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July-7th-2006, 08:16 AM
#61
Middle Man
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July-7th-2006, 12:16 PM
#62
 Originally Posted by Doc Martin
 Nice!
Mr. Martin,
Before the days of guitar tablature, if you wanted to figure out a song like "Song of the Wind", you had to record it on a cassette or reel to reel and do the painstakingly labor-intensive task of cranking it out. Not an easy task when Santana tends to hover near the 18th to 22nd frets. I've been playing this gem for almost 35 years, although you wouldn't know it from my video.
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July-7th-2006, 08:33 PM
#63
Reevaluating @ 500k
The amazing 13-year-old Frankie Lymon.
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July-7th-2006, 08:37 PM
#64
Reevaluating @ 500k
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July-7th-2006, 09:55 PM
#65
Registered User
Originally Posted by Pete C
WOW
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July-7th-2006, 11:13 PM
#66
Last edited by Lenny D.Guitarist; July-8th-2006 at 06:22 AM.
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July-8th-2006, 10:01 PM
#67
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July-9th-2006, 09:26 PM
#68
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July-10th-2006, 09:03 AM
#69
Middle Man
Ali G interviews Chomsky:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOIM1...search=chomsky
"Multilingual? Does that have something to do with animals?"
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July-10th-2006, 10:39 AM
#70
Bird Lives!
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Down By the Riverside
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4xzr_GBa8qk
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July-10th-2006, 02:45 PM
#71
Registered User
Is YouTube a flash in the pan?
Last modified: June 29, 2006, 5:56 PM PDT
By Greg Sandoval
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
As video-sharing site YouTube rides an enormous wave of popularity, a research firm has expressed doubts about the company's business prospects.
Josh Martin, an IDC research analyst, issued a report Thursday asserting that YouTube will struggle to squeeze profits from its video-sharing business, primarily because its audience has grown accustomed to paying nothing for the service. Fans of San Mateo, Calif.-based YouTube are even likely to buck attempts to post ads on the site because YouTube has largely been ad free since its official launch last December, according to the report.
"In order to begin addressing its issues, YouTube must implement myriad changes," Martin wrote in his report. "The truly difficult task for YouTube is to change the entire culture of the viewers that propelled it to overnight success."
YouTube spokeswoman Julie Supan declined to comment on the report but did say that company executives have offered Martin "no insight into our business."
YouTube owns more than 40 percent of the burgeoning video-sharing market, and more than 13 million people log on to watch homemade movies that are uploaded by fans of the site every month. But even while the company's profile mushrooms, and more than a year since YouTube was founded, executives have yet to roll out a business model.
YouTube representatives have said the company will sell ads, which will be introduced slowly in coming months.
According to Martin, YouTube has little choice but to take the advertising route. The site's audience is likely to be unwilling to pay for subscriptions or downloads of premium content. He adds that the advertising model is no sure bet.
Introducing ads may alienate viewers. In such a case, "how long until a (YouTube competitor), without advertising, emerges to siphon the YouTube defectors?" Martin asked in his report.
There's also the question of whether YouTube can persuade blue chip companies to advertise on the site. There's been much speculation in the media on whether some of the content on YouTube is too unseemly to attract big advertisers.
YouTube doesn't prescreen any content. The majority of the video clips involve budding musicians, comedians, filmmakers or just people clamoring for attention. Other clips are grittier. A viewer can often find clips of violent accidents and bloody shark attacks. Sometimes users post clips that include nudity and sexually graphic images.
And then there's the question of users uploading content that's owned by someone else.
In February, NBC requested that YouTube remove a clip from "Saturday Night Live" called "Lazy Sunday," that was widely viewed on YouTube, and the company complied. Since then, YouTube's relationship with NBC has vastly improved. This week, the two companies announced a cross-marketing deal that calls for NBC to post promotional clips from shows, such as "Saturday Night Live" and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," on YouTube.
But this isn't what YouTube fans want, says Martin. They don't want promotional clips that the network chooses, writes Martin, they want the funniest, edgiest skits SNL has to offer, or at least some of them. The problem, said John Miller, NBC's chief marketing officer, is that such SNL snippets are already offered on iTunes for a fee. Cable station E Entertainment also owns the broadcast rights to SNL segments. Making them available for free on YouTube isn't in anyone's best interest, said Miller.
Martin said in his report that he expects copyright issues to plague YouTube and its rivals well into the future.
He compares the challenges ahead of YouTube to those faced by Napster as it tried to transform itself from a free file-sharing system into a paid-subscription service.
"In the late 1990s Napster...achieved similar cult status (as YouTube) but was quickly abandoned when it attempted to become a legitimate business," Martin wrote.
For some entertainment sites, going mainstream has meant losing their core audience, who are attracted to more rebellious sites.
"Eventually, the paradigm will shift, where viewers accept watching advertisements to support their free video," said Martin in his report, "but not likely quickly enough for YouTube to reinvent itself in the short term."
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July-12th-2006, 09:43 AM
#72
Bird Lives!
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July-13th-2006, 12:57 PM
#73
skirting the issue
An annotated list of Sesame Street classics provided by The Bad Plus.
The theme to the pinball music really is "some of the funkiest odd-meter ever"!
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July-15th-2006, 07:20 AM
#74
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter..."a hippie rock guitarist with top secret clearances".
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Mvo86-w6K...skunk%20baxter
Skunk siitting in with a high school band.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=753tkMUsH...skunk%20baxter
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July-19th-2006, 10:26 AM
#75
Bird Lives!
Sam and Dave "When Something is Wrong With My Baby"
Check out the band!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkV4Z...m%20and%20dave
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July-19th-2006, 10:45 AM
#76
Originally Posted by Doc Martin
Booker T and the Boys!!
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July-20th-2006, 10:40 AM
#77
Six decades
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July-20th-2006, 12:49 PM
#78
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July-20th-2006, 02:18 PM
#79
Bird Lives!
Lenny D.Guitarist, I don't know what to tell ya, man.
Be that as it may, here's some:
Albert King at Fillmore East 1970
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4xhS...=fender%20amps
Last edited by Doc Martin; July-20th-2006 at 03:38 PM.
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July-20th-2006, 09:15 PM
#80
Unfocused User
Originally Posted by mke
It's the Pointer Sisters, to boot. The track's available on the "Songs From the Street: 35 Years of Music" box set.
Never thought I'd see this guy again:
Classic Sesame Street - Baker (10)
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And that's not the only reason I've been laughing my ass off:
REO Speedwagon I Do' Wanna Know
Last edited by bostontricky; July-20th-2006 at 09:16 PM.
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July-21st-2006, 09:04 AM
#81
I'm the face.
Someone just sent me this; apologies if it's been posted before:
Little girl vs. Wall Street
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July-21st-2006, 12:33 PM
#82
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July-21st-2006, 05:47 PM
#83
Victory at sea!
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July-22nd-2006, 04:14 PM
#84
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July-24th-2006, 06:47 PM
#85
Registered User
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July-25th-2006, 09:39 AM
#86
Bird Lives!
New York Dolls - "Dance Like A Monkey"
keep your eyes peeled for a little Pastafarianism.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjVtJzTSuPw&eurl=
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July-25th-2006, 11:16 AM
#87
Registered User
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July-25th-2006, 11:19 AM
#88
Victory at sea!
Originally Posted by MRS
Vader Sessions
Pretty funny. Are those really 'Coming To America' lines?
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July-25th-2006, 11:29 AM
#89
Registered User
I love the Field of Dreams scene.
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July-25th-2006, 11:32 AM
#90
Registered User
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