Another request to find a lost MeFi post July 30, 2009 2:44 PM Subscribe
I am trying to find the MeFi post to a YouTube video that features a little girl singing. The video was processed by the video poster by taking several snippets of a little girl talking, squealing, screeching and clapping a pair of flip-flops together. The result was an absolutely endearing "song", with a little synthesizer thrown in.
The post was probably made around a year ago. The little kid is probably 3 or 4 and has long dark curly hair. It's difficult to search for it because a lot of the comments were people imitating the song:
aaah aaah OOOOH ah ah, ah ahhh ah oooo OOO!
etc.
I thought I had bookmarked it, but apparently I did not. I'd be grateful if anyone has the link, or has any idea what I'm talking about.
(I was humming it today for some reason, so now I need to find it)
Full Disclosure: I suck at MetaFilter. That's why I don't post much. I think this is where one posts these requests. I'll take my deletion with a smile if I'm wrong or if I'm displaying bad form. I hope I've given enough information.
The post was probably made around a year ago. The little kid is probably 3 or 4 and has long dark curly hair. It's difficult to search for it because a lot of the comments were people imitating the song:
aaah aaah OOOOH ah ah, ah ahhh ah oooo OOO!
etc.
I thought I had bookmarked it, but apparently I did not. I'd be grateful if anyone has the link, or has any idea what I'm talking about.
(I was humming it today for some reason, so now I need to find it)
Full Disclosure: I suck at MetaFilter. That's why I don't post much. I think this is where one posts these requests. I'll take my deletion with a smile if I'm wrong or if I'm displaying bad form. I hope I've given enough information.
(Full disclosure: I found it again because 1) I remembered it was double-posted and 2) I remembered that the double said something about Aphex Twin's daughter and 3) I did a Google search on the Deleted Thread blog)
posted by shakespeherian at 2:59 PM on July 30, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by shakespeherian at 2:59 PM on July 30, 2009 [2 favorites]
I love that video. Crazy Song.
I didn't see it on MeFi, though. Got it from the everlasting blort.
posted by carsonb at 3:01 PM on July 30, 2009
I didn't see it on MeFi, though. Got it from the everlasting blort.
posted by carsonb at 3:01 PM on July 30, 2009
Go' bless ye, guv. That's the one.
Where's the "Mark as best answer" thingy?
See? SEE? I just READ MetaFilter and try not to TOUCH it. Because I'm retired.
posted by sidereal at 3:04 PM on July 30, 2009
Where's the "Mark as best answer" thingy?
See? SEE? I just READ MetaFilter and try not to TOUCH it. Because I'm retired.
posted by sidereal at 3:04 PM on July 30, 2009
That's great -- Imogen Heap as a Young Girl!
posted by FelliniBlank at 3:08 PM on July 30, 2009
posted by FelliniBlank at 3:08 PM on July 30, 2009
LiveLeak needs to work on their "Related Videos" algorithm. :(
posted by sidereal at 3:33 PM on July 30, 2009
posted by sidereal at 3:33 PM on July 30, 2009
eh, you can accomplish anything with autotune these days.
posted by shmegegge at 3:38 PM on July 30, 2009
posted by shmegegge at 3:38 PM on July 30, 2009
Now I want to hear that little girl do Cornershop's "The Roll Off Characteristics of History in the Making."
posted by FelliniBlank at 3:46 PM on July 30, 2009
posted by FelliniBlank at 3:46 PM on July 30, 2009
Sure, it's pretty catchy.
posted by FelliniBlank at 4:10 PM on July 30, 2009
posted by FelliniBlank at 4:10 PM on July 30, 2009
Having answered the question, I will now flame out.
fuckers
posted by shakespeherian at 4:19 PM on July 30, 2009 [1 favorite]
fuckers
posted by shakespeherian at 4:19 PM on July 30, 2009 [1 favorite]
Love it.
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 5:35 PM on July 30, 2009
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 5:35 PM on July 30, 2009
netbros - yes, I was, and I don't know why. It was a happy sort of humming. It took me a minute to figure out what I was humming. Then I remembered. I don't know why these things happen, any more than I know why I occasionally think of Karl Malden or pepperoni pizza. These things are birthed fully formed from my forehead, unbidden.
shakespeherian - You are my hero. Flame out if you like, but it's customary to flame out with an unsettling off-topic derail.
posted by sidereal at 5:36 PM on July 30, 2009
shakespeherian - You are my hero. Flame out if you like, but it's customary to flame out with an unsettling off-topic derail.
posted by sidereal at 5:36 PM on July 30, 2009
I would (probably will) definitely hum this. But I like how it presents you first with the spectre of atonal child weirdness set to audio effects. A test, it is.
It's not until you see the flip flops for the first time that you have any inkling you're in for solid gold.
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 5:50 PM on July 30, 2009
It's not until you see the flip flops for the first time that you have any inkling you're in for solid gold.
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 5:50 PM on July 30, 2009
I'm really disappointed in that thread. Surely we could have used that video as all the evidence we needed to critique a complete stranger's clearly shoddy parenting ability.
posted by Ian A.T. at 9:51 PM on July 30, 2009
posted by Ian A.T. at 9:51 PM on July 30, 2009
sidereal: shakespeherian - You are my hero. Flame out if you like, but it's customary to flame out with an unsettling off-topic derail.
NO U
posted by shakespeherian at 6:25 AM on July 31, 2009
NO U
posted by shakespeherian at 6:25 AM on July 31, 2009
I'm really disappointed in that thread. Surely we could have used that video as all the evidence we needed to critique a complete stranger's clearly shoddy parenting ability.
I think we need Louis C.K.'s comments on this video.
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 2:21 PM on July 31, 2009
I think we need Louis C.K.'s comments on this video.
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 2:21 PM on July 31, 2009
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posted by shakespeherian at 2:58 PM on July 30, 2009