I’m not into the whole Flight of the Conchords thing, but this video is great! Flight of the Conchords – “If You’re Into It” features two male singers serenading (and using weird instruments!) a cute girl by progressively coercing into getting naked and having group sex. The song starts off innocently and gains momentum to the “climax” at the end.

I heard about Flight of the Conchords before, but was never really sold on their humor. However, this song makes my YouTube favorites list as it’s good for a mid-morning smirk and to pass along to someone who is not familiar with the group.

For those like myself, who only knew about the group from HBO, Flight of the Conchords is a Grammy Award winning comedy duo from New Zealand. The duo composed of Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement use their musical background and comedic personalities to create songs that are melodic, funny, and entertaining. Granted, not all of their stuff I’m a fan of, but “If You’re Into It” had me hooked after the guy with the deep voice made his first appearance.

The chick in the video is pretty cute too. Not really Nicky Paper’s type, but her look kind of makes me want to grab a “White Chocolate Mocha” at Starbucks with her and “just talk”. She’s definitely seems like that type of girl, “if she’s into it”.

Every so often you come across a YouTube clip that’s destined to become a classic for future generations to enjoy. No matter how many times I watch “Reporter Goes Ghetto” it’s still funny. America’s Funniest Home Video’s made a worthy attempt to get great user submitted footage, but totally missed the mark when they let Bob Saget take creative control of the show. (and suddenly, all cats now had voices?) Humor in the early 90’s took an even greater beating when Saget’s counterpart Dave Coulier (Joey on Full House) battled for ratings with his show America’s Funniest People. Seriously, thank god for YouTube.

In the “Reporter Turns Ghetto” clip, a seemingly refined black man holding a microphone begins a synopsis of “what really happened at Augusta High School after Chris Wood’s death”. Suddenly, a fly enters his mouth. The reporter spits out the fly, losses his cool as well his manners and sense of professionalism. The reporter boldly states that he’s “dying in this in this country ass fucked up town.” That’s classic in my book!

The camera man gets the giggles too as the reporter firmly comments that there’s “shit flying in his mouth”, and “pollen”. The reporter then goes on to “MF” the country town that their filming the feature in. Subsequently, he calms down while adjusting his suit and pacing in front of the camera to finally get it together.

My condolences to Chris Wood’s family as this new reporter (although quite funny!) made a mockery of what would have been an informative segment, now turned into a YouTube delight.

In the world of hip-hop having a signature sound means everything. Sometimes this goes beyond the traditional delivery, tone, pitch, and inflection where methods of “digitally repairing” off-key vocal recordings are utilized. Cher’s hit “Believe” brought attention to the digital audio processor by Antares Audio Technologies known as Auto Tune.

I’ve always found the Cher song to be irritating and playing in the background at a department store proving that “advanced pitch correction” in certain applications just don’t mix. T-Pain on the other hand, has proved the world otherwise being credited with revitalizing this sparingly used industry technique.

I’ve been a T-Pain fan since the “I’m in love with a stripper” days partially for his “creep-up-from-behind” style and his unique (which some may argue artificial) sound. Two albums later, a few monster singles, and dozens of collaborations with other artists, one thing still remains; the Auto-Tune.

The whole auto tune phenomenon has really got out of hand with numerous hip-hop and pop star such as Kanye West, Lil’ Wayne, Jamie Foxx, Chris Brown, and Rihanna playing copy-cat. Is perfect pitch something that we want in music today? What happened to valuing talent and creativity over production?

The video below (very funny!) best exemplifies the use of auto tune and how it’s become part of pop-culture and how it’s “just gone too far”. Jack, an employee at a web design company is asked a series of questions about “the homepage”. Jack sings his responses back in perfect pitch into a microphone with an auto tune processor over a classic T-Pain beat.

Auto Tuning from Casey D on Vimeo.

Do you think that auto-tune is a cover up for artists that can’t sing? Do you think it’s this an unfair advantage or just a fad that will fizzle out?

How many funny clips on YouTube go unnoticed? I found a diamond in the rough presented by Subtle Buffalo Productions entitled: “Duel at Moonlight Path”.

A wayward hiker stumbles across a madman with a grudge in the forest. While frolicking and picking up sticks the protagonist, “Breb” is confronted by an angry portly man brandishing a large jagged stick at him. There’s a distance between the two characters where the bully in the forest can’t distinguish the true identity of the innocent hiker.

As ominous music takes over the scene, the bully is under the impression that the lost hiker is someone named “Jameson”. (Jameson apparently screwed him over.) The bully further explains that he’s been waiting patiently for this duel to happen, (I’ve been waiting here a long time practicing with sticks and rocks!) and he wants to bash-in Jameson’s skull.

As the hiker asks the bully “who’s Jameson”? hilarity ensues where there’s miscommunication between the characters (they can’t hear one another!) and the hiker politely explains that he’s not” Jameson”, his name is “Breb”.

They bully has never heard the name “Breb” before and let’s his guard down realizing it’s not Jameson after all. The conversation takes a turn where our protagonist has to repeat and spell his name for the bully as he thinks “Breb” is a weird first name. Eventually the bully laughs at his own error and kindly lets ”Breb” walk down Moonlight Path.

My Verdict: It’s a keeper! It’s great situational humor and remains funny and entertaining throughout the clip.

What do you think?