Before I talk about the latest episode of YouTrax, I want to mention something that happened a month or so ago. In this blog I mentioned something about how I didn't enjoy the guests that YouTrax had on for a couple weeks. Well I got a reply from YouTrax saying they didn't appreciate that statement. My response to that will always be, "Then get some talent for your next show". The last show was pretty good, but I really enjoyed the most recent episode I'm featuring today. Not only do the singers have talent, but they were unknown to me. After watching the show I subscribed to Brittany Lee-Ann & Laura Broad on YouTube. To check out past episodes of YouTrax (the good & bad) CLICK HERE.
Virtual Girlfriend Here's an original song from Laura Broad.
Edge Of The Universe YouTuber 'ReinaDelCid' uploaded a great original song yesterday.
The Deer And The Cat I almost hit a deer today, so maybe Jonathan Mann can write a song called "The Deer And The Car"?
Mystery Train "Washboard Chaz & Roberto Luti combine their talents to create this New Orlean's version of a 1953 classic."
Jake & Amir (live) My favorite episodes are the ones in which Amir tries to rap, and it's even better live.
This is the best wedding dance ever, it even beats out the original Thriller Wedding Dance.
25 Random Things This is a great parody of the Miley Cyrus song "7 Things".
Turn And Smile This song could be used on 90% of the sitcoms that have ever aired.
God Damn You're Beautiful Chester See made an official music video for one of his songs. It was directed by Jonathan Nellis.
Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop Gerald Ko does a Landon Pigg cover.
Love Story (from Romeo's Perspective) I've heard a couple better versions of this from the male perspective, but this is still a good Taylor Swift cover from Gabe Bondoc.
Bill Irwin Break Dance This video is a good example of why I subscribe to the Sesame Street YouTube channel.
There were a couple decent songs in the last round of Song Fight. The voting is long over with, but you can see the results & listen to all the songs from I Will Be Acquitted. My favorite songs were from: 1. Sh*tload Of Dolphins - They made me laugh. 2. King Arthur 3. Jon Titterington 4. Pathetic Wannabees
You can listen to the songs from the current challenge HERE. The topic is "What Happens At The Butchers Convention?" 'They Meet' of course.
Spintown News: Still feel like crap, and I think I'm gonna have to break down and go to the doctor today. I was trying to avoid paying a $50 co pay, and the cost of meds. This is the 3rd day of not eating, feeling like crap & not working though, I'm finally caving...
On Planets Here's the latest VideoSong from Jack Conte. In case you forgot the rules of making a VideoSong: "1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds)."
Get Off My Phone Here's a funny vampire/metal remix of the recent Glenn Beck freak out.
Woe, Hypocrites! Ysabella Brave came out with a new song yesterday.
Spintown News: The problems with my YouTube channel seem to be fixed for the most part, so hopefully things will return to normal on here soon. Unfortunately for the past 20 hours or so, I've been sick as a dog. My stomach feels like it's getting it's butt kicked by my kidneys. I had to call off work yesterday, and I'm hoping I can go in later today.
I'm On A Broom This is an "I'm On A Boat" parody from nayder07.
Birthday Sex Parody ahmirTV made me laugh with this video. I think a lot of guys can relate to this.
My Space Here's yet another parody, this time of a Frank Sinatra classic.
If You're Not The One Pete Simson did a funny spoof of a Daniel Beddingfield song.
Spintown News: It made my day to see that I was mentioned in the latest version of "Pop Waffle". I should be giving hints real soon about 2 new Spintown videos that will be released in the next month. Might even share some still images from the videos...
Pop Waffle 29 I normally link to or feature new Pop Waffle videos, but this time I'm actually mentioned & quoted in the episode. So what are you waiting for, hit play!
Eric Herman Dance Contest Eric Herman is giving you a chance to win cash & signed CD's. All you have to do is download his song Ants In Your Pants, record yourself dancing to it, and then post it as a video response on YouTube. Watch the video for more details.
Never Gonna Give Your Teen Spirit Up This is the best Rick Roll video to come out in over a year. Get ready for Nirvana meets Rick Astley...
Videogame Music Video This is a cool music video featuring many classic game moments & characters.
After Hours If you're not watching "So You Think You Can Dance" you're missing out. Here's a short film featuring Evan Kasprzak, who is still on the show.
