From Youtube user AndyRehfeldt, a video featuring a version of Metallica’s hit that’s different than we’re used to hearing. I love that he mixes two completely opposite genres and creates one really interesting piece. Two others in his Youtube channel were particularly interesting as well that deserves to be checked out: a Disney version of Slipknot’s “Wait and Bleed“ and a death metal Jonas Brothers song. I thought these three were his best. Some of the other ones he posted weren’t as good. But it’s amazing how cross genre remixes completely changes the dynamic of the songs.
Category: Music
One of my favorite music videos of all time. Released months before his death, Johnny Cash chronicles his entire life into four powerful minutes. Not only is it a tributary montage to Cash, but it presents him at the final fragile moments of his life. This video is a great example of how images that already have influential meanings on their own can be grouped together and edited in such a way to create an even stronger, more emotional statement. I can’t think of a more appropriate way for a music legend to literally close the piano lid on an amazing career.
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This video is from the silly guys who brought you “Here it Goes Again”. This time, the band OK Go presents an amazing music video shot in one take. The video features a giant Rube Goldberg machine built in a two-story werehouse. A quote from wikipedia says that “once the machine was completed, the filming, using a single Steadicam, took two days to complete on February 11 and 12, with an estimated 60 takes for the machine to properly function; many of the takes ended only 30 seconds into the process, where a tire would fail to roll properly into the next section of the machine. Syyn Labs had a group of 30 people to help reset the machine after each failed take, a process that took upwards of an hour.”
On a side note – before they made this video, they actually created another version featuring a marching band.
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Youngblood Brass Band is a group of very talented musicians. Their style consists of a blend of New Orleans Jazz, rock, drum corp and mostly hip hop. The following is my favorite Youngblood song, “Brooklyn”. What I love about them is that they are not afraid to push their instruments to the limit. The song features sousaphonist Nat McIntosh who astoundingly creates a DJ turntable record scratch effect with his tuba. This 7 minute instrumental masterpiece is so energetic and powerful that you’ll find it hard not to be grooving along.
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