You're Gonna Miss Me

July 7, 2011 8:30 AM

You're Gonna Miss Me (YT)

Original Lulu and the Lampshades version. via Reddit.

posted by swift (20 comments total)

I thought for sure that this was going to be a 13th Floor Elevators video.
posted by Slack-a-gogo at 8:38 AM on July 7, 2011 [5 favorites]

One girl and a cup.
posted by punkfloyd at 8:48 AM on July 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

That was amazing.

(And I can't believe it, but I'm going to repeat a Youtube comment as funny: "The internet has made me wary of girls with cups, but this is awesome.")
posted by benito.strauss at 9:06 AM on July 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

She has a great voice, but there are a lot of versions of this. I've seen so many go by now that I'd like to see people adapting the cups techniques to other songs instead of doing this one over and over.
posted by jocelmeow at 9:11 AM on July 7, 2011

jocelmeow, I think you meant to link to these ?
posted by swift at 9:17 AM on July 7, 2011

I'd like to see a cups version of this:

Tiga - You Gonna Want Me
posted by dunkadunc at 9:20 AM on July 7, 2011

The cup thing! Let the flashbacks of theatre summer camps begin.
posted by JustKeepSwimming at 9:22 AM on July 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Yeah, swift, it looks like my link broke. Thanks.
posted by jocelmeow at 9:41 AM on July 7, 2011

I'll see you the 13th Floor Elevators, and raise you one Carter Family.
posted by Faze at 10:04 AM on July 7, 2011

I've missed this trend.. thanks for the morning diversion!
posted by tomswift at 10:22 AM on July 7, 2011

Wow. She has a gorgeous voice. And hand eye coordination that I could not duplicate in a million, billion years.
posted by 8dot3 at 11:10 AM on July 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

I missed this too -- love it. Now I have something new to do in cafes while I'm waiting for my order!
posted by Surfurrus at 11:22 AM on July 7, 2011

REMIX
posted by Potomac Avenue at 11:28 AM on July 7, 2011

I was taught how to do the cup thing on a high school trip to Spain. It's actually a drinking game, and if you mess up the pattern, you drink. I think. Memories of that night are a bit hazy.
posted by erinfern at 11:52 AM on July 7, 2011

Well at least she doesn't have a ukulele ...
posted by alby at 12:29 PM on July 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Optimist - P.O.S.
posted by eyeballkid at 1:56 PM on July 7, 2011

Annoying, but at least she's not ruining the 13th Floor Elevators.
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 2:53 PM on July 7, 2011

That was so cool! I love her singing and that nifty percussion with the plastic cup. Had no idea there was a whole playing around with cups as percussion and the You're Gonna Miss Me song. This young kid is delightfully good without any pretension. No make-up, no fancy anything, just plain and excellent singing. She's got a wonderful voice, naturally, an ease. I hope she's discovered by somebody who develops new talent.
posted by nickyskye at 5:30 PM on July 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

See, I was planning on posting a comment like the one that's two above this one, and then I watched it, and ended up feeling like the comment just above this one.
posted by benito.strauss at 7:11 PM on July 7, 2011

If you like this, Tune-yards takes this sort of thing to another level. For example.
posted by meandthebean at 11:40 PM on July 7, 2011 [1 favorite]