Kid Koala faves

John's comments got me wanting to listen to some of my favorite Kid Koala songs.

I know KK is often really off to listen to. Some of his stuff is just so out there. But I think that is what I like about him. Occasionally though, his outthereness really grabs you and makes you go hmm.

Interestingly enough, I find that some of his stuff, if you dont *know* is done by a turntablist ... might briefly fool you into thinking its just a regular band playing everything. And that is COOL.

Anyway:

 

 

 

And my all time favorite:

 

 

I love the imagery in Fender Bender. When I first heard this song, I fetl the whole entire scene play out. It was absolutely amazing. A MAZE ING!

 

 

Oh. And while Im at it, another fave. But not because of the music.

 

 

 

Lets see. Turntablism. BBoying. Animation. Can I get a hell yeah?

One of the pinnacles in animation is taking a character and making it dance, believeably. This is why you often see animation films doing a dance number (at the end, in the outtakes, etc). As far as animation fundamentals, it has it all - weight, balance, timing, motion, characterization. And its just plain dang fun to do.

But any time you tackle BBoying as an animator, you have an extra difficult task. Because a lot of the stuff they do is already hard to believe on a *real* person. So much kudos to the artist here.

Overall, the video is amazing. I think it does a great job of capturing *everything* I love about BBoying. Every little nuance. Even though Im not super keen on the music...

I LOVE it.