The Series, Part 3: Ben Rector

Ben Rector is an animal. He is so talented. Look him up on Myspace or just anywhere on the internet and listen to his music. Nearly everybody who I have showed him too has loved his music. In my opinion, Ben Rector is the best "unknown" artist I have heard of in a long time. That is the reason I wrote a post on him earlier. But you saw it here first! Ben Rector is awesome, and will be huge someday. Here is a showcase of some of his videos.

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Theme Song (Ben's take on it):

Bright Lights (My personal favorite):

Come Back Home:

He's great, don't deny it. These videos don't even show how awesome he is. Check him out, www.myspace.com/benrector

Cory, Le Blog

The Series, Part 2: Girl Talk (Yes, Again)

If you have read the blog lately, you know I have been falling more and more in love with Girl Talk. Well, here is a few Girl Talk related videos. The first is of Greg Gillis making a quick mash up. This man has some serious talent with this. He has this whole thing down to a science:

GG Creates a Mashup:

Some group of college kids made a video for one of Girl Talk's songs that is pretty awesome. Both as a video, and as a song, the idea excels:

Yet another fan made video for one of Girl Talk's songs. I just think this is a pretty cool video too, and this is a great way to check out his music in a creative format:

That's all. Girl Talk is a Beast. Feed The Animals is much better for just listening to for fun. But after re listening to Night Ripper, that album just absolutely rocks.

Cory, Le Blog

The Series, Part 1: Mute Math is Amazing

I have been currently at a blank for blog posts (or at least ones of substance and that people may actually be interested in), so I figured I would do a little bit of a series of posts (creatively title, The Series). All about the videos I am loving. Consider these videos, the "swiftest" of the bunch. Swift of course being synonymous with cool. Just passing on the message. I am going to be gone til Thursday and I think I will be unable to post, so I will make 4 or 5 posts and have them schedule to post over the next few days. I will start it off with this:

Mute Math Studio Vlogs:

To hold off the mass anticipation (or increase it, it is doing about both for me) for Mute Math's sophomore album, they have been releasing a few studio videos of their recording the new album. And if nothing else, these videos have showed me that Mute Math is one of the most legit bands out there. Every member has ridiculous amounts of talent and these videos just showcase them. So much must have gone into their self named album that we just never saw. Plus, seeing them live makes their mass skill undeniable.

Lavatory Loops:

Clapping:

Paul Meany is Awesome at Piano:

175 BPM:

Drum Delay:

Hyberbass:

Pyramids are Visionary?

Apples to Apples is definitely one of my favorite board games to play with lots of people. I laugh so hard and have so much fun playing it. I actually just finished a game of it with a few people, and it was awesome. I had a great time. The thing is, it is such a social game. People will talk the whole time about so many different topics. Every new card is a new conversation. I enjoy just watching other peoples reactions to cards and how they laugh at stuff and argue for their cards. Often times though (especially when playing with the lady folk), people do dumb stuff and pick dumb cards. For example, somehow my card Pyramids got picked for "Visionary", and it pretty much started an uproar. I also have had the card Bald Eagles not picked for "Patriotic", which pretty much pissed me off. But even though you may get angry during this wonderful game, you still have a lot of fun. Make sure and play it with people who are serious and pick cards that make sense. It will make it much easier on you if you think logically. And you read this blog, so I really hope that you are a normal, logical person. If you aren't, then read Connor's posts. 

P.S.: The movie Don't Mess With The Zohan may have been one of the worst movies I have ever had the displeasure of watching. Granted, I left in the first 45 minutes, but still. That 45 minutes was absolutely horrible.

After watching the video below, I hope it is impossible for you not to say Darren King, drummer for Mute Math is a sick drummer. That man moves his body faster and for longer times than anyone I have ever seen: 

For the record, I was just kidding about Connor's posts. They are wonderful and vary it up from my writing style

Cory, Le Blog

DONT PANIC! its just a !

A moment of silence, please, for the lost exclamation point.

Panic! at the Disco has become Panic at the Disco, the biggest rock & roll punctuation controversy since .38 Special dumped their decimal point.

Panic is a band, that just a year ago, wasn't widely spoken of in the music world unless the topic was: top 40, mtv, middle school obsession music.
Their music.. up until the release of Pretty Odd, has been immature to say the least. It was slightly emo, the lyrics made little to no sense, and their image was hardly unique.

