Sensational videos of youtube et al

Buffalax is a comic genius. I haven’t watched a Hindi music video in its entirety for a very long time, until today. Usually I’d just skip, or fast forward the singing part.
This has to be seen to be believed, guaranteed to make one laugh uncontrollably

Then again, I’m always a sucker for acoustic guitars…

Evan Dando of The Lemonhead’s take on ABBA’s classic can be heard from 1:08 onwards.

At the time of writing, Wee Meng Chee’s creation has received hundreds of thousands of hits and has attracted the attention of the authorities (news link in Malay).
Wee, 24 is apparently a Malaysian from Muar and is currently studying at a higher institution of learning in Taiwan.

Teresa Teng (1952-1995) is probably the best Chinese singer who ever lived. This is her singing one of her most well-known songs live: Tian Mi Mi.

I think Freddie Aguilar’s best song, melodically speaking, is Magdalena, and not the reputedly 30-million seller Anak. The original version of this song is played at a fast tempo, the live version here is much slower.

BEGIN is a 3-piece band from Okinawa. I think this is their best song. I don’t think it’s the music video, but at least you can hear the studio version of the song.

Shima Uta is the most famous song associated with Okinawa. Originally written by Kazufumi Miyazawa, the lead singer of the rock band The Boom (who are not even Okinawans) and released in 1993, it was the group’s best-selling single, at 1.5 million copies sold. The song has been covered by quite a few people, but […]

Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi wrote and released in 1980, what could be the greatest song in Japanese I’ve ever heard - Kanpai. He wrote the song for a friend’s wedding. It was rerecorded in 1988 and released as a single, becoming his no.1 hit on the Japanese singles chart. He’s one of the best selling male Japanese […]

Kokia herself performing her best song, Arigato, live in Paris, probably early 2006. The song was first published in 1999.