Shaq and Owl City

[chanopoop]

I think it was definitely God seeing as Owl City is Christian...

[OwlCelesteOvO]

Who cares if Shaq is in Vanilla Twilight? Shut your fuckin' eyes and enjoy the song.

[piepeace123]

Hm. April fools. One problem. It's January fifth.

[Alxsezz]

This Fools Got Zero Testastrone in His Body

[emie1313]

I absolutely love Owl City! And I have liked your videos for awhile now and when I saw the title of this video I thought you were going to say you hated Owl City, which would've mad me sad. But you didn't! :D But I do agree having shaq in an Owl City video was a bit weird.

[HaveFunTakingCrack]

I think you like owl city but you are too scared to be called a sentimental faggot

[thatzak]

@HaveFunTakingCrack Call me a sentimental faggot then because I said that I like Owl City in this video.

[HaveFunTakingCrack]

@thatzak ok sentimental faggot

[animefreak91895]

i love owl city :)

[LandofDisturbia]

I luuurve Owl City. I'm just not sure what to think of Shaq being in the video, though... lol

[ZzZzAaAnNnNeEe]

i totally just flipped off the computer when he said april fools XD

[96kellyber7]

I <3 Owl City, and due to the fact that you like him too, i like you more now <3

[pandaparadise12]

I love Owl City and I didn't kno the black guy was Shaq 0.o ooooh yeah.....FUCK U!! >:(

[shadow1dx]

@pandaparadise12 Who else would a 7'1 320 pound black guy be?

[sladunkaAa]

i like owl city very much, but i laughed my ass off when the guy went "take me with you" i was piss drunk so..

[buraburayoshi]

You actually sound a little bit like the guy off of 'that 70's show'

[pluto2planet]

and i fail at typing. -_- but anyways, good job on the video.

[pluto2planet]

i actually thought this was halarious. because owl city may be my favorite band, but shaq defeated the purpose for the wjole vidwo

[GamezAddict008]

if i could dislike 100 times...

[GamezAddict008]

watch your mouth

[shanischristmas]

Shut up you gaggle his girlfriend died! You dick! Go to he'll Adam young is a great man! He's 100000000000000000000000000000­000x cooler than you bish azz nigga

[theowlfreepress]

fail owl city is just one person

[clubamericalara22]

dude stfu, nobody likes you...

[mytwilightsong]

I miss that stegosaurus.

[1RedFox2]

this made me subscribe

[HominidX]

owl city sucks or maybe its just not the type of music i listen.

[MIKEJONESCHAMP]

the video was pretty much perfect for the song..they were looking up into the heavens,remembering the ones theve lost,maby shaq has lost someone close to him,no one knows ,cause i havent heard anyone talk about this video..maby an interview of him talking about it would be nice.

[thatzak]

@MIKEJONESCHAMP I just thought that casting Shaq was really odd.

[RyanLLcoolster]

@MIKEJONESCHAMP someone shaq could have lost. biggie smallz, not many people knew they were hommies and they actually laced tracks together and the night biggie died shaq was supposed to be there but he ended up calling in early. just a thot

[s8715053122004]

is the guy from black berry torch gay?

[biddy96]

at the end of the video

you're kinda like wow

and then shaq looks over his shoulder and does a cheesy commercial smile

it just ruins everything

[biddy96]

you're pretty pessimistic for a person who can't frown

[TrappedButterflyInc]

I didn't like the video

[ElektroStarSteve]

BLAAAA BLAAA BLAAAAAAA FUCKiNG BORiNG -_-

[haloKINGSstudios]

Owl City is great in my opinion

[plmokn12]

he looks like Jojo A. A celebrity here in the Philippines. :D

[menocoolwhy]

do you know what would be awesome? Is if the guy in the middle of the road looking in the sky got ran over by a car.

[Navlek79]

i think you're this guy's bored and nothing to do and he's not very bright....

[dsprack]

I think Carles' hipsterrunoff post sums the entire thing up.

[lilnasty59]

owl city is a postal service ripoff i thought it was the postal service until a friend showed me different and fuck shaqs big dumbass

[maucordoba]

i think they have some good songs, but i dont know why they always make so borring videos... guess it get along with the music.

[MooOinkQuackWoof]

Yeah Shaq was like, eh in the video. BUT I LOOOVE OWL CITY and the video was sooo pretty.

