Leave Britney Alone

If you haven’t seen this video before, you haven’t seen Britney Spear’s most die-hard loyal fan existing on YouTube! Chris Crocker defends his beloved idol after Britney’s cringe-worthy comeback performance at the VMAs back in 2007. This over-dramatic video today has over 43 million views and has gained international media attention with hundreds of parodies uploaded on YouTube.

Crocker has become an internet celebrity ever since and ‘Leave Britney Alone’ has become so popular as a phrase that it was listed on Urbandictionary.com - ‘An exclamation made when your friends or family are teasing you to a point where you can't handle it anymore and a hissy fit is in order’.

Now leave Britney alone! I mean it!!

Charlie Bit Me!

What's better than brotherly love? That's right. Young brotherly love.



Since May 2007 a 56 second YouTube video has gone viral holding just under 450 million views to date. The adorable pair of young English brothers are well known for their in-home play behaviour. The two are seen as Harry offers his finger to Charlie and - as expected, is bitten by Charlie, after repeated yelling "Ouch Charlie", Harry then giggles as his younger brother continues unfazed by his brother's discomfort.


Their YouTube popularity has seen dozens of parodies of the original video appear throughout YouTube and other online video hosting sites.


As a result of their fame, T-shirts and limited edition calendars have been made and are available to the public - so go out and get some!

Movies in 5 seconds

Doug Walker, better known as YouTube user, That Guy With The Glasses, started off summarizing movies in approximately five seconds by using clips from the movies and sometimes overdubbing them and summarizing a movie and its sequels. Within months, numbers of users were posting their versions of "5 second movies" accrediting him at the end with a line saying "Inspired by That Guy With The Glasses".

Dating back to April 7, 2008 when videos were first posted, That Guy With The Glasses now has his own website with both his videos that he and ones inspired by him. A detailed list can be found on his website here: http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/5-second-movies

One example of his work is Titanic in 5 seconds. Summarizing what was a three hour movie into all of five seconds.

However, as I mentioned previously, sometimes they are overdubbed or summarizing the movie and its sequels. The following two videos are examples of that.

Harry Potter (All of em) in 5 seconds

The Godfather in 5 seconds

However, at times the movies get to the point of absolute ridiculousness such as this one:

Scarface in 5 Seconds

Finally, a plethora of 5 second movies by other users that have been inspired can also be found on YouTube.

Charlie McDonnell

Funny. Likeable. Cheeky. Witty. Dr Who fan. What's not to love? And love him we do. I give you... Charlie McDonnell, the 20 year old English vlogger/musician. With more than 150 videos and almost 1.5 million subscribers, it's safe to say that Charlie has definitely made a name for himself. His videos last for roughly 4 minutes, depending on the topic. Charlie does mini series' occasionally, such as the 'Fun Science' collection, or the 'Challenge Charlie' where he takes challenge suggestions from his viewers. 
This video 'Duet With Myself' is one of his better known ones. It has racked up more than 7 million views since it was posted last year. Enjoy! 

Walk Off The Earth

Formed in 2006, Walk Off The Earth are an indie band known for uploading both covers of popular songs at the request of fans and their own original music. They have also covered songs by The Gregory Brothers which I will do a post on later. The band consists of: Gianni, Sarah, Marshall, Joel and Taylor (better known to fans as Beard Guy).

A large number of their videos show the band doing an array of different things with music. From swapping between instruments or having a number of the band members even playing the same instrument to the use of sampling sounds for tracks live and using it throughout the song. And with the use of some editing, sometimes they harmonise with themselves.

In a number of their videos, not all of the band members appear. Sometimes it is only Gianni and Sarah who have their own channel (http://www.youtube.com/gianniandsarahmusic). At other times the band don't appear at all and instead Gianni's nephew, Myles appears instead.

The band's big breakthrough came on the 23rd January 2012 when they performed on the Ellen DeGeneres show performing Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" with all five members on one guitar. This has since been parodied by another band called The Key of Awesome (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwPHy17Iu6E).

All of their videos can be found on their YouTube channel including the ones by Gianni and Sarah.

For now though, in true Walk Off The Earth style, I'll sign off by saying...

Peace in!

Rowan

Check out some of their videos below

• Swapping instruments: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U0NFgoNI7s
• Playing the same instruments: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4LhCv7RY4E
• Sampling sounds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjkVXzmsP78
• Harmonising themselves: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yuXY5s-gRY
• Gianni's nephew, Myles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7F2rlRwDN8
• Gianni and Sarah: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE2kANx8WdA

YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/walkofftheearth