Comments on: Pardon me? http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 13:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: miasm http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-1402098 miasm Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:13:00 +0000 #comment-1402098 2 sodding years! 2 sodding years!

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-692496 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692496 That was unpardonable. That was unpardonable.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-692758 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692758 you cannot unwatch this you cannot unwatch this

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-693017 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-693017 Estonia's Got Talent. Estonia’s Got Talent.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-692768 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692768 "Anyone remember the low-budget Christian pop videos on TBN?" You mean like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VPcPCwK_G0 Keep watching for the breakdancing interlude... “Anyone remember the low-budget Christian pop videos on TBN?”

You mean like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VPcPCwK_G0

Keep watching for the breakdancing interlude…

]]> By: Uncle_Max http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-692518 Uncle_Max Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692518 That dead stare in extreme close-up at 2:54 is the cherry on top of this delicious musical sundae. That dead stare in extreme close-up at 2:54 is the cherry on top of this delicious musical sundae.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-692519 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692519 "Pardon me, I didn't want to go. Pardon me, I want you to know..." Who is she hypothetically singing to, a bouncer? “Pardon me, I didn’t want to go. Pardon me, I want you to know…” Who is she hypothetically singing to, a bouncer?

]]> By: nemofazer http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-692531 nemofazer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692531 What were they thinking? What were they thinking?

]]> By: tumes http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-692541 tumes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692541 When you think about it, American Idol has pretty much destroyed the chance that anyone will be motivated to make anything like this unironically. It's a sad thing. When you think about it, American Idol has pretty much destroyed the chance that anyone will be motivated to make anything like this unironically. It’s a sad thing.

]]> By: UncommonSense http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-692802 UncommonSense Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692802 This looks even better if you close one eye and cover the other. That lady sure is shiny. This looks even better if you close one eye and cover the other. That lady sure is shiny.

]]> By: ill lich http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-692304 ill lich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692304 Any relation to Horace Swaby, a.k.a. the late great roots-reggae legend Augustus Pablo? (I don't see this being improved with a melodica solo.) Any relation to Horace Swaby, a.k.a. the late great roots-reggae legend Augustus Pablo? (I don’t see this being improved with a melodica solo.)

]]> By: Alan http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-692560 Alan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692560 I guess the videographer thought it was time to move beyond cheesey wedding videos. Too bad he thought wrong. I guess the videographer thought it was time to move beyond cheesey wedding videos. Too bad he thought wrong.

]]> By: SkullHyphy http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-692307 SkullHyphy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692307 That's an unflattering aspect ratio she's wearing. That’s an unflattering aspect ratio she’s wearing.

]]> By: iguanoid http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-692318 iguanoid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692318 I like the finger waggle for emphasis. I like the finger waggle for emphasis.

]]> By: 3eff_jeff http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-693346 3eff_jeff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-693346 But they got absolutely everything wrong. The video quality is terrible--it looks like they used a VHS tape camera from the '80s to make it and then royally screwed up the de-interlacing when creating the digital version. People have already commented on the transitions and zombie-like performances, but even on top of that, the mix is abominable. In a song like this, the vocalist is the centerpiece, instead she's faint, muddled and sounds like a background singer. The backing music has a crisp, electronic feel to it. This probably means they recorded the background as direct-in or they sequenced all the background music, and it never touched air before your speakers. They neglected to even run a simple reverb filter over the two recordings when mixing, so they sound like they are in different rooms. They made every horrible rooky mistake in the book. A band just putting a mic in a room and running it into a four track is going to sound better. Normal crappy-demo practices are better than this. I'm using some heavy doses of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZJI1hBKtpk">Aurally delivered mind-bleach</a> to clear that out of my head. (This a chaser for those who need something Heavy. Something really Heavy. Something that is Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing. Indeed.) But they got absolutely everything wrong. The video quality is terrible–it looks like they used a VHS tape camera from the ’80s to make it and then royally screwed up the de-interlacing when creating the digital version. People have already commented on the transitions and zombie-like performances, but even on top of that, the mix is abominable.

In a song like this, the vocalist is the centerpiece, instead she’s faint, muddled and sounds like a background singer. The backing music has a crisp, electronic feel to it. This probably means they recorded the background as direct-in or they sequenced all the background music, and it never touched air before your speakers. They neglected to even run a simple reverb filter over the two recordings when mixing, so they sound like they are in different rooms.

They made every horrible rooky mistake in the book. A band just putting a mic in a room and running it into a four track is going to sound better. Normal crappy-demo practices are better than this.

I’m using some heavy doses of Aurally delivered mind-bleach to clear that out of my head. (This a chaser for those who need something Heavy. Something really Heavy. Something that is Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing. Indeed.)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-692836 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692836 this is a complete jan terri ripoff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ94vnmvPrw this is a complete jan terri ripoff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ94vnmvPrw

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-692327 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692327 This hit goes way up there, right next to Dogg's "Why Must I Cry?" gotta love when they show the piano playing a scale down while the music plays a scale up. This hit goes way up there, right next to Dogg’s “Why Must I Cry?”

gotta love when they show the piano playing a scale down while the music plays a scale up.