[CmonLetsGetFamous]

Owl City is crap.

He's so autotuned, you can't even tell if he's actually singing or not.

[zomgALIZARD]

maybe owl city was trying to stress that they're not racist?

[bobseytwin1]

yeah, i like owl city, but that video sucked.

he was soooo much better before he was popular (owl city - not you, zak)

[castellijm]

i agree; the video should enhance the music. having a celebrity in the video is distracting. i can see how the video might be saying celebrities are no different in the eyes of God. but they could have at least found someone a little more obscure.

[BethOnTop]

unattractive?! oh right.. funny that. i'm buff ting x

[scottishgirl247]

lol, love your dinosaur!

[EvaSharms]

I like older owl city stuff, but this new crap is really annoying imho...

[samanthasuxx]

i love Zaks comebacks to some of the comments, i really do.

you go Zak. you go..

[blumic]

I saw Shaq in that video and now mouth the words "take me with you" whenever I see a cloud. None of the people in the video were all that attractive either so tossing in a celebrity made up for the lack of eye candy in my opinion.

Btw I hate you and mr. mibbles for missing the jam session, me and black man rocked the house. believe it!

[thatzak]

@blumic We should all hit up Six Flags.

[blumic]

@thatzak Yeah we should do sumthin summer is coming up and me and der black man are planning another jam session

[AmandaTehGirl]

That made me so happy, I'm going to let myself think the video I watched was unfinished and at the end there was an alien invasion, and they did in fact, take Shaq with them.

[Navs1231]

i liked the video, but the "take me with you" was kind of weird...

Owl City is nice relaxing music. like you said, homework music.

[ImMissEmily]

Haha Shaq. -raises hands to the sky and mouths 'take me with you'- Owl City is calming. I like them, buuut...I don't listen excessively.

[kittygotstyle]

i really don't like owl city.

[teenagemutantninjana]

I would much much rather see your version of the music video. They really need a new music video thought creator??? Forgotten the word =]. I agree with the Owl City as homework music, thats exactly what I use it for, although only the old songs which I kinda like, which I downloaded when I was 14/15

[JudsonRadio]

I love Owl City. In fact I just saw them live here in Seattle, and they put on a fantastic show! However, I'd have to agree that they are strongly lacking in the music video department.

[maryatlxo]

i think owl city is amazing <3

[augustrunsred]

MUSE!

[bonbon1123]

i agree. shaq was just an odd person in the video. i laughed at the weirdness.

[crazysockpuppet]

owl city is good background music or driving in your car music. but it's pretty cheesy sometimes. i'm a girl and it's almost too girly for me.

[tghty]

"Oh look at me I'm Adam Young" haha <3

[zarahbear02]

I hate fireflies.

ten thousand hugs from ten thousand lightening bugs?

or something like that.

not so much. hah.

[tripthe1]

The music Owl City makes is so so. I just have hard time jamming out to it. I do however find the lyrics rather trippy.

You get a FIVE star thumbs up for the funniest April fools day joke ever. Me, unattractive. Hahahaha!

[theaussieninja]

I like Owl City. It is definitely nice to listen to when I'm chilling..

I realised what you meant when you tweeted that you and Adam think alike. ^.^

April Fools Day is definitely a stupid day.. I do my pranks any other day except on the first of April.

[ilovevronaldwealsey]

I like Owl City, but I did not like the Vanilla Twilight video.

[bananaswithwings]

Vanilla Twilight. Hmm...

Sounds like a delicious treat.

[Discosadnessx]

owl city is okay...it's good zoning out music, sort of cutesy. i am tired of the postal service comparisons though. they sound nothing alike, really.

but yeah...that video was interesting. shaq and his dog were very random.

[DaangMel]

wow. I kinda love you alot.

[WestsideProductionz]

that owl city vid is soo confusing... makes no sense.

is it supposed to be out of sync ._.

[HeartCampChristopher]

seriously???? lets see u make as much money as shaq!!!

[thatzak]

@HeartCampChristopher Remind me where I said that I was jealous of Shaq?

[irrishpirrate]

Owl City is good; when I'm in the mood for Owl City. The music video was pretty, but there wasn't that much to it, and I felt like I was making myself continue to watch it. When Shaq came on I was like "What?!" He was just distracting.