Jonathan Mann If you're not following Jonathan Mann on YouTube, this video will show you what you've been missing.
Darth MC Hammer Which is better? Darth Vader doing the Hammer Dance or dancing to Thriller?
Spintown News: I know I haven't updated for a couple days, but that's because YouTube is acting a bit funny. I subscribe to over 400 channels, but I'm only getting updates from about 1/5 of them. I don't know if it's just buggy because of the new design YouTube is working on, or if it's something else. I might be missing even more updates in the near future.
Wizard Rap Battle "Harry Potter vs. Voldemort in an epic rap battle to determine who is the ultimate wizard!"
State Of Shock Ponceman & The Sap put together a cool Michael Jackson tribute.
Big Fish Tank This is an incredible video that was shot in 1 take "at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan. The main tank called the 'Kuroshio Sea' holds 7,500-cubic meters (1,981,290 gallons) of water and features the world's second largest acrylic glass panel, measuring 8.2 meters by 22.5 meters with a thickness of 60 centimeters. Whale sharks and manta rays are kept amongst many other fish species in the main tank. The music is "Please Don't Go" by Barcelona." This is the most beautiful video I've seen on YouTube to date...you have to watch it in HD.
Can't This song was written & recorded by Alan Lastufka & Tom Milsom.
Coder Girl Geeky girls rock. Give me a girl that can write HTML, and I'm a happy man.
There's Always An A-Hole On The Internet The title of this song is 100% right. YouTube comments just seem to get meaner & meaner for instance.
YouTrax 22 This time YouTrax features The Shures & pays tribute to Michael Jackson.
Spintown News: Over at Song Fight there's a bunch of new songs I need to check out. I probably won't get to it until Friday, but you can go listen to some by clicking the image below. Robot Girlfriend Song If YouTube changed the rules so that you could only subscribe to 10 people, this is a good example of why I'd still follow Rhett & Link.
Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir This is a cool idea, and the song is called "Sleep". Thank you 'POPTUB' for bringing this to my attention.
National Anthem This is the most American video you will watch today. "The Star Spangled banner played on a Louisville Slugger bat by Glenn Donnellan of the National Symphony Orchestra."
This is a well done fan tribute to the awesome television show Lost.
Clone Megan Fox I don't really get the hype about this chick. She's definately hot, but I can think of a dozen other chicks in Hollywood I think are sexier. Flavor of the week or year I guess...
Myspace Is A Ghost Town Whether it's a ghost town or not, I like it better then Facebook. I'm on both, but really don't do much with either though.
Michael Jackson Piano Medley 16 Songs in 7 Minutes: I Want You Back, Billie Jean, Rock With You, Ben, The Way You Make Me Feel, Off The Wall, Smooth Criminal, Human Nature, I'll Be There, Thriller, Black Or White, Bad, P.Y.T., Beat It, Man In The Mirror & We Are The World.
How To Do The Robot I want to go back in time just to slap this chick.
Popping Freestyle 'TheRussianTiger' on YouTube recently messed up a knee ligament, but it doesn't look like it in this video.
Join Me And Fight Reh Dogg needs to team up with Drinking With Bob because I think they're the only conservatives on YouTube besides myself. Sure seems that way at times.
Spintown News: It's been awhile since I featured some of my favorite singers & dancers from way back when. So today I'm featuring 5 Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis clips. I hope you enjoy them, but on Tuesday I'll get back to posting more current videos.
It Doesn't Get Any Better My favorite singer of all time (Dean Martin) teams up with my favorite dancer of all time (Gene Kelly) ...what more could you ask.
Singing In The Rain Long before the above clip, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis took on a Singing In The Rain bit on the Colgate Comedy Hour.
When You Pretend This is a great segment from the movie Artists And Models.
The Typewriter Song This is a fairly famous bit from Jerry Lewis. It's from the Colgate Comedy Hour, and the music is by Leroy Anderson.
You'll Never Get Away "Jerry Lewis hurt his knee and couldn't perform on the Colgate Comedy Hour, so this is what happened in the end."
