Good music and other good stuff on youtube and Facebook

Post by **yovargas** » Sat May 11, 2013 12:19 am

I seriously haven't been able to get that song out of my head since I heard it on Tuesday. It's so catchy it may be driving me insane. I keep having the impulse to yell "We eat ribs!" everywhere I go....

Post by **Pearly Di** » Tue Jul 02, 2013 12:06 pm

Some great '80s commercials!

1. 'Canada, The World Next Door':

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2kFxNT6J8Q

I always liked that one because it featured Anne of Green Gables

- she pops up around 0:43 - but I preferred the music they used for the UK version (which I can't find, sadly, as it also featured Anne). But here is the music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyY5UTYk51w

2. And this fabulous British Airways commercial from 1989 (shame the quality isn't better):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxs106rp5RQ

Post by **Alatar** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:35 am

So these two Canadians have made a better advert for Ireland than Bord Failte ever did.

http://vimeo.com/stephenparker/afortnightplushalf

Its long, but worth watching of you have time. This is the real Ireland, tourist traps, natural beauty, trad sessions, great food, the works.

P.S. Have to say I thought of you when I saw this Lali!

Post by **Pearly Di** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 5:20 pm

I loved that, Al.

Made me relive my own hols on the Emerald Isle.

'Specially the sessions in the pubs of County Donegal, when local folk would gather to play trad music. Just wonderful. I wish so much that England had that kind of culture in our country pubs ... we must have had something like that once, but it's lost.

And they featured Bunratty!

Post by **Impenitent** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 12:40 am

Some day I will get there, I swear it. Beautiful.

Post by **Pearly Di** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 12:42 pm

Gorgeous time-lapse video from a Norwegian guy in praise of his beautiful country. Features one of Norway's spectacular waterfalls, a lunar eclipse and the Northern lights:

http://vimeo.com/54802209

I've been to Norway just the once. It's one of the most beautiful countries imaginable. Middle-earth Incarnate!

Post by **narya** » Sat Aug 31, 2013 12:20 am

Perhaps Hal can give us a translation.

http://entertainment.ie/wtf/Watch-Japan ... 208163.htm

Di, your video of Norway looks just like southcentral Alaska!

Post by **Jude** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 12:47 pm

Here's a great animation of the Crab Canon from Bach's Musical Offering:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUHQ2ybTejU

In case you're wondering, a canon is a musical piece of two or more voices, where each subsequent voice sings the same tune as the first voice, but later. A popular example is "Row, row, row your boat".

A crab canon is a piece where the second voice actually sings what the first voice sings, but backwards. The animation demonstrates this beautifully.

Post by **samaranth** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 3:48 am

That's brilliant, Jude! Both the canon and the animation, very clever.

Post by **Lalaith** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 6:14 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqebEymqFS8

We're married?!

(It's actually very sweet. One mild expletive.)

Post by **Alatar** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 5:41 pm

The Enterprise Crew reaction to Miley Cyrus!

http://youtu.be/k6Lb3kFwJRQ

Sat Sep 14, 2013 5:53 pm

That is funny!

Post by **SirDennis** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 9:33 pm

That about captures it.

Post by **Alatar** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 1:52 pm

I kinda love this beat poem by Tim Minchin!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhGuXCuDb1U

Post by **SirDennis** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 2:53 am

But each day when she walks to the sea...

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

Post by **Impenitent** » Fri Oct 11, 2013 7:13 am

I didn't have the benefit of this Disney production during my formative years, and, alas! I did not know about it in time for my daughter to benefit from it. However, it is my pleasure to post the link here so that both River and Mahima can take advantage of it for the weeny halofirien babies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8Z82MZU ... ata_player

Post by **SirDennis** » Mon Nov 04, 2013 5:10 am

Finally someone understands the value of social gaming: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0d9d-cdxhk

Post by **Alatar** » Mon Nov 04, 2013 11:15 am

Brilliant!

Post by **Alatar** » Thu Nov 14, 2013 5:28 pm

Gotta love Lily Allen! Warning! Language, suggestive scenes and merciless parody!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0CazRHB0so

Post by **yovargas** » Thu Nov 14, 2013 5:33 pm

Funny...I didn't much care for the song or video but I just saw this yesterday because of this comment from her which I thought was awesome:

Lily Allen came back with a bang yesterday when she released her new video for "Hard Out Here", which doubles as a critique of sexism in the music industry. But now she's the one fielding criticism from those questioning her decision to use women of color as twerking back-up dancers. (Sound familiar? - Ed.)

Allen has taken to Twitter to respond to these criticisms, writing:

Privilege, Superiority and Misconceptions

1. If anyone thinks for a second that I requested specific ethnicities for the video, they're wrong.

2. If anyone thinks that after asking the girls to audition, I was going to send any of them away because of the colour of their skin, they're wrong.

3. The message is clear. Whilst I don’t want to offend anyone. I do strive to provoke thought and conversation. The video is meant to be a lighthearted satirical video that deals with objectification of women within modern pop culture. It has nothing to do with race, at all.

4. If I could dance like the ladies can, it would have been my arse on your screens; I actually rehearsed for two weeks trying to perfect my twerk, but failed miserably. If I was a little braver, I would have been wearing a bikini too, but I do not and I have chronic cellulite, which nobody wants to see. What I’m trying to say is that me being covered up has nothing to do with me wanting to disassociate myself from the girls, it has more to do with my own insecurities and I just wanted to feel as comfortable as possible on the shoot day.

5. I'm not going to apologise because I think that would imply that I’m guilty of something, but I promise you this, in no way do I feel superior to anyone, except paedophiles, rapists murderers etc., and I would not only be surprised but deeply saddened if I thought anyone came away from that video feeling taken advantage of,or compromised in any way.