Alas, the Star Wars a capella was already posted.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Star-wars-4-part-acapella-set-to-various-movie-themes -> http://www.videosift.com/video/a-capella-tribute-to-John-Williams

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John Williams would not be proud.

Hmmm, gonna have to say that was pretty pants. Sounds like the love child of John Williams and Danny Elfman.

http://mises.org/story/3069 -> http://www.mises.org/images4/3069figure1.jpg


http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/images/2009/Jan/official_actual_inflation_550.jpg

Last graph shows how the government basically lies about inflation now.

"Official US inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is currently running at about 5% (3% in Canada). But is this real inflation? The calculations governments now use for CPI are really meaningless as a true inflation indicator. Since 1980, the methodology used to calculate the CPI has changed. Using the original formula of a fixed basket of goods and services, economist John Williams has recreated the CPI as you can see in Figure 2. The SGS Alternate CPI uses the original 1980 formula and results in a CPI of 13%. When a country's money supply is increased, its currency is debased. As the currency's purchasing power declines, prices appear to be rising. And with global money supply growing at double digit rates, rising prices and real inflation is likely to be closer to 14% rather than the official 5%."



As inflation increases, the "old money" will become more valuable than the new money. "Buying" old coins before the switch to the "New coins" will net you a profit as those metals have real world value. Conversely, the US government has shown it doesn't care if it's currency losses buying power. Inflation hurts the poor, the elderly (or any other persons on a fixed income) and the middle class 401k's. Inflation has been described as taxation without representation by some economists for it is able to harvest money from your savings without your permission. High levels of inflation undermine a money system.

edited for word cleaner word selection and elaboration.

>> ^NetRunner:
I thought the same thing as pierrekrahn when I watched it live, but yeah, watching it again it's clear it's Roberts who flubbed, not Obama.
I expect the wingnut media to now claim that Bush is still President because of the flub.


This may explain why CNN gleefully pointed out that Obama was already prez at 12:00 noon per the rules - even though he hadn't been sworn in.

All that power, and no oath of office - booya. For like 5 minutes, until they caught up.

Pretty funny that they fell behind schedule like that. Couldn't they, like, I dunno, DO THE JOHN WILLIAMS THING AFTER?

Silly.

Is it me, or does this version of John Williams' score completely destroy all of its emotional impact?

In reply to this comment by swampgirl:
Yay! It's in the top 15! One more shot in the arm *promote


Woot! Thank you! Straight from probie to number 1!

Thank you for the support and the warm welcome. I was disappointed to learn Corey Vidal did not do the singing himself, but I still loved the video.

And now I can post without a stupid "P" next to my name.

>> ^Morganth:
It was actually made by the A Capella Comedy group Moosebutter, found here. The guy you see, Corey Vidal, is just lip-syncing, but with the complete blessing of Moosebutter - they like the attention it gives them and it's in line with the kind of comedy they do.
Nevertheless, it's awesome. John Williams is awesome! I mean, upvote!


Ah, I saw that Corey Vidal thanked them for their help, but assumed that Corey still did the recording. Oh well, I still loved it! But I will update the original description.

http://www.videosift.com/video/John-Williams-greatest-themes

It was actually made by the A Capella Comedy group Moosebutter, found here. The guy you see, Corey Vidal, is just lip-syncing, but with the complete blessing of Moosebutter - they like the attention it gives them and it's in line with the kind of comedy they do.

Nevertheless, it's awesome. John Williams is awesome! I mean, upvote!

John Williams is SO the man.

He has created more iconic themes than you can point several sharp sticks at (He had already had an extensive career before here, but let's just stick with themes most will know):
Jaws
Star Wars (All 6)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Superman
Raiders of the Lost Ark (All 4)
ET
Empire of the Sun
Hook (Hey, I love the film, don't care what you think... nerr)
Jurassic Park
Schindlers List
Harry Potter (All of them)

And the fact the many of them have multiple themes and songs that you will instantly recognize just shows how brilliant he is as a composer.

edit: In fact, it inspired me to go and look for youtube tributes with clips from the actual scores. Here's a good collection I found.

Superman Theme blew the others out of the water.

I was at a Symphony here in Aarhus, where they played a bunch of movie themes, where 4 of them were John Williams.. Superman blew everything out of the water there too. Jurrasic park is fantastic too.

>> ^swampgirl:
Cento, you can vote for your own sift you know.

Hah, for some reason, voting for myself never occurred to me. Thanks for the heads up!


(Thanks to eric3579 for giving me the same tip as well.)