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Ruben’s Tube (YouTube video) is a:
classic physics experiment involving sound, a tube of propane and fire. Created for Flash Forward 2006, but useful in any case where you are not allowed to have fire. I push through the tube 449 Hz then higher frequencies, then some jazz and then some rock. This is real life sound visualization.
Pretty cool…
Cartoon All-Stars To The Rescue (YouTube video; part 1 of 4) is an extremely cheesy anti-drug PSA from the ‘90s. Check out Parts 2, 3, and 4 if you can stand it…
I suppose I’ll round out my music video mini-theme with Scott Robbin’s list of Top 10 Weird Al Videos.
Stylus Magazine’s article rating the Top 100 Music Videos of All Time is pretty good and even includes links to YouTube videos…
The concept behind The Incredible Mouth Band (YouTube video) is pretty unusual:
I thought “wouldn’t it be a good idea if there was a band that, instead of playing instruments, just repeatedly spoke the title of their instrument to the tune of the song” then I thought “No it’d be terrible and they’d get nowhere” So I tried it myself.
A bit out there, but original nonetheless…
While I’m on the topic of unusual music videos, I guess I should mention this video of The Four Squeezins (YouTube video) playing their F Medley consisting of The Flintstones Theme and Funiculi Funicula.
Check out this video of the Latvian group Cosmos performing Billie Jean using only their voices. Pretty damn impressive…
Check out this video of the Latvian group Cosmos performing Billie Jean using only their voices. Pretty damn impressive…
The YouTube video of Thriller done Bollywood-style freaked me out a little…
Maps of War poses the question:
Who has controlled the Middle East over the course of history? Pretty much everyone. Egyptians, Turks, Jews, Romans, Arabs, Greeks, Persians, Europeans…the list goes on. Who will control the Middle East today? That is a much bigger question.
Check out the very cool Flash video below that displays a short geographical history of the Middle East in 90 seconds.
