I just don't get it. I finally understand the business model of embedding and how smart it is of the various companies who embrace it (i.e. Hulu, most of YouTube, etc.). We get the content we want, where we want (i.e. posted on a forum, a blog, etc.), that content is nicely packaged, "pure", of good quality. They get to show some pre-roll ads or maybe some text ads, everyone wins. It's actually a great model.
I don't know if I would ever go buy the song, but I do love the video. Reminds me of that treadmill video. Something new and different, that pushes the envelope. Cool.
Somewhere in the bowels of TBWA/Chiat/Day, an emergency meeting has just been called to see how this can be ripped off appropriated to sell PCs, Macs, or pork rinds.
@SigmundTheSeaMonster: Sorry... I wanted to change my comment above to how awesome the video was, one hamster short of the cutest video ever made, and then move my posted comment to respond to yours, but the system wouldn't accept my edit.
(i can edit this though - I guess I waited too long)
@frigg: Even more OT, but since the new commenting system is new and all.. the shade of gray I'm using for this is 666666 which is darker and easier to read than the wispy default gray for non starred comments. FWIW.
Embedding has been disabled, but if you've never seen the video for "Here It Goes Again" by OK Go, it's worth going to YouTube to see it. Really! I mean they have this whole routine choreographed on a series of treadmills!
Weird Al are you guys for real? Just because he is a nerd doesn't mean deserves praise. I don't get how you guy's could choose that crap over Kraftwerk - We are the Robots. Kraftwerk; Nerdy yet sophisticated. Weird Al; Nerdy yet trashy.
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WTF is Universal's problem?
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http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/07/warner-music-group-deletes-keyboard-cat-track-from-youtube/
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correct link. play him off keyboard cat!
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It's supposed to express how one thing killed another, and the song damn near killed pop music for me.
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ripped offappropriated to sell PCs, Macs, or pork rinds.07/10/09
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(i can edit this though - I guess I waited too long)
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Still not convinced? Someone made a Lego version:
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I was surprised to not see Talking Heads in the list. Nor Benny Benassi.
But what I was surprised NOT to see was Matthew Sweet's Girlfriend video. Featuring footage from Space Adventure Cobra
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[www.dailymotion.com]
Sorry, but i don't know how to embed videos here.
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