The University of Michigan’s a capella group Amazin’ Blue put on their blue face and performed a terrific rendition of Peter Gabrial’s “Down To Earth” from the Wall-E Soundtrack. That’s a little more Blue Man Group than Pixar, but I’m not complaining. As always, nominate… Read More »Videopolis: Down to Earth (From Wall-E) by U of M Amazin’ Blue
Today’s Videopolis should bring back memories of a youthful Christian Bale dancing in the streets. Yep, it’s Seize The Day from Disney’s Newsies from Sweet Nothings at Truman State University. A broadway musical version is current in pre-production at Disney Theatrical. Maybe this group can… Read More »Videopolis: Seize The Day from Newsies
Update 1/5/11: Added survey results below
Fan covers or fandubs are a popular phenomenon on YouTube. This year’s Disney Animated Feature “Tangled” has generated its share of videos in the genre. So for this week’s Videopolis, I thought I’d introduce the idea of a singoff. Listen to the three fan covers of “When Will My Life Begin” from Tangled and then vote in the poll below for your favorite.
1. MrMikeSings
2. MartyBMusic
3. NinsMusic
Vote Results:
The clear winner was #3 NimsMusic with over 80% of the vote.
It’s not part of the voting, but I’ve include a fun parody video below the jump:
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In today’s installment of Videopolis here’s a very good arrangement of Disney tunes performed by My A Capella a group from BYU. Here’s a recording of the same arrangement without the audience interruptions, but I think they have more energy on stage. Have your own… Read More »Videopolis – My A Capella Disney Medley
Apparently there is a whole sub-genre of the beatbox musical performance -the flute beatbox. Here’s a gentleman playing “The Bare Necessities” from Disney’s The Jungle Book in Flute Beatbox style. Be careful, once you hear this you can never un-hear it.
I’m toying around with a new series of posts, or potentially even a separate blog, focused on the influence of Disney in online video as created by fans and artists. There’s a wealth of great, and some not so great, creations on Youtube and Vimeo… Read More »Videopolis – “You Can Fly” by Rendezvous Quartet