Friday 1 June 2007

Ooooooo, it's a Youtube classic!

In Q this month they've got together 100 of the best music related youtube flicks. There are some real corkers, and whilst trawling through I thought I'd put together a list of my faves...

The Bee Gees on Clive Anderson
Ah, a classic indeed. Not sure exactly what the hairy disco sisters were expecting
, but the big fella takes a distinct dislike to Clive - whose face drops somewhat as they all leave. "You'll always be Les Tosseurs to me." Nice one Clive.

Beatles on the Roof of Apple

The Beatles last live performace. Good quality vid and a joy to watch, until the police stamp their authority on the situation. Jesus these boys are good.
Part 1

Part 2
Part 3

Shane McGowan interviewed for Belgian TV
"Is that water you're drinking?" - are you fucking kidding? My favorite bit is
MacGowans mate trying to leave the room through a mirror.

Shaun Ryder, Pretty Vacant on TFI
Ryder on
vintage f*cking form. C4 changed their charter after this to prevent live broadcasts of this particular nature!

Serge Gainbourg chats up Whitney Houston

A lesson to us all in how to win over the ladies. He's smoooooooth. Anyone fancy a brandy?

James Brown feels good on CNN
The Grandaddy of funk sensitively reflecting on his recent arrest for assulting his
wife with a lead pipe.

The Rocket, Don't look back in anger
An alternative take on this Oasis classic. No snow yet though.

Pissed off Dylan
Bob's a bit annoyed. Someone has thrown a glass into the street and he wants to know who, he's not afraid to count to 10 if he has to. Donovan stays well out of it.

MJ's first moonwalk
Jackson doing the moonwalk for the first time performing Billie Jean. I love that crazy right leg move too, or maybe it's just an unfortunate affliction. Hee hee hee.

Kraftwerk on Tomorrows world
The f
uture is here. "Next year, they hope to build jackets with electronic lapels, which can be played by touch". Fuck yeah, why do we even still have normal instruments? Shouldn't we be playing using lasers, robots and mind-control by now?

Charlotte Church and Amy Winhouse
Winhouse struggles to stand while Church valliantly struggles through this shambolic version of Beat it. On reflection, rehab might have been a good move.

Fat Elvis
6 weeks before his death, the original burger king not looking so hot but still sounding
amazing...until he gets to the talkie bit and forgets the words...his name...where he is...what day it is...Thank you very much.

Courtney Love on Letterman
...reported after as saying "something went wrong with my context. It might have been the crack."

White stripes cover of Jolene by Dolly Parton
One of the best songs ever written performed by the White Stripes. Lovely Stuff.

Rocket Man, as interperted by William Shatner
A true gem to finish on. Shatner, looking even more of a twat than usual chats his way through some classic Elton at a 1978 Sci-Fi
awards show.