Straight from Detroit

December 17, 2009 4:07 PM

Techno Jeep
posted by empath (18 comments total)

that was quite awesome.
posted by selenized at 4:14 PM on December 17, 2009

I liked that more than I thought I would. That was fucking rad.
posted by MaryDellamorte at 4:18 PM on December 17, 2009

The folks behind this have a bunch of short videos, apparently featuring a lot of screaming.

I saw this earlier, and it made me think of the track I Cannot A Ford, which isn't wholly sampled from a car, but the samples are a prominent part. Then there are 7 Bicycle Bands, as compiled by Mental Floss, and Project Bicycle, in which 12 songs are built from one bicycle.
posted by filthy light thief at 4:28 PM on December 17, 2009 [1 favorite]

It's all fun and games until someone shocks the shit out of himself playing with jumper cables.

But really, that was at least seventeen kinds of cool.
posted by The Potate at 4:43 PM on December 17, 2009

Man, it must be fun to have friends who are game to follow through on your crazy but achievable ideas. While I may know people who could come up with this idea, they'd be hard pressed to find anyone with the time and initiative to actually pull it off. Well done.

(And really, even if my happy fantasy of a merry band of amateur percussionists is precisely that, and everyone associated with this project was recruited and paid, it's still well done, and looks like it was fun.)
posted by EvaDestruction at 5:26 PM on December 17, 2009

Its easy to follow through on ideas when you are being paid and directed by a marketing firm.
posted by iloveit at 5:36 PM on December 17, 2009

Perhaps inspired by this Nissan ad?
posted by knave at 5:39 PM on December 17, 2009 [1 favorite]

From the youtube comments:

if a bunch of kids were bangin on a jeep for nine hours just to the "perfect" take for some stupid internet video I would go down there AND FIGHT THEM

ITS AGAINST THE HOA I GUARANTEE IT

posted by delmoi at 5:51 PM on December 17, 2009 [5 favorites]

Perhaps inspired by this Nissan ad ?

Or Einstürzende Neubauten, even.
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 6:09 PM on December 17, 2009

The abuse aspect just makes it even cooler. But I think it was probably out of warranty, so that's ok.
posted by sneebler at 6:50 PM on December 17, 2009

I won't deny that's pretty cool, but I'm pretty off-put by a video that outright tells me to vote five stars on it.
posted by Target Practice at 7:25 PM on December 17, 2009 [1 favorite]

Really wonderful. Reminded me a lot of the "Cvalda" factory number in Dancer in the Dark.
posted by hermitosis at 7:39 PM on December 17, 2009

The Potate: But really, that was at least seventeen kinds of cool.

Oh, come on. Twelve, tops.

All kidding aside, very entertaining. I almost didn't watch it, but my girlfriend reading over my shoulder read the title out loud, so I had to click. Glad I did.

(This is a problem I have with YouTube posts that don't clearly outline their content. I'm oddly reluctant to click on unknown links unless I known I can scan the content quickly.)

delmoi: `ITS AGAINST THE HOA I GUARANTEE IT'

Was it worth wading through the garbage to find that gem? It's sad that even the clever comments on YouTube are shining examples of the horror that can be done to the English language by an apathetic person in a hurry.
posted by ErWenn at 8:10 PM on December 17, 2009

There is a non-zero chance that I will be playing this in my New Years Eve mix...
posted by MrBobaFett at 8:13 PM on December 17, 2009

Was it worth wading through the garbage to find that gem? It's sad that even the clever comments on YouTube are shining examples of the horror that can be done to the English language by an apathetic person in a hurry.

It was like the second one from the top at the time.
posted by delmoi at 8:23 PM on December 17, 2009

It's like a modern version of Frank Zappa playing the bicycle.
posted by Etaoin Shrdlu at 9:05 PM on December 17, 2009

Stomp 2009 wants you to twitter about it.
posted by The Devil Tesla at 8:34 AM on December 18, 2009

Cool. This reminded my of Music for one apartment and six drummers.
posted by Glow Bucket at 9:05 PM on December 18, 2009