I don’t know about you so much, but hey, I enjoy this stuff.
Since this is a new blog, I need to explain my intense love for a band called Lemon Demon. On my iPod (not counting iTunes, for there are songs not uploaded) there are over 150 songs by this band. Neil Cicierega, the genius who created Potter Puppet Pals, animutations, New Kids on the Rock (well, he’s in it, it counts for something, even if he didn’t create it) is the backbone of this band.
…Whoops, forgot to mention that of his earlier works Deporitaz/Trapezoid has 60ish songs on my iPod as well.
He’s pretty good, needless to say.
Anyway, what I wanted to share were these videos of covers and things Neil related because, hey, its my blog. I find this stuff interesting. You probably do too or you wouldn’t be here.
“Robot Roman Statues”: Nicely intrumentalized version of RRS. My favorite part about this video (besides the fact that he’s playing the kazoo and guitar at the same time) is that of Neil’s comment: “Wow woah. This is quite impressive, especially since I wrote the song without regard to whether it would be playable by real instruments. Nice chord work.” If I were that dude, that compliment would make my life, especially the bolded part.
Original “Bad Idea”: I have SO MUCH RESPECT FOR THIS GUY. I’ve tried to sing “Bad Idea” at the pace of the original track (for about a year now) but I haven’t been able to until I saw this. The thing was that I would always stop at the same rate in the original track instead of just plugging through. Also, he had to change some of the tune/song in general because the new background track in the actually vocalized version is different in comparison to this melody. Make sense? Probably not. As I’m rereading this, its not making much sense to me.
Neil Interview: Really neat to see the creative process here. It’s also interesting to notice his “normal” voice. I’ve only seen/heard him in stuff like “New Kids” where he was acting the part of himself, which can be totally different than just being yourself. One can almost be a caricature of yourself….Anyway, it is also interesting to note how much of a haircut he needs in this vid. (Who knew the Puppet Stage was so big?) You can also “see” about 2 minutes of “Bill Watterson” pitch black, for some reason….
“Pumpkin Pie” Frets on Fire: (FYI- Frets On Fire is where Guitar Hero got their idea, but people can chord their own songs) The Frets video for “Kitten is Angry” is more impressively intense, but I like “Pumpkin Pie” better. It was in my head this whole past week. Probably the only thing that kept me from going insane from all the annoying choir music. Also, this guy misses only ten notes. Jeez o’ flip.
I’ll periodically make video-devoted posts, but I’ll try to keep them at a bare minimum. This post was originally for my LJ, but it kept wigging out on me, hence why this post.
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I don’t know about you so much, but hey, I enjoy this stuff.
Since this is a new blog, I need to explain my intense love for a band called Lemon Demon. On my iPod (not counting iTunes, for there are songs not uploaded) there are over 150 songs by this band. Neil Cicierega, the genius who created Potter Puppet Pals, animutations, New Kids on the Rock (well, he’s in it, it counts for something, even if he didn’t create it) is the backbone of this band.
…Whoops, forgot to mention that of his earlier works Deporitaz/Trapezoid has 60ish songs on my iPod as well.
He’s pretty good, needless to say.
Anyway, what I wanted to share were these videos of covers and things Neil related because, hey, its my blog. I find this stuff interesting. You probably do too or you wouldn’t be here.
“Robot Roman Statues”: Nicely intrumentalized version of RRS. My favorite part about this video (besides the fact that he’s playing the kazoo and guitar at the same time) is that of Neil’s comment: “Wow woah. This is quite impressive, especially since I wrote the song without regard to whether it would be playable by real instruments. Nice chord work.” If I were that dude, that compliment would make my life, especially the bolded part.
Original “Bad Idea”: I have SO MUCH RESPECT FOR THIS GUY. I’ve tried to sing “Bad Idea” at the pace of the original track (for about a year now) but I haven’t been able to until I saw this. The thing was that I would always stop at the same rate in the original track instead of just plugging through. Also, he had to change some of the tune/song in general because the new background track in the actually vocalized version is different in comparison to this melody. Make sense? Probably not. As I’m rereading this, its not making much sense to me.
Neil Interview: Really neat to see the creative process here. It’s also interesting to notice his “normal” voice. I’ve only seen/heard him in stuff like “New Kids” where he was acting the part of himself, which can be totally different than just being yourself. One can almost be a caricature of yourself….Anyway, it is also interesting to note how much of a haircut he needs in this vid. (Who knew the Puppet Stage was so big?) You can also “see” about 2 minutes of “Bill Watterson” pitch black, for some reason….
“Pumpkin Pie” Frets on Fire: (FYI- Frets On Fire is where Guitar Hero got their idea, but people can chord their own songs) The Frets video for “Kitten is Angry” is more impressively intense, but I like “Pumpkin Pie” better. It was in my head this whole past week. Probably the only thing that kept me from going insane from all the annoying choir music. Also, this guy misses only ten notes. Jeez o’ flip.
I’ll periodically make video-devoted posts, but I’ll try to keep them at a bare minimum. This post was originally for my LJ, but it kept wigging out on me, hence why this post.
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