Without YouTube how would the majority of us ever see amazing talent like this?
- By Chief Editor
- Published 25 Sep 2007
Chief Editor
Experienced IT professional and frequent blogger with a special interest in technology, the internet, photography and motoring.
YouTube gets more than its fair share of bad press regarding so called inappropriate posts (recent news coverage has included stories on street gangs promoting themselves on YouTube) but for every slightly dodgy video on YouTube there's probably a thousand perfectly acceptable, and in some cases extraordinary, videos.
In an earlier blog I spoke of seeing a classroom use YouTube in their history lesson to really bring the Bayeux Tapestry alive; something that wouldn't have been possible a couple of years ago.
Search for almost anything on YouTube and you will more than likely find something matching your search.
Social Networking sites like mySpace are grabbing most of the column inches these days it seems (though not as much as when you couldn't pick up a publication without reading stories about how The Arctic Monkeys used mySpace to launch themselves in the unsuspecting public).
But while sites like mySpace obviously have their place, could YouTube be the one with the staying power to keep fickle internet surfers coming back time after time?
A programme on BBC4 last night about Factory Records included a very small mention about the darlings of the Indie scene back in the late 1980s, The Stone Roses. So where else to remind myself just how good The Roses were, but YouTube!
A quick search for "Stone Roses" returned 1020 results; more than even the most die hard Roses fan would have time to watch.
While
many of the videos were of Ian Brown and Co. in their music videos or videos of live performances, there was one which caught my eye.
Entitled "The Stone Roses - I am the Resurrection (Cover Version), I was intrigued to see how anyone could possibly dare to take on the rhythmic meanderings of John Squire, lead guitarist extraordinaire.
But expecting a feeble attempt, or just a short extract of this Roses epic, I almost didn't bother to click on the video. But wow, am I glad I did.
Playing over the full length backing track, this lad nailed it! John Squire would be proud of you.
Judge for yourself by viewing the video below.
Without YouTube I may never have got to see this, and that would have been my loss.
And for those of you who don't know the original (and let's face it, if you've read this far you probably know the original better than you know your own national anthem) you can hear it by clicking on the video below. I've deliberately chosen an audio only version so that you can concentrate on the music
In an earlier blog I spoke of seeing a classroom use YouTube in their history lesson to really bring the Bayeux Tapestry alive; something that wouldn't have been possible a couple of years ago.
Search for almost anything on YouTube and you will more than likely find something matching your search.
Social Networking sites like mySpace are grabbing most of the column inches these days it seems (though not as much as when you couldn't pick up a publication without reading stories about how The Arctic Monkeys used mySpace to launch themselves in the unsuspecting public).
But while sites like mySpace obviously have their place, could YouTube be the one with the staying power to keep fickle internet surfers coming back time after time?
A programme on BBC4 last night about Factory Records included a very small mention about the darlings of the Indie scene back in the late 1980s, The Stone Roses. So where else to remind myself just how good The Roses were, but YouTube!
A quick search for "Stone Roses" returned 1020 results; more than even the most die hard Roses fan would have time to watch.
While
Entitled "The Stone Roses - I am the Resurrection (Cover Version), I was intrigued to see how anyone could possibly dare to take on the rhythmic meanderings of John Squire, lead guitarist extraordinaire.
But expecting a feeble attempt, or just a short extract of this Roses epic, I almost didn't bother to click on the video. But wow, am I glad I did.
Playing over the full length backing track, this lad nailed it! John Squire would be proud of you.
Judge for yourself by viewing the video below.
Without YouTube I may never have got to see this, and that would have been my loss.
And for those of you who don't know the original (and let's face it, if you've read this far you probably know the original better than you know your own national anthem) you can hear it by clicking on the video below. I've deliberately chosen an audio only version so that you can concentrate on the music