Voting is over, unfortunately, but you should go watch the finalists of the Gale Cengage Librareo video contest. (If for some reason you can’t get enough amateur music videos about books, all of the entries are available on YouTube.)
My two favorites were “Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse” (whose song is written to the tune of a famous classical piece that I cannot identify because I am an uncultured Philistine), and “Harold and the Purple Crayon.” “Harold” was made by the son of a colleague of mine, so I’m a bit biased… but I think you’ll agree that it’s awesome, in a drug-soaked 70s sort of way.*
*For comparison, watch an actual 70s drug-soaked film such as “Malakapalakadoo Skip Two” on A/V Geeks (which, btw, is my new favorite internet time-suck, as of 5 minutes ago).
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1 frog // Jun 18, 2008 at 3:57 pm
It’s the William Tell Overture — a staple of middle school and high school orchestra programs everywhere! (I’m pretty sure I played it in 6th grade, and then again in maybe 10th grade.)
2 jaime // Jun 18, 2008 at 10:42 pm
these are awesome!
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