So your probably wondering where I'm getting with this..


Panic! at the Disco's latest and greatest C.D., Pretty Odd blew me away. The album is pure genious.

They begin Pretty. Odd. with a psychedelic fanfare announcing, "We're so sorry we've been gone/We were busy writing songs for — you!" You don't have to check the notes to guess they mixed the horns and strings at Abbey Road. A Sgt. Pepper wardrobe is just the beggening.

Like any growing emo band, Panic wanted to make a Seventies-style art-rock epic. But where My Chemical Romance aim for Queen and the Killers imitate Bruce Springsteen, Panic went for ELO circa "Mr. Blue Sky."

They still try to pick up chicks with lines like "You remind me of a few of my famous friends" or "We should feed our jewelry to the sea," in ballads with titles like "Nine in the Afternoon" and "That Green Gentleman." Yet the songs have the same catchy glitz as the band's breakthrough hit, "I Write Sins Not Tragedies."

The tunes are often beautiful, especially "Northern Downpour" and "She's a Handsome Woman," while "Mad as Rabbits" has a horn section beamed in from the Beatles' "Savoy Truffle."
Even when it's over the top, which is too much I sadly admit, Pretty. Odd. sounds cheerful, with a broad sense of humor that does honor to the noble legacy of ELO mastermind Jeff Lynne.

Now ask yourself, "Self? Is Panic more Pretty than Odd?"

If your answer is "Yes!"

Your either gay, or have good taste..

OR BOTH!

unless of course your definition of Odd isnt overly strange.. but rather different, in a necesary for me to listen to them sorta way.

REGARDLESS -- Pretty Odd is Pretty, Odd, and Pretty Odd.. take it or leave it

Connor, Le Blog

The Whirly Cup

I just watched Death Cab's new video for their song No Sunlight, and first off, it was hilarious. It has them playing a game called Whirlyball and performing in a Whirlyball court. Now, this obscure video would not seem NEARLY as hilarious if I hadn't played Whirlyball multiple time. I have had two or three family gatherings playing this and a youth group event devoted to this totally random sport. My brother and my cousin also were ridiculously good at the game and made it miserable for everyone else by running up the score.

But anyway, I digress. The video is hilarious. Ben Gibbard looks very Schrute-ish with his athletic protector goggles. For some reason multiple members of the band have grown caveman beards, which I did not realize. And in the video they are playing their games against like 4 teams of little kids, so the beards make it that much funnier. 

I haven't listened to this album much, but I liked the song and the video, so maybe I will take a 45 minute break from Girl Talk-ing it up and check it out. Video is posted below.

Cory, Le Blog

Comic Book Plots Done Right

I am addicted to Heroes again. My sister bought the first season used on DVD and after watching one or two discs I stole the rest from her. I have watched some 18 episodes in like 4 days. This is reminiscent of my experiences watching Lost and Alias on DVD with my sister Abby.  Basically, whoever though of TV on DVD is an evil genius. You sit down to watch one episode and 3 hours and 4 episodes later you are mad that you just wasted all that. These horribly wonderful shows typically end up in many, "Hey, do you see what time it is?" moments. I have watched all these Heroes episodes before, but I never absorbed this show like I did Lost (which I am addicted to). But the first season of Heroes is up there with the second season of Lost and the second season of The Office. I guess I judge these by how much I enjoy each of them, and these three are some of my favorite shows ever. I can't wait til Fall when the new season of Heroes comes back on. The second season was generally pretty weak and cut way short by the writer's strike. Hopefully season of three returns to the form of Season 1. 

You could compare Season 2 of Heroes to Season 4 of The Office. I thoroughly enjoyed both, but the writer's strike really hurt both of them. It took until the last couple episodes for The Office to really come back to form. I am hoping Season 5 for my favorite comedy is much better than 4 was. But since this post is really about Heroes I should probably end with a few things about the show:

-Peter Petrelli is an absolute BA.

-The special effects on this show are pretty awesome.

-There is no shortage of very attractive people on this show (I say this from mine and my sister's observations).

-J.J. Abrams had a hand in it (I think?) so that automatically makes it great because he is the King Midas of the entertainment biz (everything he touches has extreme success).

-The film style is awesome. You really feel like you are watching a comic book come to life.

-Heroes is a diamond in the rough in the seemingly mediocre (but improving, Iron Man was great) comic book entertainment business.

