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doggyji
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Toronto - Hamilton - Vineland - St. Catherines
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 Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:13 pm Post subject: Youtube.com makes stars? |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8
| New York Times wrote: |
EIGHT months ago a mysterious image showed up on YouTube, the video-sharing site that now shows more than 100 million videos a day. A sinewy figure in a swimming-pool-blue T-shirt, his eyes obscured by a beige baseball cap, was playing electric guitar. Sun poured through the window behind him; he played in a yellow haze. The video was called simply �guitar.� A black-and-white title card gave the performer�s name as funtwo.
The piece that funtwo played with mounting dexterity was an exceedingly difficult rock arrangement of Pachelbel�s Canon, the composition from the turn of the 18th century known for its solemn chord progressions and its overexposure at weddings. But this arrangement, attributed on another title card to JerryC, was anything but plodding: it required high-level mastery of a singularly demanding maneuver called sweep-picking.
Over and over the guitarist�s left hand articulated strings with barely perceptible movements, sounding and muting notes almost simultaneously, and playing complete arpeggios through a single stroke with his right hand. Funtwo�s accuracy and velocity seemed record-breaking, but his mouth and jawline � to the extent that they were visible � looked impassive, with none of the exaggerated grimaces of heavy metal guitar heroes. The contrast between the soaring bravado of the undertaking and the reticence of the guitarist gave the 5-minute, 20-second video a gorgeous solemnity.
Like a celebrity sex tape or a Virgin Mary sighting, the video drew hordes of seekers with diverse interests and attitudes. Guitar sites, MySpace pages and a Polish video site called Smog linked to it, and viewers thundered to YouTube to watch it. If individual viewings were shipped records, �guitar� would have gone gold almost instantly. Now, with nearly 7.35 million views � and a spot in the site�s 10 most-viewed videos of all time � funtwo�s performance would be platinum many times over. From the perch it�s occupied for months on YouTube�s �most discussed� list, it generates a seemingly endless stream of praise (riveting, sick, better than Hendrix), exegesis, criticism, footnotes, skepticism, anger and awe.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/27/arts/television/27heff.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2 |
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SuperFly
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
Location: In the doghouse
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| Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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Damn!! That was great!
What if he's one of us on Daves!
I'd buy him a beer. |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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I watched the Pachelbel Canon version on guitar. It was very impressive. There's also a version of it on bass, played by a kid who must be about 17 years old, and it is truly impressive. His fingertapping style is really advanced.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgcCDIEIJkg
There it is. |
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doggyji
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Toronto - Hamilton - Vineland - St. Catherines
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| Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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Cutie...!  Your descendant..?
| Qinella wrote: |
I watched the Pachelbel Canon version on guitar. It was very impressive. There's also a version of it on bass, played by a kid who must be about 17 years old, and it is truly impressive. His fingertapping style is really advanced.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgcCDIEIJkg
There it is. |
That was some skilled boy.. His spider fingers were impressive, too..  |
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periwinkle
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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| They mentioned him on GMA yesterday- I didn't read the artcle, but according to the hosts of GMA, that piece was written for 3 violins, and Funtwo played all 3 parts flawlessly. |
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ella
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Excellent playing, great kid, whoever he is. |
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SHANE02
Joined: 04 Jun 2003
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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| The kid must have been on Korean news a lot lately or something because all 5 of my coworkers had heard of the Pachelbel Canon Rock he played. So maybe youtube has created a celebrity of him, here in Korea at least. |
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