Conversations @ Dancing on YouTube
OK, you may have seen the wedding video of the attendants and bride and groom dancing their way down the aisle on YouTube. I thought it was pretty cool too, especially the faux Slow Mo part (which the news clips seem to leave out). What I’m more fascinated by is the viral wave that took over after it was posted (July 19th). The couple was featured on Good Morning America; there was a story about it the Washington Post and they were featured on ABC’s Nightly News that night (July 24th). That’s pretty crazy. If they aren’t publicists they should be.
The conversation came up about this at dinner that night. My older son, Piers, mentioned the “Where the Hell is Matt?” video craze on YouTube. “What, you haven’t seen it yet!?”….”No, I’m just your cave mom, must be living in the dark.” But, I’m happy he told me about it because it has more viewers (over 22 million) than the wedding video (nearly 5 million) and is more interesting as far as the internal wave that took over to get it produced with “fans” joining him to dance in the 42 countries that he visited over 14 months. Culturally, it’s also entertaining, like N. Korea, New Guinea and Japan among others and artistically, there must have been a lot of editing to get the end result.
Then, I mentioned how I also saw a piece on the news regarding a musical documentary of sorts that started with SXSW recording a street musician singing “Stand by Me” in Chicago and then other musicians and vocals were taped in New Orleans, Spain, Russia, South Africa and others and their tracks were added to create one piece. I thought this was a creatively cool concept; plus, I always liked this song.
Then, the conversation was abruptly dismissed by my 17 year old, Jackson, saying, “Yeah, but it was cheesey, kinda like Bono’s world peace or we are the world”….Teenagers. He hasn’t seen the Matt one yet….Well, then we got on world peace and racism and the latest headlines in the news, much to his chagrin. 🙂
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I'm an artist, wife and mother of two boys. I started my illustration business, The Occasional Palette over 35 years ago, when my oldest son was an infant. Once my children were in school, I began painting decorative, faux finishes and murals through my second business, Casart, now over 30 years old. My third business, Casart Coverings, is a springboard from my second. Click on the link on the sidebar to see innovative, custom, designer wallcovering, removable and reusable wallpaper and coordinating decor.
