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With all the massive media coverage over Google buying Youtube for the humble sum of 1.6 billion dollars, here's my tribute to this wonderful site with the top Asian videos on Youtube, ranked by popularity (top going down) :
There's a story behind each and every one of those, but I'll let you look for those on your own (Tip : use "Related", description and comments on Youtube).
Two dancing Israeli girls are at the all-times 4th place :
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(My Youtube videos can be found here , and my Youtube favorites are over here)
David on Formosa
| October 18th, 2006 at 2:02 pm #
That video of the Israeli girls raised my appreciation of the Pixies to a whole new level!!!
The Hao Hao Report
| November 1st, 2006 at 4:55 am #
The Top Asian Videos on Youtube
See the top Asian videos on Youtube…
Korean Madness | Life In Suzhou China Blog | Adventures of the Humanaught
| November 2nd, 2006 at 7:23 am #
[...] Fili has an excellent post with a collection of the top Asian videos on YouTube. Though most were worth watching (the 'crazyasianmother' was kinda stupid), this one is one I can watch again and again. The girls are just so animated, it's like watching a live action cartoon put to Korean pop and funny dancing. [...]
Chris
| November 2nd, 2006 at 12:12 pm #
Well, I don’t know quite what to make of Korean Madness (although the name says quite a bit) but the Urban Ninja is awesome. Come to think of it, that might make getting around Dalian a bit easier…