What you see is what you hear

April 19, 2009 8:09 PM

Queen Bohemian Rhapsody Old School Computer Remix
posted by finite (20 comments total)

The HD gong at the end seals the deal. Love it.
posted by hellojed at 8:30 PM on April 19, 2009 [1 favorite]

High School (computer lab) Musical.
posted by mazola at 8:32 PM on April 19, 2009 [1 favorite]

waxy seenit, but still awesome.
posted by the aloha at 8:34 PM on April 19, 2009

for that matter, baio saw it at n0wak's del.icio.us, and here is the queen's original video.
posted by the aloha at 8:38 PM on April 19, 2009 [1 favorite]

my fucking ears!
posted by pmbuko at 8:39 PM on April 19, 2009

While we're on the subject of weird music, how about the Philharmica Orchestra doing "Powerhouse"?

(If the music sounds familiar, it's because Carl Stalling used it several times in the classic Warner Brothers cartoons.)
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 8:44 PM on April 19, 2009 [7 favorites]

See also (but some may want to scroll ahead to about 1:10). (Previously).
posted by maudlin at 9:08 PM on April 19, 2009 [2 favorites]

Yeah, not quite as good as the Radiohead one.
posted by burnmp3s at 9:16 PM on April 19, 2009 [1 favorite]

MetaFilter: Keep in mind the scanner and floppy drive are not musical instruments.
posted by dhartung at 9:22 PM on April 19, 2009

Here's some more.
posted by tighttrousers at 9:23 PM on April 19, 2009

10/10 for good hacking, but minus several million for good musicality.

Seriously. You've heard the song a kajillion times. How hard is it to get the rhythm right?
posted by erniepan at 9:40 PM on April 19, 2009 [1 favorite]

Almost as nerdy and a little easier on the ears: Phish
posted by muckster at 9:53 PM on April 19, 2009 [1 favorite]

Damn, Chocolate Pickle's link is FPP worthy by itself, I reckon. Powerhouse is one of those songs I've heard a thousand times but only relatively recently discovered had a live outside of Warner Bros. cartoons and Cartoon Network promos. (A moment of silence, please, for the memory of Cartoon Network when they were cool.)
posted by JHarris at 11:38 PM on April 19, 2009

JHarris: If you like Powerhouse you might also want to check out more of Raymond Scott's music - such as the stuff on this CD. It is kind of appropriate toremember Scott in a thread like this since he was also somebody making music with some seriously unwieldy, custom build technology.
posted by rongorongo at 1:57 AM on April 20, 2009 [1 favorite]

Wow, I'm amazed. By the incredible video, but also by the lack of love from metafilter. I don't see anything not to love.
posted by JBennett at 7:45 AM on April 20, 2009 [1 favorite]

My god. That Phish video is frustrating. All that effort and such horrible vocals across the board. I guess I see how others are seeing the FPP video. Diff'rent Strokes.
posted by JBennett at 8:01 AM on April 20, 2009

Rats. I spelled "Philharmonica" wrong.
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 3:52 PM on April 20, 2009

Well, I thought it was charming.
posted by Monster_Zero at 4:33 PM on April 20, 2009

Music made with windows XP sounds?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsU3B0W3TMs
posted by jfrancis at 9:30 PM on April 20, 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsU3B0W3TMs
posted by jfrancis at 9:31 PM on April 20, 2009 [1 favorite]