1 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/301/thumb/Picture_1.png?1243850836 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/301/square/Picture_1.png?1243850836 2009-06-01T04:07:18-06:00 Dustin Mclean of Dustfilms 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active music, video, literal, lyrics, funnyordie, subtitles, 80's, pop-culture, viral, 2008 0 <h2>About</h2> <p>The &#8220;Literal Music Video&#8221; starts with an easily recognizable music video (typically from the 80&#8217;s) and uses both subtitles and newly recorded audio to narrate what is literally happening in the music video; often highlighting the bizarre visual narratives used.</p> <p>LMV&#8217;s were first popularzed when film-maker/musician/producer of <em>SuperNews!</em> on CurrentTV/founder of <a href=http://www.dustfilms.com/>Dustfilms</a>, Dustin Mclean created his literal translation of <em>Take on Me</em> by Ah-Ha! and posted it to funnyordie.com in October 3rd of 2008.<br /> <object width="480" height="400" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" id="ordie_player_e062d7b4d5"><param name="movie" value="http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="key=e062d7b4d5" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed width="480" height="400" flashvars="key=e062d7b4d5" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" quality="high" src="http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf" name="ordie_player_e062d7b4d5" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><div style="text-align:left;font-size:x-small;margin-top:0;width:480px;"><a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/e062d7b4d5/take-on-me-literal-video-version-from-dustfilms" title="from DustFilms">Take on Me: Literal Video Version</a> &#8211; watch more <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/" title="on Funny or Die">funny videos</a></div></p> <p>The next week, DustFilms followed up with <a href=http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/6342db2270/head-over-heels-literal-video-version-from-dustfilms>Head Over Heels</a>, the Tears for Fears classic.</p> <p>Dustfilms created a total of four Literal Music Videos, most of which were promoted on various video sites, and received significant activity on social news sites like <a href=http://digg.com/music/Billy_Idol_White_Wedding_Literal_Version>Digg</a> and Reddit.</p> <h2>Imitation of form</h2> <p>While the Literal Music Videos began as a very deliberately manufactured set of viral videos, they inspired others to take part in the creation and interpretation of their own LMV&#8217;s.</p> <p>e.g.</p> <p>Total Eclipse of the Heart literal music video.<br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lj-x9ygQEGA&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lj-x9ygQEGA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p>The literal Rick Roll <br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kr2jlCyCJBI&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kr2jlCyCJBI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p>We Built This City<br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AaNSgkEH1po&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AaNSgkEH1po&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p><a href=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/phonetic-translations>Phonetic Translations</a> also share the themes of parody and alternate lyrics, but instead utilize the original audio, with subtitles that replace the lyrics with &#8220;what it sounds like.&#8221;</p> 2009-06-26T14:37:51-06:00 301 6 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/301/original/Picture_1.png?1243850836