Flour Power

Do you know those things that are so bad they’re good?

Well, this is not the case. This song is the perfect example of algorithmically-generated music, Auto-Tune-enhanced vocals and the best lyrics a 3 year-old could write. And of course, it went viral and is now one of the biggest things on Youtube and Twitter. It’s just so bad that people just feel the need to show it to everyone they know. Like I’m doing now, with this blog post. I know I’m feeding the beast, but here goes, Rebecca Black’s Friday:

This… thing… has garnered almost 30 million views on Youtube at the time of writing, and 1M of them just in the few hours since I’ve seen it this morning. It’s also a trending topic on Twitter and has already got the attention of music-mogul Simon Cowel. Not bad for the reported $2.000 paid to Ark Music Factory for the production of the video. And again thanks to the Internet, we now we can all enjoy the parodies.

What’s with all these songs with explanations of the ordering of the days of the week?

With Ireland’s second try against England last night in the Aviva Stadium, Brian O’Driscoll further cemented his position as a “legend” in rugby history by becoming the leading try scorer in the Five or Six Nations’ Championship. O’Driscoll’s 25th try sets the new record that was held by Ian Smith since 1933.

Here are BOD’s 25 tries in the Six Nations’ Championship:

I suppose this is, together with denying England the Grand Slam, somewhat of a consolation prize for the otherwise disappointing Irish campaign in this years Six Nations’.

If you think that what Charlie Sheen has been saying to the media is edgy, just watch out for what’s to come now that he has a Twitter account – @CharlieSheen. The first image he posted? Himself and Bree Olsen, a porn actress:

The account was verified by Twitter on March 1st, and got 1 million followers in just over 25 hours. Which is a Guinness World Record, if you care about that sort of thing.

This is going to be so much fun.

Los Angeles’ indie-pop group Robotanists did what seems to me like the quickest turnaround on an album cover ever. They basically released their own version of Radiohead’s The King of Limbs a mere 24 hours after the album was released. Their version can be streamed online here. Read more about the process in their blog.

This Radiohead album is gathering more attention than I’ve seen any album get. In a little more than a week the album already has been fully covered and some remixes and mash-ups have also been released. And speaking of mash-ups, I just discovered Jaydiohead, and even though I’m not a fan of Jay-Z (or any rap, for that matter), it sounds great.

Just last week Radiohead released The Kings of Limbs, their 8th album. With it, a video for one of the songs, Lotus Flower, which I’m embedding below:

What did you think when you watched it? I thought “that’s some funny dancing by Thom Yorke”. And then I moved on with my life.

But some people have richer imaginations and way too much time in their hands, so the parodies started. So they started dubbing the Radiohead’s video with other songs, and the results are quite funny. Enjoy watching Thom Yorke dancing to Ke$ha’s We R Who We R, Beyoncé’s Single Ladies, or We No Speak Americano. Oh, the Internet…

And them some French ones came up with a “Course on Body Language with Thom Yorke” (in French), which is brilliant and hilarious in so many ways:

fig. 1: the shower head
fig. 2: the egyptian
fig. 3: the buffoon
fig. 4: the rag
fig. 5: the wall pocket
fig. 6: the karateka
fig. 7: the lotus
fig. 8: the acorn
fig. 9: the prayer
fig. 10: the fan

Oh, and one thing that wasn’t made as a joke, but I think it’s spot on. This guy thought that the crazy dancing would go well with the eclectic beat in Radiohead’s 15 Step. And I think he’s quite right:

Looking forward to see what else people will come up with.

UPDATE: Here’s some more good ones: Thom getting Rick Rolled, the Surfin’ Bird, and Benny Hill’s theme song.