Out of the blue Mastodon’s music video for “High Road” features a geeky kid who stays at home to look after his gran. He’s also a roleplayer with an active imagination and a LARPer. As a metal video expect a couple of real-life twists. Worth a watch, I say.
Geeky music videos
Welcome to the Music category, where we turn up the volume on the sounds of geek culture. This is your destination for epic gaming soundtracks, synthwave scores, chiptune artists, and bands whose lyrics are inspired by our favourite fandoms. We celebrate the music that provides the backdrop to our adventures, from the sweeping orchestrations of a fantasy epic to the pulsing beats of a cyberpunk future.
We have a special appreciation for the visual side of music, and this section is always on the lookout for clever, creative, and unapologetically geeky music videos. If a song tells a story or an artist has a unique vision, you'll likely find their videos featured here. Tune in and discover your next geek anthem.
Hayao Miyazaki helmed music video
http://vimeo.com/48043470 The great Hayao Miyazaki apparently needed a break while working on Princess Mononoke in 1995 after hitting a writer’s block. The solution? Work on a music video for Chage and Aska’s “On Your Mark”. The result is a 7-minute long musical adventure in typical emotional Miyazaki flare. Via io9.
One More Fight
Fans of Maroon 5 will recognise this as a parody of “One More Night”. I’ll put my hands up and admit that I’ve probably said “Just one more fight” to buy myself more time on the computer. However, unlike the guys in this video I’m pretty sure I’ve never said it to my partner – […]
The Star Wars theme played by just one man and his band
I can’t play any musical instruments at all. Nothing. That’s why I’ve every reason to be jealous and impressed by this Swedish street musician. He’s playing a whole band worth of instruments at once. He’s playing Star Wars. One-man bands are pretty rare these days, I think it’s been an age since I’ve seen one […]
They say it couldn’t be done – Tetris on the Launchpad
The Launchpad is an instrument designed to let you trigger samples and control instruments. You can even link them together if you’re hardcore enough. Is it possible to play the Tetris theme on the Launchpad though? YouTuber SoNevable thinks it is.
Talk Yoda to Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB-xMPerGzA I tell you what – geeks seem pretty good at taking Jason Derulo’s Talk Dirty and making it their own. In this video Vicki Shae gives as the parody “Talk Yoda to Me” in a track that was released in time for Star Wars Day (May the 4th) this year. Star Wars fans; what […]
Phanto of the Mushroom Kingdom
There’s a lot of geek cred in Gaston Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera and I don’t mind admitting that I like Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical version. I’m clearly not the only geek who feels this way as Random Encounters have been inspired. After Princess Peach manages to musically destroy much of the Mushroom Kingdom […]
Talk Nerdy To Me
I recognise the Jason Derulo song that Talk Nerdy to Me is a parody of. This is good. You need to recognise the original in order to get maximim enjoyment from this. Equally, if you’re fed up of Derulo’s Talk Dirty then you’ve probably already decided to skip this one.
The drone orchestra performs for you
Is the future here? This orchestra of drones play a cracking cover of the Space Odyssey theme. I know nothing about music so forgive me when I say “the drones even manage to do the slidy bits” perfectly. With one success under their wings these squad of dronecopters then move on to master some other […]
DuckTales the Soul version
Scott Bradlee’s time turns to the old classic – DuckTales and presents this soulful cover version. As far as remakes go this manages to be both out of the box and dead centre to common sense. That’s a good trick. Love the cover? You can grab it on iTunes.
