{"id":317,"date":"2015-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-04-29T10:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T09:02:15","slug":"gangnam-stylers-harlem-shakers-russian-movie-makers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micksgarageblog.org\/gangnam-stylers-harlem-shakers-russian-movie-makers\/","title":{"rendered":"Gangnam Stylers, Harlem Shakers &#038; Russian Movie Makers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Every few months there&#8217;s a new craze on YouTube. At the back end of 2012 it was Gangnam Style (I remember cringing behind a cushion as Eddie Jordan, David Coulthard &amp; Jake&nbsp;Humphrey&#8217;s performed their version of it on the BBC F1 coverage)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R8dxppfCvRI\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">this month the Harlem Shake has taken the world by storm and quite literally <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tOZc5qoJwhg\" target=\"_blank\">every man and his dog<\/a> are shaking it Harlem Style &#8211; there was very, very nearly a MicksGarage version as well (we&#8217;re quite glad we decided against it it the end!)<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Just in-case you&#8217;ve miraculously managed to miss seeing the Harlem Shake, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8vJiSSAMNWw\" target=\"_blank\">here it is<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">The other YouTube sensation which looks like it will run and run is the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=russian+dash+cam+compilation&amp;oq=russian+d&amp;gs_l=youtube-reduced.1.1.0j0i3j0l2.93283.97688.0.100522.9.5.0.4.4.0.80.345.5.5.0...0.0...1ac.1.zEopsoso02Y\" target=\"_blank\">Russian Dash Cam Phenomenon<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">From clips showing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=4ZxXYscmgRg\" target=\"_blank\">meteors&nbsp;falling from the sky<\/a> to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=UAHF7ul46Go\" target=\"_blank\"> plane crashes<\/a> and close calls, it almost seems as if every driver on Russian roads is filming at all times. As it turns out, that&#8217;s nearly true.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Vast numbers of Russian drivers have decided it was high time to protect themselves from shady traffic cops, insurance scammers and the generally insane standards of driving over there. Check out the &#8216;Best Of&#8217; video below. Some of the driving is just mind boggling.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/itMdLTd1l4E\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">The dash cam phenomenon seems to be a catching on here as well. At <a href=\"http:\/\/micksgarage.com\/\">MicksGarage.com<\/a> dash cams have quickly become one of our best selling accessories, and we can see why, especially with UK insurance companies like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Adrian Flux <\/a>offering a 15% discount &nbsp;on their annual premiums to dash cam users. I wonder if any Irish insurance companies will offer the same? I guess we should ask them.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Here&#8217;s the video we made using our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.micksgarage.com\/search?keyword=1584978&amp;pk=3BB26\" target=\"_blank\">dash cams<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CXgDra6nPtM\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gangnam Stylers, Harlem Shakers &#038; Russian Movie Makers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gangnam Stylers, Harlem Shakers &amp; 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