Before we get started, please be warned that this list is of the Top 10 Cover Songs That Improve On The Original. Do not be mislead. This list will not contain All Saints covering “Under the Bridge,” The Corrs covering Fleetwood Mac or the latest X-Factor finalist miming whatever heartfelt love song they decide on this year.
So, to be clear, you will not see “These Boots Are Made For Walkin,” the mindless, over-sexified Jessica Simpson version.
Why the hell is there a sacrilegious salsa beat in the verse? Kill me.
I’m a musician who plays all the parts of the songs I record, and I decided I wanted to put one of my songs on youtube. So I figured I’d make a little artwork with the name of the song on it just so there would be a static image on the screen to go along with the song.
At the last minute, I remembered that I had some nature footage I’d shot in the summertime and I wondered if any of it would fit into the song. “I’ll just spend a few extra minutes,” I told myself. Nine days later, I was finished!
I ran out of my own footage quickly enough and then scanned the Internet for free or public domain footage that I could use in my video. As I searched and worked, a definite story unfolded and slowly revealed itself to me. Each and every one of the cuts in this video moves and changes in tandem with the music, which was no small feat! When I watch the video now, it’s hard to believe that my original intentions were so simple.
One of the youtube comments said that it reminded them of Koyaanisqatsi. I had no idea what this was, so I looked it up and watched it. I certainly wasn’t trying to be derivative, but I can see the connection.
Now if anyone enjoys this video and decides to check out any of the other 28 videos on my channel, expecting a bit of inspiration and intelligence, I will have to apologize in advance!
It’s pretty easy to get very tired of Christmas songs by the time Christmas rolls around. I mean, how many freaking times can one listen to Silent Night? Uh, no offense to Anyone who might be listening….
There is a reason why you hear Christmas songs endlessly in every store from mid-November until New Years: People spend more money when they hear them! It’s a proven fact. That is why you are going to continue to hear Christmas songs in every public place you visit for at least 6 weeks a year. Merry Christmas, I guess.
Below are the 10 funniest Christmas songs, in our humble opinion, anyway. These are ones you probably don’t hear every time you walk into a Walmart. Thank God.
#10. I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas!
This classic will be remembered by people in their 50s and older. It was written by John Rox and was sung by a 10 year-old named Gayla Peevey in 1953. It actually made it to #24 on Billboard’s pop charts in 1953.
Other people who sang a version of this amusing tune were the 3 Stooges, and also Dr. Demento.
What can go wrong with a Christmas song about massaging a ‘hippo hero’? Works for us.
Since I was a child, I’ve listened to the Beatles. I’m not a screaming teenage girl, but I’m definitely a part of Beatlemania. Thanks to this, I actually have something to talk about with the Baby Boomers. Well, practically anyone born after 1940. I mean, everyone loves the Beatles, right?
Every video I make, I try to give myself a new challenge. After creating a mashup using 6 national anthems last month, I decided to apply the same theme to the songs of a popular artist. As for the artist, I was torn between using The Beatles or the Starland Vocal Band, but I decided on the slightly more prolific of the two.
Actually, the Beatles were too prolific. They wrote hundreds of songs, so I decided to narrow the scope down to something more manageable: Beatles love songs. Many of the songs in this mashup are connected by the word “love”. I also found Beatles love songs that shared the same chord progression and layered them on top of each other. I ended up mashing up over 20 songs in a mere 2-and-a-half minutes.
For the video itself, I recreated the covers of four Beatles albums and inserted my own face in place of the Fab Four’s. To my disappointment, since releasing it on youtube, I’ve been told I look most like Ringo.
I challenge you to pick out all the songs in this video. Some are obvious, but others may require a closer listen.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy! If you do like it, please check my other other youtube videos and subscribe.
You may remember the last Michael McLaughlin (yes, that is his real last name) video we featured about the life and times of a bum genius. Well, Mr. McLaughlin is back with a new video about how to stand up to a bully. He opines about his work below:
