This kind of brilliantly stupid shit is what I miss from the early days of the internet
@Cax6ton i am laughing so hard there are tears streaming down my cheeks and i cannot see through them.
@Cax6ton Might I recommend the Youtube channel TheRealSullyG then? They still make videos of this kind of quality!
@kilroy @Cax6ton they are also on Spotify. I have them on my very large like list.
@Cax6ton oh gods I was going to say "I haven't seen this in _ages_" but then it was a different and better one than I'd seen before so thank you :D
@Cax6ton For the visually / hearing impaired: A recreation of Evanescence "Bring me to life" using otamatones, which are weird Kirby-faced instruments (also shaped like a musical note) that sing according to your finger's position on the dial.
@yuki2501 @Cax6ton (the instrument is called an "otamatone", just for people's information — https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otamatone )
Otamatone - Wikipedia

@yuki2501 @Cax6ton Thanks for the description! I really couldn’t figure out what type of instrument this was
@Muldra @Cax6ton Thank @zens who corrected my captions. It was a team effort 
@yuki2501
Hey thanks for the context. I m deaf and this helps.
@Cax6ton this made my day… I had never seen it before.
@Cax6ton The early days of internet animations were Flash files that were under 1 mb!
@Cax6ton oh my god. Just like... this is what I needed to see tonight.
@Cax6ton Can't say it's not a banger though...the otomatone looks like such a simple instrument but the rhythm was there,the timing...simply incredible
@Cax6ton the moment the "wake me up!" came in i immediately had to send this to 3 different people
@Cax6ton just

that

*contrast*

between the absolutely pitch-perfect impeccable otomatone play

and then just wah wah wah

nothing captures the bathos of that original insertion in such a balance of satire and tribute
@Cax6ton This seems like something @ihorner would bring to Rhythm Cafe.
@Cax6ton Oh my god where is this from?
"Bring Me To Life" by Evanescence [OTAMATONE COVER]

Get Your Otamatones Here:Kirby (Deluxe):https://hamee.com/products/otamatone-deluxe-musical-toy-kirby-from-maywa-denki?ref=moshibassGudetama (Deluxe):https:/...

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@Cax6ton just as I saw this my wife caught up with my links and saw it. Her only response... A slow turn and long glare in my direction
@Cax6ton Because some would certainly like to know.
That is a Otamatone
@Cax6ton
Jetzt weiß ich auch nicht. Ich glaube, nun habe ich alles gesehen.
Habt einen schönen Tag.

@Cax6ton

"The early days of the internet" did not involve streaming audio or video like this! Perhaps you mean to say "my early experiences with the internet"?

@Cax6ton It was always there, it was just snowstormed in by corporate interests and engagement/enragement algorithms
@Cax6ton There are different sized Otomatones!? Oh lordy
@Cax6ton
Love it! Thanks for sharing 🎵
@Cax6ton needed this so badly thank you
@Cax6ton  this is absolutely brilliant.
@Cax6ton Ich vermisse so Inhalte wie the bonsai kitten campaign.
@Cax6ton I laughed out loud when the chorus came in. Thank you.
@Cax6ton we can bring it back.

@Polychrome

Yeah, that video is new. "early days of the internet" were void of video, even images were "painfully" slow, and one could disable "show images" in the web browser to speed everything up ;-)

@Cax6ton

@Polychrome

By the way, the video is brilliant! And hopefully Black Eyed Peas won't go after it for copyright infringement (Metallica would).

@Cax6ton

@Cax6ton I like it, but I find it a bit telling that people call this "the early days of the internet".
@Cax6ton We didn't have video in the early days of the Internet. We barely had images. And they looked like this.

@Cax6ton "Early days"? I wonder whether one could make a timeline of personal internet participation depending on how music cover videos were made.

  • Before Times: no video, tabs for filk being shared on Usenet
  • Buffercene: RealPlayer video showing a bad rip of some MTV Unplugged session
  • Protogooglezoic: Anime video set to song
  • Treisexintacene: rubber chickens
  • Pre-collapse: otamatone or ukuleles
  • Now: TikTokkers dancing to sample of song, not knowing that it isn't original
  • Near Future: legally distinct AI recreation, only available on Disney-owned streaming platform.
@Cax6ton this is peak internet 👏😂. Do you know what this instrument is called?
@Cax6ton there are a ton of these on YouTube. The otamatone cover of take on me and of Africa are so great
@Cax6ton @acf that otamatone led me to the channel of Maywa Denki (its creators). They didn't stop there, all kinds of mad robotics over here https://www.youtube.com/@MAYWADENKI
MAYWADENKI

1993年に、アートユニット「明和電機」を結成。青い作業服を着用した、日本の中小企業のスタイルで、国内外での作品展示、著書出版、公演など活動を幅広く行っている。

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@Cax6ton This makes life better. Definitely! 😁
@Cax6ton dafuq did I just watch 😂 😂 😂
"Bring Me To Life" by Evanescence [OTAMATONE COVER]

Get Your Otamatones Here:Kirby (Deluxe):https://hamee.com/products/otamatone-deluxe-musical-toy-kirby-from-maywa-denki?ref=moshibassGudetama (Deluxe):https:/...

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@Sibshops @Cax6ton It's in the alt text, but I can't copy-paste or click that on mobile, so ty.
@Cax6ton also what is this wonderfully expressive childrens toy instrument and where do i get one lol