This is an edit of the final dance number from Dirty Dancing with ‘(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life’ replaced with The Muppet Show theme song. It works surprisingly well, and the music supervisor who chose to use ‘Time Of My Life’ instead is probably pinching themself right now
This is a video of musician Joe Porter covering several iconic rock and metal songs with percussion instruments, including “Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’ on the hammered dulcimer, Guns ‘n’ Roses’ ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ on the steel pan, AC/DC’s ‘Thunderstruck’ on the slapophone, Metallica’s ‘Master of Puppets’ on the flairdrum, the
Because apparently the internet is rife with songs in the style of Blink-182, this is a multi-track cover of Smash Mouth’s 1999 banger ‘All-Star’ in the band’s style as performed by musician Evan Sherman. Evan was actually inspired by the Blink-182 covers performed by Alex Menton (previously) before deciding to
This is ‘It’s Not Unusual, Dammit’, a mashup created by DJ Cummerbund of panty wetter Tom Jones’ ‘It’s Not Unusual’ and Blink-182’s teenage angsty ‘Dammit’. It works surprisingly well. You know, ‘Dammit’ will always hold a special place in my sooty, coal black heart because I used to listen to
This is a video of university students from Utrechts Conservatorium in the Netherlands performing a beautiful orchestral cover of Radiohead’s ‘Paranoid Android’ (aren’t they all?) at graduation. Each student arranged their own parts individually, then came together to combine them all into the piece you see here. Most impressive. For
This is a video of Danny Elfman performing at Coachella over the weekend, and covering The Simpsons theme he composed all the way back in 1989. That was 33 years ago. Danny looks great for 68 too — very sprightly. I only hope I have as much vim and vigor
Warm on the heels of their cover of Outkast’s ‘Hey Ya’, this is another video from Harvard’s cooler-than-cool THUD percussion ensemble performing Rick Astley’s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ on boomwhackers. I like all the sunglasses and blindfolds, real slick. Now you can send this video to a friend and
To honor the late, great Eddie Van Halen, this is a video of the Buckeyes’ Spring Athletic Band performing a medley of Van Halen songs during a halftime show on April 16th. The medley includes “Runnin’ With the Devil,” “Dreams,” “Panama,” and “Jump,” all performed while the band forms synchronized