hair metal, but at least there are some Reb Beaches, Warren DeMartinis, and George Lynches in the mix. CC is just flat out UNMUSICAL with his approach.

  • http://DarkTwinCities.com devil

    That was nearly as annoying as the “a capella Metal” group you posted some time back. Seriously, what the hell is wrong with this guy? CC Deville has to be suffering from some disease that turns ordinary people into the most irritating douchebags on the planet.

  • Carlos

    Best part of that post, “Pauly Shore vehicle.”

  • Cunts McFisty

    Did anybody notice the only clip with a different band member in it? The bass player, barely a few seconds long, flailing his arms about like an idiot and not even playing the song. Just a’ spazing out to the tune of his own drummer. It came right after the piece of shit solo and made this even more hilarious then it already was.