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Young band from Peru plays "Cut Your Hair", complete with awesome semi-pointless Nastanovich type dancing beautifully.

Guy in bedroom/hoodie plays acoustic cover of "Molly", by Sponge. Didn't know that song was quite this sort of timeless classic.

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 July 2006 13:55 (nineteen years ago)

Nabisco, I love you. This could be the thread of threads.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 14 July 2006 13:59 (nineteen years ago)

Warren G's "Regulate", acoustic, in a bedroom. Note groove-faces around 1:30.

Two dudes in bedroom play WEEN: "Buenos Tardes Amigo. Cameraman shows off weed around 1:00. I think I've done this.

A/V Club covermania: adorable Mel n' John play the Ventures' "Walk, Don't Run," both in street clothes and in costume.

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 July 2006 14:06 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J35GLr5LOeg&search=durutti%20column

Shadow Play (whoever that is) covers "Sketch for Summer" by the Durutti Column. WTF?! It's pretty tedious sitting through all three minutes of it, as it sounds basically like, well, the Durutti Column recorded live on a camcorder, and without all the little trills and flourishes (i.e., the best parts).

― Adolescence Mokushiroku! (gendo ikari), Friday, 14 July 2006 14:15 (nineteen years ago)

Girl in bedroom singing Evanescence, "My Immortal", notable mostly for tiger poster and the fact that she stops her introduction to answer the phone.

There are many amateur covers of the theme music from Super Mario Bros on Youtube. This split-screen overdubbed three-part version stands out for the player's odd sense of rhythm, which he claims (in comments) are actually just "bad mixing."

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 July 2006 14:17 (nineteen years ago)

Off-topic, but: right here, a metalhead teenager lays out the liners from his CDs all over his heavily-postered room to revel in the amount of music he owns. (Just wait till you're old, dude.)

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 July 2006 14:23 (nineteen years ago)

Weirdly compelling version of Nirvana's "Drain You".

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 July 2006 14:28 (nineteen years ago)

A brief but very good cover of a part of "Dumb" by Nirvana.

― Gdap (gdap), Friday, 14 July 2006 15:10 (nineteen years ago)

To counter that, an, ahem, semi-talented school band (with no bassist) covers Smells Like Teen Spirit. If anyone can watch the whole 4:50 of this, please let us know. I've got as far as 1:30

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Saturday, 15 July 2006 18:44 (nineteen years ago)

Ne-Yo's "So Sick":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HsxYISXK6g&search=%22so%20sick%22

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiVpFx7uTBM&search=%22so%20sick%22%20passion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNoiUGnpToA&search=%22so%20sick%22%20passion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGg6GIEg3CY&search=%22so%20sick%22%20passion

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Saturday, 15 July 2006 19:15 (nineteen years ago)

If anyone can watch the whole 4:50 of this, please let us know.

You beat me, I had to bail when she started "singing".

― More Tongue Feldman (noodle vague), Saturday, 15 July 2006 19:19 (nineteen years ago)

Even more frightening than this are the teenagers who translate their blog entries into 5-6 minute videos where they just talk in front of their webcam. Channel 101 better watch their back.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Saturday, 15 July 2006 20:12 (nineteen years ago)

Okay me and Mrs V just watched "Smells Like Teen Spirit" through to the end. I'm in considerable pain.

― More Tongue Feldman (noodle vague), Saturday, 15 July 2006 21:18 (nineteen years ago)

the Smells Like Teen Spirit vid is a real gem!!

― CDDB (Dan Deluca), Saturday, 15 July 2006 21:48 (nineteen years ago)

That "Smells Like Teen Spirit" guitar player has a really fucked-up sense of the song's rhythm. And then with him leading off, the poor drummer has no chance.

― nabisco (nabisco), Saturday, 15 July 2006 22:25 (nineteen years ago)

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.......it's kinda like the Shaggs!

― Marmot 4-Tay: what those guyz make music 4. (marmotwolof), Saturday, 15 July 2006 23:15 (nineteen years ago)

you need someone to sit there with you through the smells like teen spirit video. otherwise you just might die.

― jonathan - stl (jonathan - stl), Sunday, 16 July 2006 01:09 (nineteen years ago)

how long until we get those amateur music videos you see on public access?

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Sunday, 16 July 2006 01:14 (nineteen years ago)

That girl singing "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is waaaaay aggro.

― max (maxreax), Sunday, 16 July 2006 03:26 (nineteen years ago)

I couldn't watch SLTS, brought back bad memories of having the power cut while performing at the school talent show/concert. :(

― n/a (Nick A.), Sunday, 16 July 2006 04:28 (nineteen years ago)

Steely Dan special:

Instrumental version of "Barrytown"

"Josie" (My fave part of this one is the audience)

― n/a (Nick A.), Sunday, 16 July 2006 04:40 (nineteen years ago)

South American metal special :

Manowar, "Kill With Power"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKOaqnOJmR4&search=manowar%20cover

Judas Priest - "Breaking The Law"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qKYh6Yi7oE&search=judas%20priest%20cover

― Matt #2 (Matt #2), Sunday, 16 July 2006 08:49 (nineteen years ago)

some apparently swedish band doing a cover of The Final Countdown.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-5Ym5g3DR1M&search=final%20countdown

this also shows the usual amount of the crowd at a Europe concert.

― Andrzej B. (Andrzej B.), Sunday, 16 July 2006 14:36 (nineteen years ago)

Wow. I can't make it far into this cover of "Otherside"; it's even more terrible than the original.