]]> By: jasongnc http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-692846 jasongnc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692846 I was like, Ha-Ha, and then on to the next article, until I caught myself singing it! argh. Must play this repeatedly for coworkers to infect their brains! I was like, Ha-Ha, and then on to the next article, until I caught myself singing it! argh. Must play this repeatedly for coworkers to infect their brains!

]]> By: Cigarsam http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-692591 Cigarsam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692591 I think that abomination deserves a squid chaser. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RodOodcxEc I think that abomination deserves a squid chaser.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RodOodcxEc

]]> By: corn http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-692598 corn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692598 That made my daughter cry. That made my daughter cry.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-692350 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692350 Reminds me of something from our local Assyria Vision channel, we have videos like that all the time-especially the opening with the flowers, water, and instrumentals. Reminds me of something from our local Assyria Vision channel, we have videos like that all the time-especially the opening with the flowers, water, and instrumentals.

]]> By: searconflex http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-692610 searconflex Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692610 can. has. unicorn. chaser. ? can. has. unicorn. chaser. ?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-692877 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692877 Florence Foster Jenkins anyone? Especially the 'i want you to know~~~~' bit?? I really want to unwatch this. Florence Foster Jenkins anyone? Especially the ‘i want you to know~~~~’ bit??

I really want to unwatch this.

]]> By: bornonbord http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-692623 bornonbord Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692623 Clearly no one sat through to the end. "Pardon Me sang by Maxine Swaby Written by Patrick McNeill Arranged by Tim Constable Video Edited and Direction by Patrick McNeill Copyright 2001 BrightFaceMedia brightfacemedia@hotmail.com" Anyone want to contact Patrick at brightfacemedia@hotmail.com? Clearly no one sat through to the end.

“Pardon Me sang by Maxine Swaby
Written by Patrick McNeill
Arranged by Tim Constable
Video Edited and Direction by Patrick McNeill
Copyright 2001 BrightFaceMedia
brightfacemedia@hotmail.com”

Anyone want to contact Patrick at brightfacemedia@hotmail.com?

]]> By: lovelystrangeness http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-692369 lovelystrangeness Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692369 I have never seen anyone express less emotion while singing. Her eyes stayed creepily empty. I have never seen anyone express less emotion while singing. Her eyes stayed creepily empty.

]]> By: jeligula http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-692372 jeligula Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692372 Ouch. Thanks, Xeni. That's 48 seconds of my life I'll never get back. Didn't expect us to watch the whole thing, did you? However, you have my pardon. Ouch. Thanks, Xeni. That’s 48 seconds of my life I’ll never get back. Didn’t expect us to watch the whole thing, did you? However, you have my pardon.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-756630 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-756630 It was a college project made 10 years ago while Mr McNeil was LEARNING about multimedia and making films. Mr Popper scammed him into letting him put it on YouTube. I guess you'd get the same reaction if someone found one of your junior school pictures and posted it as an example of your pathetic attempt at art! But what the hell, it's entertained more people than anything done by those posting comments about it. And there WILL be a re-mix. AND there ARE ringtones available. All being well, it will be heard in holday camps, lifts and supermarkets all through the summer. And you'll brag you were there at the start! And just for the record, Maxine IS a wonderful singer: how dumb to judge on a bad copy of a copy of a VHS. It was a college project made 10 years ago while Mr McNeil was LEARNING about multimedia and making films. Mr Popper scammed him into letting him put it on YouTube. I guess you’d get the same reaction if someone found one of your junior school pictures and posted it as an example of your pathetic attempt at art! But what the hell, it’s entertained more people than anything done by those posting comments about it. And there WILL be a re-mix. AND there ARE ringtones available. All being well, it will be heard in holday camps, lifts and supermarkets all through the summer. And you’ll brag you were there at the start! And just for the record, Maxine IS a wonderful singer: how dumb to judge on a bad copy of a copy of a VHS.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-692633 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692633 looks exactly like something that would be on Tim and Eric Awesome Show! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz3St5ywbuU looks exactly like something that would be on Tim and Eric Awesome Show!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz3St5ywbuU

]]> By: Jebediah http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-692382 Jebediah Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692382 Wow. If I taught editing, this would be a great example of doing it wrong. (Directing, cinematography, and non-zombie singing/performing, too.) Looks like they got the field order wrong, too. Wow. If I taught editing, this would be a great example of doing it wrong. (Directing, cinematography, and non-zombie singing/performing, too.)
Looks like they got the field order wrong, too.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/20/pardon-me.html#comment-692383 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692383 Oh man, someone needs to re-mix this. Oh man, someone needs to re-mix this.

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