"In the spring of 2008, Sons of Maxwell were traveling to Nebraska for a one-week tour and my Taylor guitar was witnessed being thrown by United Airlines baggage handlers in Chicago. I discovered later that the $3500 guitar was severely damaged. They didnt deny the experience occurred but for nine months the various people I communicated with put the responsibility for dealing with the damage on everyone other than themselves and finally said they would do nothing to compensate me for my loss. So I promised the last person to finally say no to compensation (Ms. Irlweg) that I would write and produce three songs about my experience with United Airlines and make videos for each to be viewed online by anyone in the world. United: Song 1 is the first of those songs. United: Song 2 has been written and video production is underway. United: Song 3 is coming."
Best Proposal In History This is definately the best marriage proposal I've seen, but I was waiting for Mickey Mouse to make an appearance.
Our American Cousin This is the song that Molly Lewis wrote to beat Paul & Storm in Song Fu 3. I linked to the MP3 back then, but she just made this video.
Earth Song Here's another Michael Jackson tribute, this time from Lisa Lavie.
Bogota Pole Dance This chick can do things on a stripper pole that is unfreaking believable.
Dorm Room Here's the latest original song from Gabe Bondoc.
Another Day Here's the latest original song from Kina Grannis.
Best Of The Rest:
1. "Celestial Seasonings had removed the Unicorn from their packaging. Not even the Mint Magician knows what happened!" CLICK HERE FOR The Mint Magician
2. Here's another version of the most covered song of the year, this time from Kikii. CLICK HERE FOR The Climb
Spintown News: A relative of Har Mar Superstar apparently stumpled into Spintown yesterday. He left a comment on Thursday's blog post. This video from Thursday's blog was removed, and replaced with this version. CLICK HERE FOR Body Request
Hibi no Neiro "This music video was shot for Sour's 'Hibi no Neiro' (Tone of everyday). The cast was selected from the actual Sour fan base, from many countries around the world. Each person and scene was filmed purely via webcam."
Dont Trust Me Honestly this isn't a song I would have expected Julia Nunes to cover, but I'm glad she did.
Heal The World Rin On The Rox got around to paying tribute to the King Of Pop the other day.
Michael Jackson Medley Andrew Garcia & Cathy Nguyen put together a pretty good medley in tribute to Michael Jackson. (I Want You Back - ABC's - Man In The Mirror - I'll Be There)
He-Man Meets Bollywood This may be better then to classic 80's cartoon.
One Note Band I thought this was a cool idea for a video, but it could have been done better.
Human I enjoyed this dance duet, that was choreographed by Troy Herring.
Spintown News: I've got some good news from Song Fu. It was revealed that Berg And Jerry would be going up against Molly Lewis in the final challenge. I was disappointed at the start of this tournament because I thought Molly was going to be a regular constestant. This makes up for that disappointment a little. The challenge was also revealed:
"Write a song about a journey. This journey must include 3 main characters. Your song can be in any style you choose....That’s it. The only other directive is that your song must run no shorter than 1 minute 4 seconds."
Fred Drives Me Crazy! Dave Days & I have 1 thing in common....we dislike Fred videos.
The Girl At The Video Game Store "Parry Gripp celebrates Attack of the Show's 1000th episode with a very special music video." Hopefully this doesn't get taken down too soon, since it isn't from a G4 related channel. If the embed stops working just CLICK HERE to watch it at the G4 website.
We Gamin' This isn't just a funny nerd rap, but it also contains some pretty cool references for videogame nerds.
Beat It YouTuber 'mattrach' made a Michael Jackson tribute that rocks.
Like A Douche? Hot For Words spreads some interesting knowledge when you actually listen to her, and not just stare at her chest. In this latest video, she talks about something music related.
This Boy YouTubers 'jun626' & 'jamesnorthernva' team up for a cool colab.
One-Man Rap I don't mind YouTubers pimping their products as long as they're creative about it. Tom Milsom gives us a good example of what I'm talking about.
10. My favorite rapper ever is Young MC, and today I happened upon this cool interview he did with a guy called Nardwuar? There's a little freestyle at the end... CLICK HERE FOR Interview
Spintown News: Sorry the blog is late today, I hit the sack right after work yesterday.
Body Request Here's a cool, but old music video by Har Mar Superstar.
Brothers & Sisters This is another classic music video from Har Mar Superstar.
Power Lunch Har Mar Superstar performs live on Born Sloppy back in 2003.
Skatman This is a very simple video, for a classic song.
Project Soul Freestyle Session Here's another dance video from Kollaboration.
