YouTube is the best thing the internets have come up with. It has brought me so much joy since it was first created and it seems that it just keeps on giving.
There's the evolution of dance.
And then the Filipino prisoner version of the same video.
We can't forget "the guys on treadmills video."
One of my personal favorites: Chad Vader-Day Shift Manager.
Want to revisit the crappy themes from childhood cartoons that seem solely concerned with exposition? Look no further. YouTube has them all: Transformers, G.I. Joe, the ninja turtles and even He-Man.
How about 7 straight minutes of David Caruso's one-liners from CSI: Miami?
I love YouTube so much that I've written whole entries before praising its amazing ability to keep me at my computer for hours at a time.
However, not until recently did I feel a personal connection with Our Lady of The Internet Video. I happened upon some of my own stuff posted there by other people. Most notably a choreographed version of Musica animam tangens with The Choral Project.
They sing it really well and, even though the song doesn't have anything to do with death, it works well as a "soundtrack" to the scene the actors and dancer are portraying. They also did a cool version of my friend Matt Culloton's Famine Song.
Besides Musica, there are two different versions of David's Lamentation floating around as well. One is a really nice performance in Belfast, Northern Ireland by a high school choir from Washington state (Go Knights!)
The other is by a choir called Limited Edition (which Google knew nothing about).
Thank you, YouTube. You have brought me joy as well as a myriad of excuses to be lethargic and drink coffee.
As for actual work, I've got somewhere between 50-60 percent of Renascence done. It's due in 2 weeks and I'm on track. Hee-haw!
3 comments:
While I agree that "Musica Anima Tangens" has nothing to do with death, it is about transcendence. Within the arc of "One is the All," your work acted as a signpost for the ultimate episode of transcendence!
Cool! You're absolutely right as well. It's really interesting to see the different ways that someone can use your work and The Choral Project's performance is among my favorite.
Well, I am currently under the direction of Chris Harris, and I know you know him. I'm guessing he will be contacting you in a while for a reason.
Love your work.
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