Videos: Plain White T's: “Pet Sematary” (The Ramones)

Posted by brittany on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 11:30 AM (EDT)

Plain White T's have released a video for their cover of The Ramones classic, "Pet Sematary." The band covered the song for the upcoming Tim Burton film, Frankenweenie, which is a story about a boy who brings his dog back to life.

The Ramones originally released the song for the film, Pet Sematary, based off the novel by Stephen King.

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Dante3000 (rich) (October 3, 2012)

I used to LOVE October at my college radio station because we had "Pet Sematary" (I think on vinyl) and it was the best song to play. It's really odd to think that it's The Ramones biggest "hit". Anyhow, this is awful and everyone involved should feel ashamed.

ALSO, I love how hard Tim Burton is trying to prove that "Nightmare Before Christmas" was his doing and not Henry Selick (who also directed the amazing "Coraline").

batsenflaggs (October 3, 2012)

i appreciate his work. Ed Wood, Mars Attacks and Sleepy Hollow are all great films in their own right. I don't see why he feels the need to try so hard to claim TNBC.

and yeah, this cover is unicorn piss.

Dante3000 (rich) (October 3, 2012)

I really don't like Tim Burton but there is no denying he has made some great movies (I'd still say less than half of what he's made is good but that 50% is pretty good). Still, "The Corpse Bride" was nothing if not a blatant attempt to be like, "Look, see! I did the claymation thing!" I mean, it's probably because Nightmare Before Christmas is so well known and (probably more so) such a merchandising cash cow.

batsenflaggs (October 3, 2012)

agreed. and if anything, everything post-Sleepy Hollow is just proving that he ran out of ideas in the mid-90's.

actually now I think about it, wasn't Edward Scissorhands the last film he made that wasn't based on an outside source?

MN_DrNick (October 3, 2012)

So am I going to be seeing nothing but you complaining about Tim Burton on Twitter today like you did with Seth MacFarlane yesterday?

I like Burton films from the 90s. I really don't like much of what he's done in the past decade though. I think it's the look he's using now compared to back then. But, I do like how "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" was closer to the book than "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" was. Maybe someday they'll make a movie of the fucked up sequel where they go to the moon or whatever it was.

And yes, "Ed Wood" is his best movie.

Dante3000 (rich) (October 3, 2012)

No, you could turn your computer off and go outside. But let's not get into why you're physically bound to your house.
Honestly, no. I care about the oscars because I actually watch them and I keep wanting them to get better and actually mean something. Instead they seem to have turned into an endless spiral of both masturbating the film industry and hopelessly trying to seem cool to the kids. Tim Burton movies you just don't watch. It's easy.
And the biggest issue with the Charlie film was how overshadowed Johnny Depp was by Gene Wilder. Gene Wilder really put a ton of time and thought into crafting a character who was both childlike and incredibly shrewd (at times devious). In contrast Depp seemed like a hapless man-child, more in common with Michael Jackson than a business mogul.

MN_DrNick (October 3, 2012)

Are you getting me mixed up with another Nick? I'm not physically bound to my house. I just have a smart phone.

The Oscars will never get better. It's a lost cause. Predictable wins, lames musical numbers....

I will agree with you on Wilder over Depp. You can't ever replace a Wilder freak out.

killtaker (October 3, 2012)

The biggest issue with Charlie and the C Factory was the whole attempt. Depp was terrible. It looked like shit. The songs were so forgettable. I also found it quite boring and its the only movie I fell asleep in the theater watching.

Misanthropee (October 3, 2012)

"Instead they seem to have turned into an endless spiral of both masturbating the film industry..."

