Unbelievably stupid. I loved every second of it

The amount of lore this dude has created in just four or five videos is outrageous

True story: Pat Finnerty put more time and effort into making this video than Lenny Kravitz did in writing both songs combined.

My favorite part of these dissections is when you ask random neighbors to weigh in. I take anything Lloyd says as law.

In quintessential Northeast fashion, this guy cannot just shit on something, he has to make an elaborate production to take the piss out. It's glorious; I miss my people. New favorite channel.

“BandCamp: Your friends have to listen to half of one of your songs somewhere” is golden.

Jack Hoffman is a serious vibe. Man uses hard work to turn money into less money like no other. A true legend.

Kravitz has always struck me as some kind of alien who sings about all these parts of the human experience that he's heard about second- or third-hand.

"Beato." "Nah that's more Shull..." Perfect

To be fair to Lenny Kravitz, both songs are still better than Hey Soul Sister.

"Sounds like that coach wants to make some adjustments and win the game. Good thing we interviewed him" You sir, are a LEGEND

I don't normally comment on youtube videos, but this is bonkers. The last guy on your IG livestream had my EXACT SAME argument, but came to the OPPOSITE conclusion. American Woman being a cover is precisely what makes it stink more; it's actively tarnishing an already good song. Fly Away blows, but at least it's original. I think Fly Away, for me, is one of those songs that's SO phenomenally stupid it actually rips. It's so overflowing with unearned confidence that I kind of have to respect it. The bold choice to just not have a guitar solo, the absolute force of that last "I want to get awaaaaay-YEAAAH!!!!", like he's really SAYING something. I don't know. It's like a parody of a rock song. I should also disclose that I'm watching this video to pump me up before literally going to test drive a used Nissan Xterra, so perhaps my opinion is clouded. Anyway, nice work, your vids are incredible, the Weezer one moved me to tears haha. Thank you!

Kryptonite: 19 minutes All Summer Long: 19.5 minutes Beverly Hills: 34 minutes Hey Soul Sister: 46 minutes Kravitz Bowl: 50 minutes By the end of 2022, we’re gonna be looking at Hoffman Studios / G Chord Ultra joint production full-length 3-hour feature film trilogies, with lots of walking across New Zealand hillscapes… and, let’s be honest, we are all gonna watch every second of it.

Dude's doing some great high concept shit on here but still the most impressive thing is how well he uses his neighbors and friends to drive his points home.

It’s tradition to watch this on the Super Bowl every year.

Coming here after two years: this is Pat's masterpiece. Incredible writing, wonderful production, excellent participation from other people (the people arguing on the street is a classic), and Pat's charisma at an all time high. This is the absolute peak of KZfaq.

I feel like I genuinely do not deserve the amount of effort that went in to this

The Fly Away guitar solo literally flying away is one of the funniest visuals ever

The ironic part of the no drums thing: The drummer is Cindy Blackman, a legit jazz heavyweight. Her musical talent is exponentially greater than everyone in the band combined. (Also Santana’s wife)

"I'm gonna make you *wait* to hear the amount of nothing that I'm about to play for you" - very literal spit-out-the-coffee moment for me

This whole channel has early KZfaq vibes, and I’m loving that it feels like one big inside joke we are all able to be in on

"He wrote a terrible song, he covered a terrible song." That line should be in Kravitz' obituary one day.

The cologne guy ukulele lesson clip was a deep cut. The lore is growing exponentially.

Finnerty spoofing football and the commercials and all of that stuff, while making so many jokes at the expense of these two wonderful pieces of pop culture, *chef’s kiss*

Ima just say it: this guy is quickly proving himself as one of the most creative and talented creators on KZfaq

I can't believe Pat got me actually invested in a fictional football game between two shitty Lenny Kravitz songs...

Just found Finnerty at 9:30am during my workday. Its now 1:30pm and I have done zero work. I havent laughed this hard in years!

"Bandcamp: your friends have to listen to half your song somewhere!" is choking me with laughter and I'm scared I won't survive

"Fly Away" always sounded like Lenny heard "In Bloom" and thought "I'll bet I can buy some Brazilian farmland with that riff".

