Say It
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Say It  Go ahead, say it! | ||||||
About This Unsettling
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Say It was a simple Flash prank from around 2002 made by an unknown maker. The screamer was featured also known as 'Watch This!' on FunnyJunk.
As its name suggests, the animation begins by playing the pop ballad "Say It" by the Kumbia Kings, while the lyrics slowly scroll up on a solid black screen, akin to a regular lyrics video. After twelve seconds, shortly after the line "Say those three little words I can't wait to hear", a close-up image of Regan MacNeil (the possessed character portrayed by Linda Blair) from the 1973 supernatural horror film The Exorcist pops up, accompanied by a loud woman's scream.
Decompiling the animation reveals that the lyrics featured in it include the full refrain and half the lines of the first verse, even though the screamer pops up before the entire text has scrolled up. The excerpt of the song that is included in the file is also about ten seconds longer than what can be heard before the screamer.
YouTube variations[edit | edit source]
On August 22, 2006, joshtheblade uploaded a poorly made version of the Flash animation. The excerpt of the song is longer than the original flash, and it uses a different version of Regan's picture from the same movie; there is another screamer from the creator of the video with the same scream from K-fee commercials.
On November 12, 2008, Abdul Rashid uploaded another poorly-made version under the simple name of Scary prank. The song roughly ends at the same place as the flash version and again uses a different picture of Regan with Pazuzu's face faded as its screamer with the same scream from Ghost Caught on Tape.
This version, made by Flowgo, is titled "Who Sings This Song??" in 2003. It's the same as the original, but the text is green and a different font. It also lasts a bit longer than the original. The scream is also different.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- This is the first known screamer to feature Regan MacNeil, who would later be featured in The Maze.
- This is the first lyric video ever posted on the internet before they were popular.
- It may have been originally published to TeKZoned.
Links[edit | edit source]
NOTE: The following animation contains a screamer!
- Emulated .swf: albinoblacksheep.com/flash/sayit
- Raw .swf: web.archive.org/web/20050529210027/psy.msu.ru/illusion/jokes/sayit.swf
- Showcase video: youtube.com/watch?v=8Z8bG-ARjsA
- joshtheblade version: youtube.com/watch?v=_bQlkXF6Uyw
- Abdul Rashid version: youtube.com/watch?v=TdQ-zx6bC2Q
- Flowgo version: web.archive.org/web/20031112013815/www.flowgo.com/flowgo2_view.cfm?page_id=69291
Soundtrack[edit | edit source]
- Full song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Wc0td-KfgYM (link is safe; there is no screamer)
