Nothing silly to say about this, really. Just a nice arrangement. I think it’s in a different mode(?) than the original. (You know what I’m talking about? That musical term, “modal,” where someone’s like, “Yeah, that version of ‘What You Know’ has a nice melancholy modal vibe within the minor scale?”) Anyway, it works for me.
FRIDAY FACE-OFFS! SOMETIMES WE JUST LISTEN TO THE PIANO!!!
I remember making science projects, in like, four minutes. Did these guys beat my record?
Are you kidding with this flow?
Equilibrium in the system/
Products over-reacting/
It’s messing with the system/
Just to make the reaction go
LOL, Kool Keith, is that you?
WHY DO GUITARS ALWAYS SOUND SO AWESOME ON YOUTUBE???
I am listening to this through my nice bubble headphones, and 2:31 – 2:38 is sounding like an angel screaming.
I don’t even know what 3:58 sounds like. That’s like a whole new level of goddamn.
Want to save rock music? Destroy all guitar amplifiers. Every guitarist should just run their guitar straight into a webcam. IT WILL SOUND REALLY GOOD.
LOL, imagine going to see the hot new band, and instead of a wall of Marshall stacks, they have 1,000 little webcams piled up onstage, ready to rock.
What a week, ladies and gentlemen! (I never get tired of saying that.) The weekend is almost here! We’re gonna relax and chill and — wait, what? — are you kidding? Do we really have to go back to Wilkes-Barre and knock on more doors? Seriously? What is this, a super-door-knocking-on contest or something?
Fine, fine, whatever. We’ll go back to Wilkes-Barre. Hmm. Better get motivated . . . this calls for an EXTRA JAMMIN’ JOINT for this week’s Friday Face-Offs . . . fortunately, I know just the one . . .
Friday Face-Offs.
Welcome to the FIFTH INSTALLMENT of an internet legend!
This week’s FRIDAY FACE-OFF is: “What You Know” by T.I. Watch the original version here:
Check back later this morning for our first contestant. . .
FRIDAY FACE-OFFS! I KNOW ALL ABOUT THAT!!!
“Whereof we cannot speak, thereof we must remain silent.”
–Ludwig Wittgenstein
This dude should change his name to “Destroyer McJaunty,” because he freakin’ destroys this jam and kicks the jauntiness factor up to +12,000%.
That piano lick would make an AWESOME sample. In fact, right before I researched this video I was researching the video for “My Block” by Scarface; do you remember how sick that Donny Hathaway piano loop was? This kid is dealing with something on that level of unstoppability.
(By the way, I only wish his arms weren’t so short and stubby, LOL are you sure they’re long enough to reach the piano keyboard, LOL, because they’re pretty short, could you put the piano in the next room and he’d still be able to play it, LOL best arms ever this kid is destroying.)
HONORABLE MENTION:
DANGER DANGER
THE GUY WHO
RUNS THE BOWLING ALLEY
HAS GONE CRAZY.
FRIDAY FACE-OFFS! THE WINNING VIDEO IS NEXT!!! YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE YOUR EYES OR EARS, I HAVE UNCOVERED A MASTERPIECE.
Are you ready to be in a good mood?
When I first read the youtube user’s description of this video:
“Dropped a bomb signing on R. Kelly’s Ignition Remix!!”
I thought I saw a typo. It took me a minute to realize: no typo.
THEN. I. GOT. SAD.
(By the way, this video has some intense, mystifying cutaway shots that make me love it more and more each time I watch it. Hello, 0:58!!!)
BUT THE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THIS VIDEO IS:
Sometimes I watch this video and focus on the guy in front, to see how R. Kelly is translated into his language (answer: soooooo smoothly). But sometimes, I focus on the guy in the back. And when I do that, I FEEL STRONG JOY.
Could that guy be jamming any harder? I would say that from 2:52 – end, he is manifesting pure light.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME WITH HOW HARD HE’S JAMMING AT THE END???
Bonus points for the ending! LOL, can’t believe you got David Chase to direct your video!
Goddamm, I think I discovered a straight-up classic ass-banger with this one. Fifty thousand gold stars.
(Note: The end of this video features adult language and sexual themes, which are not endorsed or condoned by Friday Face-Offs.)
Greatest crew of all time, right here in this video? YES.
As the video begins, ask yourself: Which member of this crew probably has to take the most abuse from the other two crew members? Just take a WILD guess.
Got your answer? Okay, now watch 1:05 – onwards. Was your guess very correct?
Umm . . . 1:24, anyone?
By the way, is there a SMALL escalation of hostilities on the battlefield? At one point, homeboy has TWO LAUNDRY BASKETS ON HIS HEAD. NOT ONE. TWO.
Also, 1:54 makes me SOOOOO LOL. I know just what that feels like: “Y’know, I should really hit him in the face with a laundry basket. That’s what needs to happen at this point in our friendship.”
Also: 3:00?!? Samurai sword, LOL? But also NOL? (Nervous Out Loud)
You know you’re getting old when you’re trying to astral-project chaperone thoughts at a youtube video:
Guys, please don’t drink too much tonight. You probably have a big test on Monday.
You don’t need to drink to have fun. You just need a sword, a couple laundry baskets, some hot jams, and your crew.
FRIDAY FACE-OFFS! DON’T FORGET THE LAUNDRY BASKETS!!!
Now THIS is a remix.
FRIDAY FACE-OFFS! WE SCOUR THE GLOBE FOR THE HOTTEST REMIXES AND BRING THEM TO YOU SO YOU’LL LOVE US AND BUY FIFTY COPIES OF OUR BOOK!!!
LOL, didn’t know Frank Luntz played bass!
Speaking of which, if I had one of those stupid “How-does-the-debate-make-you-feel” dials, it would be PEAKING during the chorus. Seriously, this is a KILLING arrangement of “Ignition (Remix).” These lads put in a little extra effort. THANK YOU.
(Also, they’re in high school, right? Isn’t that what it looks like? In which case, they probably strike a SMALL AMOUNT OF FEAR in the other acts at high school talent shows. And does the piano player sit in the back of English class and make very many jokes about diminished sevenths that nobody else in the class understands???)