Knowname wrote:Why would someone like a video when they don't even know the song?? I mean, it shouldn't stop anybody but it would deffiniteley put a damper on most situations. Humans generally prefer familiar atmospheres.
Let's turn that around- why would you like a video when you don't even know the anime it uses? By your reasoning, videos that use shows that we've never heard of or seen before should never catch on. And yet, I can count a number of instances where I've seen a video that used a show I'd not seen before and loved it and decided to track it down so I could see more of it. It's the same way with music. Yes, people in general may prefer things they're familiar with- but assuming that not knowing it is automatically going to put a damper on your enjoyment of it outright is not being human, it's being closed-minded.
Perfect example: Many of the videos Meri & Mike (VegettoEX) have made use songs by artists I've never heard of before by nature of their tastes in music. I'd hazard that many other people here and at cons hadn't heard of some of them before they made their videos to the songs. And yet, they consistently do well both in ratings here and at conventions. The same goes for Shonen Bushido last year- how many people had heard of Masterplan before that video came out?
inthesto had it right, you just applied your own distortion to it- you could have the World's Best and Most Popular Song Evar as your audio source, but if you do a crappy job of editing your video source to it than it's just not going to do that well. Conversely it's entirely possible to take a song that nobody has ever heard before and if you do a kick-ass job of editing the video to it, it stands a good chance of being well received.
I'm kind of the opposite of you in that respect, I guess. I
love seeing videos that use sources (audio and video) that I've never heard of before because it expands my experience and knowledge and it's fun finding new, good music and anime.