Something Historic

Last week, Paris in two minutes.  This week, the whole of human history (so far):

The creator is a 19-year old (or so the profile says) called drivinman687.  The song is Zack Hemsey’s “Mind Heist.”

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Quelque Chose de Français

Paris in two minutes, courtesy of the talented Mayeul Akpovi:

And well worth the trip.

The music is “Angel” by Massive Attack.  After I watched this, I went searching and acquired half their available downloads—very good stuff!

 

Something Else

It’s one thing to make a parody of a popular song. It’s quite another to create a cover that transforms that song into something with melodic and emotional depths that the original wasn’t meant to have.

Ben Howard has managed it very nicely:

There’s something in Mr. Howard’s delivery that reminds me of Tracy Chapman—tone, resonance, delivery . . .  I’m not sure.  But I like it.

(I stole this from Jalisa Blackman’s last Music Monday—she’s introduced me to some amazing stuff)

 

Something Hilarious

I have no idea who sent me this video of the strange and awesome brilliance of gymnast Paul Hunt, but thank you:

I found this one on my own:

It takes a lot of skill to be this bad and this good at the same time.

Something Pretty Enough

I’ve shared this video before, but it’s been two years exactly, and I have more than three followers, so I thought I’d do it again.

No matter what kind of an I Suck mood I get myself into, this video always helps:

Sung by the talented and überhammy Rick Wood, accompanied by the UC-Berkeley Octet in 2003.