Stop me if you've seen this one before

May 25, 2016 6:57 PM

T-Pain rides to the Salford Lads Club “Whatever I Want.” is a shot-for-shot remake of the Smiths’ 1987 video for “Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before.”
posted by vespabelle (16 comments total)

T-Pain actually admits he is a robot! I KNEW it! No human can sing like that...

Also, the video is amazing, the song is great and now I like T-Pain, goddammit, Metafilter, this was not supposed to happen.
posted by Slap*Happy at 7:02 PM on May 25, 2016 [5 favorites]

I didn't want to like this because I was afraid it would be poking fun at Moz (how dare you sir) but I really liked it and the song wasn't bad either.

Oh, and a link to the original for you young'ins .
posted by photoslob at 7:24 PM on May 25, 2016 [5 favorites]

and now I like T-Pain, goddammit

I guess you haven't seen this gem, then?
posted by lumensimus at 7:38 PM on May 25, 2016 [1 favorite]

This is so freaky. Just last night I was watching the Morrissey vid Hulmerist on LaserDisc followed by The Greatest Event in Television History. Throw in that Styx video remake by Paul Rudd & Jimmy Fallon and the whole world starts to resemble a shot-for-shot remake of the '80s.
... and I guess I'm OK with that
posted by obloquy at 8:02 PM on May 25, 2016 [2 favorites]

Please don't show me that gem again. It's like someone trying to explain why Stevie Wonder is a genius while they can neither sing nor play keyboards live, but they're sincere! It actually helps me get T-Pain's deliberate overproducing more, and in the OP, he's actually genius at it. Effortlessly brilliant at it.
posted by Slap*Happy at 8:04 PM on May 25, 2016

The video is nicely done, but god the autotune has rushed headlong into the uncanny valley and damn near out the other side. It's not so much aggressively unlistenable as the musical equivalent of an endless row of identical snout-houses, all painted HOA-approved grey.
posted by Emperor SnooKloze at 8:15 PM on May 25, 2016 [2 favorites]

Note that this is T Pain, who performed "I'm 'n Luv (wit a Stripper)." Not to be confused with T Paine, who wrote "The Rights of Man".
posted by HoraceH at 9:52 PM on May 25, 2016 [12 favorites]

Note that this is T Pain, who performed "I'm 'n Luv (wit a Stripper)." Not to be confused with T Paine, who wrote "The Rights of Man".
posted by HoraceH at 9:52 PM on May 25
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Thanks! That was totally messing me up!
posted by From Bklyn at 12:29 AM on May 26, 2016 [4 favorites]

Amazing. No other words to describe this.
posted by Fig at 3:12 AM on May 26, 2016 [1 favorite]

and now I like T-Pain, goddammit

I guess you haven't seen this yt gem, then?
posted by lumensimus at 19:38 on May 25 [1 favorite +] [!]

OMG I love this so much. He's got a really strong soulful voice and delivery.

I also love the contrast (especially in the last song) between the lyrical content and style.

Also more urban retakes of classic/indie rock stuff please.
posted by Erberus at 3:16 AM on May 26, 2016

Also, every time I see old pictures/video of Morrissey, I am more and more tempted to get the haircut. It's not too far off from what I already have. So tempting.
posted by Fig at 3:19 AM on May 26, 2016 [4 favorites]

The Smiths video really takes me back to being a student when about half the population tried to look like Morrissey. It's a great look, and having a bit if a revival when - if you must - Marty from Geordie Shore is rocking a pretty convincing quiff.
posted by DanCall at 3:44 AM on May 26, 2016 [2 favorites]

Also, full props to Classixx. They continue to blow me away.
posted by kuanes at 4:44 AM on May 26, 2016

Fig, the haircut is great. If you have clippers at home, it's easy to keep the sides and back clean which gives you a lot of freedom to let the top be messy. Highly recommended.
posted by a halcyon day at 3:37 PM on May 26, 2016 [1 favorite]

Has anyone seen Morrissey's reaction to this.... thing?
Because, his calm, measured response will certainly temper my initial reaction.

But, in the meantime, this thread has taught me T-Pain can sing, and someone around him knows history. So, there is that.
posted by Mezentian at 10:09 AM on May 27, 2016 [1 favorite]

I love this so much.
posted by 4ster at 3:20 PM on May 28, 2016