KPOP Dream: Back Me Up This looks like it'll be an interesting series for Current TV. This guy is on a mission to become a Korean pop (aka K-pop) star.
Punk Rock Family "The Rosenthals are like the Cleavers, only punk. Henry, the patriarch, is a filmmaker and was the drummer in one of the first ever punk bands, Crime. His kids, 16 year old Lou Lou and 19 year old George, are also in a band, who just put out their first LP. Carola is a costume designer, band manager, and Mom. They live in a 6 story industrial building in San Francisco where they eat, sleep, work and jam."
Spintown News: "Kollaboration is an annual talent show event created by a small group of professional young Asian Americans/ Asian Canadians, volunteering their time and skills to bring the vast talents of the Korean American/ Korean Canadian community into the mainstream." Yesterday I included a couple videos from the most recent show, but today I'm featuring 6 more. The 1 lone video that isn't from Kollaboration is a quick review of what happened today concerning Michael Jackson.
Finding Peace The Day in 100 Seconds.
Dumbfoundead Behind the scenes with Dumbfoundead, Rubox, Verseatile, Paul Ji Sung Kim.
Advent Children Vs Zombie Hunterz The next 3 videos are from the dance battles. I'm so glad the video quality from Kollaboration & YouTube have improved the past couple years. Now you get a pretty good look at these b-boys doing their thing.
3D Vs Legion of Doom
Zombie Hunterz Vs Legion Of Doom And the winners are....
Project Soul Showcase What? The dance battle wasn't enough for you? Alright, then watch the b-boys from this crew.
Funky Soul Here's one last hip hoppin' video for you.
Here's the latest comedic lyrics from Rhett & Link.
Music And Me Nick Pitera is the first person to pay tribute to Michael Jackson with this cover....at least from what I've come across thus far.
Chase Dat Gold: The LARP Rap Rapping nerds always make cool videos.
MJ Piano Tribute This piano medley includes Michael Jackson songs such as Thriller, Billie Jean, Beat It, Bad, You Are Not Alone, Heal The World & I'll Be There.
Dumbfoundead Hopefully there will be a bunch of cool videos being posted soon from Kollaboration.
Fell In Love At A Coffee Shop Kris Mark does a nice job with this Landon Pigg song.
Heartbreak This isn't the greatest of videos, but it's a good original song from Tiffany Alvord.
Spintown News: I mentioned I was going to start following songfight.org. Well a bunch (22) of new songs about Amsterdam were recently posted. When you get to the BOTR section below you'll notice I didn't link to any of the entries like I do when new Song Fu songs are uploaded. The reason being that all the songs sucked...at least all 15 that I listened to before I gave up hope. It might be worth a look if you're from Amsterdam, but otherwise lets just hope for better stuff next time.
My Song Fu round 3 update is a bit late, but here it is. Berg & Jerry won again, which means they squeeked out a victory in every singe round of the tournament. It also means they will move on to battle a Song Fu Master in the final round. More details on that to come in the next week. Here's the top 10 vote getters for round 3, along with my picks in bold:
1. Berg & Jerry - "Inside Jokes" (101 Votes) 2. The Scribbles - "We Miss You Yeti" (91 Votes) 3. Ian & Melissa - "Quickie" (63 Votes) 4. Caleb Lee - "Don't Sing Along" (48 Votes) 5. Godz Poodlz - "Bomb Squad Girl" (44 Votes) 6. Steve Chatterton - "You Chose To Be A Dick" (41 Votes) 7. Edric Haleen - "Acceptance" (36 Votes) 8. The Perfect Place - "wtfpeople20 (Three Short Stories)" (34 Votes) 9. Gorbzilla - "Minuteman" (29 Votes) 10. Sara Parsons - "I Can't Sleep (Manatee Dreams)" (29 Votes)
Darrell Maclaine - "Song" (25 Votes) His Name Is Legs - "Swan Song" (15 Votes)
The next list is the total amount of votes that each individual or group got throughout the tournament. It's a shame that Tom Milsom & Caleb Lee missed 1 round of the tournament, because each of them had a chance of beating Berg & Jerry. It's also a shame we didn't get to hear more from Jarrett Heather, Mike Lombardo, AudioMohel & Bobby Matheson. I've really enjoyed most of the material they've came up with in these competitions. If someone missed a round, I included how many rounds they did participate in.
