When I saw that cosplayer/youtube personality who goes by "D Piddy" put out a parody of Pharrell Williams' "Happy," I figured it would be much like his other "parodies" - do a funny video involving cosplayers and keep the music the same. But this time, he went an extra mile, putting together a song that riffs on the source material while ( Read more... )

A recent Chicago Reader article brought Australian-born rapper Iggy Azalea to my attention. According to the Reader, she recently adjusted her style from rap to the rap/EDM hybrid. I'm not really a fan of a pop-dance blend known as EDM (mostly because it feels like trance watered down to pop sensibilities), but curious enough to follow the Youtube ( Read more... )

I originally wanted to post it two weeks ago, but then Crimean Crisis happened... Honestly, it may have been for the best. After two weeks, I realized that some of the songs I liked when I was planning the post I wasn't so keen on anymore. That made the songs I still liked even more impressive. Showed they had staying power ( Read more... )

Over the past few years, we've had a lot of talented youtubers putting together mixes of the major hit songs to mark the end of the year. This year, there are two mixes I liked the best.

"Waking Up" by DJ Drybones.

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And "Pop Danthology 2013" by Daniel Kim

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Mixing together a lot of very different song isn't easy. Mixing them together and making ( Read more... )

When I first saw the music video for "Girl President" by South Korean pop group Girl's Day, my eyebrows went up a bit. While South Korean society is not as culturally conservative as it used to be, say, 30 years ago, it's still more culturally conservative than United States. Girls taking off their clothes (even behind the screen) while dancing ( Read more... )

Youtube is suddenly letting me post videos directly to Livejournal. And what better way to test this function than to post a song (well, a remix of a song) that's been stuck in my head all day.

(Because LIGHTS + AuTra = AWESOME)

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I am pretty sure I posted this before, but I decided to repost it anyway because, well, it's Easter, and Easter wouldn't exist without Passover

(In other words, I really should have reposted it yesterday)

The multi-lingual version of "When You Believe" from Prince of Egypt, composed using dubs from all over the world. Unfortunately, there isn't ( Read more... )

Not usually my kind of music, but it's surprisingly catchy:

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Seriously, what the hell is this thing? I have no clue.

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The behind-the-scenes blog thingy really doesn't help.

Oh, and just so you know, all their songs are like this.