Hoy, todas las situaciones se ven representadas en GIFs, en un fenómeno que creció en Tumblr y explotó el año pasado cuando Facebook y Twitter lo comenzaron a admitir en sus plataformas. Entonces, ¿qué hacemos con todos los años que pasaron y que no tenían este formato? El músico Joshua Carrafa se está encargando del asunto con su Tumblr Music History In GIFs, catalogando lo más importante de cada año con animaciones estilo videojuegos de 8 bits.
Comenzó en 1964 con la presentación de los Beatles en el programa de Ed Sullivan y va hasta 2012 con PSY y su “Gangnam Style“, pasando por nombres y lanzamientos de Radiohead, Ramones, Grizzly Bear, David Bowie y mucho más. Acá seleccionamos algunos:
1964. the beatles play the ed sullivan show…. – music history in gifs
1965. bob dylan plays his first electric set at… – music history in gifs
1966. the rolling stones release paint it, black…. – music history in gifs
1967. The Who play The Smothers Brothers Comedy… – music history in gifs
1968. Johnny Cash says hello to a bunch of… – music history in gifs
1969. Four dudes hang out in St John’s Wood,… – music history in gifs
1970. Black Sabbath releases Paranoid. It’s so… – music history in gifs
1971. Led Zeppelin releases their fourth album,… – music history in gifs
1972. T. Rex plays Empire Pool in Wembley. Ringo… – music history in gifs
1973. David Bowie releases Aladdin Sane, his… – music history in gifs
1974. Ramones play their first show. Oldie… – music history in gifs
1975. Kiss comes alive by releasing their… – music history in gifs
1976. Thin Lizzy has to cancel their american… – music history in gifs
1977. Pink Floyd releases Animals,. They sang… – music history in gifs
1978. Devo releases their debut album, Are We Not… – music history in gifs
1979. Frank Zappa releases Sheik Yerbouti. He… – music history in gifs
1980. The Cure releases their US Debut, Boys… – music history in gifs
1981. MTV is launched. At first, it’s cool. But… – music history in gifs
1982. The first album ever to be released on CD… – music history in gifs
1983. Michael Jackson debuts the moonwalk on Mo… – music history in gifs
1984. Talking Heads release the concert… – music history in gifs
1985. Marty McFly travels back in time to 1955 to… – music history in gifs
1986. Jello Biafra and Alternative Tentacles are… – music history in gifs
1987. Rick Astley pulls the biggest prank in the… – music history in gifs
1988. Sonic Youth releases Daydream Nation. It… – music history in gifs
1989. Madonna releases Like a Prayer and plays… – music history in gifs
1990. MC Hammer Scores a ridiculously popular… – music history in gifs
1991. Nirvana releases Nevermind. Grunge is in… – music history in gifs
1992. Guns N’ Roses releases their sweeping… – music history in gifs
1993. Prince changes his name to… – music history in gifs
1994. Weezer releases their debut album. They… – music history in gifs
1995. Tupac releases his most sensitive… – music history in gifs
1996. Beck releases his fifth album, Odelay…. – music history in gifs
1997. Radiohead releases OK Computer, and it goes… – music history in gifs
1998. Neutral Milk Hotel releases In the… – music history in gifs
1999. Napster is launched. Vast amounts of music… – music history in gifs
2000. Modest Mouse releases their masterpiece The… – music history in gifs
2001. The Strokes release their debut, Is This… – music history in gifs
2002. Interpol releases their debut album Turn on… – music history in gifs
2003. The White Stripes release their fourth… – music history in gifs
2004. The Flaming Lips officially become the… – music history in gifs
2005. LCD Soundsystem releases their debut album…. – music history in gifs
2006. Mastodon releases Blood Mountain. An epic… – music history in gifs
2007. Radiohead releases In Rainbows as a digital… – music history in gifs
2008. Vampire Weekend asks everyone about their… – music history in gifs
2009. Grizzly Bear releases a sweet collection of… – music history in gifs
2010. Kanye West releases My Beautiful Dark… – music history in gifs
2011. St Vincent releases Strange Mercy and plays… – music history in gifs
2012. Psy releases his music video for Gangnam… – music history in gifs