Taking Back Sunday premiered their "Faith (Never Let You Down)" video this morning on MTV and MTV.com, and it tells the tale of one cat's meteoric rise to overnight internet stardom and his roller-coaster ride through fame, which leads him down the road where many too-famous-too-fast careers end: p0rns. But the story has a happy ending as the cat realizes who his true friends are -- Taking Back Sunday, of course.
That the "Faith (Never Let You Down)" video is a.) hilarious and b.) FEATURES A CAT would've been more than enough for us here at Buzzworthy, where "cat lady" is a compliment. BUT director Chris Marrs Piliero, who also directed Britney Spears' "I Wanna Go" video, dropped an incredible Britney Easter egg into Taking Back Sunday's new video, referencing both "I Wanna Go" and Britney's cult classic, "Crossroads."
In the "I Wanna Go" video, Britney Spears strikes back at paparazzi, wielding a weapon of mass destruction in the form of a magic microphone capable of cutting through cyborg photographers. In a brief shot at approximately 2:50 into the video, (the screen shot above took me FOREVER to capture, by the way, so I do hope you appreciate it), we see that the movie theater behind Britney is (FINALLY!) playing the long-anticipated sequel to her 2002 cult classic, "Crossroads," entitled "Crossroads 2: Cross Harder," which is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the tongue-in-cheek "Die Hard" sequel "Die Harder." Which brings us to Taking Back Sunday's protagonist OMG WTF TBS cat, who auditions for "Crossroads 2: Cross Harder" at approximately 1:34 into the video. Sadly, he did not get the part and ended up in porn.
The "Cross Harder" reference and collision of Britney and Taking Back Sunday's worlds basically had us like this...
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Sadly, this cute little ginger kid is far too young to watch an adult film. But he's probably old enough to watch Taking Back Sunday's new video.
Watch Taking Back Sunday's "Faith (When I Let You Down)" video if you're a fan of the band, cats, LOLs, Chris Marrs Piliero or all of the above. And, of course, watch Britney's "I Wanna Go" video while we go reserve a single ticket for the Friday night showing of "Crossroads 2: Cross Harder."