1. Berg & Jerry - 332 Votes 2. The Perfect Place - 233 Votes 3. Ian & Melissa - 216 Votes 4. The Scribbles - 191 Votes 5. Tom Milsom - 181 Votes (2) 6. Caleb Lee - 171 Votes (2) 7. Sara Parsons - 161 Votes 8. Gorbzilla - 155 Votes 9. Edric Haleen - 154 Votes 10. Godz Poodlz - 154 Votes 11. Steve Chatterton - 134 Votes 12. Lex Vader - 124 Votes 13. Jarrett Heather - 106 Votes (1) 14. Denise Hudson - 96 Votes 15. Darrell Maclaine - 92 Votes 16. Caleb Hines - 86 Votes 17. Jutze Schult - 77 Votes 18. Gremlins - 70 Votes (2) 19. Mike Lombardo - 68 Votes (1) 20. His Name Is Legs - 68 Votes 21. Travis Norris - 66 Votes 22. AudioMohel - 57 Votes (2) 23. Jalapeno Habaneros - 49 Votes 24. Richard Clayton Spring - 41 Votes 25. Miles From Nashville - 39 Votes (2) 26. Andrew Thomson - 35 Votes (2) 27. Austin & The Pudaks - 33 Votes (2) 28. Jeremy Pierson - 32 Votes (1) 29. Derrek J. Thompson - 28 Votes (2) 30. "Buckethat" Bobby Matheson - 27 Votes (1)
Web Site Story This is the first of 3 clips that have to do with a musical. This video is a mashup of geek culture & West Side Story condensed into a few minutes.
Mike Song This is a tutting routine, done to some Nintendo Wii music.
The PEN Story To make this the creators shot 60,000 pictures, developed 9,600 prints, then shot over 1,800 pictures again. It's a very well done stop motion video.
Tweet Whore I've posted about a dozen Twitter songs over the past couple years. This one isn't one of my favorites, but it's extremely popular since it's from YouTuber 'nigahiga'.
Origins Of The Moonwalk I found this video very interesting. I was familiar with 6 of the people in the video, but hadn't heard of a lot of them.
a Musical If real life was a musical I think it would be a lot like this video by Ettie Nir.
Rejected Here's another number from the musical 'Double Digits'. It was written by Abby Simons (songsfromahat) & Nathan Kersey-Wilson.
3. Shaq failed in the movies, so I guess he's getting ready to become an internet star after he retires from the NBA. First twitter, and now making bad lip dub videos? CLICK HERE FOR Shaq Lip Dubs Akon
8. This chick has such a great butt, I can't remember if she actually danced or not? CLICK HERE FOR Buns
9. These next 2 videos don't have much to do with internet music & dance, but I thought I'd post them since they're about Michael Jackson. In this video Hitler finds out Michael Jackson has died. CLICK HERE FOR Sad Hitler
10. This has to be a first for any repo man. He gets kicked in the taint by a Michael Jackson impersonator as he tries to recover a Delorean. CLICK HERE FOR T'aint Your Car Anymore
'whateverhollywood' on YouTube had my favorite July 4th video for 2009. I hope everyone has an enjoyable 4th, without losing any fingers.
Marvel/DC: Tribute To Captain America This YouTube channel is the only place you can see all your favorite superheroes together.
Fireworks Song This isn't a new video from Rhett & Link, but it is a higher quality version then the previous upload.
Canadian, Please So maybe technically this isn't a good video for July 4th, but Canada is really just the largest state in the U.S.
Michael Jackson Final Rehearsal This has been the most popular topic on YouTube, and almost everywhere else the past few days. I didn't really want to feature it, because it's sad this is the last we'll see of Michael. So that's why it took me awhile to decide to post it. HERE are some images from the last rehearsal as well.
Do What You Want Nataly Dawn covers an OK Go song.
Don't Need No Doctor Here's Chris Cendana with Caleb Lovely.
3. Sorry I didn't here about this Michael Jackson dance contest sooner, but you can still watch the entries even if it's too late to send in a video. CLICK HERE FOR MJ Dance Contest
7. This is a strange music video about aliens coming for all the women on planet Earth. I know a few I'd be willing to part with. CLICK HERE FOR ET Aliens Song
