Put geeks in a room with LEGO and a camera and you'll soon have more funny fan-made movies than you could shake a colored plastic brick at. We've taken a musical angle on this top ten list, bringing you the very best in LEGOmation and brickfilm tributes to artists and bands that YouTube (and all its wonderfully creative users) has to offer. Whether you're a LEGO Gaga fan, prefer OK LE-GO or can't get enough John LEGO-non then we've got you covered with this wickedly funny playlist, so read on and let us know your faves, as well as any we've missed, in the comments below. 1. Michael Jackson - Beat It This painstaking recreation of one of Jackson's trademark short film-esque music videos is long at five minutes, but well worth a watch to see the minifig dance sequences emulating the original video. 2. OK Go - Here It Goes Again What the Internets are made for — a viral YouTube music video hit recreated in LEGO and then released to the masses once again via the same platform — how marvelous.
Seriously though, how did they make the little LEGO men slide like that? 3. The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There This Fab Four-themed effort starts off fairly static, but gets extras points for attention to detail for the little LEGO cameraman and even more points for the black and white sequence that pulls back to see the clip on a period TV set and screaming female fans. 4. U2 - Sweetest Thing If you didn't think that Bono's musical apology to his wife could get any more sickly sweet than it already is, then check out this LEGO effort that improves on the original video, and not just because Bono isn't actually in it. 5. The Who - My Generation The creator of this video, which takes on The Who's classic ode to teenage angst so well, demonstrates a nice line in edits, as well as some serious rock'n'roll destruction at the end. Who knew minifigs could be so bad? 6. Beastie Boys - Sabotage This is high quality stuff and in fact just the trailer for a larger project to recreate the entire classic music vid with correct camera angles as well as authentic background sets and characters.
That's dedication to the LEGOmation cause. Wonder if they get out much? 7. Grease - Summer Nights The song that goes further to explain the male/female divide better than any planetary comparisons ("Was it love at first sight?/Did she put up a fight?") gets the LEGO treatment here to great effect. It's also somehow easier to believe the minifigs as high school students, as opposed the then 29- and 34-year-old Travolta and Newton-John. 8. Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting This one is a little bit frightening (thanks to those freaking vicious ninjas) but it's also a little bit entertaining and will ensure you're humming "ding-a-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-diing" for the rest of the day — which is not necessarily a bad thing. 9. Metallica - Whiplash Meticulous stop-motion work with "Whiplash" by Metallica as performed by a band in "Lego City" goes someway to capture the energy of the song complete with a headbanging audience and crowd-surfer. 10. ABBA - Take a Chance on Me
This fantastic rework of ABBA's soft focus footage for their 1977 hit "Take a Chance on Me" captures the Swedish quartet admirably, even down to their outfits and Agnetha and Anni-Frida's cheeky winks. It's created by YouTube user Cactiphile, who's channel is a great place to visit if you've enjoyed what you've seen above as there's tons more quality brickfilms available to view. Here's a bonus vid for you as the undisputed queen of YouTube gets her own — sadly all too short — LEGO parody. For more web video coverage, follow Mashable Web Video on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook1St MarioMario 2DMario And Luigi PartyLegos MarioLego Super MarioSuper Mario Bros Party IdeasBit LegoWork LegoMario Brothers DecorationsForwardLego Mario! I am so making this in a few minutes (I Love Legos & Mario) not to mention the legos are already all over the floor.You must be 16 or over to participate in the Brickset Forum. Please read the announcements and rules before you join. What are your favourite YouTube LEGO channels?
These are some of the ones I like but I am sure there are more that I am missing out there. /////user/LEGOJANG/videos )and I really really love watching Brick Builder putting the sets together! /user/brickbuilder23/videos )Have a wonderful day / night!! 'Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. Ahhh man, show the brothers a little love. :smile: Does anyone know of any decent UK based Lego channels btw? Would love to start one up myself but it would be a pretty short run venture given I'm still getting back into my Lego groove so only have 5 sets to review. Madaboutlego is from the UK and they tend to focus on the sets ranther than reviews. I had a similar though that it would be great to start a UK lego channel, would be great to see some more mateI am making my videos, I am making videos for kids. You can check it out on my channel. you can give me feed back of whats wrong and wright on my videos, i would be verry thankful Try my channel, im new, give me a chance :)
what do you think ? doing my best and try to improveThere was a Youtube Lego channel like this but every new piece there was a clicking noise that drove me nuts so I stopped watching. Your the alternative with some nice music which I appreciate. @drdavewatford pretty please fix title Sign In or Register to comment.Let friends in your social network know what you are reading aboutTwitterGoogle+LinkedInPinterestPosted!A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. BuzzVideopodcasts10 Best 'La La Land,' YouTube coversLOS ANGELES — It's not just Oscar voters and moviegoers who love the acclaimed movie La La Land. The YouTube video community has also chimed in, with some really creative tribute videos, set to the film music composed by Justin Hurvitz.We've caught high schoolers re-creating the opening dance number at an Australian movie theater lobby, musicians performing songs from the film on violin, guitar, flute, piano and other instruments, couples who took to the streets to emulate Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone's dancing
, and even a tap dancer who took us into his apartment to tap away to "Another Day of Sun."Here are 10 of our favorite "La La Land," covers.One man bandThrough the magic of endless overdubs, Josef Pitura-Riley sings "Someone in the Crowd," and also plays piano, sax, bass, trombone, trumpet and french horn, and harmonizes with himself. Amazing.High school dancersSeriously, what's more fun to watch than a bunch of high school students spontaneously dancing their hearts off—at a shopping mall? These Australian kids pour it on in Sydney with "Another Day of Sun." Who needs Dancing with the Stars when you have this group?Another killer version of the same song is performed on the streets of China, by a group, Ms.theEast, who lip-sync to the soundtrack. You'll watch this one many times.The brothers duetAnother take on my favorite song from the film, Danish guitarist Daniel Fernandez Holdt-Olesen performs a rollicking "Sun," as a duet with his uncredited brother on two guitars.Cello and pianoNicholas Yee & Sam Yang from Edmonton, Canada play a medley of songs from "La La Land," beautifully, on cello and piano.