Jun 18 2008Wow: Radiohead's Nude Played On Old Computer Parts Is Really Freaking Good
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The Imperial March on a floppy disk is still cool and all, but this video takes the concept to a whole new level. It's Radiohead's Nude being played on all kinds of computer parts. It was made by James Houston, a student from the Glasgow School of Art's visual communication program. And not only is the music amazing well created, but the video is legit as well. The instruments are as follows:
Sinclair ZX Spectrum - Guitars (rhythm & lead)
Epson LX-81 Dot Matrix Printer - Drums
HP Scanjet 3c - Bass Guitar
Hard Drive array - Act as a collection of bad speakers - Vocals & FX
Let it load and then skip to a little after 1:00 for it to get started. Otherwise you have to listen to a minute of static and watch some flashing color bands that may or may not be trying to hypnotize you. They only gave me a boner though. I love static. And flashing colors? Don't even get me started. *shivers*
Big Ideas (don't get any) [vimeo]
Thanks Michael Jackson, but stay the fuck away from my kids
Reader Comments
1. random - June 18, 2008 5:03 PM
beautiful
2. Kilo - June 18, 2008 5:11 PM
The Radiohead song is "Nude," not "Naked." Close though. :)
3. Jazzman - June 18, 2008 5:24 PM
Awesome-ist coolinesss!!!
4. RussianinMoscow - June 18, 2008 5:27 PM
Awesome. A worthy tribute to the greatest band in the world.
5. Leg3nd - June 18, 2008 7:32 PM
Had to watch it 3 times that was dope!
6. The Imaginary Reviewer - June 18, 2008 9:51 PM
Anything that features the Sinclair Spectrum loading sounds is cool with me. Thankfully he didn't get an "R-Tape Loading Error 0:1" message. I'm off to play some Jet Set Willy.
7. Tom Piltoff - June 18, 2008 9:53 PM
If only they had recorded OLD Nude, with the glockenspiel...
8. Loman - June 18, 2008 9:58 PM
So that was gay and a waste of time that ill never get back.
9. poop - June 18, 2008 10:50 PM
that was beautiful. definitely not for the simpletons of the world, thats for sure. absolutely stunning.
10. pee - June 18, 2008 11:18 PM
wonderful
11. RandomNigel - June 18, 2008 11:45 PM
(It's an HP Scanjet 4c. Just sayin'.)
12. Gar - June 19, 2008 2:17 AM
Simply awesome, not sure if it is not as fake as my errr hrm ....
13. blp - June 19, 2008 5:35 AM
The video is beautiful!
The Sinclair Spectrum loading screen and sounds brought back memories. Were they trying to induce epilepsy with those flashy lines? I remember my +3 was connected to an old TV by RF cable and it would slowly tune out so you'd have to pause your game and retune the TV.
14. Birch - June 19, 2008 6:32 AM
That's awesome.
I'm seeing Radiohead a week on Sunday too - can't bloody wait..
15. patrick - June 19, 2008 8:01 AM
That was freakin' awesome.. I love any application of old school hardware (I refuse to call it retro if you still use it on a regular basis!). Too bad he never made the contest, I'm sure RH would've sat up and taken notice.
16. Momboelitist - June 19, 2008 11:16 AM
Yahtzee!!!!
17. RedNaxEla - June 19, 2008 12:57 PM
i don't know why but when i watched that, my hair was standing. mostly during the first few seconds of the video. i thought sadako or sumthing would crawl out of that tv and out of my com =S then i fast forwarded 1 minute and was greeted with music that reminds me of my old gameboy... good times
18. jane - June 19, 2008 1:00 PM
fucking amazing.
19. pdrunk - June 19, 2008 5:11 PM
Dammit! It was so good, it should have been mine!
20. sink - June 19, 2008 7:51 PM
WOW...
21. Leigh - June 20, 2008 6:39 AM
my roomie informs me that the "Static" is actually the Sinclair's program; it was recorded onto audiotape and transmitted as audio, so by including it at the beginning of the clip the guy has enabled anyone with a Sinclair to play it's part! Pretty cool IMO.
22. TROW - June 23, 2008 7:07 PM
I like this better than the original
23. ShortFuze - June 26, 2008 4:57 AM
holy mother of tron. this is better than normal music.
24. Miko Del - June 27, 2008 4:40 PM
Aw shite!! If you can watch that and not have a smile on your face, I just doan kno. You are missing something. Check yourself with an oscilloscope the next time you break wind - you probably leave no trace, like a vampire and a mirror.
And reading all the comments had me howling. Definitely the funniest is "YAHTZEE"
25. Mr Smith - July 18, 2008 10:14 AM
Fantastic.