The best music video of 2013 (a must see)

[ISillyDurrrAK]

[givememyleg]

bewbs.

[givememyleg]

i mean really, she isn't bad, it's a nice cover. but it has 2+ million views because boobs. best video of 2013? please.

[oskar]

salvaged!

[boost]

Yeah, what givememyleg said.

And Avalanches video is definitely not from 2013, but fuck it, it's a GOAT video, so I ain't even mad.

[MadMojoMonkey]

Not clicking those boobs, 'cause there are surely better boob sources in der nets.

Avalanche vid is meh. I've seen better music vids in the 80's... as in, like, 30 years ago.

dammit

Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer

a-ha's Take On Me



My point is you claimed GOAT on avalanche and made me watch it... now I see your dubious GOAT claim for what it is.

boost

[oskar]

It probably has to be this then:

http://video.bobdylan.com/desktop.html

[boost]

Not clicking those boobs, 'cause there are surely better boob sources in der nets.

Avalanche vid is meh. I've seen better music vids in the 80's... as in, like, 30 years ago.

dammit

Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer

a-ha's Take On Me



My point is you claimed GOAT on avalanche and made me watch it... now I see your dubious GOAT claim for what it is.

boost

You're mad.

The song is GOAT tier in the electronica genre, and I'm pretty sure the video couldn't possibly have been better.

[jyms]

I should ban OP for even making a thread about this. That's not even boobs, it's cleavage and she's not even close to as good as many others on the net. Whoop ti doo for cleavage and mediocre guitar and voice.

[bikes]

I should ban OP for even making a thread about this. That's not even boobs, it's cleavage and she's not even close to as good as many others on the net. Whoop ti doo for cleavage and mediocre guitar and voice.

WAIIII

SOOOO

SERIOUS?

[Renton]

Funny how being in Asia for 2 years makes me swear up and down that the singer is a tranny.

[boost]

Funny how being in Asia for 2 years makes me swear up and down that the singer is a tranny.

If the girl in Op's video had a penis, I'd at least consider it.

Srsly though, only transexuals I remember seeing while over there were pretty gross. Not in an "ewww that's gay" gross sort of way (because that's not in my repertoire, since I'm not a homophobe, ldo), but in an "eww, that human being looks deformed, unnatural, and creeps me the fuck out" sort of way.

But then again, I guess the hack jobs are more obvious, and therefore skew the sample?

[Renton]

Well over here you have to be skeptical of anything that is just a little too tall with tits that look a little too fake and cheekbones that are a little too defined.

[ISillyDurrrAK]

You need to be more positive minded, why so critical?

[jyms]

You need to be more positive minded, why so critical?

I think expectations are high when someone calls something "the best of 2013, a must see"

Kinda setting the bar pretty high, don't you think? Opens it up for criticism.

[Galapogos]

I think jyms is the best forum manager of 2013. Feel free to critique my choice. Be painfully honest and cruel, I can take it.

[jyms]

Can you believe I'm the FM now?? Xianti must be rolling in his sleep. And I bet Dwarfman is Shitting the bed. hehe

[Renton]

The best music video of 2013 (a must see): A point by point critique.


1. The percussion during the short breaks between verses is plainly off-beat and do not much resemble the original Red Hot Chili Peppers song.

2. There is a lot of chord-simplifying that comes standard with acoustic covers of non-acoustic songs. This is fine. However, slightly androgynous hot woman (hereafter SAHW) has simplified them to too much of a degree, often playing only major or minor chords in place of 7th and minor 7th chords. This greatly changes the timbre of the song. What made the melody of John Frusciante's riffs so pretty was the subtle inversions on basic chords. Alas, most of this nuance is lost in SAHW's cover.

3. More on guitar, there's a lot of frantic strumming bridging one riff to the next riff. This is a common technique for novice or novice-intermediate guitar players, to smooth out inevitable mistakes that occur in novice to novice-intermediate quality playing.

4. SAHW chose to sing in a higher register than Anthony Keidis did in the original. As she is female that is to be expected. However she chose to go an octave lower during Keidis's falsetto part in the coda. Seems a dubious choice considering that's the climax of the song.

5. And speaking of the "under the bridge" coda, she just chops that part off. This is like if someone remade The Empire Strikes Back and cut to black just before Luke's confrontation with Vader.

[bikes]

yeaaahhaaaaa hot andro girls

[oskar]

The best music video of 2013 (a must see): A point by point critique.


1. The percussion during the short breaks between verses is plainly off-beat and do not much resemble the original Red Hot Chili Peppers song.

2. There is a lot of chord-simplifying that comes standard with acoustic covers of non-acoustic songs. This is fine. However, slightly androgynous hot woman (hereafter SAHW) has simplified them to too much of a degree, often playing only major or minor chords in place of 7th and minor 7th chords. This greatly changes the timbre of the song. What made the melody of John Frusciante's riffs so pretty was the subtle inversions on basic chords. Alas, most of this nuance is lost in SAHW's cover.

3. More on guitar, there's a lot of frantic strumming bridging one riff to the next riff. This is a common technique for novice or novice-intermediate guitar players, to smooth out inevitable mistakes that occur in novice to novice-intermediate quality playing.

4. SAHW chose to sing in a higher register than Anthony Keidis did in the original. As she is female that is to be expected. However she chose to go an octave lower during Keidis's falsetto part in the coda. Seems a dubious choice considering that's the climax of the song.

