{"id":144,"date":"2008-03-14T12:06:56","date_gmt":"2008-03-14T20:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evolvingmusic.wordpress.com\/?p=144"},"modified":"2008-03-14T12:06:56","modified_gmt":"2008-03-14T20:06:56","slug":"breakdancing-to-a-slow-sad-indie-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/evolvingmusic\/2008\/03\/14\/breakdancing-to-a-slow-sad-indie-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakdancing to a Slow Sad Indie Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wSU1VFPss4c?wmode=transparent&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;showsearch=0&amp;rel=1&amp;theme=dark\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I keep watching this video by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vimeo.com\/user370965\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"xLink\">Jordan Clark<\/a> over and over. Maybe it&#8217;s that the simple melancholy feel of the song (&#8220;Irene&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caribou.fm\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"xLink\">Caribou<\/a>) fits the rather sad and wistful mood I&#8217;m in right now. Or maybe I&#8217;m fascinated by the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cirque_du_Soleil\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"xLink\">Cirque du Soleil<\/a>-esque agility with which these guys are demonstrating their rather unusual human movement. Either way, this video is a beautiful example of how to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"xLink\">mix and match<\/a> two unlikely elements together with a surprising outcome. As the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/music\/2008\/03\/video-yes-you-c.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"xLink\">Listening Post notes<\/a>, &#8220;with the right editing techniques, it&#8217;s possible to breakdance to anything, even low-tempo indie music&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of human movement, here&#8217;s another one I found interesting. While the kid is not breakdancing per se, it&#8217;s pretty amazing what the human body is capable of.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UYFDYX4i2EY?wmode=transparent&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;showsearch=0&amp;rel=1&amp;theme=dark\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Then again, if you get an early start like <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=FiNUkDnDMFA\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"xLink\">this little guy<\/a>, you can train your body to do all sorts of crazy things.  Here&#8217;s another badass <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/B-boy\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"xLink\">b-boy<\/a> video &#8211; this time set to more traditional breakdancing music. This guy is off the hook. Watch for the clip at 2:53 when he does push-ups with his feet off the ground&#8230;Nuts.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_UeOdqjB_7k?wmode=transparent&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;showsearch=0&amp;rel=1&amp;theme=dark\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I keep watching this video by Jordan Clark over and over. Maybe it&#8217;s that the simple melancholy feel of the song (&#8220;Irene&#8221; by Caribou) fits the rather sad and wistful mood I&#8217;m in right now. Or maybe I&#8217;m fascinated by the Cirque du Soleil-esque agility with which these guys are demonstrating their rather unusual human [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[18,23,25,40],"tags":[171,174,289,329,843,906,962,1058,1952],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/evolvingmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/evolvingmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/evolvingmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/evolvingmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/evolvingmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/evolvingmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/evolvingmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/evolvingmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/evolvingmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}