Let me just say, I love Google! As I caught up on this week’s TV premieres, one of the recurring ads I’ve seen is for the new iPod nano, something about videos. It’s a fun TV spot, but what makes it really compelling is the video that they picked to spotlight, with a catchy (read: earworm) song and visually arresting choreography. So of course I had to type in the words, as I remembered them, in Google (with the show on pause on my DVR). “One two three four, tell me what you’re looking for.” Well, of course I was wrong–the song says “One two three four, tell me that you love me more,” but due to the wizardry of the Internet, it still turned up lyrics here, and within another couple clicks I was at the video:
1234 by Feist
And the video is great, with intriguing choreography, including the camerawork, somewhat reminiscent of a Busby Berkeley musical number in a classic movie (Here’s an example.). But I couldn’t have found it without Google–and once again I’m reminded of the old days when a question like this: “What is that song?” would take forever to unearth, because among one’s immediate acquaintance probably no one had heard of Feist…
The funny thing is that this happened to me only a few days earlier with the song on the Old Navy ad…
Ingrid Michaelson’s “The Way I Am“
Anyway, I guess this is a good time to say happy 9th anniversary (birthday?) to Google… (which I only knew about from their site)
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