This is a video from musician and Youtuber Andrea Boma Boccarusso providing a history of metal music, from the 1950’s to present. His lesson plan includes “a medley of metal examples accompanied by descriptions, artists, and albums that typified each era.” Neato. Of course if you don’t have time to
Music: like a microwave or successful relationship, I don’t understand how it works. Obviously, when God was handing out musical understanding and skill I must have snuck back into the penis line wearing an eye patch. This is a video of Neil Diamond’s 1969 classic ‘Sweet Caroline’ in a minor
This is a video of the Village People’s iconic alphabet shape learning song ‘YMCA’ as edited by Youtuber Oleg Berg in a minor key. It hits different than the original. Is that what the kids are saying these days? See, I’m hip. How do you do, fellow kids? Seriously though,
This is a video from Instagram user mrdonkers (great name) of a man sitting in a sofa chair in a field singing John Denver’s West Virginia classic ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’ to a group of very attentive donkeys. Except the one facing the other way in the back —
Because ruining things is one of the few joys left in life, this is another music video from Youtuber There I Ruined It (previously), this time reimagining Radiohead’s ‘Creep’ as a honky-tonk song. Just like any news my doctor calls to deliver, it isn’t good, and may in fact be
This is a video from Tom Betgeorge (who creates all those over-the-top Christmas and Halloween home light show displays), who’s choreographed the lights of two Teslas to perform a dance off to Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It’. The trunks also get in on the action, raising and lowering themselves to the
This is a full concert video from 1989 of Nirvana opening for fellow Washington-based grunge rock band Tad at Fahrenheit in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. This was after the release of Nirvana’s first studio album Bleach, but obviously prior to the band’s 1991 Nevermind and subsequent mainstream success. It also features Chad
Prior to forming Nine Inch Nails with himself in 1988, Trent Reznor played in several new wave and pop bands in the 80’s, including tickling the ol’ plastic ivories for Cleveland, Ohio based Slam Bamboo, as seen in this video. Trent was actually composing Pretty Hate Machine for himself at