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ITCHY MUSIC!

2008-04-17 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Pop culture · advice recommendation

Hank, bedridden with a full-body rash after a viral infection he probably caught at the Obama rally, shares a top-nine list of songs he found on YouTube while convalescing and asks Nerdfighters what they listen to.

What is said

00:00:00 — Nothing to make a video about; full-body rash from a viral infection probably caught at the Obama rally; fever

  • ★ Hank has no particular topic because it is a random day, which he says is how it always used to be. — 00:00:00
  • ★★★ Hank has a rash over his entire body; his doctor says it is a side effect of a viral infection he probably got at the Barack Obama rally. (hedged) — 00:00:00 · Barack Obama
  • ★★ Hank had a 103-degree fever for about five days; then his skin became blotchy and itchy. — 00:00:00

00:00:48 — Itching; convalescence spent listening to music on YouTube; music matters to people; copyright keeps it out of the video

  • ★★ Hank says convalescence can be a wonderful time if spent well; he has spent his listening to music, mostly on YouTube. — 00:00:48 · YouTube
  • ★★ Hank says music is a very important part of who we are as people, individuals and a species. — 00:00:48
  • ★ Because of copyright Hank cannot put the songs in the video, so he links them in the sidebar. — 00:00:48

00:01:38 — Hank's top-nine list of songs found on YouTube: Ultra Relax, Abby, Julia Nunes, Narciso Lobo, Gustav, wizard rock, Of Montreal, Cotton Fields

  • ★★ Hank calls Shinohara Tomoe's 'Ultra Relax', the intro to a show about kids in school, the pinnacle of J-pop and one of his all-time favorite songs. — 00:01:38
  • ★★ Hank recommends Abby of Songs from a Hat, whom he loves, linking her song 'My Scientist'. — 00:02:24
  • ★★ Hank recommends Julia Nunes, suggested by Abby: a nerdfighter with amazing songs and an amazing voice. — 00:02:24
  • ★★ Hank says Julia Nunes deserves all the fame she is going to have in two years' time. — 00:02:24
  • ★★ Hank recommends Narciso Lobo, whom he thinks is active in YouTube's singer-songwriter community; his originals beat his covers; he links 'The Song We Never Wrote'. (hedged) — 00:02:24 · YouTube
  • ★★ Hank's random find: 'We Shall Overcome' by a woman called Gustav, whom he thinks is German; probably the best song he stumbled across this year. (hedged) — 00:02:24
  • ★★ Hank has been loving wizard rock, the Parselmouths and the Moaning Myrtles, both with members featured in Five Awesome Girls, and listening to Of Montreal. — 00:03:08
  • ★★ Hank shares a version of 'Cotton Fields' arranged for 1940s-50s singer Teresa Brewer, with yodeling and weird choreography, which he calls amazing to watch. — 00:03:08

00:03:37 — Asks what Nerdfighters listen to; voice failing; reminds John of his late Question Tuesday or punishment; sign-off

  • ★★★ Hank asks what Nerdfighters have been listening to and invites music suggestions, mainstream or obscure, in the comments; he trusts their taste. — 00:03:37 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Hank reminds John that he promised a Question Tuesday not on Tuesday and must deliver before the week is out or be punished. (playful) — 00:03:37 · Question Tuesday, Punishment

Humor (significant)

  • Hank blames his viral rash on the Obama rally he attended. — 00:00:00 > «Barack Obama gave me a disease. He shook my hand right after he sneezed.»
  • Hank says the rash covers his whole body, with one exception. — 00:00:48 > «except for six very important parts»
  • Hank interrupts himself in a second voice to ask how the rash could be good news. — 00:00:48 > «Well, I'm glad you asked that, other me»
  • Hank announces the list with an overlong title. — 00:01:38 > «top nine list of awesome songs he found on YouTube while sweating and itching in his bed!»

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