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Home Taping is Killing Music

John — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:08:06 +0000

The Ultimate Pop Culture Mashup?

John — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:01:59 +0000

Enjoy this orgasm of video clips cleverly edited to a beat.

Is it sad that I can identify pretty much every clip?

Pizza Hut/Taco Bell: Two Foods, One Place – Mindblowing Hip-Hop

John — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:27:13 +0000

“Combination Pizza Hut & Taco Bell” is a stupidly catchy song by a pair of artists known as Das Racist. The song virtually demands the below video…

And check out this adorable tribute video:

MORE:
Here’s a hipster tribute video – perhaps my favorite of the rapidly-proliferating single-cam version.

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The Ballad of GI Joe

John — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:21:20 +0000

I have been assured that this is better than the movie.

The Ballad of G.I. Joe from Olivia Wilde

Arlington, VA – Straightup Gangsta

John — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:29:46 +0000

My sister just moved to the D.C. area. She says this song is very accurate about the local culture.

GoRemy’s website is here. Remy is 29 years old and seems to be one of the rare YouTube creators who is making a living off making silly videos — unless he’s somehow paying the bills with his Yelp! reviews:

Gullivers Movers
Category: Movers
5 star rating
5/19/2009
Had a couple items moved. Everyone I dealt with was very nice and helpful. Final price was as estimated as well. Great job!

Remy’s last video was paid for by lobbyists who are against cap and trade. I like the idea of viral video makers getting in on some of the interest group slush money. For example, wouldn’t you like to see Tay Zonday (the chocolate rain guy), sing a song about a public option for health insurance? “Chocolate rage! Insurance companies routinely deny coverage. Chocolate rage! Public option covers you no matter what your age.”

Lady Gaga / Journey Mashup

John — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:00:22 +0000

Embedding is blocked. You’ll have to go straight to YouTube.

What Susan Boyle Actually Sang

John — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:37:59 +0000

The real audio from Susan Boyle’s audition is finally heard…

The Mom Song

John — Sun, 03 May 2009 03:37:57 +0000

My mom loves this!

Happy Moms Day!

Lonely Island Boys Music Videos

John — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:47:00 +0000

Of late, the Digital Shorts have been the reason to watch SNL and the music parodies have been the reason to watch the Digital Shorts. Now some of them are finally out of Hulu jail and on YouTube to promote an album by The Lonely Island Boys (the Digital Shorts-making team of Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer that Lorne Michaels hired wholesale).

Dick in a box wanna-be ‘Jizz in My Pants’:

My personal favorite:

BONUS – We like sportz:

Grass Mud Horse

John — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:52:53 +0000

This meme is sweeping China right now, and as obscene as it is, it’s actually a hilarious protest against censorship (a euphemism for which is ‘harmony’ – which sounds a lot like ‘river crabs’ in Chinese).

If you can’t see the subtitles on this video, here is a text translation (cache linked, since the original was predictably censored).

Here’s a rap take-off:

I have yet to find a translation for this one, but I believe there is an attempt now in the comments.

Grass Mud Horse is just one of 10 Baidu Mythical Creatures that are reportedly taking the Chinese internet by storm.