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Showing posts with label Gangnam Style. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gangnam Style. Show all posts
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Thursday, 14 February 2013
First viral video of 2013: The Harlem Shake
Gangnam Style was the viral video of 2012 but the internet never sleeps. Six weeks into the new year, a new viral video sensation is taking over.
It was devised by a group of teenaged longboarders from Australia’s Sunshine Coast, who were looking for something to do during a rainy spell.
The Harlem Shake is actually a dance, dating back to the early 2000s. But it rarely features in the videos currently doing the rounds. It takes its name from the backing music, which is by Brooklyn-based dance music producer Baauer.
There are now scores of copycat versions featuring firefighters, an endearing father-son duo, the staff of entertainment website IGN, and rapper T Pain.
The fad picked up locally in recent days after a Cape Town based advertising agency the Jupiter Drawing Room made a version and dared its competitors to “out-shake” them.
Of course, the M&G Online had to have its own take.
Who says teambuilding costs money?
Now for the inevitable backlash. Oh wait, it’s already here.Who says teambuilding costs money?
Now for the inevitable backlash. Oh wait, it’s already here.
coutesy: mg.co.za , FARANAAZ PARKER
It’s called the Harlem Shake and as with all viral videos, viewers are usually left scratching their heads trying to figure out what it was that they’ve just seen.
The 30-second video is formulaic – a lone, masked dancer gyrates amidst a few disinterested people. Halfway through the video, the music ratchets up a notch and suddenly the screen is filled with crazy revellers.
The original video was published on February 2 and has already garnered 3.7-million views.
It was devised by a group of teenaged longboarders from Australia’s Sunshine Coast, who were looking for something to do during a rainy spell.
The Harlem Shake is actually a dance, dating back to the early 2000s. But it rarely features in the videos currently doing the rounds. It takes its name from the backing music, which is by Brooklyn-based dance music producer Baauer.
There are now scores of copycat versions featuring firefighters, an endearing father-son duo, the staff of entertainment website IGN, and rapper T Pain.
The fad picked up locally in recent days after a Cape Town based advertising agency the Jupiter Drawing Room made a version and dared its competitors to “out-shake” them.
Of course, the M&G Online had to have its own take.
Who says teambuilding costs money?
Now for the inevitable backlash. Oh wait, it’s already here.Who says teambuilding costs money?
Now for the inevitable backlash. Oh wait, it’s already here.
coutesy: mg.co.za , FARANAAZ PARKER
Monday, 11 February 2013
‘Les Miz’ Meets ‘Gangnam Style,’ and YouTube Cheers
SEOUL, South Korea — The “Gangnam Style” video has spawned seemingly endless remakes; there are even sites that allow viewers to insert photos of themselves onto the animated bodies of people performing the famous horse dance.
Now the viral video has inspired another South Korean blockbuster, a parody of the movie musical “Les Misérables” featuring members of the air force. After just five days on YouTube, the video had been viewed almost three million times. (It probably did not hurt that one of the stars of the Hollywood movie,Russell Crowe, reposted a tweet with a link to the video.)
The video, “Les Militaribles,” opens by spoofing the dramatic first scene of the movie version of Victor Hugo’s epic novel, set in a jail where men live under the tyranny of the guards.
courtesy:nytimes.com, CHOE SANG-HUN
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