5. And speaking of the "under the bridge" coda, she just chops that part off. This is like if someone remade The Empire Strikes Back and cut to black just before Luke's confrontation with Vader.

Reading this you'd almost think that the song wasn't total dogshit to begin with.

[givememyleg]

Reading this you'd almost think that the song wasn't total dogshit to begin with.

start over.

[MadMojoMonkey]

Reading this you'd almost think that the song wasn't total dogshit to begin with.

If you're not impressed by John Frusciante's guitar work in this song (original, ldo), perhaps you're just not into guitar music.

This piece was the "Wipeout" for guitar of the 90's. Most guitarrists got started on a Nirvana song back then. They were incredibly easy to learn, were all over the radio, and got you attention from the ladies. Anyone who kept with the guitar as a real talent started to cut their chops on RHCP and Satrianni... there were some 1 off licks from other bands, like Candlebox... and Zepplin and Skinnard, of course... but if you could pull of Under the Bridge like Frusciante, you were a true icon of the scene.

It was like hearing a bass player get up on stage and play "Jerry was a Racecar Driver" as a sound check. You knew the guy had put in the time and effort to learn his craft, not just enough to get nookie.

[MadMojoMonkey]

Also, curse you Renton for getting me to watch this crap vid.

Also also, here a vid of electronica from 2013 that is purely acapella and mind blowing.

Pentatonix- Daft Punk

Seriously, this group is always a treat. I'm not into techno, house, electronica, etc. but Pentatonix do it with no instruments or electronics except microphones and their voices.

Call me a pussy if you need to, but I get chills when I hear good acapella.

[Savy]

Reading this you'd almost think that the song wasn't total dogshit to begin with.

People implying this isn't the only good RHCP song

[Savy]

Here's some GOAT female singing and guitar playing on youtube

If you're not impressed by John Frusciante's guitar work in this song (original, ldo), perhaps you're just not into guitar music.

This piece was the "Wipeout" for guitar of the 90's. Most guitarrists got started on a Nirvana song back then. They were incredibly easy to learn, were all over the radio, and got you attention from the ladies. Anyone who kept with the guitar as a real talent started to cut their chops on RHCP and Satrianni... there were some 1 off licks from other bands, like Candlebox... and Zepplin and Skinnard, of course... but if you could pull of Under the Bridge like Frusciante, you were a true icon of the scene.

It was like hearing a bass player get up on stage and play "Jerry was a Racecar Driver" as a sound check. You knew the guy had put in the time and effort to learn his craft, not just enough to get nookie.

People who crack me up the most are those who are like "I play guitar I know everything about music, all popular music is shit" and then they go to open mic nights and play crappy renditions of whatever pop song is in the charts using 4 chords or awful shit like Sex Is On Fire and then fuck off 10 minutes after their act if they haven't copped off.

[Renton]

I wouldn't call John F's work on Under the Bridge virtuoso in the least, but it was certainly an iconic song for guitar, and being able to play Under the Bridge reasonably well is pretty standard for any guitar player moving into intermediate level who is a fan of rock music. Jerry was a Racecar Driver on the other hand probably less than 0.2% of bass-players can play. Trolling aside, SAHW did pretty well especially considering she sang while playing. I just wasn't that big a fan of her voice.

[oskar]

You guys really need to manage your testosterone levels. Savy could you jerk off then watch that again and tell me if you still give half a fuck about that performence. I hate to be Mr Grumpypants here, but this is borderline awful.

[MadMojoMonkey]

I wouldn't call John F's work on Under the Bridge virtuoso in the least

There were a few guys I used to jam with that could play the piece in a perfect rendition, and I saw much virtuosity in those, usually private, performances.

I never got my chops up to play it through perfectly. There are some weird things he did with alternate fingerings which change 2 or 3 times within a measure just to accommodate the extra embellishments which make every repeat different. There are chorded slides and half muted sections... It really demands you know all the basic sounds and tricks with a guitar to pull it off.

I agree that it's not a "Virtuoso" piece, a la music theory, especially in presentation as a punkish pop-rock song. I.e. it's no Andres Segovia, but that's comparing apples to orange flames on a hot rod.

EDIT: to add link

[Savy]

You guys really need to manage your testosterone levels. Savy could you jerk off then watch that again and tell me if you still give half a fuck about that performence. I hate to be Mr Grumpypants here, but this is borderline awful.

Seriously though when has anyone ever posted a good cover on youtube? Bunch of plebs covering famous songs in the hope that they'll get famous.

[oskar]

you just have to stop clicking on cleavage.

[MadMojoMonkey]

That Evan Chapman is great.

Did you notice that he's playing in triplets with his right hand, while playing doublets with his left?

[eugmac]

2 vs 3 is not hard -.-

[MadMojoMonkey]

2 vs 3 is not hard -.-

No, 2 v 3 is not hard; who said anything about it being hard? It's uncommon to find a piece of music where it's employed so thoroughly, but that's on the composer, not the performer.

Phillip Glass can be hit or miss for me, since I feel he gets too cerebral sometimes, and lacks actual feeling. This piece starts out very inviting, but by the end, it's a bit repetitive. I tend to feel the same lack of inspiration from Bach, so grain of salt.

I don't think 3 v 2 is hard, but it's a gateway rhythm. Once you try a bit of 3 v 2, you'll soon be dipping your toe in the waters of 3 v 4. Then it's only a matter of time before your friends find you doing 3 v 5 where you shouldn't be. The shame. The humility. You gotta know when you've gone too far.