Glen Hansard y Marketa Iglová en los Oscars
by videoyouth
Overall, I'd have to say the Oscars were pretty WIZZ-EAK. I mean, I had my computer and work there with me to pretend-write a paper so I could justify watching the Oscars in the middle of midterms. I didn't intend to actually finish that paper, and I think that tells you a little bit about how boring it was.
There were some highlights though. John Stewart's political jokes were pretty funny, and I particularly liked this jab at John McCain: "Oscar is 80 this year, which makes him now automatically the front-runner for the Republican nomination." And the "Gaydolf Titler" comparison to Barack Hussein Obama was also hysterical.
But my favorite part of the night was the performance of the song "Falling Slowly" by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglová from the soundtrack of the movie Once. It's just a gorgeous song- with eerie honest vocals that shake me to the bone. Mostly, it was just nice seeing some independent artists not only on the stage of the Oscars, that actually took home the award for Best Original Song. The front man from The Frames just won an Oscar up against 3 Disney songs! That's pretty impressive. It's a good day for independent artists, and my favorite part was when John Stewart brought Marketa back out for the acceptance speech after she got cut off by the music too early. Check the video out below as well as links to the movie version and the Frames version of Falling Slowly.
"Falling Slowly"- Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglová [zshare]
"Falling Slowly"- The Frames [zshare]
UPDATE: Sorry that the acceptance speech has Spanish dubs over it, but the Oscars have basically removed all of their clips from YouTube and so links are a little scarce right now.
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