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Somebody That I Used to Know
Published by Toronto Mike on January 16, 2012 @ 13:54 in Music, Videos

Somebody That I Used to KnowWalk off the Earth's YouTube video for Somebody That I Used to Know is everywhere these days. I'm sure you've seen and heard it by now, but if you haven't, here it is.

It's a fantastic tune. I love it, and can't get enough of it, but it doesn't belong to Burlington's Walk off the Earth. It's a cover of Gotye's Somebody That I Used To Know, featuring Kimbra.

Here's the original, because it's highly unlikely you've seen this.

Gotye's from Australia and this tune won him a few ARIA awards. ARIA is the Australian Juno or Grammy, I gather. Thanks to Walk off the Earth, this cool tune is finally getting heard on this side of the world.

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Wishing You All This Much Excitement
Published by Toronto Mike on December 25, 2011 @ 11:03 in Videos

Merry Christmas!

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Best Fails of 2011
Published by Toronto Mike on December 19, 2011 @ 09:19 in Videos

videosNow that we're all walking around with video capture devices, we're all videographers, prepared to capture the latest fail at a moment's notice.

That makes each year's collection of best fails better than the one before. Here's the collection for 2011.

Brought to you by the fine folks at TwisterNederland.

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Romantic Traffic
Published by Toronto Mike on October 16, 2011 @ 16:56 in TTC ~ Toronto Transit Commission, Videos

Romantic TrafficI mentioned I saw the Spoons last night. They played Romantic Traffic, one of my favourite Spoons songs, and that reminded me of the video for that tune.

The Romantic Traffic video stars our very own TTC.

Now that's retro-Toronto gold.

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Kanye West, Jay-Z - Otis
Published by Toronto Mike on August 13, 2011 @ 00:57 in Videos
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Today I Don't Feel Like Doing Anything
Published by Toronto Mike on July 31, 2011 @ 19:18 in Videos

videosMy kids are crazy about this song. It's "The Lazy Song" by Bruno Mars, and Torontonian K'naan shares a writing credit.

Here's the video they won't stop playing.

Not exactly my cup of tea, but the sentiment is on point.

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Chalk Circle's April Fool - My First Concert
Published by Toronto Mike on April 1, 2011 @ 08:49 in Videos

calendarToday is the perfect day to share my favourite song from the first band I saw live in concert, Chalk Circle.

April Fool


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10 Great One Shot Music Videos
Published by Toronto Mike on December 28, 2010 @ 17:29 in Lists, Videos

videoI was just reading about one shot music videos. These are videos that are made with a single take. I like a lot of one shot music videos, and here are ten of my favourites.

Note: While on YouTube throwing this list together, I noticed a bunch of my favourites had embedding disabled. To punish those acts, they don't get to be on this list. Shame on you, White Stripes.

Lucas With the Lid Off - Lucas

Mad World - Gary Jules

Stay (I Missed You) - Lisa Loeb

Gimme Sympathy - Metric

Here It Goes Again - OK Go

Closing Time - Semisonic

Undone - The Sweater Song - Weezer

1234 - Feist

Kate - Ben Folds Five

Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush

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A Life on Facebook
Published by Toronto Mike on November 13, 2010 @ 10:27 in Videos

facebookYoutube user maxluere created this nice little video he calls "A Life on Facebook".

It happens to feature my favourite Rolling Stones song. I doubt he properly licensed the tune, so you might want to view this before Mick finds out and calls his lawyers.

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Wolf Parade's Yulia Video - You'll Like This
Published by Toronto Mike on October 2, 2010 @ 14:12 in Videos

videosAs 2005 wound down, I ambitiously decided to write about my 10 favourite songs from that calendar year. On that list was my favourite song, "I'll Believe In Anything", from one of my favourite albums of the year, Apologies to the Queen Mary by Wolf Parade.

Wolf Parade's latest album is the perfectly-named-for-a-Canadian-band Expo 86. Here's an awesome video for a great song from that album, "Yulia".

I told you you'd like this.

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