[mmmmichaela]

Vanilla Twilight would be a good song to run to, if I ran, I think.

I like Owl City. They're fun. Or, he's fun. Is it just one guy? I don't know.

Better example for liking something that's not good, Jersey Shore.

[xMothership]

lolol, It was hilarious when he threw his arms up in the air.

Like somehow, the light is going to grow arms and lift him up :'].

[fadingfastt]

dude. seriously.

adam's girlfriend died and he wrote that song about her. I think it's a beautiful dedication. The light in the sky probably represents her, because it's beautiful. And the 'take me with you' part is the most touching. For obvious reasons. I liked you until now. Learn to think before you judge.

[thatzak]

@fadingfastt That's not true. It's actually about his high school girlfriend that moved away. Check your facts.

[THEdrummer61146]

@thatzak Its actually inspired by his girlfriend who died. but yeah, you're close enough. Hahaha

[thatzak]

@THEdrummer61146 Nope, that's not true. It's about his high school girlfriend that moved away. The song being about his high school girlfriend who died is a common misconception.

[pokemonmaster181818]

@thatzak Although that is what his intended meaning was when he wrote the song, when it gets shared with the public, it becomes art, and everyone interprets art differently. If I want to think it's a story about a man who owns an ice cream shop and he's reminiscing about the world before they ran out of vanilla ice cream, then damn it that's what I think it's about!

[zeldanintendogirl]

I think the video is alright, but Shaq being there throws it off making it less than alright.

[naddysue]

I am loving the Muse poster behind you! :)

[iloveuxxmarisa09]

owl city is good music to do your homework to.

[mongreletf]

I love Owl City, but the video was BAD. Just weird. Ooo! Something's in the sky! :O yeah right!

[mongreletf]

I love Owl City, but the video was BAD. Just weird. Ooo! Something's in the sky! :O yeah right!

[hiimnoahwhoareyou]

Totally know what you mean. His songs are enjoyable to listen too, but I wouldn't consider "good music"

[StrummingMusic]

I actually really like Owl City. His songs are good for the people that like sappy new wave-ish music. When I say I like his music, people automatically think of Fireflies, which is far beyond over played on the radio and everywhere else. He has so many other good songs that people need to listen to before they judge his music. I'm actually seeing him in concert this coming Wednesday.[:

[wongIgnow]

Hah nice stego in the bg

[blinksourskittle8]

i only like one song by owl city. they aren't THAT good.

[ninjanoah07]

I agree it's "good" to listen to but it's not like he's the reincarnation of some kind of electronic Jimi Hendrix...if that makes any sense at all

[studentdotcom]

My favorite thing here is seeing that wilsontech1 got flagged for spam.  What did you say, Lamarr? You misbehaving again? :)

[studentdotcom]

I agree that April Fools Day is really stupid. But I still like the video we made for it. And I can't believe Shaq is in an Owl City music video. From what I know about Owl City, I like them. I certainly think Fireflies is a great song.

[wilsontech1]

Zak, this is one of your better videos; I loved the dry sarcasm, especially with the piano on the hill (or mountain, whatever) line, lol. I'm looking forward to these!

[MAGSANDGEORGEWEASLEY]

"Am I right or am I right?" What I heard "Am I rad or am I rad?" Yes to both.

[PippyTheFairy]

Glad I wasn't the only one when I saw the video and was like, "Wait a second... Why is Shaq here? Something doesn't seem right." lolol

[JimW925]

Twisting peoples' heads around is fun, but why stop with only one day... That's too PC.. I like doing it 365 myself..

[MrMibbles]

i am the same way about owl city

[fannyhaha]

I heard the fans screaming

I thought it was for me

But then I saw a shadow

It was 12 foot 3

It was Shaquile O'Neal

[mutegurlX3]

@fannyhaha What? What did he say?

[jojoanmcdonald]

@fannyhaha What what'd he say? How bout some one on one.. you wanna play?

[billgrip]

Unless he had an orange ball in his hand, no one wants to see him.  LOL

[icyhappybunny]

Oh Shaq... Shaq Shaq Shaq... (Random) I THINK THAT IT'S ALIENS!!!!! OWL CITY HAS CALLED THE ALIENS TO EARTH!!!!!

[xMcRnPaNiCxMaNiAx]

I really like Owl City but like you said...The new video confused me. Why? Just...Why? and What? I was making this face the whole time -> ó.O

[CrayolaaWonderr]

I like Owl City, but that video was the longest 3:35 seconds of my life.

