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Warner Music Group Plays Off Keyboard Cat

by Leila Brillson on July 15, 2009 at 06:30 PM


For those readers who don't find cats playing keyboards with Stevie Wonder-like swagger hilarious, today, you'll see justice. Keyboard Cat (one of the Internet's most baffling viral videos featuring a passive cat pounding out jams on a keyboard) is being challenged by Warner Music Group. Amongst some of Keyboard Cat's greatest hits is an edited video of Helen Hunt in the eighties film 'Desperate Lives' mixed, randomly, with 'You Make My Dreams Come True' by pop-rockers Hall & Oates.

Apparently, Warner Music Group doesn't think the blue-shirted feline is a good accompaniment with the tune, and has pulled the audio of the smooth '80s rockers from YouTube. Wired.com points out that the viral phenomenon of Fatso the Cat (RIP) is suddenly giving Hall & Oates a surge in popularity amongst Internet jokesters, something Warner should appreciate.

Necessary disclaimer: When the Hall & Oates/Helen Hunt/Keyboard Cat collaboration first entered our radar, we stopped dead in our browsing. We laughed, we cried, and we still don't know why. Perhaps its Fatso's Zen-like face, or the catchy organ, but whatever it is, it's a video we'll surely miss watching on YouTube.

Fortunately, you can still watch the video in all its head-bopping glory above -- for now. [From: CNET, via Wired.com]

Tags: hall and oates, HallAndOates, keyboard cat, KeyboardCat, meme, top, warner music, WarnerMusic

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