poreotics were the monkeys in the lazy song.
poreotics were the monkeys in the lazy song.
who were the monkeys in the lazy song?
poreotics
the official video was directed by mars and cameron duddy, features the poreotics wearing chimpanzee masks and it was released on april 14, 2011. the whole video is presented in as a lone continuous and uninterrupted shot, it begins with mars singing and hanging out in a bedroom with five dancers, they all wear monkey masks and mars dresses in black sunglasses and a flannel shirt. while mars sings what he feels to do on a day off, he and the monkeys perform dance moves typical of a boy-band, fool around and mimicking the song's lyrics. philip lawrence, a member of the smeezingtons, makes an appearance, lip-syncing the line, "oh my god, this is great!" before being driven off by the chimps; the monkeys drop their pants when mars sings, "i'll just strut in my birthday suit/and let everything hang loose!" the music video ends with mars pouring yellow confetti all over his boxer-clad pals, right before him, poreotics and philip lawrence, who meanwhile reappeared, striking a pose for the camera.
the lazy song
"the lazy song" has received generally mixed reviews from contemporary music critics. eric henderson of "slant magazine" noted that in song mars "paints a portrait of al bundy as a young man" and andy gill of "the independent" classified the song as a "laidback acoustic groove". tim sendra of allmusic said it was one of the tracks from "doo-wops & hooligans" that captured the laid-back groove. scott mervis of the "pittsburgh post-gazette" described the song as a "jason mraz/sugar ray-style reggae." sean fennessey, a reviewer of "the washington post," felt the song was written in a "quality that is both endearing and damning". a mixed review came from "digital spy" reviewer lewis corner, who commented that the song is a "summery ditty more head-boppable than a churchill nodding dog, which, given his current state of mind, is probably about all he could muster", giving it three stars out of five. and from blues & soul magazine who called it "reggae tinged" and found it to be "somewhat of a filler but for the likes of peter andre" is great. "entertainment weekly"s leah greenblatt considered that "other modes suit him less well; "the lazy song" is perhaps better left to jason mraz". alexis petridis of "the guardian", gave the song a negative review, writing that "the lazy song" "gets no further than the second verse before mars – nothing if not keen to keep his fans abreast of his every activity in a world of 360-degree connectivity – announces that he's planning on having a wank". nick messitte writing for "forbes" criticized the single for copying the "happy-go-lucky meanderings of jason mraz's "i'm yours", but also using the same pattern as travie mccoy and mars' "billionaire" (2011).
the lazy song