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I know I just had a post about Girl Talk, but Feed The Animals is one of the best cd's I have heard in a long time. Top 5 best cd's of the year so far hands down. I can't stop listening to it. Lil' Mama and Metallica used in perfect unison. One of the coolest music moments of my short 15 years.

Cory, Le Blog

Creating A Monster

Any man who can combine Elton John’s, Tiny Dancer, with Notorious B.I.G. inside the same song without getting shot is pretty incredible in my book. Greg Gillis makes unholy unions all over the place under the name Girl Talk. After a trip to Olathe to visit my sister and her friends, I have fallen back in love with Girl Talk. Basically, Gillis is a DJ who takes tons of samples from songs of all genres and combines them into songs. Listening through, you will find yourself saying stuff like, “whoa, that is the guitar solo from Say it Ain’t So by Weezer!” or “hey, that part is from (insert song here)”. It really is pretty awesome. He also makes some great dance music with all his cool Frankenstein-esque mixing and matching. That is my best way of describing Girl Talk.

Girl Talk builds a new Frankenstein monster with each of his songs. It is really cool to watch the songs change and hear how he takes completely different kinds of music and makes it into something totally new and cool. His beats in each song pull the songs together into a real song. It should sound random and crazy, but there is a certain perfecting to his created chaos. 

Sidenote: The guy is a freaking scientist. Like his actual job is in a lab where he works with a bunch of old people. None of them know that he is an incredible DJ

His newest CD has been released on his record label, Illegal Art, website and is available with the Radiohead style pay-what-you-want pricing structure (link posted at bottom). Speaking of Radiohead, both 15 Step and Paranoid Android are used on his newest CD. Reason enough for you to head over there, select 0 for how much you want to pay and download it. I like his new CD Feed The Animals a lot more than Night Ripper. But that is just me.

If you see me blasting this in a car, look away please. I will be dancing very embarrassingly and I don’t want you to see me.

GIRL TALK ALBUM DOWNLOAD

HIS MYSPACE

Cory, Le Blog

The Bait Shop

Not many people will admit this, but pretty much the reason I am cool is my brother, Joel. He introduced me to the music I love, my favorite store, and just basically is awesome. Now, if you want to be cool like I am (because of him), you should read his blog. Really it’s all about things he likes and is a lot better written and easier to read than this here blog. Also, his blog seems to have taken the same turn that mine (I could say ours, but Connor has lately been pretty much M.I.A. on here) has. He started it with his best friend Daniel but Daniel only includes the occasional post. So really, read the blog. It’s called The Bait Shop due to the concert place on The O.C. (a shared love of both me and Joel).

Here is the link to the blog

HERE

And I can’t write a post and not include something here on the bottom (typically a Youtube video), so here is a song I am really into lately, The Fight by The Classic Crime:

Cory, Le Blog

ugh.. a come back

To be perfectly honest, I no longer MAKE time to blog. Lately my schedule has been: sleep, work, sleep, work, work, and hang out. Notice the absense of the word BLOG in that little quote unquote, schedule.

Anyways.. I have currently MADE time.. so enjoy it while it lasts.

This post will be.. random things to say the least.

First topic of interest.. COLDPLAY. I agree entirely with Cory's statements, and it was a phenomenal C.D. I intend to purchase tickets to their November show at the Sprint Center. But thats besides the point. I am not going to elaborate on the latter of the existing posts, but instead propose a somewhat radical claim.

According to Creaky Boards, a Brooklyn Indie band, the melody of Viva La Vida is strikingly similar to that of their own track, ironically entitled The Songs I Didn't Write.

I thought this video was humerous.. and can possibly further your knowledge on the topic

Why would Coldplay steal a song? They have enough money, dont you think? They already pay proffessional song writers.. why steal a no-name bands melody?
It wouldn't make sense that they do such a thing.. but it does make you wonder.. and not in an Adam Levine sorta way, either.

next item on the agenda..
The Middle Man

When I first saw the previews for ABC Family's new original series, THE MIDDLE MAN, I thought.. great; another kids show, taking time on the air away from the few witty shows that still remain on ABC Family.
But upon watching the first episode.. I was highly impressed.
The show is really, everything I could ever want in a show.
It was full of wit, pop culture references, punch-lines, and abnormalities.
It was extremely strange, however I enjoyed it.
I can't explain it.. But it's now my new favorite show.

