If Rammstein Wrote “Baby One More Time”
General view of a drum kit, miked up on stage before the Lust For Life show at the Lexington, Islington, London, 12th March 2023. (Photo by Erica Echenberg/Redferns)
Re-imagined music is a very popular thing right now. People take a song and envision what it would sound like if another artist made it. One of our favorites, If Rammstein wrote ‘Baby One More Time’ by Britney Spears.
If Rammstein Wrote ‘Baby One More Time’
What would it sound like if Rammstein wrote and performed ‘Baby One More Time’ by Britney Spears? You don’t have to imagine it anymore because a YouTuber has bought it to life for all of us. YouTuber Moonic Productions has amassed over 270K followers with his musical abilities. He is a music producer from Finland and creates some pretty amazing recreations of sounds performed by outside-the-box bands. In this particular video, which has over 485K views, he uses Rammstein and Britney Spears. Definitely a juxtaposition of genre and sound.
Other ‘Moonic Productions’
Like we said, Moonic Productions has a bunch of videos on his YouTube page. One of his most popular of this ‘re-imagined music’ is “If Slayer Wrote ‘Beat It”. Check it out on Moonic Productions YouTube page if you like. The video has over 1 million views on the platform and it’s different to hear Michael Jackson lyrics but coming through a Slayer style. We will have to ask Slayer fan Al Beck, producer on Dave and Chuck the Freak what he thinks of the creation.
The Re-Imagined Music Trend
So, ‘Moonic Productions’ isn’t the only person doing this with music. YouTuber and content creator Ali Spagnola has been doing it successfully for years as well. She has a video that has reached 4.4 million views on YouTube that imagines a Billie Eilish song being sang by Meghan Trainor. You can see that on her YouTube Page, Ali Spagnola if you desire.
Originals are always amazing but it is entertaining to imagine a song performed by a different artist. And, when the people making the videos are so talented it makes it even cooler.
Festivus and 14 Other ‘Seinfeld’-isms We Now Use In Everyday Life
Happy Festivus, everyone!
Festivus, of course, was introduced to the world thanks to a 1997 episode of Seinfeld. Festivus is a protest holiday that takes place on December 23 in response to the commercialization of Christmas. On the show, it was created by Frank Costanza (Jerry Stiller).
Frank hilariously explains, “Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way.”
Thanks to the popularity of the iconic sitcom, Festivus is now playfully celebrated by many Seinfeld fans the world over. That alone could potentially be considered a “Festivus miracle.”
The Actual Origin of Festivus
While this holiday seems like something cooked up in a writers’ room, Festivus has origins in reality. Seinfeld writer Dan O’Keefe co-wrote the episode honoring Festivus, and it was his father who actually invented it.
In a 2009 Q&A with The Washington Post, O’Keefe shares that many of the one-liners from this Seinfeld episode were created in the writers’ room, except for one. He said, “‘A Festivus for the Rest of Us’ was an actual family Festivus motto, referring initially to those remaining after the death of my father’s mother, and then coming to mean in general a forward-looking focus on life and the living, i.e. ‘Let the dead bury the dead.'”
Later in that same Q&A, O’Keefe shared there was never a set date for Festivus and that it was celebrated “whenever the hell my Dad felt like it.” It was celebrated between September and May. One year, his family didn’t celebrate Festivus at all, while another year, there were two celebrations.
He also revealed it wasn’t until he was eight years old that he realized his Dad made up Festivus. He came to this realization after sharing with another kid on his school bus that his family celebrated Festivus the previous night, and this other kid had no idea what he was talking about.
Now, before the “Airing of Grievances” or the “Feats of Strength,” consider looking back on the countless Seinfeld-isms that have become part of the pop culture lexicon. Think of it as another “Festivus Miracle,” if you will.
