The Old 97’s new music video for “Dance With Me” is frackin’ awesome! If I lost you at “frack,” allow me to rephrase. It’s like a mash-up of Battlestar Galactica and the Crazy 88 bar-fight scene from Kill Bill, but set to the hot new single from Rhett Miller and company. In other words, pure geek awesomeness! (Thanks to the musical Cylons over at Salad Days Music for the heads up!)
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An interesting dispute over digital ownership is a-brewin’ between two major acts with differing views on music and the Internet - Radiohead and Prince. After videos of Prince covering Radiohead’s “Creep” at this year’s Coachella made it on to YouTube, the Purple One and his label have attempted to have all of the clips taken down claiming a copyright violation (despite, the fact that the song isn’t Prince’s and the posted videos were shot by fans). Thom Yorke recently revealed that after his band had trouble watching the clip, he’s asked for Prince and YouTube to unblock the videos claiming copyright ownership. Read more about the copyright conflict at Billboard.
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Prince - “Creep” (Radiohead Cover)
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Leave Weezer alone!!! Weezer’s new video for “Pork and Beans” is so jam-packed with YouTube celebrities (but sadly no swearing Winnebago salesman), it is guaranteed to turn River Cuomo’s mustache into the next hot YouTube sensation. So, why not throw on your gem sweater and watch it now before it goes crazy viral causing your friends to forward it to you no less than a thousand times!
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Gnarls Barkley have just dropped the video for their new single, “Going On.” Shot in Jamaica, the video follows a group of friends as they “celebrate their discovery of a portal into another dimension” as a series of yellow words guide them. Don’t worry - you won’t need a mirror to read the words this time…
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John Mayer’s comedy résumé is increasingly ambitous and impressive - including some stand-up, a VH1 variety show, a 2 Girls 1 Cup parody, and (of course) a bright green Borat-style man thong. So, it shouldn’t be too surprising that his latest viral video (entitled Makin’ Music with John Mayer) was produced by Judd Apatow and features Kristen Bell and J.B. “Get In That Ass” Smoove, right? Right?!? The very funny clip features the guitarist giving fans a glimpse behind the scenes of his song-writing process and an exposé of why he needs a drug addict-for-hire, an angry focus group and a team of songwriters to help pen tracks about “when you’re fucking one supermodel and you make the other ones jealous.”
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