Friday, August 21, 2009

1,726,967 Views and Counting

This is the #1 iTunes video in the UK right now:



This wasn't written in order to be a pop hit; it was written to promote a web-based sitcom about a group of RPGers (Role Play Gamers) called The Guild. The brilliance of the song, video and the show it promotes is that it reflects, respects, and celebrates an actual culture (well, subculture) that's rich with imagination and context. Can that be said of the songs it's knocking off the charts?

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