Sincerity, in Youtube form!

July 8, 2010 3:00 PM

Now! 75 Chart Medley. Brett Domino (wikipedia, official site) and Steven Peavis perform a medley of hits from 2010, using: soft drink cans, iPod Touch (using DigiDrummer app), Accordion, Roland E-36 Keyboard, Korg Digital Piano, Stylophone Beatbox, Theremin, Ukulele, Egg Shaker, Roland AX-Synth Keytar, Recorders, Glockenspiel, Kazoos, and Stylophones (previously). Via the excellent and hilarious Graham Clark of Stop Podcasting Yourself.

Including:
JLS - Everybody In Love
Jay-Z w/ Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind
Justin Bieber - One Time
N-Dubz w/ Mr. Hudson - Playing With Fire
3OH!3 w/ Katy Perry - Starstrukk
Ke$ha - Tik Tok

posted by rossination (10 comments total)

Theramin for the win! I also really liked this video, very entertaining.
posted by MaryDellamorte at 3:32 PM on July 8, 2010

Theremin :\
posted by MaryDellamorte at 3:33 PM on July 8, 2010

Ke$ha + Brett Domino = reject The Streets
posted by rxrfrx at 4:02 PM on July 8, 2010

needs autotune or something
posted by philip-random at 4:16 PM on July 8, 2010

Everything sounds better in a Leeds accent. This is great, thanks for posting!

Their version of Starstrukk was up there with the Marina and the Diamonds cover.
posted by creeky at 11:56 PM on July 8, 2010

Nicely done.
posted by Hartham's Hugging Robots at 3:56 AM on July 9, 2010

This is much better than I'd expected. And proof that not all pop music is shit. You can do an interesting cover of a bad song, but it won't be good. This is good. You can't do that without good source material. (I will admit, though, that I didn't really recognize most of this, except for the fucking execrable Alicia Keys / Jay-Z number. If I could wipe one song completely out of history, that would probably be it. Or maybe "Proud to Be an American.")
posted by uncleozzy at 6:00 AM on July 9, 2010

This is good. You can't do that without good source material.

There are no bad songs, only poor performances/interpretations. Look no further than what the Fatima Mansions did with Brian Adams' (Everything I do) I Do It For You.

Take one of pop history's most annoying few minutes of insincere romantic claptrap and reinterpret it as just that, insincere romantic claptrap. One for the ages.
posted by philip-random at 8:23 AM on July 9, 2010

There are no bad songs, only poor performances/interpretations.

I think there are plenty of lousy songs that probably only hold up because of stellar performances. Frankly, I think Everything I Do is an awesome glug of early-90s syrup, but probably not a very good song (and I don't care for the interpretation you linked to). But, of course, opinions, assholes, etc.
posted by uncleozzy at 8:49 AM on July 9, 2010

But, of course, opinions, assholes, etc.

My, what an apt tagline that would make for our favorite community weblog.
posted by mubba at 2:04 PM on July 9, 2010