This is a video of harpist Naomi SV covering Simon & Garfunkel’s classic ‘The Sound Of Silence’ in a meadow when a deer comes to see what she’s doing. It then quickly returns to regular deer mode and jumps into the woods, startling Naomi in the process, who was previously
This is Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ covered in classical Latin (75 BC to 3rd Century AD) as arranged by Youtuber the_miracle_aligner with instrumentals by Sir Stantough and translation by AB. It’s not bad. Although I didn’t take Latin in high school so I’m not sure how the translation holds
Note: Keep your volume in check. This is a video demonstration of Mew, an electronic theremin-like instrument created by Emily Groves that purrs when a person approaches it, and meows and growls as they touch or pet it. So…it’s basically a pet cat that doesn’t require a litter box. Of
This is another reimagined song video created by Youtuber There I Ruined It (previously: a polka cover of ‘Shallow’ from A Star Is Born), this time featuring an old-timey swing cover of Nirvana’s classic ‘Come As You Are’, using footage from the band’s MTV Unplugged concert. I expected to hate
Because eccentricity knows no bounds, this is a video of French musician Grégoire Blanc performing Pink Floyd’s classic ‘Great Gig In The Sky’ on “the highly-expressive Haken Continuum, a vintage Elektor Formant modular synth, grand piano, and a theremin taking on Clare Torry’s famous vocals.” I imagine Pink Floyd would
This is ‘Doppler,’ a song created by musician Thanasis Christodoulou with a video created in Adobe After Effects by video artist and motion designer Theo Tagholm using a sort of ‘visual echo’ effect. What’s a visual echo? I’m still not entirely sure, but prior to watching this video I just
This is Starsounds, an ambient music track created by composer Brian Eno (who, FUN FACT: actually coined and popularized the term ambient music) using the infrasound acoustic waves stars produce, which have been sped up to be heard by human ears. That’s cool. You know what would be even cooler?