YouTube is Their Life
One of the new genres emerging in viral video is the musical tribute to online services. Though this may eventually become as inane as rock n' roll tributes to the glory of rock n' roll (see under: Seeger, Bob; Starship, Jefferson), right now it's fresh and pretty funny. It's also a very telling indicator of the enthusiasm for new forms of media.
Here's one of the best making the rounds these days: "YouTube is My Life":
And check out this ditty for Digg:
The media theorist Jeff Jarvis has quite rightly asked if anyone can imagine fans writing songs about CBS or The New York Times, not to mention our own beloved Sun-Sentinel
DAN SCAPUSIO joined the Sun Sentinel's online team in 2008. A self described Internet enthusiast, he says the World Wide Web brings him joy, sadness, excitement, joy and a deep sense of terror all at once. For him, it's a crossroads where college humor and the most valuable scholarly information can be found and, in some cases, even melded.
