dass ist nicht so funky

June 23, 2007 9:14 AM

YouTube Funky Für Elise Wars:

Not so funky.

Trying hard to be funky

Indeed funky.

posted by Flem Snopes (29 comments total)

Too Funky?
posted by rxrfrx at 9:24 AM on June 23, 2007

At least none of those guys look like they're being fellated while playing (SFW).
posted by greatgefilte at 9:28 AM on June 23, 2007

This is where art rock comes from, and should be discouraged.
posted by Astro Zombie at 9:37 AM on June 23, 2007 [1 favorite]

Funky it was. Thanks.
posted by maxpower at 9:39 AM on June 23, 2007

this one is pretty good as well.
posted by delmoi at 9:46 AM on June 23, 2007 [10 favorites]

Links two and three were too cheesy to stand. They made me feel a little ashamed to be a pianist.
posted by kozad at 9:47 AM on June 23, 2007

They made me feel a little ashamed to be a pianist.

You should always be ashamed to be a pianist. And proud, too. Comes with the territory.
posted by psmealey at 9:48 AM on June 23, 2007

Links one & two are the same, yeah?
posted by jonson at 9:54 AM on June 23, 2007

Steve Buscemi wins.
posted by odinsdream at 9:55 AM on June 23, 2007 [1 favorite]

Heh, I love how the internet allows us to these types of things.
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 10:10 AM on June 23, 2007

"HELLO! I AM GOVERNOR WATT! AND I AM THE SON OF STEPHEN COLBERT!"

...huh?
posted by ZachsMind at 10:16 AM on June 23, 2007

Think datz funky do ya, bennyblunt? First of all...

*puts on sunglasses*

Second of all...

*lights a cigarette and has it hang off the lip just so*

Third of all...

*pours gasoline on bennyblunt's piano and sets it on fire*

...That's about right! KEEP IT FUNKY!
posted by ZachsMind at 10:20 AM on June 23, 2007

Steve Buscemi wins.

Haha, I saw the same thing.
posted by callmejay at 10:37 AM on June 23, 2007

Hey! Here's a Zac playing it on guitars! Two of 'em! Guitars I mean. Not two Zac's. Although, I'm a Zac! And he's a Zac! So there's two Zac's! And two guitars! Only he's playing both of them and I'm just typing.

That's funky isn't it? ...nope. Actually this guy's putting me to sleep. But he's a Zac! That's somethin'!

I think this song is slowly driving me mad! Sideways! I may be talking to myself in this thread. I may have to blow my brains out if I hear Fur Elise again! Too bad there's no gun within reach. Guess I'll just bang my head against the keyboard until all that's left is a bloody stump.

Lalalalala la la la la la Make it stop!!! It's bringing tears to my eyes! AARGGH!!

*runs around in circles screaming to the tune of Fur Elise and then crashes into a wall*

...mommy!

*thud*
posted by ZachsMind at 10:38 AM on June 23, 2007

where's the funk?
posted by ForBroadcast at 10:40 AM on June 23, 2007

This is where art rock comes from, and should be discouraged.

This is where Days Inn Lounge piano bars come from, and should be nuked from orbit...
posted by pupdog at 10:51 AM on June 23, 2007

I dunno. That last guy was channeling Chick Corea (sorta), and that's always a good thing. He just needs a real Fender Rhodes instead of a dinky synthesizer.
posted by supercres at 10:54 AM on June 23, 2007

*pours gasoline on YouTube and sets it on fire, plays Alfred Brendel then Fur Luise to decompress*
posted by scheptech at 11:03 AM on June 23, 2007

Fur guitar.
posted by Mblue at 11:06 AM on June 23, 2007

No, this is where art rock comes from, as well as where it ends.

And if you still think it's bad, you haven't listened to it enough yet.
posted by Arturus at 11:09 AM on June 23, 2007

I think I might have to pull the audio on delmoi's link and add it to my mp3 player. I liked that a whole lot.
posted by quin at 11:30 AM on June 23, 2007

I expected more flying fur.
posted by phoque at 11:41 AM on June 23, 2007

"Funky" in the skunky, stinky sense: In Taiwan, the garbage trucks play Fur Elise to alert the citizens that it's time to haul out thier trash.
posted by maryh at 11:46 AM on June 23, 2007

I already knew we were famous for funk.
posted by misha at 12:24 PM on June 23, 2007

""Funky" in the skunky, stinky sense: In Taiwan, the garbage trucks play Fur Elise to alert the citizens that it's time to haul out thier trash."

I always thought it was a particularly strange kind of Skinnerian conditioning. Plus, I always missed the damn trucks by like two minutes.
posted by jiawen at 6:50 PM on June 23, 2007

Y'know... delmoi's link actually made me head to my piano, pull out my classical books & try playing. Which I haven't done in about a year. So that's pretty dang cool. It was fun.* :)

*Too bad I haven't gotten any better at the piano while not playing it, though.
posted by miss lynnster at 10:21 PM on June 23, 2007

Ya, delmoi's link was awesome!
Not funk, but awesome.
posted by Chuckles at 10:34 PM on June 23, 2007

In fact, those guys just rock:

Sunday Afternoon Boogie Woogie
Barrelhouse Blues
Toccata and Fugue by Stuart Jones

posted by Chuckles at 11:05 PM on June 23, 2007

I noticed a funk this morning in the elevator. I don't wanna know what happened in it the night before but... ew!
posted by ZachsMind at 8:29 AM on June 24, 2007