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Showing posts with label when cover versions are worse than the original. Show all posts
Showing posts with label when cover versions are worse than the original. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Some Old Irish Woman Covers Daft Punk Get Lucky


Her name is Linda Martin if you're interested..

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Some chubby kid covers LMFAO, sucks up all the fun.

This was sent to me the other day and from the title; 'Talented Teen Does the Impossible: Makes LMFAO listenable', I knew this was only going to go downhill for me. LMFAO have sold multi-platinum, lads. How is that unlistenable? I blame Adele for this, pop music is now about 'artists' and not about what it used to be about. You know, dancing and singing and FUN.This is what we call a craic vacuum: when all the fun is sucked out of something.

Aaaanyway, lets examine the evidence..

  • Imagine a young Jack Black that wasn't anyway funny
  • Though I'm guessing he's going for extra points on the ironing of it all
  • His voice is good, fair enough, but everything this represents..no. Just no. Blues is meant to be based on hardship and struggle. The only struggle this dude has had is getting off the couch, amirite?
  • 'Pizza hut or Dominos? Lief is hard let's sing teh blues'
Am I being too hard on the kid? Should he write his own damn material? Will he see the light when he starts drinking and meets that special girl in the chipper at 3am?

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Some lad does a Wonder Years vocal cover in his basement



While I admire the fact this guy likes both Slipknot and The Wonder Years, this isn't the kind of thing you should be putting on the internet as a CV for your vocal skillz. Some points potential bandmates will have to take into consideration..

  • His bitchin' stage moves. Monitor/stomp box required.
  • The Slipknot t-shirt - is that the 'look' we're going for with this band, guys?
  • He does seem to have lots of gear and a relatively sweet basement to jam and drink beer in, though he probably has to wait until his parents are out before he can 'really rock out'
  • Does 'attitude' outweigh 'talent' in terms of requirements for a frontman?
  • Dem guest vox - No backing vocalists required!