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Tonight’s edition of the Late Movies looks at the unexpected. Below are a series of clips that feature music in fun and unexpected ways, from a kid who kills on the accordion to a single shot music video.
Here’s an interesting social experiment. Want to make people use the stairs? Turn them into a piano!
The Strange Voca People. They’re like a barbershop quartet on steroids. You’d swear they used instruments, but it’s all pure vocals.
You may have seen this featured in a Honda commercial. There is a road in Lancaster, California, that plays the William Tell Overture if you drive exactly 55 MPH—but only if you’re driving a Honda Civic, since the road was specifically cut for its tires.
The accordion. It’s not just for Urkel anymore. This kid absolutely shreds on the squeeze box.
Finally, here are the students at the University of Quebec making an incredible single shot video to the Black Eyed Peas “I’ve Got A Feeling”. Seriously amazing. Enjoy!
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The piano stairs thing would cause a lot of traffic jams – just in the short video there were several people stopping and going back and forth. Stairs are NOT a place to stop. And I pity anyone who has to work there – the non-stop repetitive noise would be very annoying. I’m sure the social engineers who came up with this just stayed long enough to get enough video to confirm their theory then ran out to pat themselves on the backs for manipulating human behavior.
posted by PartiallyDeflected on 10-16-2009 at 1:17 am
I think if I was in a room with those Voca people I would probably end up killing them.
Talented? Sure.
Twee to the point of diabolical? Deffo.
posted by chocolateharpist on 10-16-2009 at 2:40 am
Not only is it new, but it now may present the most serious competition to Enagic’s SD-501 machine in terms of pH and ORP ranges, advertising a range from all the way between 2.0 and 12.0 with the option to kick the power supply up to an impressive 280 watts when those extreme pH levels are needed.
posted by dantes1985 on 10-16-2009 at 5:42 am
Good Lord! Someone needs to get Weird Al in touch with the accordion kid IMMEDIATELY!
posted by Tamsyn on 10-16-2009 at 9:54 am
Your best post yet. Keep it up!
posted by TardyTheTurtle on 10-16-2009 at 11:07 am
Come on PartiallyDeflated! Who peed in your corn flakes? If you will notice, it’s into a subway. I think it would probably be something most people would probably smile or chuckle about and consider a nice interruption to a boring day.
posted by Mike on 10-16-2009 at 1:37 pm
Scat singing is the lowest form of entertainment. Lower than mime. Lower than prop comedy.
The good Lord gave us words for a reason, people!!! Use some!
posted by TBV on 10-16-2009 at 2:37 pm
I like that the The Strange Voca People are all different shapes and sizes
posted by kat on 10-16-2009 at 4:44 pm
Some crabby abbies posting today! love the post!
posted by Hyacinth on 10-16-2009 at 5:55 pm
enjoyed this!
That accordian is a bayan (also known as garmoshka)- popular in Slavic countries. That kid was my favorite- loved watching his fingers!
posted by ann on 10-17-2009 at 1:45 pm
he Tyent MMP-7070 Turbo was just released in May 2009. It has all the features of the popular MMP-7070, but comes with a TURBO mode that can boost power to 280 watts! This is truly the next generation of water ionizer and is the first machine that can reach all of the extreme pH levels that Enagic’s top machine can, but without requiring any nasty chemical additives! This is a truly next-level machine, built specifically to cater to certain customers who require more extreme levels of pH.
posted by dantes1985 on 10-19-2009 at 11:46 am