Musical randomness

[wshaffer]

I just noticed today that a very large percentage of the new music I've bought in the past six months consists of songs I've gotten hooked on because someone has used them as a soundtrack for a particularly clever Doctor Who or Horatio Hornblower fan vid. This makes for an eclectic batch of songs that would boggle the mind of any radio station programming director. I do find myself wondering what kind of selection pressure "makes a good soundtrack for a fanvid" imposes - aside from the fairly obvious fact that shorter songs do better.

I'm not sure which is more embarrassing: that I just bought Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack", or that I'm so insulated from pop culture that I'd never actually heard "SexyBack" until I stumbled across a Hornblower fanvid using it.

I want Timbaland to do a remix of the Doctor Who theme tune.

The Doctor Song (link goes to Youtube video) is not available for purchase, but I've been thoroughly earwormed by it. (You have to love lyrics like, "I was once a spaceship/My mum's a trampoline/Cheetas like to kill for fun/Ice Warriors are green") Click at your own risk.

Comments

[dsmoen.livejournal.com]

Me, I'd be more afraid of the Hornblower fanvid that used "SexyBack."

Mostly, I'd heard it emanating from other cars at volumes that reminded me of David Gerrold's law: men listen to music with their genitals. If they have particularly small ones....

[wshaffer.livejournal.com]

Well, there is a reason I didn't link to the Hornblower vid.

I had not previously heard David Gerrold's law, but it explains so much!

[visvavajra.livejournal.com]

did you just get that song or the whole album?

I don't usually like pop, but futuresex / lovesounds is win.

[wshaffer.livejournal.com]

I just bought the song, though I may go back and pick up the rest of the album if I still like the song in a week or so.