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EvilGenius
May 2, 2006
Death to the Black Eyed Peas

bowser posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pLUejpNJAE

Da Funk is bad but Around the World (starts at 2:00) is truly godawful.

Haha, Da Funk has gotta be the easiest song to recreate, its got like 4 elements to it.

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rope
May 4, 2006
8======D~~~O:
Xiu Xiu and Deerhoof should've left Joy Division songs alone
Wilderness being massacred
There are others if you want to see more depravity.

precision
May 7, 2006

by VideoGames

rope posted:

Xiu Xiu and Deerhoof should've left Joy Division songs alone
Wilderness being massacred
There are others if you want to see more depravity.

I actually really like this, but I have a soft spot for Jamie Stewart loving with people. Thanks! :)

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



If we're doing stuff like that Daft Punk thing where it's taken from $1 cds full of cover songs you buy at wal-mart, here you go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0kluTStX_Y

SineRider
Oct 10, 2012

Come on die young
This awful poo poo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05-jeYSPQZ0

symbolic
Nov 2, 2014

What the gently caress are those outfits??

symbolic
Nov 2, 2014

I almost forgot about this testosterone-soaked, grunting noise of a cover.

muike
Mar 16, 2011

ガチムチ セブン

i am lesser for having seen this. it was also the longest i made it into a steam powered giraffe video before the second hand shame made it too hard to continue

Elrobot
Dec 28, 2004
Press the buttons all at once, all of the time
https://soundcloud.com/catzndogz/da-funk-catz-n-dogz-2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tKhQdaQf2g

Saucer Crab
Apr 3, 2009




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZxLz_x6YMM
It goes from awful, to kinda funny, then back around to awful.

precision
May 7, 2006

by VideoGames

Saucer Crab posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZxLz_x6YMM
It goes from awful, to kinda funny, then back around to awful.

Psh, that's nothing. This was on the really weird REM cover songs album that also had Jawbreaker and J Church and Steel Pole Bathtub:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgZQO_CpXM8

Wheat Loaf
Feb 13, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
The Script covering Eminem.

Seriously.

Retarded Goatee
Feb 6, 2010
I spent :10bux: so that means I can be a cheapskate and post about posting instead of having some wit or spending any more on comedy avs for people. Which I'm also incapable of. Comedy.
Rod Stewart doing a Tom Waits song is bound to be a tremendous success! :downs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6yk9wWNB08

BigFactory
Sep 17, 2002
That was a huge hit for Rod Stewart.

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008




We found it. It's this. Close thread. Holy gently caress.

Rageaholic
May 31, 2005

Old Town Road to EGOT

Oh my god, I think you found the actual worst one here. This is like multiple levels of terrible. Just offensive in every way :barf:

Happy Hippo
Aug 8, 2004

The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Batman's Shameful Secret > BSS Derailed Thread: Spider-Island

colonel_korn posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62vRp12Bu5A

Be sure to stay tuned until 1:40 for the best part.

this owns

precision
May 7, 2006

by VideoGames

Rageaholic Monkey posted:

Oh my god, I think you found the actual worst one here. This is like multiple levels of terrible. Just offensive in every way :barf:

I really didn't need to know that there is such a thing in this world as a joke steampunk band (at least I hope they're joking? I can't even tell)

Hollis Brownsound
Apr 2, 2009

by Lowtax

Why do I still insist on reading comments on youtube videos? WHY? I want to murder everyone who uses the term "fandom".

loving irredeemable virgins.

BigFactory
Sep 17, 2002

precision posted:

I really didn't need to know that there is such a thing in this world as a joke steampunk band (at least I hope they're joking? I can't even tell)

I think they're like street performers or something.

Macrame_God
Sep 1, 2005

The stairs lead down in both directions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf6jYuCZgoA

It's Violent J from the Insane Clown Posse singing Michael Jackson's "The Way You Make Me Feel". The cover is clearly in on its own joke about how Violent J can't sing, even going as far as to splice in audio clips of his entourage going :ughh:. Still, yeeeeesh! Listen at your own risk.

precision
May 7, 2006

by VideoGames

Hollis Brownsound posted:

Why do I still insist on reading comments on youtube videos? WHY? I want to murder everyone who uses the term "fandom".

loving irredeemable virgins.

quote:

SteampunkMaster 2 months ago
So many people think that this cover is terrible and that they couldn't have done a worse job.

This song is so special to me.

This was released two or three days before SPWF, and I, being a human, was very excited to see this epic band (that I had only seen online) in PERSON. COME ON. That's so cool.

Seeing... a band? In REAL LIFE? HOW?!

Wheat Loaf
Feb 13, 2012

by FactsAreUseless

precision posted:

Seeing... a band? In REAL LIFE? HOW?!

I'll bet they had instruments and everything!

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



Wheat Loaf posted:

I'll bet they had instruments and everything!

I'm gonna guess, from looking at them, that no, no they didn't.

muike
Mar 16, 2011

ガチムチ セブン
ctarsun dysart3 months ago

Are you guys having the
" FUN TIME OF YOUR LIVES?"
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ctarsun dysart
2 months ago

I meant Primetime. 