When has that ever NOT been the case? The Oscars started as a crass, meritless PR event and have stayed true to that. In fact I'd say the fact they now allow blacks and leftists into the circle jerk suggests that they're less disingenuous than they've ever been. Of course that's more a side-effect of the studio system crumbling than an actual willingness to give awards to good art.

bastard_squad (October 3, 2012)

COUGHpeeweesbigadventureCOUGH

MN_DrNick (October 3, 2012)

I wish HBO would stop playing Big Top Pee-Wee. I wanna watch Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.

loki13 (October 3, 2012)

First world problems

killtaker (October 3, 2012)

Tim Burton is pretty overrated in my opinion. Pee Wee Big adventure was good. Batman ('89) was a decent Joker movie. Edward Scissorhands was good. Beetlejuice was OK. Big Fish might be his best movie.

skibz777 (October 3, 2012)

Interesting, because none of the TV spots I've seen for 'Frankenw****e" even mention 'Nightmare'.

batsenflaggs (October 3, 2012)

so bad. like, really bad.

unfortunately it will probably be massive.

bastard_squad (October 3, 2012)

Why the fuck wouldn't you just use the real song.

AllAgesPete (October 3, 2012)

Agreed. I'm sure it would have worked much better in the film anyway.

MN_DrNick (October 3, 2012)

Copyright is a stupid issue. That's why you don't here Gordon Lightfoot's "Sundown" on "Mission Hill" DVD but yet you did when it was on Adult Swim.

killtaker (October 3, 2012)

I'm sure you still need to get some permission to cover it and put it in a movie...I don't think you are comparing apples to apples.

MN_DrNick (October 3, 2012)

Idk. I had to learn about copyright and rights involving music one year in school. It's a clusterfuck, to be honest.

Cos (October 3, 2012)

The kids don't listen to the Ramones. They only wear the shirts.

bastard_squad (October 3, 2012)

Why do they do that? Why wear a shirt for a band you don't listen to?

Cos (October 3, 2012)

I don't know why, I only know it is so.

imadeanaccountjustforthis (October 3, 2012)

For the logo.

BarleyPat (October 3, 2012)

I'm very afraid that this is actually true.

Mystereohasmono (October 3, 2012)

Yup.

MN_DrNick (October 3, 2012)

This disgusts me.... seriously.... I was actually looking forward to seeing Frankenweenie too, but I don't think I can after this. I mean I'm sure this will be during the credits, but still...

Also, how great of a movie was "Pet Sematary"? One of the best Stephen King adaptations in my book.

Dante3000 (rich) (October 3, 2012)

Best and worst adaptation:
Best: The Running Man
Worst: Dream Catcher

This isn't based on his novels, just how good/awful the movies are.

MN_DrNick (October 3, 2012)

Uh.... The Running Man isn't god awful, but really? You're picking that over The Shawshank Redemption? The Green Mile? Stand By Me? You think The Running Man is the best one?

Dante3000 (rich) (October 3, 2012)

Have you seen "The Running Man"? Have you seen it 100 times?! That movie NEVER gets old! NEVER. Shawshank Redemption was about an hour two long and was literally summed up by "Andy Dufran crawled through 500 yards of shit and came out clean on the other side." Roll credits. Green Mile has a non-ending. It's "We executed a angel...now I live forever with a mouse." They put a placeholder ending in and then just kept it. All I remember about "Stand By Me" is they saw a dead body and the kid from sliders was fat. Maybe I should rewatch it.

loki13 (October 3, 2012)

Misery is quite excellent.

Dante3000 (rich) (October 3, 2012)

Kathy Bates may be the coolest actress on the face of the planet. In every role she does there are exactly zero fucks given. "Need me to be a crazy obsessed fan? Got it. Want full frontal? I'm down."

MN_DrNick (October 3, 2012)

1. Yes I've seen "The Running Man" a bunch, but it doesn't hold up compared to "Predator", which I watched double that of "The Running Man".

2. Wow...That's the worst summation of "Shawshank" ever. The movie is amazing and helped me get through some rough patches./

3. That's not what happened at the end of "The Green Mile" you dolt.

4. Ugh... "Stand By Me" is an essential male movie growing up. I guess you didn't have friends back then to have understood this or something?

5. That fat kid married John Stamos' ex. Can you believe that shit?

Dante3000 (rich) (October 3, 2012)

1. Predator lacks because uhm...Why DIDN'T YOU JUST DROP YOU FUCKING GUNS?! Arnold straight tells them that in the movie and then they all proceed to continue carrying guns and shooting at it. Though f'real, I do love Carl Weathers
2. I actually love Shawshank but It's not a movie I really watch regularly. It's absolutely worth watching but not with any frequency.
3. Yes it is. You can add the part about the interracial love scene where the grabs Tom Hanks balls if you want.
4. Stand by me came out when I was four. By the time it would have been relevant to me, I was probably doing something cool like riding a dirt bike over fields of glass, through an exploding fireworks factory.
5. He's also in "The Munsters" which is supposed to be serious. Dude's doing okay for himself.

