Dec 7, 2007

Country indie folk comedy Kanye mashup

It’s been around for a few months, I know, but I’m nominating this clip Veronica sent me as YouTube video of the year: Will “Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy” Oldham and Zack Galifianakis doing Kanye West’s Can’t Tell Me in the country with farm animals, tractors, and a sprinkling of The Sound of Music. (Written on Oldham’s forehead at the end: I ? success.)

Comments (4)

Dec 7, 2007 Permalink

Jake:
For what it’s worth, I believe this isn’t a mashup–this is a video that Kanye actually okayed.

http://desedo.com/blog/2007/07/30/zach-galifianakis-kanye-and-will-oldham/ has some kind of (uncorroborated) info on it, though not much.

At any rate, it’s pretty great.
Dec 7, 2007 Permalink

Ryan Block:
Mashups don’t have to be unauthorized!
Dec 7, 2007 Permalink

Jake:
Yeah, but a mashup is generally two preexisting things mixed together. This is just an alternate version–the video was made to go with the song.
Dec 8, 2007 Permalink

Duncan:
I’d nominate this for YouTube video of the year:

Gabe & Max’s Internet Thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPsUmhqncAg

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