John Bohlinger asking for specs of random items and then, regardless of answer, saying "cool!" was my favorite part of this video

"Beato Colosseum" amazing lol

Thank god the music industry doesn't have this amount of creativity, passion and boldness. We wouldn't have this video otherwise. Top KZfaq sh&t.

This man keeps finding new wacky ways to outdo the previous episode in this series. Truly one of the most innovative filmmakers of the modern era. Also, American Woman was bloody ROBBED!

Its a tie until the outro of American Woman, when Lenny sings "I wanna fly away.." Drives me insane every time. Referencing his own crummy song in a crummy cover breaks the tie... American Woman stinks more.

I love how you keep the basic concept the same, but completely change the delivery every time. And it gets weirder, more convoluted (also more amps), and funnier every time.

I feel like I owe you money for this. This shit is incredible.

"Tortex up or Tortex down?" is probably the best guitar inside joke ive ever heard lmao

Hi, I'm Jim. I am so honored to even be associated with this brilliant piece of art. Let alone being one of the deciding votes. Also, I was plastered when we talked. So I dont remember the conversation. So you can imagine my surprise.

"G Chord Ultra--you like loggin' in, right?" is underappreciated

"Ernie Ball or D'Addario, who do you play?" "I have no idea what you're talking about..." "Awesome!" Thst is why this is now my favorite show on KZfaq, possibly ever.

"brought to you by these guitar stands...Thinking about putting your guitar down? Think again!" Had me rolling

I love how in every video Pat gets regular everyday people to go along with his skits. It gives them scott the woz levels of charm

I think my favorite part of this uber genius video is the sports radio bit. Stirring up the team rivalry, etc Dude ran a marathon with this football concept. Impressive. Most impressive. Pat Finnerty is a true rock star.

I've never understood why Kravitz is still such a big star. Here in the UK he had a couple of hits in the 90's and we've not really heard from him since, yet he still seems to be huge in the US. It's like he dressed up as a rock star and everyone was fooled into thinking that he actually was one.

100% did laugh out loud at “Fancy Like” on the Stink Cam.

“It’s only 8 seconds in and I’m pissed” 😂😂😂 Goddamnit Pat, you’ve done it again.

Way more time, dedication and patience went into this video than went into 'Fly Away' for sure

I’m not into country music or female pop vocalists, but I’ve been a wedding DJ for like 20 years and I honestly never even realized that there were two versions of “How Do I Live” and I sure as hell never knew they were released on the same fucking day! Apparently the lady who wrote it is named Diane Warren, and she’s one of the most prolific songwriters behind so many hits, that I think she might actually give Max Martin a run for his money. In addition to “How Do I Live” she also wrote the biggest hit Aerosmith ever had, which was “I don’t Wanna Miss a Thing” as well as Cher’s biggest hit “Do You Believe.” Apparently she’s a one woman hit factory that’s been cranking them out since the 80’s. Back when she approached LeeAnn Rimes to record the song, she said that it was written with her in mind as the vocalist. Which makes you wonder how the hell Trisha Yearwood got mixed up into all of this. Well, it turns out that Warren submitted the song for the Con Air soundtrack before anything was recorded, because songwriters are apparently called on to write songs for films before anyone ever sets foot in a studio. They liked the song and wanted it in the film, but after she suggested Rimes as the vocalist the studio of course had to give their fucking notes, and felt that she was too young to be singing those lyrics or some nonsense, and they decided to bring in Trisha Yearwood to do the song for Con Air. Meanwhile Rimes and her producer were unaware of all of this had recorded their version and were wrapping things up when they got wind of the other version that was going to be released. The Disney and the label were dead set on putting out the Yearwood version and refused to delay the release, so they had to scramble to release Rimes’ version the same exact day. It’s such a weird fucking story, and even though Yearwood had no idea that she was an afterthought and the second person to record the song, I feel bad for Rimes having her thunder stolen because some executives at Disney wanted to stick their fingers into shit for no reason. Rimes may have won in the end because her version set records for length of time on the Billboard charts and made a ton of fucking money, but she got screwed out of the soundtrack deal which meant substantially less Nicholas Cage in her video, and she lost the Grammy to Yearwood, because for the first time in history there were two people nominated for the same award for the same song in the same year. What’s even more fucked up is that she was asked to perform at the Grammy awards that year, and she literally performed “How Do I Live” right before they announced that Yearwood won the Grammy for singing that song. We probably should’ve seen that as a sign back then, that Millennials were destined to be fucked over by Boomers repeatedly, but someone would’ve had to notice there were two fucking songs that were recorded and released at the exact same time, and considering that Yearwood’s version got more play on country radio it’s no surprise that people listened to pop or country back then, so the small amount of overlap between the two was minimal-and I guess nobody even paid attention to the Grammy’s back then, because I feel like it should’ve been a bigger deal than it was. So, thanks for bringing up an obscure fact about the recording industry back in the late 90’s, because it sent me down a rabbit hole looking this ridiculous shit up. Thanks to that Wikipedia hole I just crawled through, I’m now also aware that LeeAnn Rimes posed nude for Glamour magazine while she was experiencing a flare up of psoriasis, in order to bring awareness to the disease. I’m sorry to report that it’s not worth braving her leprosy for a little bit of skin, because all the best parts are covered and Google images has nothing but grainy images of her looking all sorts of unsexy. I did the work so you don’t have to, so you’re welcome.

