Jake of the Web

"Literal Video Versions" are a song where the words have been rewritten and resung to describe what is happening in the music video. So far, mostly songs from the 80s have been treated in this manner. The main theme with nearly all of these videos I have found is that the singing is absolutely awful. Seriously. Unlistenable. Garbage. This singing in the literal version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" is tolerable, probably because I don't like the original song at all. Even then, most of the good stuff is in the first 1/2 of the vid. A few potty humor jokes tarnish what would otherwise be a fantastically hilarious vid.

"Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl. Spin around, ninjas!"

"Total Eclipse of the Heart" literal video version


These two are from DustoMcNeato, the guy credited as starting the "Literal Video" phenomenon. Better singing, moderately funny, they are both definitely worth a look and a listen as well.


"Head Over Heels" Literal version


White Wedding" Literal version

In the same vein as F My Life, "Texts From Last Night" embarrassing or humorous statements - on this site they are specifically messages that have been sent by text message. Occasional mix-ups as to who the message is being sent to, lots and lots of drunken escapades and embarrassing sexual encounters.

Some of the "safe for radio" examples:
"I always feel awkward when im sitting at home watching the price is right and the fat contestant get the gym equipment."
"Dont worry your back hair reminds me of angel wings."
"If you want her to think you're a true humanitarian, you may want to stop referring to Hands Across America as 'the Ghostbusters 2 of fund raisers'."
"There's a booger on my laptop, i suspect it's yours."
"So it turns out the white chocolate in the bathroom is actually soap."
"I just spent an hour correcting all the grammar and spelling of all the 2pac songs on my ipod."
"I tried karate at age 7 and quit after realizing it conflicted with watching new episodes of 'Full House'."
"Whenever I'm sad I just imagine if babies were born with mustaches..."
"The producers of Marley and Me owe me about $5 million. That's the dollar amount of embarrassment compensation required for making a 24-year-old male cry publicly on an airplane while sitting in the middle seat between a gorgeous babe and a guy with a do-rag."


http://www.textsfromlastnight.com/

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Pop's 'stache - although this is apparently not yet an actual product, the premise is very cool: a plastic moustache that clips onto a soda bottle, so when you are drinking from the bottle the moustache disguises your true identity.



http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_file.asp?individual_id=201930&portfolio_id=2406166&keywords=Andrew%20Reeves&is_featured=-1&c=1&\

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This site will tell you the estimated value of web sites based on the number of hits, ad clicks, etc. that they receive.

http://www.websiteoutlook.com/

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On the subject of modified Google searches: a black-screened "energy saving" Google search. The idea is that a black screen will require less energy for a computer monitor to display it than a white screen would. Read this article from Scientific America to help you decide if this is true or not.


http://www.blackle.com/

A backwards Google search. You must place your searches backwards as well, so if
you are searching for "Jake of the Web" you would have to type "bew eht fo ekaj". Also, the "Feeling Lucky" button is the default choice, but if
you choose Google results all the results also show up backwards. It
messes with one's mind.



http://elgoog.rb-hosting.de/index.cgi

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"Auto-Tune the News" A strange hybrid between "The Daily Show" and T-Pain, this group uses an auto-tuner to get news anchors and news makers to 'sing' - and then they sing right along. Occasionally the humor gets a little more surreal, where an 'angry gorilla' shows up to sing along. Four episodes so far - they all hit more than they miss, but all are worth seeing. I could see this going places.





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http://www.youtube.com/user/schmoyoho

It's like the old handheld electronic game "Simon" the multi-colored memory game - only instead of beeps and flashing colored lights, you get four pictures of some guy's face making rude noises.


http://www.zefrank.com/zesimon/index.html

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Utilizing photo angles, these guys who 'got bored at work' superimpose portraits from money over their friends faces.








http://www.akademifantasia.org/?p=1744

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A seemingly unlimited combination of pictures of explosions and pictures of boobs.




























http://www.explosionsandboobs.com/

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A site created by artist couple Christine and Justin. They decide there is something they want but cannot afford. They paint a picture of the thing they want and put it up for sale for exactly the amount that 'want' would cost them.


"To See Showgirls"


"Drinks on Us"


"A Labbit"


"An iPhone"

http://wantsforsale.com/wants.html

Also, http://www.needsforsale.com/needs.html seeks to donate to charitable organizations through the same concept.