The "Let's Enjoy YouTube While We Can" Thread

[princessofcairo]

I wish I could say this is a joke, but apparently he's dead serious: Joaquin Phoenix... rapper.

http://dailyblabber.ivillage.com/entertainment/archives/2009/01/joaquin-phoenix-raps-up-his-ca.html

I predict he's back on a movie set inside of a year, tops. That was just pathetic.

Walk The Line 2: Cash's Revenge! -- this time it's personal!

That was painful.

[RGMike]

Jim Rigsbee, the Monday-nite oldies guy on KPOO, doesn't hit the '70s too often, but last nite he floored me by playing one of my favorite forgotten 45s, 1971's "I Hear Those Churchbells Ringing" by Dusk, a lovingly retro-'60s hommage to girl-group records in general and "Chapel of Love" in particular. And lo, someone on YouTube posted the Dusk tune with a bit of the Dixie Cups inserted for reference:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAj7hV81KR8

Dusk were produced by Medress & Appell at Bell records, who had just scored with the first couple of Dawn hits; someone at Bell apparently decided "hey, we have a group called Dawn, so we should get one named Dusk". And so this short-lived retro girl-group was born. But what I didn't know until last nite was that the lead singer of Dusk was Peggy Santiglia, who had been lead singer of the Angels on "My Boyfriend's Back"! I think Gaz will especially appreciate this tune if he's never heard it.

[RGMike]

In honor of the new Ted Haggard docu on HBO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZmHC75FDqQ

[urth]

Christian Bale's on-set rant, remixed and transformed into music. Very catchy but very NSFW.

http://tinyurl.com/agcqw4

[urth]

A 90-minute documentary on British Prog from, where else, the BBC:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8T904BrY_k

This is the first 30-min. segment. Fairly good, but it goes on a bit. Just like prog rock.

[RGMike]

A 90-minute documentary on British Prog from, where else, the BBC:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8T904BrY_k

This is the first 30-min. segment. Fairly good, but it goes on a bit. Just like prog rock.

I suspect this will end up on VH-1 Classic; they show a lot of BBC stuff.

[princessofcairo]

A 90-minute documentary on British Prog from, where else, the BBC:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8T904BrY_k

This is the first 30-min. segment. Fairly good, but it goes on a bit. Just like prog rock.

Thanks for posting that - it was very enjoyable! I wonder where the prog rock women are, though?

[RGMike]

A 90-minute documentary on British Prog from, where else, the BBC:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8T904BrY_k

This is the first 30-min. segment. Fairly good, but it goes on a bit. Just like prog rock.

Thanks for posting that - it was very enjoyable! I wonder where the prog rock women are, though?

Where's Annie Haslam when we need her?

[princessofcairo]

A 90-minute documentary on British Prog from, where else, the BBC:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8T904BrY_k

This is the first 30-min. segment. Fairly good, but it goes on a bit. Just like prog rock.

Thanks for posting that - it was very enjoyable! I wonder where the prog rock women are, though?

Where's Annie Haslam when we need her?

Well, that's a start...a scary one, but a start.

[urth]

A 90-minute documentary on British Prog from, where else, the BBC:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8T904BrY_k

This is the first 30-min. segment. Fairly good, but it goes on a bit. Just like prog rock.

Thanks for posting that - it was very enjoyable! I wonder where the prog rock women are, though?

Where's Annie Haslam when we need her?

Well, that's a start...a scary one, but a start.

Bet she shows up in the sequel, on Brit Folk Rock bands. The closest they came to that on this one was Jethro Tull, who kind of vacillate between Fairport Convention (they even share a couple of members) and Genesis.

[urth]

Was just watching the two versions of the Lennon-McCartney tune that Gaz blogged about, and in some subsequent surfing found this version of Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me). I assume it was done after the fact as some of those pics post-date the song by a few years, but still a pretty good take on it, and it's a longer version than I'm used to--the lead-out is much longer, goes on beyond just the 4 Tops riff that usually ends the song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16kh-AP4OCU&feature=channel_page

(I'd never heard either version of It's For You before. Have to say I liked the second one better, but was impressed with the tightness of 3DN's vocals in the live setting. You could tell they were really focusing on each other and getting their cues.)

[Gazoo]

Was just watching the two versions of the Lennon-McCartney tune that Gaz blogged about, and in some subsequent surfing found this version of Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me). I assume it was done after the fact as some of those pics post-date the song by a few years, but still a pretty good take on it, and it's a longer version than I'm used to--the lead-out is much longer, goes on beyond just the 4 Tops riff that usually ends the song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16kh-AP4OCU&feature=channel_page

(I'd never heard either version of It's For You before. Have to say I liked the second one better, but was impressed with the tightness of 3DN's vocals in the live setting. You could tell they were really focusing on each other and getting their cues.)

Re Reunion: There really was only one way to do a video for this song, and the creator NAILED it.  Right down to "RCA and all the others."  (I especially loved ABBA for "honey, honey," which had never occurred to me.)  And yes, to answer your question, there was a good 7-10 seconds I'd never heard before.

Re 3DN: If you ever get bored, check out some of their live clips.  Their vocals are astonishingly good, and it's hard not to be transfixed by the relentless wrongness of their outfits and hairstyles.  They were the anti-boyband, and their chart success makes me feel better about things.

[Gazoo]

Following up from the Peppermint Rainbow's "Will You Be Staying After Sunday" in a separate thread, here's their follow-up, which suggests the answer to the aforementioned was a decisive "no," "Don't Wake Me Up in the Morning, Michael," which is damn near my total visual aesthetic in one puffball.

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

[Gazoo]

OMFG, this is my dream dance party:

The Zombies, "This Old Heart of Mine"

[RGMike]

Was just watching the two versions of the Lennon-McCartney tune that Gaz blogged about, and in some subsequent surfing found this version of Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me). I assume it was done after the fact as some of those pics post-date the song by a few years, but still a pretty good take on it, and it's a longer version than I'm used to--the lead-out is much longer, goes on beyond just the 4 Tops riff that usually ends the song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16kh-AP4OCU&feature=channel_page

(I'd never heard either version of It's For You before. Have to say I liked the second one better, but was impressed with the tightness of 3DN's vocals in the live setting. You could tell they were really focusing on each other and getting their cues.)

Re Reunion: There really was only one way to do a video for this song, and the creator NAILED it.  Right down to "RCA and all the others."  (I especially loved ABBA for "honey, honey," which had never occurred to me.)  And yes, to answer your question, there was a good 7-10 seconds I'd never heard before.

This is where YouTube (and its users) truly shine(s). There's a similar clip of "American Pie", ticking off all the references. I wonder if someone's done the same with "I Do The Rock"?