i'm pretty sure everyone knows about Radiohead's Nude remix competition. the first deadline was set to May 1st but then there were a lot of complaints that the contest was unfair. (i agree i think they shold have thought about this some more.) so to fix this 'problem' Radiohead extended the deadline to June 1st.
James Houston missed the deadline. i can't even explain how awesome his video is. even if he would have made it 2 days before the deadline there's no way in hell he'd be at the top. who's going to watch 250+ videos before choosing a favorite? Radiohead should have done things differently. it just doesn't make sense to continue allowing entries till the last day of voting. there should have been a set deadline for video submissions and a different start date and deadline for voting.
check it.
Big Ideas (don't get any) from James Houston on Vimeo.
I'm a student graduating from the Glasgow School of Art's visual communication course in a few days. This is my final project.
Radiohead held an online contest to remix "Nude" from their album - "In Rainbows" This was quite a difficult task for everybody that entered, as Nude is in 6/8 timing, and 63bpm. Most music that's played in clubs is around 120bpm and usually 4/4 timing. It's pretty difficult to seamlessly mix a waltz beat into a DJ set.
This resulted in lots of generic entries consisting of a typical 4/4 beat, but with arbitrary clips from "Nude" thrown in so that they qualified for the contest.
Thom Yorke joked at the ridiculousness of it in an interview for NPR radio, hinting that they set the competition to find out how people would approach such a challenging task.
I decided to take the piss a bit, as the contest seemed to be in that spirit.
Based on the lyric (and alternate title) "Big Ideas: Don't get any" I grouped together a collection of old redundant hardware, and placed them in a situation where they're trying their best to do something that they're not exactly designed to do, and not quite getting there.
It doesn't sound great, as it's not supposed to.
I missed the contest deadline, so I'm offering it here for you to enjoy. Sinclair ZX Spectrum - Guitars (rhythm & lead) Epson LX-81 Dot Matrix Printer - DrumsHP Scanjet 3c - Bass GuitarHard Drive array - Act as a collection of bad speakers - Vocals & FX
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