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Aaron: "Let me tell you, Gretzky was no Gandhi."
MP: "I'd like to swim in Scrooge McZuckerberg's silo of money."
Royce: "Im like the george dubya of fiwk!"
Aaron: "If you could hear me, you would hear my voice getting all high like a teenage girl meeting Justin Timberlake"
Scott: "I could also write 'How to Turn 5 Sentences into 1: Thoughts on the Ellipsis'"
Aaron: "Wait, so this is your second non-consecutive year living in Paris? Does that make you the Grover Cleveland of Americans residing in Paris?
MP: "I'd like to swim in Scrooge McZuckerberg's silo of money."
Royce: "Im like the george dubya of fiwk!"
Aaron: "If you could hear me, you would hear my voice getting all high like a teenage girl meeting Justin Timberlake"
Scott: "I could also write 'How to Turn 5 Sentences into 1: Thoughts on the Ellipsis'"
Aaron: "Wait, so this is your second non-consecutive year living in Paris? Does that make you the Grover Cleveland of Americans residing in Paris?
I clicked here because this song is so worth at least one comment...but as soon as I did, I realized that this song left me speechless? I couldn't add anything.
ReplyDeleteIt's fun. It gets me to remember that Toto can be just as enjoyable as the Offspring. These guys are entertaining, yet amazingly forgettable. They have some kind of talent, but I don't know where their talent is. The music they play seems relatively simple. There might be some genius in transitioning all the songs together.
These guys reminded me of the chapter of Blink where Malocolm Gladwell is talking about Kenna (make sure to click the link and listen to his songs) and how experts at identifying musical talent knew Kenna was really good, but because he was to hard to classify he has seen very limited success on the radio (and other music "measureables" like record sales).
When we first passed around this Axis of Awesome video, we weren't sure if we should use it for Weekend Comedy or Music Tuesdays...did we make the right choice? Probably not.
We absolutely did.
ReplyDeleteThis is comedy, just as Seven Lynch is comedy.
Oh I always thought that Gladwell story was about Keane, and then after he wrote it they ended up getting popular anyway...
ReplyDeleteI think there's a certain comedy genius to Axis of Awesome, which as Scott says is why they are where they belong. For instance, see the part where the tall gangly guitarist starts singing the female solo awkwardly. Pretty well done, right?
It is fun to see all the songs parade across in one little snap. It reminds me of the Barenaked Ladies cover medleys that they sometimes do (starting at the 2:10 mark of the video... how do I link to video timestamps, again?)
Royce - I'm not ashamed to say "I love you" for linking me to the BNL rap. I give that 5/5 Orgasm Faces. You've just set the bar extremely high for your Music Tuesdays from here on out. Absolutely everything about that video made me happy and giddy - absolutely everything.
ReplyDeletePS Here's how you link to a specific point in time for a Youtube video (although, I enjoyed the first 2 minutes of that clip, so I'm happy you didn't jump to the medley portion).
Why thank you Scott. Nice links yourself by the way.
ReplyDeleteTwo other things that need to be mentioned about Axis of Awesome: 1. the physical spectrum of the three band members is awesome. Tall/medium/short, thin/fat/average, all three geeky and weird looking... it's just classic.
2. Some of those songs I don't recognize and I'm guessing they're from Australian bands. That intrigues me and makes me want to try and discover these Australian songs.