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Re: The "Let's Enjoy YouTube While We Can" Thread
« Reply #450 on: December 01, 2009, 06:54:40 PM »
Apparently this is new. Muppet Bohemian Rhapsody!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY

An instant favorite - and at least 5 of my friends have posted it to their Facebook pages today.  :)

"nothing reallly matters... but MOI!"

apparently it went viral yesterday. I found it on SFist, which oddly is a site I rarely look at, but happened to click on yesterday.

Late to the party on this, but I can see why it's so popular. Great adaptation. My personal fave part is the line "sharing his life with his monstrosity" and what happens thereafter.

Btw, this was posted on Nov 23, and it's already got 8M+ views in a week. That's big.
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« Reply #451 on: December 01, 2009, 08:09:41 PM »
Apparently this is new. Muppet Bohemian Rhapsody!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY

An instant favorite - and at least 5 of my friends have posted it to their Facebook pages today.  :)

"nothing reallly matters... but MOI!"

apparently it went viral yesterday. I found it on SFist, which oddly is a site I rarely look at, but happened to click on yesterday.

Late to the party on this, but I can see why it's so popular. Great adaptation. My personal fave part is the line "sharing his life with his monstrosity" and what happens thereafter.


I thought the repeated "Mama" bit was a clever way of avoiding the verse about, y'know, shooting a guy in the head, which is not exactly a Muppet-y thing to sing (speaking of rock songs about killing people, as we just were).
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« Reply #452 on: December 02, 2009, 08:50:03 PM »
Apparently this is new. Muppet Bohemian Rhapsody!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY

An instant favorite - and at least 5 of my friends have posted it to their Facebook pages today.  :)

"nothing reallly matters... but MOI!"

apparently it went viral yesterday. I found it on SFist, which oddly is a site I rarely look at, but happened to click on yesterday.

Late to the party on this, but I can see why it's so popular. Great adaptation. My personal fave part is the line "sharing his life with his monstrosity" and what happens thereafter.

Btw, this was posted on Nov 23, and it's already got 8M+ views in a week. That's big.

As viral as viral gets - they should've released it as a single on iTunes.

And yeah, re "Mama," clever way to avoid the unseemly lyrics.
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« Reply #453 on: December 07, 2009, 01:26:34 PM »
Funniest thing I've seen on YouTube in awhile:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=414TmP12WAU

(Warning: NSFW)
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« Reply #454 on: December 07, 2009, 03:13:01 PM »
Funniest thing I've seen on YouTube in awhile:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=414TmP12WAU

(Warning: NSFW)

that was great, thanks!
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Re: The "Let's Enjoy YouTube While We Can" Thread
« Reply #455 on: December 08, 2009, 11:00:28 AM »
Funniest thing I've seen on YouTube in awhile:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=414TmP12WAU

(Warning: NSFW)

WOW!

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Re: The "Let's Enjoy YouTube While We Can" Thread
« Reply #457 on: December 09, 2009, 09:18:57 AM »
The visuals are just home movies of the band, but the song was NTM and it's yet another lost bubblegummy gem from the '60s. Salt Water Taffy, "Finder's Keepers"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2Qhe-rnG7o
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« Reply #458 on: December 10, 2009, 09:50:30 PM »
"Badass," indeed!

Desi Arnaz, "Babalu"
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Re: The "Let's Enjoy YouTube While We Can" Thread
« Reply #459 on: December 10, 2009, 09:51:24 PM »
The visuals are just home movies of the band, but the song was NTM and it's yet another lost bubblegummy gem from the '60s. Salt Water Taffy, "Finder's Keepers"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2Qhe-rnG7o

Sounds like a demo for Jay & the Techniques.  Keep the taffy rollin'!
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Re: The "Let's Enjoy YouTube While We Can" Thread
« Reply #460 on: December 12, 2009, 09:42:24 AM »
"Badass," indeed!

Desi Arnaz, "Babalu"

i love that single drum percussive stuff, whether it's Babalu or Taiko drums or the Brazilian stuff Paul Simon hi-lited on Rhythm of the Saints.  Small observation: I think the reason Desi keeps his head tipped back like that is to avoid having his hair flopping into his face.
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Re: The "Let's Enjoy YouTube While We Can" Thread
« Reply #461 on: December 16, 2009, 02:04:53 PM »

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Re: The "Let's Enjoy YouTube While We Can" Thread
« Reply #462 on: December 17, 2009, 03:06:56 PM »
John Williams is The Man:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk5_OSsawz4&NR=1&feature=fvwp

That was pretty cool.  the guy's name is Corey Vidal, a Canadian who just turned 23 last week.  I reckon a member or two might even get the hots for him.  But he didn't sing that, he was lipsynching from a group apparently called Moosebutter.  Thank you wikipedia.
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Re: The "Let's Enjoy YouTube While We Can" Thread
« Reply #463 on: December 29, 2009, 09:56:58 AM »
Especially for urth and any other Kinks fans:  Just heard Scelsa play this on his pre-Xmas show, hadn't heard it in decades. From a long-forgotten 1977 LP called Kansas City Slickers by a band called The Leopards, this is "Dancing In the Snow" -- their lead singer does one helluva Ray Davies imitation...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K8LN5Qn6oo

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