Mayokero by Roy Kafri

October 20, 2014 6:03 AM

In this amazing new music video, a bevy of music legends performs a human beat box ditty a-capella. It's part fun game of "recognize that album cover", and part heart-wrenching story of a man with great taste in music but awful taste in consumer electronics. And all in just over two minutes. (SLYT)
posted by Silky Slim (12 comments total)

Hey! The MiniDisk was great.
posted by Steakfrites at 6:18 AM on October 20, 2014 [1 favorite]

This is awesome. Thanks for sharing!
posted by drklahn at 6:39 AM on October 20, 2014 [1 favorite]

That was great. And I never got why America didn't get into the MiniDisk. Those things were awesome!
posted by Bugbread at 6:55 AM on October 20, 2014

Thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed it.
posted by holliegibson at 6:59 AM on October 20, 2014 [1 favorite]

BTW, the video features a cameo (or two) by Bob Dylan, the star of Heymann's previous video.
posted by Silky Slim at 7:11 AM on October 20, 2014

And I never got why America didn't get into the MiniDisk

1x recording speed.
posted by smackfu at 7:43 AM on October 20, 2014 [1 favorite]

MiniDisc was great for field recording, bootlegging and capturing ideas. There was even an 8-track based around the format.
posted by grumpybear69 at 8:47 AM on October 20, 2014

This made my morning.
posted by Joey Michaels at 11:23 AM on October 20, 2014 [1 favorite]

And I never got why America didn't get into the MiniDisk

I think it just came out too soon after the CD changeover. They were used a lot in theater and for field recording, but as a consumer format, people had just finished re-buying all their music on CD and were in no mood to shell out again.
posted by ThatFuzzyBastard at 11:24 AM on October 20, 2014 [1 favorite]

BTW, the video features a cameo (or two) by Bob Dylan, the star of Heymann's previous video.

I found that via the AVClub which came via this very thread, and so the circle of life is complete.

Also, that Bob Dylan video BLEW MY FUCKING MIND. It is my new favorite thing.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:37 PM on October 21, 2014 [1 favorite]

Thank you, YouTube commenters:

0:00 The Smiths - Meat is Murder (UK, 1985)
0:07 Simon & Garfunkel - Wednesday Morning 3AM (UK, 1964)
0:09 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (Sweden, 1979)
0:14 David Bowie - Aladdin Sane (UK, 1973)
0:14 Janis Joplin - Pearl (USA, 1971)
0:19 Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je t'aime... moi non plus (France, 1969)
0:19 The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico (USA, 1967)
0:23 Prince - I Feel For You (USA, 1979)
0:29 Jeff Buckley - Grace (USA, 1994)
0:29 Madonna - True Blue (USA, 1986)
0:37 Ahmad Jamal - The Piano Scene Of Ahmad Jamal (USA, 1959)
0:37 Leonard Cohen - Songs From A Room (USA, 1969)
0:37 Camel - Mirage (UK, 1974)
0:37 Joe Amar - Chanson Marocaine (Israel, 1957)
0:45 Françoise Hardy - Je n'attends plus personne (France, 1964)
0:48 Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (USA, 1965)
0:48 Run DMC - Tougher Than Leather (USA, 1988)
0:48 Grace Jones - Island Life (Jamaica, 1985)
0:51 Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline (USA, 1969)
0:57 Michael Jackson - Thriller (USA, 1982)
0:57 Shalom Hanoch & Arik Einstein - Shablul (Israel, 1970)
0:57 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (UK, 1975)
1:05 Big Star - #1 Record (USA, 1972)
1:05 Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (USA, 1988)
1:09 Lionel Richie - Lionel Richie (USA, 1982)
1:17 Aretha Franklin - Sunday Morning Classics (USA, 2009)
1:29 Elton John - Elton John (UK, 1970)
1:34 The Beatles - Revolver (UK, 1966)
1:40 Carole King - Tapestry (USA, 1971)
1:42 Jacques Brel - Amsterdam (Belgium, 1964)
1:42 Mike Nichols & Elaine May - Improvisations to Music (USA, 1958)
1:46 Lou Reed - Transformer (USA, 1972)
posted by Silky Slim at 10:01 AM on October 22, 2014

Oh and
00:45 - Beastie Boys - License to Ill (1986)
posted by Silky Slim at 10:09 AM on October 22, 2014