"Ja, kyaku no hou ikimasu ka"
Nov. 20th, 2010 01:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bellchroniclesI'm not one to go about browsing YouTube. Even if my connection allowed for quick perusals, I'm just not that girl, you know? I dislike the low quality of the videos, my attention span doesn't fit the typical lengths, etc.
Except that tonight I am that girl.
It started with Alexander Rybak's Fairytale. THAT SONG. THAT SOOOOOOOONG. I've had it on my mp3 players for months and for whatever reason it wasn't until yesterday that I bothered to listen to more than thirty seconds of it and then adlskfjaoeriLJLkje CANNOT. STOP. PLAYING. I'M ALREADY CURRRSED. (*g!*)
I love the song. Love it. (CAN YOU TELL) I like how it's both happy and so angsty. The fiddle and fastfastbeat make me want to dance, but the words: they were sweethearts! but that was then! THEY FELL APART, GUYS. HE DOESN'T CARE IF HE LOSES HIS MIND. ...I do love me a cheerful-and-angst-in-one package.
(The wikipedia article mentions the kid has anger problems, which doesn't surprise me. His cheerfulness, in the song and the videos I've watched, have a performed note to it. That much acting of smiling/being happy.... requires repression? Which can resurge as anger. Though sometimes he seems to be ecstatic too. In the video I linked above, at 1:52ish? Just before going into another iteration of "I'm in love," he looks to the side and just-- grins. Really grins, with cheeks rising and everything like he's thinking, "oh boy!" As if he can't wait to belt out those lyrics again :3)
I loved the song, and now I love that video <3 <3 <33 He can give a real performance! DID YOU SEE THOSE DANCERS (BACKFLIPS FOR THE WIN GOODNESS). And his vest? It's cute! You can tell he knows, the way he turns his back to the audience towards the beginning. Show off! :D
So after watching that performance AD INFINITUM I thought it might be time to move on? To at least other videos by him? I liked the title I'm Yours, so I clicked on that one. AND ALSDKFJALDKFJ IT'S A FUCKING JASON MRAZ COVER. YES YES YESSSS. ...Also, Alexander Rybak has some weird expression, doesn't he. o.O At 0:15 into that he looks into the camera and I don't even know how to describe that look! I'M LOL-ING. (is it his nostrils? i think so! they're huge! <3)
Then I noticed Sesame Street: Outside with Jason Mraz and I clearly had to click on that, so I did. It's... as described. Jason Mraz, with his guitar and hat, on Sesame Street. "I'm Yours" is now "Go Outdoors." (Elmo hits the high notes!) He won't stay inside no more no more! It cannot wait!
WHAT IS THIS I CAN'T EVEN
To top the night off, I remembered that I've been meaning to watch Kusano Masamune cover "Time Travel" again so I did that. GUH. What is it about his performance? His initial bashfulness? How he goes on to completely pwn? How... transported he seems? Whatever it is, I can only say GUH.
Except that tonight I am that girl.
It started with Alexander Rybak's Fairytale. THAT SONG. THAT SOOOOOOOONG. I've had it on my mp3 players for months and for whatever reason it wasn't until yesterday that I bothered to listen to more than thirty seconds of it and then adlskfjaoeriLJLkje CANNOT. STOP. PLAYING. I'M ALREADY CURRRSED. (*g!*)
I love the song. Love it. (CAN YOU TELL) I like how it's both happy and so angsty. The fiddle and fastfastbeat make me want to dance, but the words: they were sweethearts! but that was then! THEY FELL APART, GUYS. HE DOESN'T CARE IF HE LOSES HIS MIND. ...I do love me a cheerful-and-angst-in-one package.
(The wikipedia article mentions the kid has anger problems, which doesn't surprise me. His cheerfulness, in the song and the videos I've watched, have a performed note to it. That much acting of smiling/being happy.... requires repression? Which can resurge as anger. Though sometimes he seems to be ecstatic too. In the video I linked above, at 1:52ish? Just before going into another iteration of "I'm in love," he looks to the side and just-- grins. Really grins, with cheeks rising and everything like he's thinking, "oh boy!" As if he can't wait to belt out those lyrics again :3)
I loved the song, and now I love that video <3 <3 <33 He can give a real performance! DID YOU SEE THOSE DANCERS (BACKFLIPS FOR THE WIN GOODNESS). And his vest? It's cute! You can tell he knows, the way he turns his back to the audience towards the beginning. Show off! :D
So after watching that performance AD INFINITUM I thought it might be time to move on? To at least other videos by him? I liked the title I'm Yours, so I clicked on that one. AND ALSDKFJALDKFJ IT'S A FUCKING JASON MRAZ COVER. YES YES YESSSS. ...Also, Alexander Rybak has some weird expression, doesn't he. o.O At 0:15 into that he looks into the camera and I don't even know how to describe that look! I'M LOL-ING. (is it his nostrils? i think so! they're huge! <3)
Then I noticed Sesame Street: Outside with Jason Mraz and I clearly had to click on that, so I did. It's... as described. Jason Mraz, with his guitar and hat, on Sesame Street. "I'm Yours" is now "Go Outdoors." (Elmo hits the high notes!) He won't stay inside no more no more! It cannot wait!
WHAT IS THIS I CAN'T EVEN
To top the night off, I remembered that I've been meaning to watch Kusano Masamune cover "Time Travel" again so I did that. GUH. What is it about his performance? His initial bashfulness? How he goes on to completely pwn? How... transported he seems? Whatever it is, I can only say GUH.