Go to the following website, and press the middle man. Watch the first episode, and be amazed.
http://abc.go.com/player/?lid=ABCCOMGlobalMenu&lpos=FEP

And lastly,
24 is awesome.
Jack Bauer is a savage.

Thats all.

Connor, Le Blog

Viva La Vida

First off, let me thank music blog aggregator, elbo.ws, for making this post possible. It basically allowed me to legally “steal” most of the songs of Coldplay’s new album.

To preface my review/opinions of Viva La Vida, let me say this. I used to be a HUGE Coldplay fan. I bought X&Y the day it came out and was in love with Coldplay for a long time. My story with them pretty well mirrors my story with Death Cab For Cutie. I have falling in and out of love with them for a long time. This cd is again, my “couple’s counseling” as I like to say with one of my past favorite bands.

Basically, Coldplay finally realized that they couldn’t release the same cd 4 times with just a different name. I have to say that I feel like a lot of their music sounds generally the same. They typical included a basic electric guitar riff and pretty simple drums and bass.

But with Viva La Vida, I finally feel like Coldplay sat down and put some time into their songs. Granted, they had like 2 ½ years to make this album. On these songs, they actually develop. It may start quiet and build to something more. Or it may start one way and end a completely different way than you expected. They didn’t stick to the typical, verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus, song structure.

Plus, these songs are just so cool. The strings used in Viva La Vida (song, not whole album) are so well put together and arranged. It makes me not even care that drums are generally non-existent. This is the perfect example of what makes Viva La Vida (album) so great. They didn’t need to just have piano be the main part of the music. Other instruments are used in the background (bells for example) that makes it great.

Some other standouts I feel on the album are the instrumental Life In Technicolor, Death and All His Friends, and Cemeteries of London. Violet Hill also shows the new edgier side of Coldplay

So, overall, I really, really like this cd. Granted I haven’t actually gotten the real cd, and I have only listened to it for two days but it is really growing on me. I like to see Coldplay get creative and not be the sometimes-boring old Coldplay we know and sometimes love. Hopefully this is a sign of a continuing change in their music.

Now I can’t write a post about Coldplay and NOT mention the awesome iTunes commercial they put out for Viva l,a Vida. It’s posted below along with another great Coldplay Apple ad.

Also, I have to mention that Coldplay recently released a track pack for Guitar Hero 3, which I can’t imagine being fun, but it may be worth checking out as a Coldplay fan. Like I said, most of their songs have really boring guitar parts, which isn’t a good fit for GUITAR Hero. Maybe a future Piano Hero though.

Cory, Le Blog

The Whaler (Dustin Kensrue Is The Man)

Thrice’s, The Whaler (posted above), may be one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. I know that Thrice is my favorite band and I am kind of biased, but Kensrue just has a flat out beautiful voice. 

For a while, the song is just pretty basic. There is a basic little ocean-y drum beat and some piano. But at the 2:51 mark, I get chills every time. The singing is so awesome he doesn’t need to say a word. He just makes this “ah” noise and carries it out for a long time. At 3:26, everything drops out and it is just the one vocal harmony. It is just such an awesome sounding vocal arrangement. I wouldn’t have needed all the instruments for this song, just that last part. But I heard it today after not hearing it for a while and I just realized how incredible it was, so I decided to share it with you all.

Great acoustic performance of it. Basically Dustin Kensrue is the man: 

In Honor of The Cool Kids...

After writing our joint blog post, Connor and I decided to throw together a little music project. 

Basic guitar chords + Connor rapping + The Cool Kids lyrical genius =

Thank you for watching Punk Goes Crunk, Cool Kids style.

Cory (and Connor in spirit), Le Blog

Reasons you know you are in "The Office"

This is the first of many joint Connor-Cory blog posts:

In honor of our mutual infatuation of David Letterman and The Office, we have decided to make a Top Ten style list of ways (we actually have 20) you can tell that you work at Dunder-Mifflin paper company.

You hear “That’s What She Said” more than you hear a phone ring.

Your boss wears woman’s “power-suits” to work.

You sell paper for a living.

Your top salesmen owns a bed and breakfast/60 acre working beet farm

One of your co-workers changed his name due to anger management issues

The way into the Regional Manager position is by winning “Beach Day”.

Two months ago your Vice President of Operations was a temp.

