Everyone knows ninjas are awesome, right? I know it. Robert Hamburger knows it. You know it. They’re silent, dedicated killers who stalk through the night, walk through walls, do that ‘hiding on the ceiling by bracing themselves’ thing that’s so fantastically cool and strong, and they are the masters of brutal unarmed killing.
We know this. It’s fact. And here’s some more proof.
This guy is amazing. In fact, he’s got thousands of similar videos. He’s combined three things to devastating effect; the power of ninjas, the amazing force of the electric guitar, and the stunning terribleness of bad music.
Ah, 2 Unlimited. You were the nemeses of my youth. Whilst I was walking through the corridors of my secondary school, debating Therapy? b-sides with my best friend, you were ruling the charts with your terrible fairground-friendly euro-techno shitfest. You were huge. Absolutely huge.
Tell you something weird, though- I didn’t know anyone who liked you. No-one at all. Not even the people who liked music I hated liked ‘No Limits.’ It was kind of just around, like acne or the Conservative government. Everyone thought you were shit. The carnies (seriously! I had a twenty minute conversation with a fairground attendant once, who hated your guts but apparently ‘just had to play the song’), the ravers, the goths, the indie kids, the parents, the radio DJs, everyone. Everyone whose opinion should have counted. Everyone hated 2 Unlimited.
And still it was successful. What the hell was up with that?
I still don’t know the answer. It vexes me yet. Still, at least the music has been at least slightly redeemed by the power of ninjas with electric guitars…