The character arc of Blinds 2 Go guy is really starting to heat up, he’s gotta be in my top 3 when it comes to the Finnerty lore. These masterpieces make me proud to be a Pennsylvanian

The joke about Fly Away’s solo is so good, I believe the idea for this video started there and the rest was constructed around it.

WE 👏 NEED 👏 A 👏 FULL 👏 LENGTH 👏 DEPARTMENT 👏 STORE 👏 RUNDOWN 👏

"The Wheel of Fortune/Mazda Defense" should be in every Coach's playbook

Pat: I don't think I can make another movie like the train video Also pat: makes video longer than train video

“I mean it doesn’t sound like shit, but it sounds like shit.” Lenny would be proud of those lyrics.

Holy god. This was good, but that moment when you said “tonic,” and Rick’s disembodied head interrupts was pure gold. Might be my favorite series on KZfaq.

Not gonna lie, you had me in the first half like are you gonna go my way? Then there was the tie and I was like baby it ain’t over till it’s over. In the End, this was devastating. American Woman is an immediate station change. Maybe it’s my inner 7 year old still holding on but I unapologetically like Fly Away. Please don’t block me from watching your channel, Pat. Let love rule.

This is what KZfaq was made for. Everything that's been done was only done so we could get to this video. I'm just grateful I got to live at a time where this video exists. You're a goddamn genius.

"The team that stinks more will win!" Finally, some hope for Eagles fans

Pat Finnerty, you’re taking the music world by the balls with this series and I couldn’t be happier

“Matriculate down the field” is a super obscure but classic Coach Hank Stram (KC Chiefs) quote. Damn. Nice pull!

I'm so impressed with the scope of this video. The amount of time and dedication to making it, with it's attention to detail, clever writing, and endearing DIY cut-and-paste graphics, can't be understated. This is the kind of video that makes KZfaq such a fun place to explore.

The Guess Who version of American Woman is about the Statue of Liberty as a symbol of American greed and corruption sung by a Canadian band. Lenny Kravitz’s version just seems like a sleazy love song with its political bite completely taken out.

I watched this a year ago, but it felt like a fever dream. I had to watch it again just to confirm for myself that it's a real video that exists.

“Grab a pair of headphones because that’s where it’s gonna be most annoying to hear this.” is a pretty underrated line.

Pat. My hero. I thought the title and the thumbnail were just a silly spin on a normal "this vs that" video, but NO. This guy fuckin COMMITTED to the football bit, and it about killed me. The flags, the ads, the editing, the ref slurping coffee, the legendary single-note solo, this shit is pure fucking gold

“Thinkin about puttin your guitar down? Well, maybe you shouldn’t. Theeeeeese guitar stands” hahahaha This is probably the most fun/creative way to express disdain for a piece of music that I’ve seen in a while.

