Want. As my coffee table, on my wall, on my monitor. I don’t care where it goes; I want it.

“Sick and tired of staring at Van Gogh’s Starry Night and being unable to manipulate it with your fingers? Enter: Greek digital artist Petros Vrellis and his interactive Starry Night animation.

Using openFrameworks, Vrellis transformed Van Gogh’s masterpiece into an interactive painting capable of rearranging itself through touch-sensitive gestures. Additionally, background music responds to changes in the animation’s flow.” Vimeo

Starry Night is my favourite painting ever out of every painting I have ever scene, so you can imagine my fangirl squeal when I saw this.

Want, want, want.

Pint sized British rappers Sophia Grace and Rosie proved they’re no one-hit wonders after appearing again on Ellen.

You might remember this adorable twosome from their viral cover of Nicki Minaj’s “Super Bass.” This time around they’re breaking out a little Keri Hilson with “Turn My Swag On.”

Any haters who believe the cousins would be nothing without the songs of others should be silenced somewhere around the 1:40 mark. Here Sophia Grace breaks off into an autobiographical break with more passion than most adult rappers.

Someone sign these kiddies up now, or least that brunette one. She’s going to be a star!

This video shows A group of North Korean accordion players covering Take On Me. Who would have thought A-Ha had reached the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea?!?

This is just about the best cover of Take On Me I have ever heard. No, scrub that, this is the best cover of any song I have ever heard. It’s awesome, and really well choreographed.

This shows that North Korea is just another country, and its people are just like me and you. So the political system they live under is vastly different, but the people are not.

I have to say, though it’s probably not very PC of me, that I do like the comment on YouTube. Just as they finish playing you can hear a phone ringing, and someone joked that was probably “Kim Jong-un letting them know their families were killed because they played western music.”

The Hunger Games is promising to be the next big movie franchise when it hits cinemas in March. I’m sure we’ll see plenty of film-related viral vids at that time, but for now Holly Laurent is ahead of the rest with her Lana Del Rey song spoof “Hunger Games.”

This well produced video perfectly parodies the indie darling’s hit single “Video Games.” It looks the business, Holly Laurent’s note perfect in mimicking Del Rey, and the lyrics are very clever.

It’s almost enough to make me want to read those books, just to get all the jokes. Or perhaps I’ll need to revisit the video after the movie’s release!

Mike Tompkins doesn’t need a band or backing track. In this video we see him take on the vocals and instruments of Taio Cruz’s “Dynamite.”

Through the power of some slick editing it all comes together beautifully. Tompkins’ voice isn’t quite as smooth as Taio’s, but his impressive beat boxing skills definitely make up for those shortcomings.

While the song’s great, make sure you stick around for the end when Tompkins explains how he does what he does. It might take away a bit of the mystery and magic, but it’s fascinating to see how a great video like this comes to be.

This is the kind of video that really needs to introduction of description. Just watch it and be awed. This is Needing/Getting by OK Go.

Now that you have watched it – I hope you have – we can dissect it. This is OK Go, a band now known primarily for their innovative music videos. And this is perhaps their greatest yet.

It may not be as deceptively simple as the infamous treadmills video, but the amount of effort (and money, no doubt) that must have gone into making this is beyond imagining.

The concept is simple: set instruments up, so that when you drive past them in your adapted vehicle they play a tune. Have the driver sing his part while doing so and there you have it. Absolutely amazing. And worth watching again and again.

It’s been some time since we heard anything from Nick Pitera. In recent months it seems he’s traded in the Disney for some showtunes and slick production.

This video sees Nick taking the parts of Raoul, Christine, and The Phantom in an incredible one-man version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera.

Nick fans will get just what they’ve been craving here: more amazing male vocals and freakishly good female ones. I still don’t know how he does it, but I’m always impressed.

And if you’ve never had the pleasure of seeing Nick’s crazy man-woman routine, this video is a fabulous introduction!

The last time M.I.A. had a video directed by Romain Gavras it was banned by YouTube.

This time, rather than a serious approach, her song “Bad Girls” is pretty peppy and upbeat. Still, it’s worth a watch due to the overall badassness that takes place in Moroccan desert.

I’m not from the Middle East, and I don’t plan on visiting anytime soon, but I’d love to see these street racers in real life. As with the “Born Free” video, this contains some Arabian elements and guns.

Only, this time, it just makes the middle east look fun.

This video shows Kelly Clarkson singing the U.S. national anthem to open the 2012 Super Bowl between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots.

This performance is either laughable or boring, depending on your tastes. What it most certainly isn’t is good. In any way, shape, or form.

For starters the U.S. national anthem is treated with such reverence, with people looking to the skies and holding their hand to their hearts, that I always end up giggling.

As for Clarkson, she delivered the lines without drama (boring) but then added her own little vocal riffs toward the end (laughable). And all from a woman who was discovered on one of Simon Cowell’s crap talent shows.

People tend to turn their nose up at 90s music. It didn’t have the incredible lyrics of the sounds of the 60s and the 70s, and it hasn’t aged enough to enjoy the retro status of 80s hits. But I’ll bet you’ll still tap your feet along to this melodica megamix.

This video has a whopping six minutes of 90s dance music glory. It has all the hits you remember fondly, and probably a few you’d rather forget. Blue anyone?

Thank you mystery music man for bringing back not just the sounds of the 90s, but the melodica. We salute you!