And Shaq was freaking hilarious, I was dying watching him.

Stop saying you hate April Fools Day!! It's my birthday. I feel so unloved, Zachary.

[laphongtudo]

I used to like owl city alot, but then they got mainstream and alot of people started to like him. Soo I don't like him as much because I usually like having a singer all to myself and no one to know about.

[katyofmontreal]

I love Owl City, I haven't watched the video yet, but it sounds funny :P

Although fireflies was only good the first 80 times they played it on the radio.

[ohernandez13]

Dont hate on Shaq! He's awesome!

[hollydolly06]

Owl city the band of epic sell out proportions? (that didnt make sense) meh not too much of a fan... but seriously this video u speak of, is that an april fools prank? im guessing it is...

[MissSaraAlexandra]

I agree on the April fools thing. You have given me a great idea. Oh and anyways to answer your question; I love Owl City. His music is always good, and his lyrics are fantastic. I've been having bad days a lot here lately and I confide in Adam Youngs amazing music to help me feel better. :)

[matiou479]

1 God 2 Aliens.

Seen the video.

Scarred for life.

[MissSaraAlexandra]

I like that you like Owl City. You should like that I like that you like Owl City. :)

[Voldey]

April fools day does suck. Everyone's expecting something on April fools day. It takes the whole fun out of pranking people.

[MaryVanGils]

I feel like I've been living under a rock for my whole life, because I totally didn't know who Shaq was. Like, I know the name, but didn't know what he looked like....So yeah, I just thought he was some random character in the video.

*feels stupid*

u_u

[randomprodinc]

Who doesnt laugh at people who are different?! I often look in the mirror and laugh at the guy in it!

[DyingSchizophrenic]

haha,woot ThatZak. x)

I enjoy ze video.and..I jus sneezed.

[kdenae09]

this was so great.

"see what I did there..I took a prank and turned it into something positive..go me!"

haha good job,Zach. I look forward to more of your "VEDA" videos. :)

P.S. When I first saw Shaq come out of nowhere in that owl city music video, I paused it and laughed for at least 5 minutes.

[alwaystextback]

owl city is musical cancer

[BananaNeil]

i love your impression of adam! =]

"oh look at me, i'm adam young........... brought my piano all the way to the top of this light house so i can play"

[ilaugheasy23]

I think Owl City sucks ass.

I like music that acually requires some talent,Owl City's singer just does that stupid techno crap.If I had the right programs I could make my step dad's voice sound just like that guys voice.Put a beat to it and it would basically be Owl City.

[thefrenchifresh]

I think Shaq ruined the video, like I guess it's cool that he was into it.

But it took away from the whole concept that they had going on.

[JustMargaret]

Yeah, Owl City. Meh. I mean, if there's one thing I can say about "Fireflies", it's that it was the one popular song that came out in that 2-month period that didn't make me want to...I don't know, kick an infant, or shoot a grandma or something.

[cowtipper11]

Dude I just realized you kind of look like Adam Young. I was pretty much distracted the whole video by this coincidence.

[HelloMarvelous]

you make me happy. or at least your videos do.

your videos make me happy.

that is all.

[MichaelMidnight]

@ThatZak

Go you indeed! Ack, you and @YourAverageAdam are so spot on about the pranks. I'll go one further and suggest we do it on the 15th when people are worried about taxes!

[EthanLoomis]

Just watched the Owl City video. Thank you for sharing this magic. Freaking Shaq, dude.

[baileyrodgers]

i mostly dislike owl city because where i work, old navy, plays his songs all day long.

owl city and justin beiber ... that's my store's playlist. it's not cool when you spend about 30-35 hours there every week.

[Gr8Godlover]

Since it's my favorite song by Owl City I was severely disappointed by the music video.

[OtherLivingThings]

1:52 -- The best voice ever.

That Owl City video made no sense at all. I watched anyway because the dog was adorable.

[sophiaathina]

I get to see you EVERY DAY in my Subscriptions box?!

WIN.

[xxkylie]

Adam said the same thing about April fools day in his vid lol

[thatzak]

@xxkylie Great minds think alike.

[spaceandlove]

Kazaam was amazing back in the day, don't hate =p

but great video here otherwise.

