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The most epic guitar swing fail

While playing a show in Conneaut, Ohio, Mason (on the right) attempts his usual Breathe Again bridge guitar swing. However, this one didn’t turn out so well…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O72lItS4OA

Bohemian Rhapsody Comedy

What do you get when you combine Bohemian Rhapsody (the most difficult song for karaoke), stand up comedy and imitating? You’ll get Bohemian Rhapsody performed by 25 most recognizable voices in music industry. And it’s done well.

Bizarre Chinese Old-folks Choir Covers Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance”

Lady Gaga has been a phenomenon and it seems this phenomenon has reached China. I’m not sure if this is karaoke, comedy or a performance from Talent China, but it’s certainly different from other Lady Gaga videos I’ve seen. Title of the video is wrong thought, the choir members aren’t that old.

Four Chord Song

Thanks to a friend, I bumped into  this eye-opening video. We all know that many pop songs sound alike, but this clarifies why it actually is so. Me like.

Michael Winslow – Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin

Remember the motor mouth from Police Academy. Here’s Michael Winslow doing Led Zeppelin. I guess that technically this is unplugged, but I’m not sure.

Benjamin Zander: Classical music with shining eyes

Another great TED talk. This time it’s about classical music and everything relating to it. Like a story about a guy who supposedly changed his company’s staff from two buttock workers to one buttock workers.

Grocery Store Musical

Another one from Improv Everywhere. The real thing with these is how they shoot the video and show people’s reactions.

Beatboxer THePETEBOX beatbox and guitar cover of Pixies – Where Is My Mind

I’ve always thought that people who can do everything on a song by themselves are pretty awesome and this guy really rocks. I’m impressed. All in one take using  just a sequencer. What you see is what you get.

[via Coverville]

Mad Men theme with a twist

I love Mad Men. I work in marketing myself and it’s fun to see how they supposedly did advertising back in the golden days.

I’m not sure do I like the theme music so much though. Below, however, Videos Recorded Live have done it excellently. The fact that it’s all done live (this is the 29th take) is admirable. Also it’s a very good idea to mash it up with Nature Boy.

[via Coverville]

Jakob Trollback rethinks the music video

What would a music video look like if it were directed by the music, purely as an expression of a great song, rather than driven by a filmmaker’s concept? Designer Jakob Trollback shares the results of his experiment in the form.

[Via TED]