Canned Insight » YouTube http://cannedinsight.wordpress.com Specific musings about general ideas Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:53:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/d7150d19bbfc92bb84d63a47b12752d2?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Canned Insight » YouTube http://cannedinsight.wordpress.com Weezer Understands the Internets http://cannedinsight.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/weezer-understands-the-internets/ http://cannedinsight.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/weezer-understands-the-internets/#comments Sun, 25 May 2008 20:15:43 +0000 nealg http://cannedinsight.wordpress.com/?p=11 ]]>

While Radiohead “pay what you want to pay” release of In Rainbows late last year called into question the relevance of online music distribution services and the true value of music copyright and intellectual property, Weezer’s new video for “Pork and Beans” off their upcoming release “The Red Album” is breaking the mold of big budget music videos produced solely for the MTV audience.  The new Weezer video encapsulates the best (and sometimes worst) aspects of self expression online, speaking directly to our YouTube generation.  Check it out:

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