Posts Tagged ‘ pop ’

Take Your Momma Out

My goodness, for some reason I didn’t think the Scissor Sister’s song “Take Your Mama Out” would be so difficult to cover – but apparently it is. Also, there are a whole lotta dudes trying to flex their guitar muscles on this one, but they need a steady dose of

This dude totally had me prepared to sign him to Ellen’s new record label – look how cute his hat is!! And he plays guitar, what could go wrong? Oh man, the singing. It’s awful. I mean, the dude can rock a bit of a falsetto but that’s about it.

This guy employs the “cut off the top of the head” technique so I can’t tell how cute he is but he’s got a little accent that he sings with which is kind of adorbs for a grown-up bearded man. If it were summertime and the living was easy, I’d probably like this more – but sadly it’s not and my judgement hasn’t been clouded by 80 degree weather.

2010
10/12
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Glee Gets INto An Empire State of Mind

I have a feeling I’m going to have to dedicate an entire category to all the songs the Glee cast covers. Surprisingly enough, I don’t hate this one – well done!

2010
10/07
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Courtney Love Covers Gaga – So Does Rest of World

I’m one of those weird people that would watch and most likely enjoy almost anything Courtney Love does. Can she sing? I’m sure somewhere underneath the layers of tar on her lungs, absolutely. Can she spellcheck? HELL NO, but that’s part of her charm. Can she censor some of her thoughts? Only behind spelling mistakes. Can she cover Lady Gaga? Well, she can certainly try: UPDATE someone deleted the original video so you’ll just have to use your imagination to come up with what Court must sound like while covering Gaga.

>http://www.youtube.com/v/3v4mwhO2Yd0?fs=1&hl=en_US

Really though, when there are dudes like this doing GaGa covers, everyone else should probably just step aside and let greatness reign:

2010
10/07
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Katy Perry be Damned!

I am NOT a fan of Katy Perry’s latest album (or really the album before this) but stumbled upon this cover by a young lady whose voice has somehow pulled a Ronald Miller on this song and made it go from geek to chic.

That being said, this little boy has managed to take it from chic right on back to geek and a side of why bother lip synching for YouTube when you obviously don’t know the words to this dumb song.

You know what’s weird – at first glance I thought this might be Jonathan Lipnicki, but that kid actually ended up being good-looking! This guy does get bonus points for his little neck movements though.

2010
10/07
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Sweet Dreams Are Made of Kelis

Kelis’s milkshake totally brings me to the yard and her latest album, Flesh Tone, is the JAM but she can also cover one hell of a Eurythmics song. Here’s her version of “Sweet Dreams” which she performed on Later with Jools Holland.

2010
10/07
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A Killer Version of Bette Davis Eyes

OMG I am so punny! The Killers’ frontman, Brandon Flowers, is correct in saying if you don’t like Kim Carnes’ smash, “Bette Davis Eyes”, there is something wrong with you. What is not wrong, is this cover. You go boy.

Another fantastic cover from a band called Smelly Cat. Major high fives to the clapper on the right. Keep that beat momma!

2010
10/07
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Hide Your Kids Hide Your Wife Gets Famous Voices

As far as internet memes go, Antoine Dodson’s “Bed Intruder” song is pretty much the best. I can listen to almost every mashup/remix/country version anyone can churn out there. The weirdest part though is that we’re laughing about a really serious and disturbing occurrence – Dodson’s sister getting attacked. But on to bigger, better and more famous things! We can add another cover to the mix, this time from Paramore’s Hayley Williams, New Found Glory’s Jordan Pundik, and Relient K’s Ethan Luck.

2010
10/07
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Kim Dong Won is Basically My Dream Lover

When is Kim Dong Won going to stop teasing us and just come out with an entire Mariah Carey tribute album? Not only is he adorable, he’s getting a bit more daring in the outfit department. The Korean singing machine has captivated audiences since 2008 when his rendition of “Touch My Body” hit YouTube. Well he’s recorded a few more and they are nothing short of amazing. Here is his take on “Dream Lover“.

Watch out Beyonce, he’s coming after you too!

2010
10/07
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Who Knew There Were So Many "Sittin On Tha Toilet" Covers?

I am a bit late to the party with this “Sittin On Tha Toilet” business but oh man the hilarity that ensued once I finally got my Solo cup and took off my jacket. I swear I was completely sober when I watched this but for some reason it made me LLOL (literally laugh out loud). Now, while I still find the original video funny, the fact that there are at least a thousand covers of this gem is what made me cry from laughter. Like, I want to know what compels these people to record themselves singing(?) and clacking and flushing.

Here is the original masterpiece (they have disabled the embed option otherwise I wouldn’t make you leave the page…though this might make the anticipation even better.

The best cover I’ve found so far is this one. I’m not sure if it’s because the resemblance is uncanny or the impersonation is spot-on.

Here’s a fancy beatbox version which is really pretty good!

This is supposed to be the British Gentleman Edition but it’s looking a bit more Silence of the Lambs version to me

The white girl version (white girls LOVE CSI and that is a fact)

Asian dude version

So basically what I’m trying to say is, “Sittin On Tha Toilet” should be the International Anthem and they should play it before every meeting at the UN.

2010
10/07
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Mom Stop Posting to YouTube!

For some reason I could only find videos of older people singing the Sonny and Cher classic, “I Got You Babe”. Come on children of today, step away from the Selena Gomez/Jonas Brothers/Lady Gaga and pick up some old school shit to warm your heart. R.I.P. Sonny Bono.

What we’ve got here are two opposite ends of the spectrum. First, a happy couple of friends who used to be in a wedding band together (?? I’m gathering this from the second helping of cover that they tack on to the end of their first cover). They seem to be so happy in each other’s company. Reunited and it feels so good.

Then there’s this lady who puts her own spin on the cover. She seems as though she could not be more bored out of her mind – either that or she’s thinking to herself, “I’m gonna show these kids how it’s really done! Back in my day we walked ten miles to school with no shoes on and three feet of snow on the ground.” I’m pretty sure she also says something about going to a Cher concert and not understanding why she went in the first place. That’s usually what I like to talk about when I’m about to do a cover song filled with passion.

If neither of those float your boat, you might be interested in this gem

2010
10/07
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