Chocolate Teapot
May 8, 2009

EvilGenius posted:

^^^ in the UK one of the big national radio stations does a show, Live Lounge, where artists come in and cover something that's in the charts. It's invariably trendy Indy bands doing oh so ironic covers of pop songs, and sounds exactly like this. Almost always terrible.

I seem to remember this whole thing kicking off when awful Scot band Travis came on and did a version of Britney Spear's "Hit Me Baby One More Time", and everything just got worse from then on, unless you could only enjoy the likes of "Hey Ya" from the whitest acts available.

exquisite tea
Apr 21, 2007

Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."


EvilGenius posted:

^^^ in the UK one of the big national radio stations does a show, Live Lounge, where artists come in and cover something that's in the charts. It's invariably trendy Indy bands doing oh so ironic covers of pop songs, and sounds exactly like this. Almost always terrible.

The Onion AV Club had a similar segment going where bands (some well-known, mostly unheard) would do covers of Top 40 hits. The well-known acts generally did a good job with the material, but the lesser known acts all had to let you know how much cooler and above the songs they were. But I'd rather listen to Semi-Charmed Life on the radio for the umpteenth time than listen to whatever this incomprehensible poo poo is supposed to be:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiUiSt2Hk1c

Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008

BigFactory posted:

I'm surprised at all the Pomplemoose hate. They're fun and quirky and they're out there trying something new. I say give them a chance. I think it's pretty incredible that 2 people can make that much music, surprised they haven't been in commercials and stuff.

They have.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enq5Xt_yTFE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syJCTJCFyE8

BigFactory posted:

I dunno, I think they pretty much define "adorkable" for the the youtube generation. You should give them another try.

Pretty much hit the nail on the head there RE: why people hate pomplamoose.

Bobby The Rookie
Jun 2, 2005

I heard an electronica/dubstep cover of Tom Waits' 'Way Down in the Hole' the other week.

Kind of relieved I can't locate it with a cursory search.

Hollis Brownsound
Apr 2, 2009

by Lowtax

Sebadoh Gigante posted:

They have.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enq5Xt_yTFE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syJCTJCFyE8


Pretty much hit the nail on the head there RE: why people hate pomplamoose.

But the still have no money!!!!

alansmithee
Jan 25, 2007

Goodness no, now that wouldn't do at all!



I don't really see what's so bad about this? I mean I guess if you prefer beep-boop future robots to clank-clank old-timey robots? Really it's just taking a dance song and re-contextualizing it as a folk/acoustic rock song. It's not poorly done, and minus the getup (which, again, differs from the source only in the period of "robot" look they're going for) wouldn't sound too out of place on some folk hour or something. Like I guess I don't get the rage?

Elrobot
Dec 28, 2004
Press the buttons all at once, all of the time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-4ce_azLos

stay depressed
Sep 30, 2003

by zen death robot

alansmithee posted:

I don't really see what's so bad about this? I mean I guess if you prefer beep-boop future robots to clank-clank old-timey robots? Really it's just taking a dance song and re-contextualizing it as a folk/acoustic rock song. It's not poorly done, and minus the getup (which, again, differs from the source only in the period of "robot" look they're going for) wouldn't sound too out of place on some folk hour or something. Like I guess I don't get the rage?

daft punk is a sacred cow and steam powered giraffe is low-hanging fruit

Chill Callahan
Nov 14, 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olkiTHjRIA0

skip to the 1 min mark if nothing else

sticklefifer
Nov 11, 2003

by VideoGames
The world asked* for a crabcore cover of The Postal Service, and Confide answered.





*no it didn't

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



alansmithee posted:

I don't really see what's so bad about this? I mean I guess if you prefer beep-boop future robots to clank-clank old-timey robots? Really it's just taking a dance song and re-contextualizing it as a folk/acoustic rock song. It's not poorly done, and minus the getup (which, again, differs from the source only in the period of "robot" look they're going for) wouldn't sound too out of place on some folk hour or something. Like I guess I don't get the rage?

Daft Punk are great musicians and have a cool gimmick that has an actual point to it. Steam Powered Giraffe are a bunch of horrible smelly loving nerds who suck at everything. Hope this helps.

stay depressed
Sep 30, 2003

by zen death robot

TheJoker138 posted:

Daft Punk are great musicians and have a cool gimmick that has an actual point to it.

can you elaborate on the point for me?

BigFactory
Sep 17, 2002

stay depressed posted:

can you elaborate on the point for me?

Yeah I'd like to hear that one too.

Wheat Loaf
Feb 13, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Not the worst, but still not particularly good: Meat Loaf covers "Come Together" circa 1996.

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Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



stay depressed posted:

can you elaborate on the point for me?

It's some pretty thin commentary about the nature of electronic music. It's not a great, well thought out point, but it's at least there. You could also argue that the nature of the anonymity the masks provide is important, especially as other people have worn the masks in videos/movies/whatever, but I don't want to go all Supermechagodzilla on a techno group.

But setting that aside, here's another thing that makes them different than SPG: Daft Punk have professionally made, cool LED helmets. SPG look like they should be hanging out in the ballpit at Dashcon.

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