City of Sound
I’ve recently stumbled on the great City of Sound blog. Well-written and researched, the site covers architecture, cities, design, music, media, etc… An interesting take on youtube from the 2006 year-in-review post:
But in terms of visual accompaniment to music, this was really the year when we all figured YouTube is not actually about user-generated content at all; but essentially about user-uploaded content from years of professionally produced and performed media, and especially music clips. Long lost live performances, sections from films no longer available, music promos too creaky even for VH1; they’re all there. I’ve lost hours in YouTube this year, joyously clicking through music performances, staged and impromptu.
Don’t miss some of the recent posts over there:
Top 12 appearances by bands in films - Almost every entry is accompanied by a video of the performance
A bit of New Year fun for you … Looking at a favourite music list from a couple of years ago, I noted the jazz club scene from the film ‘Collateral’, and how much I enjoyed such scenes in films. So Chris Jones and I have been playing a little game, augmenting our fading memories with the magnificent YouTube, in order to create a list of the classic band performances in films.
My Rating is 5 - The post is worth viewing for the Tom Waits and Howlin Wolf footage alone, though everything else is more than worth your time.
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