Youtube 2012 year in review

[Darren Dirt]

http://www.youtube.com/user/theyearinreview

happy to say I recognize far less than half of the YTcelebs listed in the credits at the end.

Does that mean I am now officially out of touch with the youth of today?

[Mr. Analog]

You seem obsessed with being out of touch

Don't you know that your tie is too wide?

Anyway, in terms of trends and stuff I only recognize the big ones mostly or stuff that exists in the circles I inhabit (like Yogscast)

This year the biggies were Stop Kony and Gangham Style, pretty much everything else is jockeying for position under those.

Other trends I remember were people trying to eat a spoon of cinnamon (ick) and the crop of "reaction cam" Let's Plays, which at first were funny but a bit contrived by the end of Halloween. Posting a video playthrough of "Slender" became passe in a matter of days, wroth tracking? Nope.

I'm amazed at how quick some stuff came up and went down (*cough* dubstep)

[Thorin]

Hmm, dubstep is still around, although probably more a niche audio market than generic pop-40.  True shufflers are still practicing their craft regardless of what LMFAO did with it, too.  This relates because many shufflers shuffle to dubstep.

[Darren Dirt]

(*cough* dubstep)

good riddance, thanks to folks like South Park pointing out it's not just "previous generations don't get it", it's just objectively BAD MUSIC.

And imo the final Nail In The Coffin = when Key & Peele totally NAILED IT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kod1q39ddE

painful to watch, disgusting, at times even gory ... but bang-on and HILARIOUS.

[Thorin]

Not sure you can say something is objectively bad when it's based on personal taste and thus is inherently subjective.

Dubstep's no different than the industrial music we used to have in the early 90s, or the screaming guitars from the 70s.

[Darren Dirt]

Not sure you can say something is objectively bad when it's based on personal taste and thus is inherently subjective.

Yeah I know that's true.

Except when it comes to dubstep.

[Tom]

wub wub wub wub

[Lazybones]

The year in review was worth it for the Felicia Day appearance alone. 

[Lazybones]

Interactive time line

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTCmHC8IuuI

Full screen then click your way through each month of the year.

[Mr. Analog]

Ooh, that was a cool way to produce a set of video links, very easy to navigate, great post!

[Darren Dirt]

wub wub wub wub

Back in February OkGo kinda did a live dubstep thingie ... or as someone above mentioned, maybe more like... "industrial"




btw anyone else never seen before the crazy martial arts baby video? #eep
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oHWvFrpocY