Owl City is very overrated but nice to listen to

[Cadwaladr]

It is pretty easy for me to sum up my feelings for Owl City, because I've only really listened to one of his songs. All I have to say about it is that I liked Dave's Blue Skies cover of Hello Seattle more than the original.

[GeeEmOh]

but its funny when people forget its april fools day, then when you tell them they cant get mad :)

[rainbowmania10]

does this mean you don't like owl city?

[thatzak]

@rainbowmania10 I say that I like Owl City in the first couple of seconds.

[dontworryinternet]

ditto, the songs great but the video was just lets say .. unique

[TheArtOfTheComment]

Shaq was also in the music video for 311's song "You Wouldn't Believe," which was, in fact, hard to believe. But it happened. Anything involving Jeff Goldblum is automatically +100.

[katiebuddy4]

i liked the video, and the whole idea and everything..

but serioulsy, you're right. shaq ruined it.

he's the last celebrty i'd add to that video. -__-

meh. oh well.

[DavidCrunch37]

Adam Young's girlfriend died, and that is the reason he wrote Vanilla Twilight. I dont know if that has anything to do with the video, which I really like, or if this video is about God. But either way, I agree, Shaq threw it off

[thatzak]

@DavidCrunch37 No, that's actually not true. The song is about his high school crush moving away.

[elisabethrox321]

owl city is not a they its a he and i disagree with your opinion but that is the beauty of this country haha people can share their ideas without ass wipes on youtube freaking out if they disagree

[thatzak]

@elisabethrox321 I know it's a he, but I messed up on that one line. I later name him as Adam Young.

[holycowitsmer]

Aaron Carter is the only one that can have Shaq in their video and it be cool.

I sort of like Owl City. I can tolerate it.

[thatzak]

@holycowitsmer LOL! So true.

[MeezBeezYourBuddie]

You are Such a Pestimist.

D:

[thatzak]

@MeezBeezYourBuddie Nope, I'm a realist.

[MeezBeezYourBuddie]

@thatzak I beg to differ. Not that I don't like your videos, but probably like 2/3 of your videos are you talking about how you don't like something.

Talk about how you love to eat hotdogs or something...even though it sounds a bit dirty(;

[thatzak]

@MeezBeezYourBuddie I talk about not liking things because it's a lot easier to be funny about something negative than something positive.

I love hot dogs. I'm down for them at any time, day or night. I put mustard and ketchup on them. I like them either boiled or barbequed. Please make me a hot dog.

That's only 15 seconds worth and it is neither funny nor does it make up a whole video.

If you don't like it, then unsubscribe.

[MeezBeezYourBuddie]

@thatzak I beg to differ. Not that I don't like your videos, but probably like 2/3 of your videos are you talking about how you don't like something.

Talk about how you love to eat hotdogs or something...even though it sounds a bit dirty(;

[jmm123451]

the video was kindof odd. but i'm thinking he was there to show that everyone was mesmerized by the light in the sky. i mean. there was a hobo, a dog, and other random people. maybe it was supposed to be a "universal" mesmerized-ness? that smile thing from shaq at the end was odd though. and the take me with you.

[desirousiris]

Lul @ Vanilla Twilight video.

Love Owl City. But that video is just displeasing and boring. Silly Adam.

Shaq is for balls.

...Oh.

[Sublimedfunk]

I can't decide which is more hilarious the music video or iluvsparkles response to it, if they were both posted on April 1st i would think i was being fooled.

[Crystalkay14]

Zach i love you:P I'm surpised you didn't say "megan you're stupid. shut up...not april fools.."

[megnpink]

@Crystalkay14 Why would he say that? Everyone knows that Zach is deeply in love with me. ;)

[jentoe89]

talking about goldblum with a dinosaur in the back..

april fools :p

[lilmissrobinson1]

the dinosaur in the background of this video reminds me that people call me shanaynayrex because I'm a lil bit black & i run like a dinosaur during XC practice =]

[emmfan09]

I did not like the video, and Shaq totally threw it off for me. I like Owl City, but I haven't listened to them much this semster because I found different homework music.

[AdorianDeck]

LOL this was really hilarious, even if you dissed owl city, it was in a good way & i loved the video man. :)

Can't wait to see the rest of the videos!

[thatzak]

@AdorianDeck Haha, if it helps, I really like the song, just not the video.