The Beach Boys' "Wouldn't It Be Nice" In A Cappella Form Is Spectacular

Perhaps more than any band before them, the Beach Boys were incredible at harmonizing. One of the tunes that really shows this off is "Wouldn't It Be Nice," a song written by Brian Wilson, Mike Love, and Tony Asher, though Al Jardine gets a rare shot at lead vocals.

The track is the opener of the iconic Pet Sounds album and features a variety of instruments that were unusual at the time, like accordions and a detuned twelve-string guitar. You won't hear any of those in this video, though – it's strictly vocals. That doesn't make it any less impressive, though. Check out those harmonies!

Weird Al Yankovic - Medium Rarities

"Weird Al" Yankovic dropped a video the other day announcing Medium Rarities, a 23-track collection of rare, unreleased, and other non-album tracks from 1978 to 2017 (40 years! Holy moly!). The video, created by TruScribe, is an homage to the traditional Mario games on Nintendo, only we've got a virtual Yankovic wandering around and collecting items from the course of his career.

Medium Rarities is a part of the 15-album box set, Squeeze Box: The Collected Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic, which will be released on November 24. Check out more about these packages here. Enjoy, and as Weird Al himself would say, "dare to be stupid."

Frozen and Breaking Bad Mashup Is Wonderful

Kudos to my buddy Roqstar for pointing me to this. It's a superb mashup of Frozen's "Do You Want To Build A Snowman" and Breaking Bad. In this remake, Walt is asking Jesse if he wants to build a meth lab. It's just very spot on, and the animations are quite well done. Enjoy!

Twitter Hashtag...Musical Style!

One of the (originally) unique features about Twitter is (was) the hashtag. No doubt you've seen them now on all sorts of platforms, ranging from useful: "Hey, is anyone else going to see #IcePrincess?" to just ways to add something at the end of a sentence, without hitting the spacebar: "I just went back for sixths at Golden Corral #cantwaittohavethismassivediarrhealattack."

Regardless, Paul the Trombonist has decided to give us a little musical history of the hashtag. Pretty cool stuff. Check it out! 

Via Mashable