After 14 years of service to the company, the warehouse guys STILL make more money than your boss.

You come to work and find your desk in the bathroom.

After 3 years of working with the same people, you still have no idea what half of them do.

Your boss organizes stakeouts to prevent downsizing.

Your new HR rep is convinced that a normal employee is retarded.

“Movie Monday” is your boss’ way of increasing productivity.

After burning his foot on a Foreman grill, your boss is convinced he is disabled.

Your “Resident Senior” steals a co-workers wedding; flowers, design, dress, invitations, initials. Literally everything.

Your boss almost commits suicide…pretending to commit suicide.

The tough warehouse director plays a synthesizer in his free time.

You attend a mandatory safety training to become informed on the dangers of “carpal tunnel syndrome”.

Your boss insults the resident gay not realizing that he actually is a homosexual.

Your salesman occupies himself during meetings with the daily crossword puzzle.

Cory and Connor, Le Blog

Ignore Your Homophobia...

What a wonderful investment. Last week, I bought a pair of these incredible sandals by Rainbow at Pac-Sun. I normally never go into that store, but I decided to go in because I needed something to replace my crappy flip-flops. I spent a good deal of money (45$) on a good pair, but I think they are worth it. For the longest time I was just wearing a crappy little pair of like 5 dollar Old Navy sandals. It’s safe to say I will never ever go back. These new sandals are more durable, comfortable, and better looking than a lot out there. I have not put a regular pair of shoes on once since buying them. So, pretty much I spent 45$ on a new pair of summer shoes. Some people give me grief for obsessing about these wonder-sandals, but I don’t really care. They are incredible.

So, check them out for yourselves. Sure they aren’t cheap, but Rainbow guarantees them until the sole wears through. Ignore your homo-phobic side (yeah, I know you were thinking it) and buy them.

Cory, Le Blog

The Greatest Group Game Ever

Sorry for the long hiatus of blog posts. I was in Florida at a church camp and Connor was also at church camp. I didn’t really have the internet or the time to write anything so here is my first post since coming back from camp. It is about a music game that I and that world has come to love.

Rock Band in my opinion is one of the best group activities known to man. As a youth group we were down on our way to Florida and it just so happens the church we are staying at has Rock Band. So, here are 3 plastic instruments. 2 completely fake guitars and a plastic drumset. But what is crazy is, these people are into it like they are really playing the real instrument. The drummer really thinks that she/he can play the instrument. As an actual drummer, it pains me to hear it because they are off rhythm and hit the drums way too loud. But it is great because for that moment, they feel like a real rock star. One girl went so far as to say, “I’m good, I should play real drums!” Granted she was playing on easy and got about a 65% percent, but still. It shows how this game tricks your brain into thinking you are really playing an instrument in a Rock Band.

We spent 3 hours playing the same 12 songs and nobody once complained about hearing one song too much or anything. Each time it is different because they enjoy seeing people enjoy themselves playing out their rock star fantasies. Of course, I own the game, so I am pretty good at it (better than most people here) but I don’t need to play to have fun. I enjoy just watching other people enjoy themselves. It drives me insane to hear drums banged on loudly (I also hate feedback in concert atmospheres or during band practice, my blogging partner can vouch for that).

I just recently bought the drum set for the game, and it is an incredible piece of plastic. I can close my eyes on the expert level and just play, because it is just like playing real drums. I have beat nearly the whole career on expert just because I play drums in real life. It just goes to show that when a product is designed well it can be that close to the real thing. I think if somebody is playing Rock Band drums and expert, it would transfer nearly directly over to a real set.

So, if you are ever in need of a great group game, look at Rock Band. People may be nervous to try it, but it’s like heroin. They try it once and they will want to do it again all night. (That sounds bad, but it really is a good thing). My dad who never plays video games sat down to play one song and stayed for 4 more. Plus, if you can keep any sort of a 4/4 beat you can play drums on medium and impress all your friends. People are amazed when I play the easiest song in the game on expert and do well. It may cost a lot of money but Rock Band is definitely worth the investment.

I leave you with a video of someone who has spent WAY too much time perfecting this game. It's ridiculous:

Cory, Le Blog

Erasing Musical Opinions (Or Remembering Them)

Lately, I have been all about giving music I previously have hated or had something against a chance. Just a few are rap, Justin Timberlake, and the emo-er side of Screamo. Indie is also coming back onto my radar after a long backseat trip through the interesting road of harder music like metal and hardcore. Here are a few observations I have made from this interesting journey:

Not ALL rap is horrible.

