20 Songs You Have Heard But Do Not Know Their Name (Part 2)

Don't forget to check out Part 1!

(composers/singers are in brackets)


1) Dance of the Knights (Sergei Prokofiev)




2) Allegretto from Palladio (Karl Jenkins)

This is often used to sell German cars...




3) Sabre Dance (Aram Khachaturian)




4) Tarantella Napoletana (Italian folk song often used as an Italian cliché)




5) I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover (Art Mooney)

Bugs Bunny brought me here...




6) Guaglione (Perez Prado)




7) Green Onions (Booker T. & the M.G.s)




8) Sitting On The Dock On The Bay (Otis Redding)




9) Also Sprach Zarathustra (Richard Strauss) (aka 2001: A Space Odyssey theme)




10) Chariots of Fire (Vangelis) (aka Olympic Games theme)




11) 1492: Conquest of Paradise (Vangelis)




12) To Vals Tou Gamou (Eleni Karaindrou)




13) Lily Was Here (David Stewart & Candy Dulfer)




14) Eple (Röyksopp)




15) American Beauty (Thomas Newman)




16) Lux Aeterna (Clint Mansell) (aka Requiem For A Dream)




17) Lionheart (Emancipator)




18) The Fountain (Clint Mansell)




19) Intro (The XX)




20) Time (Hans Zimmer)




Click here for the 21 songs of Part 1!

Clever Girls

Yesterday, we had "Clever Girl".
Today, I present to you these clever girls and their dance.



Grows old pretty quickly, but still, it's a cool brain confuser.

"Clever Girl"

Straight out of the Jurassic Park archives, but nicely done.



What? No juggling?

(source)

Solar Conjunction Explained

Solar conjunction and how it affects missions to Mars.

Before watching this, I had no idea this was a problem.



The comment: "How can I put the Sun between me and my boss?" wins the internet.

Little Laos (tilt-shift)

Tilt-shift video of everyday life in Laos.

As always watch in HD, full-screen.

Badman (It's Batman, Only Worse)

Christopher Nolan tried. I'll give him that. But in the end, his rendition of Batman was below par.

Consequently, I have no regrets in posting the following hilarious Batman (or Badman) parodies by Collegehumor.

Enjoy.


Batman Chooses His Voice

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Batman Meets the Riddler

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Batman Meets Two-Face

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Batman Blows His Cover

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Batman Says His Goodbyes

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Another Child Joins The Dark Side

A while back, we saw a young Angela Merkel girl choosing the dark side.

Now, here's footage of another girl giving an unexpected twist to a theme park routine.



Hopefully, she won't become president, prime minister or chancellor of any country in the future... (at least not one with nuclear weapons)

The Greatest Basketball Player of All Time

Was this guy. Michael Jordan.

Here's a compilation of his top 50 all time plays, so that the young can learn and the old can reminisce.



Ten years after his retirement, the NBA has still not found its footing.

Of course, from time to time he did miss. He was human after all.

Everything's Amazing and Nobody's Happy

Conan O'Brien has an entertaining talk with comedian Louis C.K. about how people nowadays take technology for granted.

(don't worry about the Russian subs)

Iaponus Ex Machina

Japanese technology is unsurpassed... ;p



(source)

Boston (tilt-shift)

I haven't posted a tilt-shift video for a while, so here is a lovely video of Boston shot during Thanksgiving 2012 (November 22nd).

As always, full screen, HD, recommended.

Greatest Arnold Schwarzenegger Lines (supercut)

Not one, not two, but one hundred and sixty great Arnold Schwartzenegger lines.

So prepare yourself and... "GET DOWN"!

(videos contain some language, sometimes, obviously)




Nope.
We're not finished yet.
Here's one hundred and thirty more.
I suggest you... "GET TO THE CHOPPA!"