Comments on: Have you heard about Michelle Shephard?

Have you heard about Michelle Shephard?

hypocritical ross — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 22:01:42 -0800

One Bank. Snarks aside, the guy does have quite a lovely singing voice. (vimeo)

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 22:10:08 -0800

I wanted to hate that, but the guy's earnestness won me over. It's like a Corporate D. *raises lighter*

By: emelenjr

emelenjr — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 22:20:39 -0800

As a former BofA employee (excuse me, that's associate in the company parlance), that song made me throw up a little bit in my mouth.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 22:31:32 -0800

I have managed to keep U2 at more than arm's length these last few years, so I don't know the song this is based on (and in fact, I'm only assuming it's from a U2 song because of one of the comments at the Vimeo site). But I can just imagine Bono's heartfelt (or should I say heart-on-his-sleeve-felt) voice agonizingly spewing this kind of melody out. As for the guy in the vid, I reckon he's putting his banker soul into it. That kind of American Idol soul. Which is, of course, fucking weird.

By: ludwig_van

ludwig_van — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:00:12 -0800

Oh my gosh.

By: lovecrafty

lovecrafty — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:15:13 -0800

Free love on the free love freeway, The love is free and the freeway's long. Oh yeah, baby.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:29:14 -0800

That guy needs a tremendously hard slap.

By: pwb503

pwb503 — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:43:32 -0800

At the end while the camera was panning out over the crowd I couldn't help but wonder how many of those in the audience had no idea this was a "cover" and just thought it was a really strange song the guy just wrote...

By: mistermoore

mistermoore — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:31:09 -0800

flapjax at midnite: dude, really? Well, that's your right. I was terrifically thrilled by the homogeneity of the men's dress in the video. To a man, pale blue/blue/French blue/ecru/buff shirt, tie. I mean, I love me some button-down dress attire, but damn.

By: zardoz

zardoz — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 01:46:52 -0800

A great voice indeed. But they're so stodgy and earnest about the whole thing. It's 100% irony-free, which is a little bit pathetic. I've worked in the corporate world where folks like this take The Company more seriously than their own religion. *shudder*

By: erskelyne

erskelyne — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:17:18 -0800

I hear his cover of "Hot Shot City" is particularly good.

By: Deathalicious

Deathalicious — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:37:52 -0800

You see pretty music, I see problems.

By: veggieboy

veggieboy — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 04:47:32 -0800

I think he's reading the lyrics. He can't be bothered to memorize them? I question his dedication. Fire his ass.

By: micayetoca

micayetoca — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 05:59:14 -0800

Hey flapjax, I can't stand 15 seconds straight of U2, but that song is good, actually. There is a good version of it by Johnny Cash, a little bit less dramatic. Now, if it was my song they used for that, I'd be really pissed.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 06:35:55 -0800

There is a good version of it by Johnny Cash Well... alright then, goddammit, if Johnny Cash thought the tune was good enough to cover, then I'm gonna check it out, cause Johnny Cash was THE MAN!! And from mistermoore's links (jeez, its own Wiki-fucking-pedia page!) I see that it's like the biggest, fattest, all-out holy bejeezus of a mega-hit icon of pop rock, and I've never heard it, and I guess I really shouldn't be that out of touch with these sorts of things.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 07:28:43 -0800

There is a good version of it by Johnny Cash One Bank prefers that you prefer credit. The deeper you're in debt, the more money they get. (Johnny Cash... Eddie Money... Johnny Paycheck... Is there a Johnny Creditcard? Johnny Bankloan? Johnny Mortgage?)

By: nathancaswell

nathancaswell — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 09:29:46 -0800

Thank you for this. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

By: mrgrimm

mrgrimm — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:01:40 -0800

Now, if it was my song they used for that, I'd be really pissed. Oh, I'm sure they must have licensed it. That's not fair use. I'm sure U2 sold it to them. They're a bank. They wouldn't make that mistake.