MN_DrNick (October 3, 2012)

Billy dropped his guns.... and switched to a fucking knife! I just liked that it didn't have as much cheesy lines from AHNOLD compared to Running Man.

No... no..... John Coffey isn't alive in the mouse. You have to watch it again like I did a few weeks ago.

I was two when Stand By Me came out.

Wait... Jerry O'Connell is in the new Munsters reboot? I thought they weren't going through with it. Hey! Fred Gwyne, the old man in Pet Sematary, was in the original Munsters! We've come full circle.

imadeanaccountjustforthis (October 3, 2012)

In regards to the Munsters reboot, that was apparently a rumor and it's still set to air.

schaumpton (October 3, 2012)

I never read The Running Man, but I heard Arnold's character is an actual bad guy/killer. He wasn't set up by the military like in the movie. I think that would have made it even better, trying to convince the audience to root for a bad guy.

Wow, is Dreamcatcher bad. The entire film was miscast and the monsters looked like giant pieces of shit w/ teeth.

Also, I would vote for No Country for Old Men as best adaptation. That movie is almost the exact same as the book.

Dante3000 (rich) (October 3, 2012)

I didn't know that was one of his books. That might be a worthy contender. Though again I do dislike (and I know this is a thing King does) the sort of non-ending. I can understand it but it's just not a method I love.

loki13 (October 3, 2012)

That's not. That's Cormac McCarthy.

schaumpton (October 3, 2012)

Ahhh, I misunderstood Dante's comment. Did not realize we were only talking King adaptations. This is what happens when you read too fast and get excited to chime in!

leecorsoisapenis (October 3, 2012)

Agreed, that's not King. I am a huge King fan, and he is known more for his terrible endings (which I will have to agree with, for the most part). Still, he is incredibly entertaining, and really has a way with writing about adolescence. He is pretty brilliant at it, actually. He is often underrated in this regard.

Misanthropee (October 3, 2012)

He has a way of writing about adolescence because he WRITES like one. I will never understand how King fans can sneer at Twilight and Harry Potter. It's the same fucking tripe.

imadeanaccountjustforthis (October 3, 2012)

You are incorrect.

leecorsoisapenis (October 3, 2012)

You're doing it wrong. I fucking hate people like you. You don't have a clue what you're talking about, yet you spew moronic comments about something you don't know a thing about. You're the worst.

leecorsoisapenis (October 3, 2012)

See, I can't even put together a coherent sentence because idiots like you make me so angry!

Misanthropee (October 3, 2012)

And your argument against my assertion that he writes soap-opera pablum for male shut-ins is...?

MN_DrNick (October 3, 2012)

We're discussing King not McCarthy, sir.

schaumpton (October 3, 2012)

Just noticed. My apologies. I'll get back to doing whatever people like me do in cubicles.

leecorsoisapenis (October 3, 2012)

He is a good guy in the book, although he is forced to kill innocent people. In the book he takes part in the games to get money for his sick wife (maybe daughter?). He has to survive in the world as a fugitive and people can make money by telling the game show where he is, where they track him and try to kill him. I think the ending came under scrutiny in the last decade because of a certain other incident that has nothing to do with this book which was written 20 years before said event.

leecorsoisapenis (October 3, 2012)

Running Man is a horrible adaptation though, if you DO base it off of the novel. There is almost nothing in common. Dream Catcher is an amazing movie, as it is so bad (book was too, if you're interested. Movie is so much better for its awfulness). Man, King has so many great movie adaptations, but IT is the top of my list, as Pennywise the Dancing Clown STILL scares me all these years later.

heavypettingdrew (October 3, 2012)

I'm still waiting for the Dark Tower adaptation. Studios keep turning it down but I hope it gets made one day. They were attempting to do a movie trilogy and corresponding TV show, which sounded like a cool idea.

