Clapping to the laptop

[ailbhe]

I've just spent most of two hours applauding my laptop, because someone has thoughtfully pirated at least two Bill Bailey videos and put them on Youtube in ten-minute segments. I intend to buy them at the earliest opportunity. I don't even know who Kraftwerk are, and I'm still hiccupping with laughter five minutes after it finished.

Comments

[caerleon.livejournal.com]

Ja, das Hokey-Cokey..

[trinker.livejournal.com]

Oh, please don't tease!

(I love Kraftwerk, and want to know about Bill Bailey.)

[wingedkami.livejournal.com]

Kraftwerk are a German experimental electronic group who've been around since the 1970s. Here's an example.

Bill Bailey was absolutely spot on.

[iuil.livejournal.com]

Link to the Kraftwerk slot, pretty please?

[iuil.livejournal.com]

'sOK - found it.

[submarine-bells.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's priceless! *giggle*

Bill Bailey didn't really use proper old-fashioned analog synthesisers and it sounds a bit "modern" as a result, but the general impression is charmingly Kraftwerkesque anyway! Nice find!

[d-h.livejournal.com]

I'd noticed the youtube had an entire episode of his 1998 'is it bill bailey' a while ago, which included his reinterpretation of the Doctor Who music as Belgian light jazz ('Doctor Qui'). Google video has a fan video of Bill Bailey's 'Insect Nation' and there are some misc odds and ends at:
http://muse.cream.org/bill/

[merryhouse.livejournal.com]

oh, the Kraftwerk bit! So funny. I know who they are because I read an article in the Big Issue about 8 years ago, but I've never heard them - still makes me laugh.

[barakta]

Bill Bailey rules, he's so funny. I can never get his Kraftwerk out of my head afterwards.