My brain is leaking out of my ears

[andrewducker]

although this is rather fun:

Comments

[matgb]

See, in theory I like the idea of cover versions of songs that radically change the style, etc. Punk versions of songs from other genres are a particular fave, the Joan Jett/Paul Westerberg version of Let's Do It remains an all time favourite.

But somehow, hearing a punk song slowed down and turned into, what, lounge bar smooth? is Just Wrong damnit!

[marrog]

Let's try that again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3O-PLopk5g

[matgb]

Oh, that's brilliant. I love that song, quite a lot, and he's doing it in a very interesting way.

I don't think miss_s_b agrees though, but she's in the bath.

[andrewducker]

I have a terrible fondness for Richard Cheese:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUUj4BjY-VM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOrM5hjtYkI

[matgb]

I liked the first one, but the second not so much.

I think it's possible that, at a basic level, Teen Spirit is simply not actually a very good song in an of itself. Teen Spirit as performed by Nirvana, in the way it was intended, is brilliant, but the song itself doesn't seem to work in any other version.

Well, except Weird Al's, but I don't think that counts.

[andrewducker]

Yeah, the actual lyrics make no sense, and the music isn't that interesting. Cover versions of it are usually good because they remind you of the original, rather than because they're good in and of themselves.

[darkoshi]

Ooh, I liked that!

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

Weirdest. Nirvana. Cover. Ever. Even the Rickroll mashup is less weird. (actually I quite like the Rickroll mashup, so that's an unfair comparison).

[darkoshi]

The image strikes me as stranger than the music. Although I recall giving someone the finger when I was in pre-school or kindergarten, and getting in trouble for it.

[apostle-of-eris.livejournal.com]

OK, I'm old.
But what's the point of a video with no video?

[andrewducker]

In ye olden days we called them "radio".