The Velvet Underground on Lawrence Welk, 1968….

…and The Archies covering “God Save the Queen” (nothing has made me happier over the past week than this.)

Elsewhere:
“‘In Finland, we have no Eiffel Tower, few real famous artists, it is freezing cold and we suffer from low self-esteem,’ said Mr. Putaansuu, who, as Lordi, has horns protruding from [...]

If you’ve ever been to a large sporting event, it’s abundantly clear that the Village People’s “YMCA” and “Macho Man” managed to slide under the cultural gaydar. Well, there’s no way this one’s going to slip by unnoticed at halftime. Witness the majesty that is the Village People’s “Sex Over the Phone”, from 1985:

Like “YMCA”, [...]

As if I didn’t have enough reason to absolutely love YouTube before now, its latest preservation piece is ample evidence to permanently avow my devotion. You’ve probably already seen it—Mobile, Alabama’s NBC affiliate sent a crew to a working class, overwhelmingly black neighborhood to investigate a rumor of, well, a leprechaun in a tree.
But [...]