3 Intriguing and Creative Video Memes

Mashing up content and creating something new and fresh out of pre-existing video is nothing new, and it's what makes the ever-changing nature of the Internet so fascinating.  That said, I've noticed a few new video memes that have really piqued my interest of late:

1. Literal videos — taking those incomprehensible music videos of the 80s and other decades which seem to have nothing to do with the song, and "re-singing" them with new lyrics literally explaining what's happening, often with hilarious results.  A few of my favorites:
   • "Head Over Heels" by Tears for Fears
   • "Take on Me" by A-Ha
   • "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats — my favorite
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2. Recut Trailers — your favorite movies remixed and edited to look like completely different genres.
   • "Shining" as a comedy
   • "Mary Poppins" as a horror film
   • "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" as a coming-of-age teenage angst film
   • "George" — a remix of Seinfeld clips into a serious drama, yet still oddly hilarious
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3. Kinetic Typography — Songs and TV shows with very creative animated text accompaniment, of particular interest to English teachers.  Like subtitles on LSD.
   • "Black and White" by Hyperaptiv — hip hop song about racism, very creative!
   • "Imma Be" by Black-Eyed Peas
   • "Advertising" by George Carlin — a comedic rant of every advertising term known to man
   • "The Marine Biologist" from Seinfeld — George going nuts, as usual, and set to kinetic type
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Human creativity, like most things these days, seems to be accelerating.  Surely there are more video memes out there that you've noticed and found amusing.  Please share them with us!