You Tube party

We had a YouTube party last week. People emailed their links - the mails are reproduced as is. My own findings and a few we found during the party are at the end.

Dave Webster:

Cycle Race in Ireland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd-C5bJYEj0 ***
Violence inherent in the human condition: 16 seconds of rage - stunning escalation

Grateful Dead http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX9Vhv4akxc *****
The late Jerry Garcia the coolest man to ever wield a plectrum. Great influence musically and stylewise.

T Rex http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JZkWcPECw4 *
'Jeepster' - first single i bought was 'Metal Guru' but couldn't find that. Again big influence hairwise.

Morrisey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-wTMTlfaVA **
'The First of the Gang to Die' - Great Morrisey revival song

Jimi Hendrix http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqv6dM4C7YE *
'Fire' from Woodstock

Velvet Underground http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAZ--tLYdcw **
'Sweet Jane' Brilliant and simple

Pogues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4YG5zj4vis *
Drink!

Grateful Dead http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iip4FceI5uQ *****
Psychedelia rules


Angela:

Nik Kershaw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjqw1ACA950

Adam Ant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPgHbt0ODr4


Lego star wars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZYfSh4_FiY


R Kelly opera part 9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyvzfgxY0kc&mode=related&search=


Anna and Jim Drew:

This is frankly hideous, but fits the incredible terribleness label..
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=8718728501056290731

Not sure this one is appropriate - jokes about porn (no images)... you decide...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_09HOkIEGXs

Video is stunning (taken from a film), but seems to have absolutely no relation to the song...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPejYdBM11I&mode=related&search=

Scary, but a personal fave:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCahySrZooY

Crazed NUMA fan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6j475XI1Xg

All Of Your Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL1rXjA_CHk

Star Trek Cribs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBXal1GAA4A

This is just because I know it'll make toby cringe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lby0i0TUvQ


Martin Holloway:

Skiing ostrich - I still don't know how they do this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSfCZ6VO5Dk

Learning english for when you get mugged in London
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB-xlKjEUDc

Longest ever slam dunk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngoISIzrfqU

Torofluxus-one for us nerds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k69xoXe8lcg

Folding clothes the japanese way - I can't do this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AScNgxzw6w0

In the unlikely event no-one's seen sumocat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnGJ4Roq0Vg

In the unlikely event no-one's seen catslap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFTS82Iq9bg

Cat compilation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2rD8bs60o0

And to even things up - dog compilation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXxym43qb3Q


Adam Sieff:

Graham Bond - from the movie 'Gonks Go Beat' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3jUiKFIlYQ
Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, Dick Heckstall-Smith and Kenneth Connor?

Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hangin' On http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71cGLyOKhSc
The clothes! The stick twirling! The arm movements! Aarrrggghhhh!

Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIKBq9TeFlw
An incredible performance.


Gareth "Tardy" Evans:

·Funny (but WARNING: Willies): http://www.pureesoiree.be/post.do?id=3869
·Actually, I was surprised to discover that YouTube isn't just a
repository of Sesame St clips: http://youtube.com/watch?v=pFTjeaDlxDI
·You're not discussing Internet videos if you haven't mentioned Homestar
Runner, and you're not discussing music if you haven't mentioned They
Might Be Giants: http://homestarrunner.com/expfilm.html
·And finally, there was an amusing cover version of Total Eclipse of the
Heart, involving the destruction of kitchen appliances, and it set me
off researching other cover versions of Total Eclipse of the Heart. And
I discovered that none of them had quite as funny a video as the
unexpected literalism of Bonnie's original:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=z025bcKYJ7s

Back in the day...

Cold War's secret mountain is undermined by modern menace -

The first thing I saw on my first day at Fountain Valley was Cheyenne Mountain, a few miles from the school. With all the other military bases in the area, it was popularly reckonded to be the most heavily-targetted spot in the U.S., and we had a big picture window looking at it. It as a paranoid time, and there was a lot of gallows humour about living so close. Paul Romberg and I had a pact that, once the Russian missiles were known to be coming, we'd hike to the top and sunbathe under the blast. Kids, eh?