Earworm
Anticipating being too tied up to put together a proper Friday post, I'm going to do something awful to you, or something awesome: I'm going to expose you to an insanely catchy song, for which you will thank me or spend the weekend cursing me. The latter seems quite possible, since you will probably only be able to sing the refrain. Sorry. But it really is a great tune.
"Iechyd Da," by Gorky's Zygotic Mynci:
"Iechyd Da," by Gorky's Zygotic Mynci:
"Iechyd Da" is a Welsh toast that means (I've been told by a CD insert), "Good Health." Somebody on the internet translates the lyrics thus:
Sometimes simplicity is the best, isn't it?
An official video can be seen here, but the sound quality is pretty awful (which is why I went with the fan video, above).
Iechyd da, everybody, and have a great weekend.
Good health my pretty friends
Good health, good health
It's late it's time for bed
Good health, good health
What is behind the door
Good health, good health
What is behind the door
Good health, good health
Oh, health
Those girls are pretty
Good health, good health
Those girls are pretty
Good health, good health
Mistakes, throw to the sea
Good health, good health
Mistakes, throw to the sea
Good health, good health
Oh, health
Sometimes simplicity is the best, isn't it?
An official video can be seen here, but the sound quality is pretty awful (which is why I went with the fan video, above).
Iechyd da, everybody, and have a great weekend.
Comments
Maybe I can use the time machine thingy that other UCF members have been writing about this week to pop back and watch it?
It was a nice song, but I don't think the earworm embedded itself.
Still, hope you enjoyed it. Maybe more if it didn't get embedded.
Yechey Ta, Yechey Ta.
La-la-la-la-la-la...
Yechey Ta, Yechey Ta.
Nope. Nothin's stuck here.
OTOH: Fan video? Laziest. Fan. Ever.
I can't find a video of my favorite ear-worm-with-a-funny-title. What's the legal issue for me making it myself and posting it, counselor? Will I just get a stern letter, or would I be looking at hard time?
This isn't to say you should shy away from transformative uses; after all, something like Q-Unit is a work of unmitigated genius. And it's certainly possible a fan video might be transformative enough to be Fair Use--but it would have to be a helluva video.
As a cautionary tale, one might consider the current wrangling over the famous Shepard Fairey Hope poster; helping elect the President Of The United States and turning a photograph so obscure the photographer forgot he took it into an icon likely to be remembered for generations won't keep you from doing a legal tango with a touchy and litigious copyright holder.
I'm not exaggerating that Mannie Garcia didn't remember it was his photograph. Just thought I'd add that because, while it's not necessarily legally relevant, it is an interesting story.