You know I really like Tennis Courts by Lorde…
But I can’t help but think of this lamb every time the chorus cuts in…
Category: Musical Snobbery
Dance Across the Floor
Karaoke is not Good for You
This is really impressive…
(Man, this blog is just turning into a collection of YouTube videos isn’t it?)
Chris Brown has Left the Building
Chris “I beat women for fun” Brown is apparently quitting the music industry. If I actually believed for a second that he’d stick to this I would issue a call for wild celebrations, but seriously, how long will it be before he’s making guest appearances on other shitty ‘urban’ tracks left right and centre?
In any case, I only mention this because it gives me an excuse to post one of the funniest YouTube vids I’ve seen in quite some time…
Urban polka is most definitely a concept whose time has come!
Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Don’t
How can you make arguably one of the Beatles worst songs actually sound good? Shift it to a minor key!
To my ears it sounds like Gorillaz covering Madness, but maybe that’s just me.
I’m So Very Sorry…
In the Isles of Japan,
There’s a place called Tokyo,
That’s where we wanna go,
To get away from it all…
Bodies in their pods,
Temples to the Shinto Gods,
We’ll be falling in love,
To the rhythm of a taiko drum,
Way down in Tokyo…
Matsudo, Machida
Oo I wanna see ya!
Yao, Yokahama
C’mon pretty mama!
Kyoto, and Edo,
Baby why don’t we go?
Down to Tokyo,
We’ll get there fast and then we’ll take it slow!
That’s where we wanna go,
Way down in Tokyo…
Future Music
A picture of the future of music? Imagine the son of the founder of Motown Records shouting wiggle wiggle wiggle and shoving his crotch into a human face – forever.
Motorway
Today’s Google Doodle (commemorating 66 years since whatever the hell happened at Roswell happened) is fantastic. It took me a little while, but I figured out how to recover all the alien’s ship parts and send him safely on his way.
I particularly liked the reference to the legendarily awful E.T. computer game đŸ™‚
For a sadder look at Roswell, here’s the Pixies…
Buckley’s or None
Stumbled over this YouTube channel the other day…
I like this guy. Not only do his musical prejudices match mine but he sounds like a Canadian version of Randal from Clerks. Additionally there’s some real intelligence and thoughtful analysis behind all the snark.
Not safe for work, both on the basis of Buckley’s language and the truly awful music he highlights.
Also, is it just me, or does Beez in the Trap by Nicky Minaj sound exactly like Slap My Elbow by S’Mouse?
Och Aye the Noo
Glad to see local institution the Bad Piper (AKA Cam McKazie) getting some love on Boing Boing.