MN_DrNick (October 3, 2012)

I'm in the minority that is excited for the new versions of "The Stand" and "It" because I think those are going to be dark just like the books. They were never meant for TV, unless it's something like HBO.

bastard_squad (October 3, 2012)

You can't faithfully adapt IT. The TV movie was as close as its going to get.

MN_DrNick (October 3, 2012)

Because of the rape and sex orgy the kids have?

bastard_squad (October 3, 2012)

That's 1.
2. Good luck adapting turtle vs spider
3. 'Clown BJ'
4. Find a better clown than Tim Curry
5.
6. Profit?

MN_DrNick (October 3, 2012)

They could use Curry again you know. Look at Christopher Lee. How many times did he play Dracula?

leecorsoisapenis (October 3, 2012)

How could you NOT be excited for adaptations of these. The movie (miniseries) version of The Stand was awful. I do think IT did a pretty serviceable job (especially the parts when they were kids). Still, I would love a new version. I don't think the sewer orgy is gonna happen though. That or the biting tongue/weird ass ending thing (was that the Ritual of CHUD?).

I can't wait for a Dark Tower adaptation either. I so wish it would be a HBO series. It would be huge! Huge, I tell you!

OffspringKickAss (October 3, 2012)

Never liked Plain White T's. This cover doesn't help.

thesidekicksuicide (October 3, 2012)

Tim Burton, you turd. I hope when Plain White T's was recording this they realized how inferior they are to The Ramones.

skibz777 (October 3, 2012)

Because we all know Tim Burton hand-picked the Plain White T's for the soundtrack. The man can't even pick up a comb.

breakaway (October 3, 2012)

Damn, that sucked.

coolhand (October 3, 2012)

Barf.

MN_DrNick (October 3, 2012)

So I just found all of "Maximum Overdrive" on Youtube this weekend. Let's talk about that Stephen King movie instead of this tripe.

bastard_squad (October 3, 2012)

The Green Goblin face from the truck was against a building near my grandfathers house for years up until the early/mid-90s.

Mystereohasmono (October 3, 2012)

Let's not, but instead talk about a good Stephen King film, Creepshow.

MN_DrNick (October 3, 2012)

I'd rather watch "Maximum Overdrive" over and over than listen to this shitty cover again.

Mystereohasmono (October 3, 2012)

I chose option B, not listening to it.

ravnos (October 3, 2012)

I'd rather listen to the soundtrack to Maximum Overdrive, because AC/DC kicks ass.

bastard_squad (October 3, 2012)

Creepshow 2 and Cats Eye were also fun.
They should just make a Stephen king anthology movie from his varied short stories. They could release it low budget every October.
He's got an amazing amount of short stories worth adapting.

MN_DrNick (October 3, 2012)

TNT kinda tried to do that a few years back. Remember?

leecorsoisapenis (October 3, 2012)

Kinda!? They did it, and It was awesome! They need to do it AGAIN!

bastard_squad (October 3, 2012)

No. No idea what you're referencing. What stories did they do?

leecorsoisapenis (October 3, 2012)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481452/ There was Battleground, The End of the Whole Mess, Umney's Last Case, Crouch's End, You Know they Got a Hell of a Band, The Fifth Quarter, Autopsy Room Four, and Road Virus Heads North. Obviously, not all are from Nightmares and Dreamscapes.

MN_DrNick (October 3, 2012)

Nightmares and Dreamscapes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightmares_and_Dreamscapes:_From_the _Stories_of_Stephen_King

Mystereohasmono (October 3, 2012)

The only good part of Creepshow 2 was The Raft. The other stories sucked ass.

bastard_squad (October 3, 2012)

Thanks for the ride lady.

I liked seeing the dude that looked like the Leader Singer of the Cult get scalped.

leecorsoisapenis (October 3, 2012)

Well, it was Stephen King's debut at film directing (and his last, if I remember correctly), which makes it amazing in my book. Also, Lisa Simpson is in the movie. Or Yerdley Smith, or whatever her name is. What an awesomely bad movie. I think I'll add it to my list of horror movies to watch during Halloween week.

bastard_squad (October 3, 2012)

Curtis!

schaumpton (October 3, 2012)

They spent all the movie's budget on hiring AC/DC for the "score".

skibz777 (October 3, 2012)

YouTube? You're only making stronger evidence for my theory that you're actually 16 years old.

