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Pomplamoose covers Lady Gaga's Telephone

Love it. Robin Sloan has previously discussed this type of "production as performance" video on Snarkmarket but Pomplamoose has started using the term "VideoSong":

This cover is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules:
1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice).
2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).

As NPR explains, the band is actually making a living from their covers...they sold 100,000 songs last year. Here's their album of covers on iTunes.

By Jason Kottke    Apr 15, 2010 at 10:42 am    Lady Gaga   music   Pomplamoose   remix   Robin Sloan   video

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