[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtXBuHGKDBI]

Optional Commentary:I came up with this idea in mid-April and decided \”Oh, I have plenty of time to do this\”, and I didn\’t do it until yesterday. This is the process for everything I ever do.

This took way longer than I thought it would. I wanted to make the clips flow into complete sentences, but I realized that would be impossible in the time I had left (especially since I refused to stray from my own music collection), so it just ended up being a collage of weirdness. It think it worked better in my head, but I\’m happy with the result. I like to think \”Happy Birthday Martin Freeman\” needs no explanation.

What\’s that, did someone ask for the list of clips? In order? Absolutely!

The Beatles – BirthdayDavid Byrne – Miss America
The Mountain Goats – No Children
Frank Zappa – Be-Bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen\’s Church)
Crash Test Dummies – I Want To Par-tay!
David Byrne/Brian Eno – America Is Waiting
Weird Al – Happy Birthday
The Mountain Goats – Southwood Plantation RoadThey Might Be Giants – Older
Frank Zappa/Captain Beefheart – 200 Years OldThe Flaming Lips – Free Radicals
Portugal. The Man – 60 Years
Portugal. The Man – 1000 Years
Primus – Is It Luck?
Cursive – Bad Sects
Weird Al – Another One Rides The Bus
They Might Be Giants – It\’s Not My Birthday
Pere Ubu – The Fabulous Sequel
Weird Al – Happy Birthday

And I inexplicably included a clip from King of the Hill where Hank says \”Santini\” at the end because why the hell not?

Erika laughed so hard at this that she started coughing. A rousing success!