The Simpsons is a great show. Not as good as it used to be, granted, but still better than 90 percent of the other crap that populates the airwaves these days.

The theme tune is also awesome. But even that could be improved upon…

Nick McKaig has done just that, covering The Simpsons‘ theme tune just with his voice. He recorded individual tracks for all the various parts of the song, before editing it together into a glorious whole.

I can state quite categorically that I wouldn’t have either the time, the patience, or the skill to do this myself. Unlike many of the crap videos I watch on YouTube.

Forget traditional instruments; this college kid plays a mean musical medley with nothing more than PVC piping!

This resourceful lad has created a kind of keyboard, simply by sawing off bits of plastic pipe. With the addition of a couple of paddles he’s got all he needs to recreate classical tracks, top 40 hits, and even a little Super Mario Brothers.

I was impressed by the initial musical snippets but completely blown away by the finally, a rocking cover of Europe’s “The Final Countdown” featuring the creator’s pal Quin. The boys go to town on this 80s hair ballad, proving two pipe players are definitely better than one!

What’s better than listening to some classic hip-hop while relaxing on the weekend? Listening to classic hip-hop as covered by the Jingle Punks Hipster Orchestra, that’s what.

Jingle Punks is a music licensing company who began the Hipster Orchestra as a way of promoting the company. But it has taken on a life of its own, with appearances on talk shows and albums full of covers.

This particular one sees the Hipster Orchestra covering classic hip-hop tunes from the likes of Eminem, Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige, and 2Pac. With a little help from an 808 drum machine.

There is something truly awesome about this video. It helps that the band are all young and good looking; the violinist on the left is hot.

We’re only a few episodes in to the American Idol auditions and already the process is starting to wear on me. If you can’t bear to sit through all those no-talent fame whores to hear the cream, this is the video for you. If you only see one audition, make it Reed Grimm’s.

Rather than picking one of those big diva ballads or top 20 tunes, Reed scats his way through the theme from Family Matters. Idol tells us it’s all about song choice, and this one is a great way to stand out.

His scatting is sublime, and his pitch so warm. I’m looking forward to seeing more of this cutie in Hollywood!

SOPA and PIPA are two pieces of legislation threatening to kill the internet as we know it. And you know what that means people: no more LOLcats.

This protest song, a parody of Don McLean’s “American Pie” imagines a world without those lovable kitties, and indeed many of the websites we take for granted. If you thought doing without Wikipedia today has been tough, consider the long term ramifications of the laws.

Indeed, we wouldn’t have awesome song parodies like this. Perhaps it’s time we all stopped changing our Facebook user pictures and Tweeting about it and took real action!

Hello, is it me you’re looking for? No, not really. What I’m really looking for is a cover version of this Lionel Ritchie classic. Result!

Hello is an awesome song. Simple yet effective, charming and sweet. Lionel Ritchie is a genius for having written and recorded it. But the video? Oh, the video. It sucks!

It’s a combination of creepy and funny, with bad acting and stalkerish behavior that will have most people wearing a permanent grin throughout.

Thankfully this video provides an alternative to the original. The song is made up of actors from famous films voicing lines or words from each verse and the chorus. And we get to see all the clips spliced together.

A great song made multiple times better.

Beyonce and Jay-Z have welcomed a new baby into the world. And a lot of people seem overly interested in the news and what the child looks like. As of it matters.

Still, it does mean we get to hear a new song by Jay-Z. It’s called Glory and it’s all about Blue Ivy and the couple’s struggle to start a family.

Let’s be honest here, if this song was about anything other than the birth of his daughter it wouldn’t be getting any plaudits. It’s slow, boring, and monotonous. But it’s the lyrics which have everyone interested.

I’m just wondering how Jay-Z wrote and recorded this so quickly. I guess the name the birth were both planned in advance, but still. At least he has given Glory away from free on his site rather than tried to make money from it.

So who has the dirty mind – you or the singers?

Kind of like unnecessary censorship, this video relies on the countless naughty minds out there to go where the song clearly doesn’t go…

What makes this video even funnier is what you see as well. I could have sworn that those little boys looked just like they were holding…

…their toys and their marbles. Of course. What did you think I was going to say?

Okay, so we know that 99.9% of fluent English speakers are going to fill in the naughty words. The next question is – where is the next song?

Livia Scott speaks to a generation of tech-savvy singles with her instant comedy classic, “I Like You Better on Facebook.”

The song’s title says it all really. It’s an ode of sorts to those Facebook users you fall hard for, only to discover they’re tools in real life. And the problem is, once you cross that line you can never go back. Even if you never bump into them again their status updates and shared links will never seem as clever or charming.

As well as being especially poignant in the digital age, this song is also ridiculously catchy. It’s become my new soundtrack for online clean-ups!

“Should old acquaintance be forgot” will be sung by more than 100 million people tonight as 2011 draws to a close and 2012 is ushered in by people from all walks of life all around the world.

This version of Auld Lang Syne is performed by the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, with scenes of Scotland on display as the pipers play. But what the hell is the significance of Auld Lang Syne?

It’s a song compiled by Robert Burns based on an ancient poem more than 400 years old. It was put to music and then taken around the world by Scottish traders, noticeably first to Canada and then across North America.

To be honest I probably look this up every year and then promptly forget what I learned within a week or two. But still. Happy New Year!