I don’t know how many are keeping abreast of what is happening in the world of mashup videos, but CNN just did a cover of the “Empire State of mind” craze. It’s all very fascinating.
It appears that this piece of content created by Jay Z and Alicia Keyes, is currently serving as a fertile flexible canvas–a template of sorts– for people to express themselves.
Something in the lyrics, as well as the video format appeals to the expressive capability in all of us to communicate our origins(Huge dork, Minnesota) as well as where we locate ourselves at this point in time (Walmart)…
Here are the examples as well as the CNN link.
CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/30/empire.state.remix/index.html
Original with Jay Z and Alicia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UjsXo9l6I8&feature=PlayList&p=90156B5BABD41FEE&index=13&playnext=2&playnext_from=PL
Huge Dork (state of mind)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMHZCXJfAW8&feature=PlayList&p=90156B5BABD41FEE&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=12
Minnesota State of mind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we6R3GGkTW8
Walmart State of Mind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fenu74PTvxM&feature=related
