My new favorite fake band.
I’ve always been impressed by mashups the same way that a cave man would be impressed by a flashlight. I have no fucking idea how music works, so to me, mixing two different songs together is pretty much voodoo. Well the Australian comedy group Axis of Awesome (epic name, BTW) just took away some of the magic. As it turns out, about half the pop songs ever written use the same four-chord progression (fun fact - they’re all ripping off Pachelbel’s Canon in D). In this bit, they string together several dozen of them in a four-chord medley of win. Now, off to the internets to find more stuff from these guys! (via Digg)
Like peanut butter and jelly, there’s just something so right about the combination of Star Wars and gangsta rap. (via Digg)
Zombaritaville is, without question, the greatest zombie song parody blog on the internet. It’s probably the only zombie song parody blog on the internet, but with lyrics this good, I can see why nobody else even tries to compete.
To the tune of “Blowin’ In The Wind” by Bob Dylan
Yes, n’ how many folks must cease to exist
Before it’s called a “killing spree”?
Yes, n’ how many years in this mall can we subsist
‘Til we’re forced by bikers to flee?
Yes, n’ how many towns must shamblers infest
Before they all turn to debris?
The zombies my friend, are rippin’ off your skin
The zombies are rippin’ off your skin
It is a thing of absolute beauty. (via Boingboing)
Memes have a short lifespan. They’re the coolest thing in the world for about a month, and then you’re so sick of them you want to kill the entire internet for not dropping it already.
The song chart meme is the exception to the rule. This will never stop being awesome.
In the sort of bureaucratic clusterfuck that can only happen in Russia, the band Deep Purple has been fined several thousand dollars for “illegally” performing their own songs. You’ll have to follow the link for the details, because typing them out would just make my head hurt.
Kutiman’s ThruYou project is the god damned awsomest thing I’ve seen on Youtube in a long time. I love mashups, and this is one of the most creative and technically complex mashup projects I’ve ever seen. The fact that the songs he crates are actually really good is a bonus. If you don’t think sampling is an art, then this should change your mind. (via BoingBoing)
Boingboing is on a roll today. Here’s Beaker and his clones meeping Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. Click through to the article for more classical muppet classics. (via Boingboing)
Imagine a band that is one part Mother’s Milk era Chilli Peppers, one part Anthrax, one part Biohazard, and a bit of Faith No More thrown in for good measure. Now imagine they’re Japanese. That band you’re thinking of is Maximum The Hormone. This is their video for Bikini Sports Ponchin.
I know what you’re thinking: “But J-Pop is lame!” This isn’t J-Pop my friend, this is J-Awesome. (via Boingboing)
