Monday, November 16, 2015

The song Hello by Adele

Photo Courtesy to the videos of Adele and Lionel Richie - Google Images
The release of the song was a very anticipated one because of the 3 year break by Adele. Now one of the first things i instantly felt was the feel of Lionel Richie's song 'Hello'. The reason being that when Adele starts the song with the word Hello and pauses for 2 seconds gives that feel and nostalgia. The song released by Lionel Richie in 1983 from his 'Can't Slow Down' is an epic in its own right. For Lionel Richie's live performance, check the embedded video below.
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The official music video which was made for the release of the song in 1983 can be seen HERE. The video is based in a university classroom and tells a story of a music teacher who falls in love with his bling student.
Photo Courtesy to Adele - Hello
Now we get back to the video which started all the nostalgia or the craze for Adele's tear jerking songs or even the amount of parodies and covers sung by a large assortment of singers online within such a short time. Check out the official video of Adele - Hello by CLICKING HERE to go to her official Youtube Channel.
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The interesting thing is that I got to know about Adele's new song because of Buzzfeed video which talked about Adele's new song release and the effect the songs of Adele have on people. It is an interesting video and one should definitely give it a try.
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The Ellen Show also talked about it and had an interesting twist to the creation of the song. Check the video below.
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The speed at which the internet reacts is still amazing. The covers of the song started to pop around the internet. One of the first covers I got to hear was, of a student from Seoul music high school - South Korea. (Reference: What's Trending) Check out the video below.
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The cover song by the South Korean music student came just before the information about Adele - Live performance of the song 'Hello' took place at the BBC. Small amount of snippets reveal that her live performances are still going on strong as ever. (Reference: Hollyscoop) Check below for the live performance at the NRJ awards which was put on her official Youtube channel.
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Another cover of the song which I came across is of a Palestinian girl, Noel Kharman singing the mashup version. Check out the video below.
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Now the latest video with this regard making the rounds is of Demi Lovato singing the cover for Adele's song Hello at Seattle's Fall Ball on 14th November, 2015. No official video out yet with the posting of this blog post. But there are tons of videos on the internet. So here is one of them.
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Now many people will want to sing along with this, so the lyrical videos are out which should help the people to make their own covers for the song. The point here people should get is that the Lyrical videos will either be the words of the song only with the song sung by another person (Youtube will not allow Adele's original song play due to copyrights issue) Therefore people will find different cover songs. I came across two which are mentioned below.
The video uploaded by AxelP - Alice Olivia music
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Anthony Vincent of the popular Youtube channel 'Ten Second Songs' has just made a video of Adele - Hello in 25 different styles. I actually do not have any comments for the video. Check out the video below.
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With Ellen going at it, how can Jimmy Fallon be left behind. So with a twist, Adele, Jimmy Fallon & The Roots perform 'Hello' with Classroom Instruments. Interesting none the less, have a look below. (Source : Anglophenia - CLICK HERE for the article)
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Andie Case's cover for Hello is also an interesting. Have a look below. For her youtube channel CLICK HERE
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Another parody by singer songwriter Emily Mills tackles motherhood through the inspiration of Adele's "Hello". CLICK HERE to see her channel on Youtube.
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Fine Brothers Entertainment (Youtuber) showed Adele's Hello and Rolling in the deep to kids. The reaction of the kids can be seen below. CLICK HERE to see the playlist of other reacts episodes.
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The Piano Guys (Youtube Channel) performed Adele's Hello and gave it a Mozart's Lacrimosa touch. The instrumental version of the whole song is an interesting one. CLICK HERE for the video linked to their site or watch it below.
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The Indian Musical Cover done by Mahesh Raghvan gives a Indian Classical Version to it.
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The Musical Cover with some lyrical modifications (Nasheed Cover) done by Omar Esa (FouseyTube's friend) gives another version to it. (This has some lyrics modified to make it into a Nasheed - Praising Allah, The Almighty God)
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Friday, November 13, 2015

Xbox Survival Billboard going on LIVE

Photo Courtesy to Business Insider - XBOX Survival Billboard Rise of the Tomb Raider
What happens when you bring reality TV - Rewards - Online Internet Coverage / Twitch TV - Game fans - 24 hours endurance - 4 guys & 4 girls; you get the XBOX Survival Billboard - Rise of the Tomb Raider. The 24 hour endurance began at 1 pm (GMT) on 12/11/2015 Thursday. The contestants are game fans and have to battle the natural weather of South London (Southwark). Also every hour, the added effect of weather control by the viewers voting (Rain or Snow).

Reward - The last person standing wins a trip inspire by Rise of the Tomb Raider, with the opportunity to explore deep jungles, traverse vast deserts and relax in some of the world's most exotic places.

CLICK HERE to go the live stream on Survival Billboard. Twitter hashtag #SurvivalBillboard (Footage is meant for people above the age of 18 years)

Xbox is going all the way out and is moving 4 youtube fans to Siberia to create the 48 hours Escape from Siberia challenge. (CLICK HERE to check the trailer out)

Reference : Creativity Online (CLICK HERE to check their article)

WINNER was declared in the 20th hour - one survivor, Adam, the railway engineer.


Saturday, November 7, 2015

Man on the Moon - John Lewis Retailer - Parody also

Photo Courtesy of John Lewis - Man on the moon
With Christmas around the corner, the advertisements have started to kick in. U.K. Retailer 'John Lewis' came out with an advertisement themed 'Man on the Moon'. Have a look at the video below
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Only if the story had ended there, one of the earliest parody of the advertisement was up and about within hours. 'The Poke' came up with a Man on the moon - Star wars parody and uploaded it on Youtube which was taken down in 3 hours time and then again after clearing the fair usage policy stating that they did not offend either John Lewis fans or Star Wars fan was able to get video back online(Also no profits are being made from the video). (CLICK HERE to see the video on Vimeo)
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Photo Courtesy to John Lewis - Man on the Moon.

The Sun in UHD 4K

Photo Courtesy to NASA
The Sun in Ultra High Definition - 4k Resolution (2160 pixel). NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) keeps an eye on our sun. In Space, the observatory captures 10 different wavelength of our sun, each of which help highlight a different temperature of the solar material. (Naturally just pointing the camera to the sun is just like pointing a camera to a bright light bulb). The amazing thing is that a team of media specialists worked ten hours to create one minute of the footage. The following video is for the people who are solar or sun enthusiast and want to get up close and personal with the sun and understand how the sun behaves, this is the video. Also for those people who want to test their Ultra HD TV or 4K TV can have an amazing experience seeing this on it. (CLICK HERE for the NASA website) By the way it is a 30 minute footage.
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