I was humming along until he got to "These Guitar Stands." Pat should have warned us he was gonna go that dirty. Nightmare fuel.

I really want to see Kiedis, DeVille, and Ulrich at the next half time spectacular.

Was not expecting the burn on crappy guitar stands and band camp, you've got me rolling on the floor laughing.

incredible. this is such a thorough parody of gameday football coverage. seriously. incredible.

I still remember in the late 90s they pushed this guy so hard. They were going he’s the next Hendrix yet the songs are all 3 cords on repeat.

Pat won the internet with this video! Im a big fan. Beato!

Sometimes I find a KZfaq series that is just so unbelievably made For Me and this is one of those series. You are 5/5 on these and I hope you made 100 more. Target audience absolutely reached, Pat

The Blinds To Go guy deserves a raise, because I'm not sure if I need blinds, but I know where I'm going to go if I ever decide that I need them.

This is one of the most brilliant videos in KZfaq history. It deserves at least 10 million views and 10 million more Hoffmans.

I watched this guy rip on train a few years ago and I wanted more. Forgot about him but KZfaq decided to bring me back. Hilarious stuff.

This series is a true modern masterpiece.

Me 2 minutes in: "There's no way he can keep this up for 50 minutes" Me 49 minutes in: "Wow....."

Doing a rewatch (again) and wanted to say one of the things I love most about this is in the Bohlinger bits, how the store workers go from totally confused to just rolling with it.

The random 'Beato' after every music theory related word is gold

Fly Away. It’s the only guitar solo I can play all the way through.

Definitely glad Fly Away took the W on this one. When I was 6 years old, I legitimately thought it was the most badass song ever. I feel that any 6 year old’s favorite song is always the stronger contender for maximum stinkery

i am stunned at how you turned a simple gag take on a beato series into a high-concept series like this.

The level of production on this video is insaaaaane!

HCA just kills me every time man. The absolute nothingburger of a track mashup, the aimless blueslicks, that one shot of Aronoff staring down camera, goddamn it's great

The only redeeming quality about Fly Away is that it's so boring you can easily tune it out , which is what I've done all my life. Now that you've made actually actively listen to it, it's far worse than I ever thought.

Holy crap! I love how he rips other songs along the way. Especially Offspring!

This is only episode 5 and this series is already in it's weird experimental phase, I love it

Finnerty has a long road ahead of him, and it’s paved with fucking gold

The "Department Store Rundown" was absolutely perfect and you should do more videos of just that I hadn't laughed that hard in a while

I absolutely needed this today. its amazing how deep it pulls me in. its like a long long wet tongue slapping my leg and I wake up, and the tongue turns out to be my arm that fell asleep and I couldn't feel it. but I have to stick around the figure out why its wet, and thats when I discovered that I peed the bed.. and I got drawn into a fiasco there, this video is like that. And I appreciate the Hoffman conversation as much as I did the Weezer conversation. but I digress, eventually everything turned out alright, just like this video.. and like the tongue, this left me confused, yet somehow satisfied with my direction in life. thanks for the chicken wings and we love Wawa!

The department store rundown skits had me dying of laughter, it was so accurate

When you started talking about a divine entity deciding the outcome of this match I was hoping you'd get Beato's opinion

"You're bringing in the wheel of fortune mazda defense" absolutely killed me for some reason.

Jesus Christ every one of these is a masterpiece.

Beato! No, that’s a Shull. That’s friggin’ hilarious!!!

This feels as special as discovering Contrapoints early. It’s so diy and rock and roll I can’t stop watching. This is awesome even though I don’t get all of the jokes.

Absolutely love Pat Finnerty's video. This should be required watch at every music school in the country. First day of class!

I just love that for every person involved in this video, he had to explain to them the concept of What Makes This Song Stink and his video idea. love it.

"You're gonna have to bring in the Wheel of Fortune/Mazda Defense" "Yeah it's a classic..."