Kanye West never ceases to please me, but this week, “cannon fodder” Kris Allen shocked America by unusing the band, making his voice stand out, accompanied by his acoustic guitar, and singing a cover of a soon-to-be rap anthem. (Sidenote: I just learned about the “cannon fodder” term because of Michael Slezak of Idolatry in EW.com, and it means any soldier who’s dispensable and used to just fill up the troop.) The moment I heard he’s doing “Heartless”, I thought, maybe he was just goofing around since he knew he’d be dispensable, and the judges were very vocal (albeit vulgar, impolite, and disrespectful of Kris) about expecting a Go-bert finalé. First few lines gave a promise of awesomeness, and the rest started a buzz that maybe, just maybe, a “KrAdam” (scary name combo, BTW) finalé isn’t bad at all.
Of course we won’t be showing Kris Allen here. I happen to stumble upon one “Heartless” cover artist, and he sounded good, minus the “just-woke-up-this-morning” pitchiness. I really, genuinely think this also sounded hot!
This one’s closer to the Kris Allen rendition, therefore less original.
So, is it safe to say that any rap song could be stripped down and covered well given an acoustic guitar?
P.S. Because of my sorta wide range of knowledge in music, I got me and my team to win in a game show. It does pay to listen and (painfully) sing some of those songs, haha!
This year’s American Idol is filled with drama (thanks to the crazy guy in Olivia Newton-John headbander and shrieky Tatianna del Toro) and surprises. The worst surprise was not having Anoop to be part of the top 12….
Yet.
Let this remind you of Anoop’s awesome voice. This is ClefHangers’ (his voice group, where he’s soloist) rendition of Brian McKnight’s The Only One for Me.
Why is it that when other people cover any Britney Spears song, they do it really good? Always, always better than the original?
I found this cover song of “Circus” by Britney Spears. Dog! The singing is hot, and I personally commend the guitar “acrobatics”. Without further ado, this is TheLetUp’s cover of the hit song.
I heard this song from the radio, one midnight while going to a Chinese restaurant. Really sounds nice. So I tried looking for a cover of it from YouTube. There were a bunch of good candidates. But this one, the audience says (or waves) it all… (Video courtesy of mac807)
Part of my ongoing quest to find my “beautiful girl”.
Voice for both was suave. Guy part is easy to make it sound suave, so I decided which girl sang it the best. Charmagne Chi won.
Apart from the annoying background noises from the one who camcorded the moment, I think it’s a trend these days to have the guitar confused over the overall tone of the song. Simple is enough. A little strumming would do it, I guess.
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