The Vuvuzela and Pop Culture: Love at First Buzz

By Zach Dionne Posted Jun 18th 2010 10:45AM

Look, PopEater's got a fever, and the only prescription ... is more vuvuzela! You know, that plastic horn omnipresent in South Africa for the World Cup, bzzz-bzzzing from your TV speakers every second of every game?

Here's an all-new, soccer-doctor prescribed update on the latest in vuvuzela-meets-pop culture ('Vuvuzela Hero'! 'Now! That's What I Call Vuvuzela'!), including PopEater's vuvuzela haiku contest!

'Vuvuzela Hero' didn't exactly hit stores this week ... but it got imagined on the Internet, courtesy of a French graphic designer. Very cool. We're dying to play Blue Öyster Cult's 'Vuvu-zilla.'

Vuvuzela Hero game

You remember 'Now! That's What I Call Music'? Check out 'Now! That's What I Call Vuvuzela!' BuzzFeed spied a dummied-up little somethin' somethin' that looks just delightful. Man, we haven't listened to the chart-topping ballad 'The Own-Goal Vuvuzela' since 1991.

Now That's What I Call Vuvuzela! CD cover

Now That's What I Call Vuvuzela! CD cover

Our favorite blog for fake science, FakeScience, illuminated how the vuvu works in the world of false physics:

Vuvuzela Fake Science

We now interrupt your regularly scheduled vuvu-tastic pop culture roundup to bring you the PopEater Vuvuzela Haiku Contest, submitted by the Pop Chorus.

Cultured or uncouth?
Vuvuzela argument
Louder than World Cup.
-Andrew Gibson

Oh vuvu of joy
a loud burst of Africa
so proud of its land
-Victoria Ross

A vuvuzela
Bzzz Bzzz Bzzz Bzzz Bzzz Bzzz Bzzzzzzz
Got any ear plugs?
-John Zukowski

The vuvuzela
is now ringing in my ears--
shh, plastic demon
-Natasha Wright

Busy bees drone and
wonder "What is all the buzz?"
Vuvuzela laughs
-Tamara L. Waters

Swarm of angry bees,
hijacked World Cup sound,
inside plastic horns.
-Zach Richter

A fella fashioned the Vuvuzela Game, where enterprising fans of the plastic trumpet can test their ears' might. How long can you stand it? Find out! Oh, and here's a virtual vuvuzela if you're tired of the game and the iPod app and you're really jonesing for some South African escapism but can't justify a $3,000 plane ticket just to go blow a horn in a stadium for 90 minutes.

Vuvuzela FM is now a thing that really, actually exists. "We are broadcasting non-stop, without commercial breaks, so you can get your full daily dose: anywhere, anytime," the site writes. Tune in. Also, some genius Photoshopped the vuvu into an iconic scene from 'The Shining.' Heeeere's vuvu!

We really should've seen this one coming -- 'The Most Annoying Sound in the World (Techno Remix)':

And, of course, Hitler reacts to the vuvuzela craze on YouTube:

Click here for our first report on vuvuzela and pop culture.

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Friday 18 June

By Mary

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These are the most annoying horns I have ever heard. I think South Africa should never be allowed to host the world cup again amd ditto to anyone else who plans to allow these terrible horns. A hit in the pocket book would solve this in a hurry.

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