Entries Tagged as 'music'

Tuesday, February 24th, 2015

Miley Cyrus In One Minute, In One Take

From Disney tween star to twerking deviant, the career of Ms Cyrus has been one that divides people into being obsessive fans, the parents of those obsessive fans, haters, and people who don’t really care that much. Oh yeah, and the media, who care intensively.

Tuesday, February 17th, 2015

David Bowie In One Minute, In One Take

Davie Bowie is a pop star who you might be familiar with. He’s only one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. His career has been one of debauchery and excess, great songs, and an ability to rock a surreal costume like no other.

Tuesday, February 10th, 2015

Rob Scallon’s ‘00000′ is a Metal Song Played Using Just One Note

Musician Rob Scallon does something totally metal here, he cuts off eight of the strings from his guitar to play a track with the single remaining one—it’s called “00000″ and is a superb exercise in minimalism as the entire song contains just the one note, played over and over again.

Monday, February 9th, 2015

Watch Two Neil Youngs Sing the Classic Song ‘Old Man’

Neil Young plus Neil Young can only equal something awesome—and that’s what happens in this clip from ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ where Fallon dressed up as the 60s singer to kick off singing Young’s classic song “Old Man.” Then, halfway into it, the real Neil Young comes on stage and joins Fallon.

Saturday, February 7th, 2015

Cinnamon Chasers – Luv Deluxe

Sex, drugs & lots of rock’n’roll – An interesting take on the love story narrative that often populates music videos. Shot from the POV of the guy, we see a young couple meet, party, then go off on an adventure across the land which then all goes a bit Bonnie and Clyde (or True Romance, [...]

Thursday, February 5th, 2015

NBC’s Brian Williams Raps Snoop Dogg’s “Who Am I?”

NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams is one of the best rappers in the TV-hosting game, albeit one whose rapping is unintentional—but thanks to Jimmy Fallon he’s rapped some of hip-hop’s finest tunes, all by mashing up various footage of him to make it appear like he’s laying down some lyrics.

Thursday, January 29th, 2015

President Obama Sings ‘Uptown Funk’ by Mark Ronson (ft. Bruno Mars)

The folks at Baracksdubs have turned Barack Obama into the next Voice of America, recutting the prez’s speeches into something that has a much broader appeal: a cover version of ‘Uptown Funk’ by Mark Ronson (ft. Bruno Mars)—and now that his State of the Union address is out the way, he can relax and [...]

Wednesday, January 28th, 2015

Watch Eminem’s New Music Video Featuring Detroit Rappers Celebrating The Motor City

If you’ve been following Eminem’s recent work, then you may’ve found it somewhat underwhelming. Not so with this track, “Detroit Vs. Everybody”, taken from the compilation album Shady XV, which featured songs released on Eminem’s label along with tracks by the rapper himself. This was one of the standout songs.

Monday, January 19th, 2015

Take a Nostalgic Trip Back to the 90s With ‘Remember 1998′

Ah the end of the 90s! Things were simpler back then, the internet was nothing but fields and you could buy a bottle of beer for a thruppence halfpenny and still have change to feed your tamagotchi. Oh the memories! But don’t trouble yourself straining your brain to actually try and remember 1998, that’s why [...]

Sunday, January 18th, 2015

Glitch Music

Glitch music and suitably twitchy, glitchy visuals to accompany the sounds are the order of the day in this video. This is SyncBody, a music visualization tool which responds to music in the form of a human body, a female human body, that looks like some kind of post-human cyborgian cross-breed — a freak of [...]

Friday, January 16th, 2015

The Beyoncelogues: Beyonce Lyrics as Dramatic Monologue

While it might not be unusual for you to hear someone singing Beyonce lyrics, it’s not quite so often Queen Bee’s songs are turned into dramatic monologues though. Instead of sung the words are spoken in this clip and each song becomes a theatrical performance.