I have been listening to a few rap artists that are not played on Top 40 radio and I have actually loved listening to them. Clipse, Lupe Fiasco, The Cool Kids, Kanye (okay, he is top 40 but he has talent). I'm realizing that the reason I really like these guys is because they actually have talent at what they do. They don't hide behind catchy beats (although there are many) and can write lyrically interesting songs about stuff other than drugs, sex, and money (although there is a little bit of all three in most every rap song). The song Trill by Clipse has one of the coolest background noise effects I have heard and has a pretty great beat. It's hard for me not to cuss along with them when they are talking about how trill they are. The Cool Kids have some really cool beats that I have enjoyed. Lupe is just a great rapper, everything is excellent

. And Kanye is just plain catchy. He is hard not to like (even if he is a self-obsessed cocky jerk in real life).

Justin Timberlake has talent (yeah, I said it).

Never thought I would hear that sentence escape my fingers. He really is one of the poster boy's for popular music and he could put out just about anything and it would be a radio hit. But the thing is, he is just a legit musician and artist. He plays instruments, sings, writes his own music, arranges music; all things most popular musicians don't do. FutureSex/LoveSounds is a great album. Justified isn't bad either. But I would say I can see more hip-hop influence in the former, which I enjoy. Although I have to admit, he may have put one of the DUMBEST lines ever into one of his songs (thanks to my sister for pointing this out). In LoveStoned, Timberlake calls a woman, "Flawless like a piece of uncut ice". Lame Mr. Timberlake. You can do better.

Screamo is definitely still Screamo.

I suppose bands like Underoath or maybe sort of Emery would be classified under the screamo genre. I really like some of these bands, and I really wouldn't put them into the cookie-cutter screamo genre. But a while ago I listened to a song by Silverstein (If You Could See Into My Soul) and really liked it a lot. It had a really cool drum beat and guitar sounds. Plus some cool back and forth singing screaming type stuff. So, today at Wal-Mart I bought the cd. I get home to listen to it, and unfortunately, Silverstein is definitely not like Underoath and Emery. A lot of the other songs (upon first listen), seemed very shallow and predictable. I figured it would be so much better than it ended up being. But the guitar riffs were pretty much stereotypical power chord distortion + high pitched guitar riff = screamo band. Lots of group sung vocals and high pitch whiny sounding singing. The lead singer has a decent screaming voice, but it still sounds like a little skinny teenager trying to get the most out of his scream unfortunately. I guess I have been spoiled by some great bands like Underoath (who have transformed into more metal than they were in They're Only Chasing Safety). So, to say the least, I was pretty disappointed on first listen. Maybe it will get better, maybe it won't. But right now, not impressed.

So a few impressions of my explorations into old types of music I have either liked, hated, or been indifferent about. 

Currently Listening to:

Hell Hath No Fury - Clipse

Narrow Stairs - Death Cab For Cutie

FutureSex/LoveSounds - JT

Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem

Cory, Le Blog

A Few Awesome Music Videos

I am not a huge Beirut fan, but I have to admit this video he did for his song Nantes is a really really cool idea. Essentially, he just walks down a staircase singing the song while people playing different instruments play the song. It has definitely become one of my favorite videos. Not the coolest, but up there. It sure makes me like the song a lot more. So, check out this video of him singing the song Nantes. You won’t regret it.

While I am discussing awesome music videos, I can't not mention my favorite music video of all time. Basically, I have to say that Mute Math's Typical music video is the coolest and most expertly pulled off music video ever (in my opinion). Basically, Mute Math learned how to play every part of Typical again - backwards. So to make the video, they recorded them playing it backwards, doing all the motions and everything forwards. Then they reversed the video and played the song forwards. And magically, it matches up. Absolutely incredible if you ask me. I especially have to applaud Darren King, the drummer, because I can't even begin to think of how you would learn that song, the way he plays it backwards. And singing backwards? Crazyness. So, check it out. Be amazed. Watch it multiple times. Do what I did when I first saw it. Plus, they played it live. They freaking played the song backwards...live...on national television. How awesome is that? Both videos are posted below, live performance is second video.

This has been fun. A top 5 favorite video countdown may be in this blog's future.

Cory, le blog