What A Wonderful Galaxy Far Far Away

There are a couple of bloggers out there that I think are some of the most underated writers in the blogosphere. Most of the time I come across them after they’ve been linked to a major blog like Boing Boing or Slashdot or have had some big story dugg, but once in a while one my blog search filters catches a blogger who really needs to have a larger RSS base, but for whatever reason the rest of the blogosphere hasn’t caught onto them yet. This was the case when I first stumbled onto Kamikaze Labs. My first exchange with Barry was actually a little tense. He dared to ask the question of who cares about Blockbuster and Netflix and of course being the DVD freak that I am, I went after him with both guns unholstered. Surprisingly, instead of blowing off my criticism or getting into a flame war with me, he instead took the opportunity to engage in a great discussion on VOD and earned a lot of respect as a result. Since then I’ve been constantly amazed with the level of critical thought and analysis that he puts into his posts and while not every post is as in depth as I’d like them to be, when he takes the time to really think and express himself, his thoughts are really amazing.

Of course, like all bloggers, a lot of his links are just fun stuff that can be really entertaining too. Such is the case with the video above featuring Yoda doing his own karaoke version of the Louis Armstrong classic What A Wonderful World. I’m torn as to whether or not it’s better then the classic mashup or Over The Rainbow and What A Wonderful World by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole, so I thought that I would post that song below and let me readers tell me which one is their favorite. Now if we could only get Yoda to cover Israel Kamakawiwo’ole the decision would be so much easier.

Posted on August 31st, 2006 by Davis
Filed under: DVDs, Disclosure - I own stock in co. mentioned, Netflix, VOD

One Response to “What A Wonderful Galaxy Far Far Away”

  1. Barry Melton, on August 31st, 2006 at 12:45 pm Said:

    For the record, Israel’s cover is immensely better than Yoda’s version, which I’ve thought since the first time I heard in 50 First Dates. Of course, having grown up in Hawaii, I developed a special affinity for the ukelele, so my bias is rather obvious, but the other songs on ‘Iz World’ are just as listenable.

    Oh, and thanks for the comments. I’m speechless, but can’t hit the “submit” button until the song ends. ;-)

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