That movie was on TV ALL THE TIME back in the '90s. Edited, sure, but I still saw it, like, as bajillion times on TNT. Also 'Phantasm II'.

MN_DrNick (October 3, 2012)

I'll hold my tongue about my theory about you after that Blag live Q&A.

skibz777 (October 3, 2012)

I'd still rather listen to this cover on repeat for 90 minutes than watch an aminated movie.

imadeanaccountjustforthis (October 3, 2012)

The only thing I remember about TNT is that it used to air that fucking awful movie about the six-legged spiders all the time.

Cos (October 3, 2012)

How much you wanna bet the first time Plain White T's heard this song was when the record label told them to cover it?

NFGPunx (October 3, 2012)

I liked it! They took the original and put a little flair on it!

bastard_squad (October 3, 2012)

Stop it.

killtaker (October 3, 2012)

Be careful...you don't want to be accused of answering your own joke account.

bastard_squad (October 3, 2012)

I thought I was YOUR joke account.

killtaker (October 3, 2012)

I'm way too lazy for that shit.

kidgotham (October 3, 2012)

Coming soon to a grocery store, and dentist office near you: Plain White T's covering "Pet Cemetary" to the tune of "Hey There Delilah"

BarleyPat (October 3, 2012)

I tought my 3-yr old to say "First I played with Judd, then mommy came and I played with mommy. Now, I want to play with yooooooouuuu.". Wife= not impressed.

bastard_squad (October 3, 2012)

That's awesome.
I like doing the Zelda voice from upstairs in our house. She hates that almost as much as she hates the buffalo bill silence of the lambs voice.

BarleyPat (October 3, 2012)

Mine also doesn't care for my award-winning impression of Poltergeist, where the entire dialog conststs of three different characters alternating "Carol Anne, come into the light......Don't listen to him Carol Anne, don't go into the light.......Carol Anne? Carol Anne? Where are you, baby?". Repeat about 50 times, roll the credits.

Cos (October 3, 2012)

The navigator fairy from Zelda 64 is tops in the annoying category. "HEY! Listen!"

SixPints (October 3, 2012)

Holy shit, "Navi" is a "navigator fairy". I'm a fucking moron.

lostcausegiveup (October 3, 2012)

well then, that makes two of us. I've played that game through at least 20 times since 99, if i've played it once. now i feel like an idiot.

loki13 (October 3, 2012)

When he gets a little older "Red Rum" should be next.

MN_DrNick (October 3, 2012)

Bravo.

lostcausegiveup (October 3, 2012)

i'm going to show this to my wife, and tell her that this is what convinced me i want to have a child.

lostcausegiveup (October 3, 2012)

i can't hear this at the moment, but i can't help but think it must be a goddamn travesty.

morbo_09 (October 3, 2012)

That it is

lostcausegiveup (October 3, 2012)

Morbo agrees!!!! tremple, puny plain white tees!

lostcausegiveup (October 3, 2012)

huh. that should have been in caps. C'est la vie

Dedricthere (October 3, 2012)

That's an impressive schnoz.

morbo_09 (October 3, 2012)

This is dreadful. It's going to be on the radio constantly isn't it?

lostcausegiveup (October 3, 2012)

oh god, i just heard it. fucking dreadful. three quarters of The Ramones are spinning in their graves

Butthead182 (October 3, 2012)

Way to go Plain White t's! You fucked up a great song!

brangelina (Chris Farren of Fake Problems) (October 6, 2012)

asjdfllkds

chewie1234 (October 7, 2012)

This is the worst ramones cover i have ever heard!

straightboymike (October 8, 2012)

I could think of 100 "popular" bands that could a much better cover of this. Why not have a band like My Chemical Romance or AFI do it. I thought they were bigger than this band and would at least do this cover a tiny bit of justice. This cover makes no sense at all.

themagnetc (October 13, 2012)

obviously these assholes are posers, but you can't cover the ramones and not do all down strokes. it's against the laws of the universe.

JohnnyBravo (October 17, 2012)

all i have to say is.....why? man.