MySpace

If New York wasn't the center of the universe already, we'd say the title would go to MySpace. The phenomenon has even inspired a song.

The first band to play at our first ever Movable Hype show was The Fresh - which is pretty much composed of one man, John Fulton. Recently, he wrote and recorded a song in homage to MySpace, and today he has finally released a video for that song. A digital collage in tribute to community sites we all spend way too much time on. Check it out and see if you made the cut...one of the College Humor guys did!

[if you don't see the video embedded, click here to watch]

Fun fact: The girl singing on the track is 1991 Tony Award Winner for The Secret Garden, Daisy Eagan. She's totally on MySpace.

Related: - We interviewed the Fresh in 2004
- The MySpace Song Live
- The Fresh hearts Classic Kicks on Elizabeth Street (Fulton is wearing their t-shirt in the video).

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on April 10, 2006 11:13 AM

Comments [rss]

jim

Hey steve I was at that antisocial stalker show in philly and I thought it was pretty cool,I think you have to look at it in a campy point of view like a b-movie.

David

Unfortunately, the witty/observational song about social networking was already nailed by New York artist, Ben Scheuer.

Listen to The Facebook Song. It's frighteningly addictive.

And yes, I most certainly find the irony in posting a Facebook on MySpace.

sw1

If I had a favorite song about myspace, it would be Pete Miser's: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=4140850

rfid4dna

I was in Philly on Friday night, where I saw a performance by The AntiSocial Stalker, who sang numerous pions to MySpace while a projection of his profile and comments scrolled in the background. Quite possibly the worst thing I've ever seen before.

Rodney P. Sweetchops

Wait, people over 16 actually use MySpace? I'm confused...

SATAN

The Fresh = The Lame

smitty

did anyone see the Dateline show last night about the dangers of MySpace? Kinda funny.

Jakob Lodwick

I wonder why he used dozens of clips made by Vimeo users - mostly me and my friends - for a song about MySpace. Those clips have nothing to do with MySpace and everything to do with Vimeo.