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Sunday, 16 July 2006 15:25 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not sure what worse here - the actual song, the sound quality, the video title which HURTS MY EYES, or the fact that the describe Can't Take My Eyes Off You as a Muse cover*

Yes, I know Muse covered it, but it's no excuse

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Sunday, 16 July 2006 17:35 (nineteen years ago)

Or possibly my typing.

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Sunday, 16 July 2006 17:36 (nineteen years ago)

"I Bet You Look Good etc etc etc" mini-special:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hloO2oz-rc&search=cover%20good%20dancefloor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr5WloFn0Zo&search=cover%20good%20dancefloor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwCAALicg7M&search=cover%20good%20dancefloor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6haAyAMEUA&search=cover%20good%20dancefloor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyvIG_5aNJM&search=cover%20good%20dancefloor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4i0gePeVNs&search=cover%20good%20dancefloor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI4XBw_deRw&search=cover%20good%20dancefloor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_Ne0aDZYk4&search=cover%20good%20dancefloor

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 16 July 2006 17:50 (nineteen years ago)

Ever wanted to hear "Gold Digger" turned into a third-tier Britpop album closer circa 1995? Of course you did:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afxVTzJx0HE&search=gold%20digger%20cover

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 16 July 2006 17:57 (nineteen years ago)

The worst thing is that guy will probably have a top 15 single within ten months time.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 16 July 2006 17:58 (nineteen years ago)

If he tried that shit on in my local I'd've took him out with a glass before before he could sing "broke".

― More Tongue Feldman (noodle vague), Sunday, 16 July 2006 18:02 (nineteen years ago)

The best part about this version of "Vertigo" is the intro; also note the summary that goes along with it.

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Sunday, 16 July 2006 18:05 (nineteen years ago)

I get chills when I listen to this version of "Mad World".

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Sunday, 16 July 2006 18:20 (nineteen years ago)

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/5952/post4621148736542ox8.jpg

― richard wood johnson (rwj), Sunday, 16 July 2006 23:30 (nineteen years ago)

High school choir do 1930s danceathon version of "Something Happened On The Way To Heaven": http://youtube.com/watch?v=KwiROd4ivFg&search=Something%20Happened%20On%20The%20Way%20To%20Heaven

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 09:31 (nineteen years ago)

This one's pretty impressive... not just because it's Devo, not just because it's Mongoloid, not just because its obviously amateur, but because it's a @#$%ing family.

― Lo Boob Oscillator (LoBoob), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 10:57 (nineteen years ago)

PUPPET SHOW and Spinal Tap (and Freebird)

― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 11:35 (nineteen years ago)

Oh man, the Kleins have an original, too. I think I'd like to marry into this family. Good thing their daughter is cute.

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 12:05 (nineteen years ago)

Ha! I'm pretty sure I love Family Reunions...Check out the drummer closeup around 2:30.

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 13:17 (nineteen years ago)

that SLTS is fucking priceless. and also my new ringtone.

― teh_kit is jayne without the tits (g-kit), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 14:27 (nineteen years ago)

Anonymous Japanese Trio kicking major ass all over King Crimson's "Red":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCxjksFLHXs

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 21 July 2006 13:17 (nineteen years ago)

seven months pass...

[Removed Illegal Link]

― The Reverend, Friday, 23 February 2007 06:47 (nineteen years ago)

WTF?! Since when can we not link to youtube?

― The Reverend, Friday, 23 February 2007 08:01 (nineteen years ago)

two years pass...

16 year old girl covers MBV's "Soon" - all of it!

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

― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 17 October 2009 05:16 (sixteen years ago)

I thought about starting this thread so many time and here it's been all along.

― a╓by's (╓abies), Saturday, 17 October 2009 05:32 (sixteen years ago)

Cold War Kids - St John

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibhWou4Aog0

― nicky lo-fi, Saturday, 17 October 2009 08:12 (sixteen years ago)

Modest Mouse - Baby Blue Sedan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgUlgaW-F8Q&feature=related

― nicky lo-fi, Saturday, 17 October 2009 08:34 (sixteen years ago)

Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHmiu_uRG0Y&feature=related

― nicky lo-fi, Saturday, 17 October 2009 08:54 (sixteen years ago)

Neautral Milk Hotel - King Of Carrot Flowers, Pt 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TSKw9wb0M4&feature=related

― nicky lo-fi, Saturday, 17 October 2009 09:18 (sixteen years ago)

the CURE - Just Like Heaven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxWQX5pKa7E

― nicky lo-fi, Saturday, 17 October 2009 09:32 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzW2H88HIoE

― J4mi3 H4rl3y (Snowballing), Saturday, 17 October 2009 09:39 (sixteen years ago)

Skipping 17 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

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

― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Friday, 29 April 2011 18:52 (fifteen years ago)

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

― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Friday, 29 April 2011 20:35 (fifteen years ago)

Love the original so much; the covers I've seen not so much. But I really like how she made it mopey without turning it into Cat Power.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nioDwwJek0M&feature=watch_response

― Hardcore Bangage (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 19:41 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j39t6TEqEDc

― conrad, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:19 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p2J2W4ESgQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz4XanhRjYw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J1XqEX3VBc&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVm20FIit3I

― Moka, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:49 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76bEt6KIkYE&feature=player_embedded

― 3.5" flopson (The Reverend), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 05:09 (fifteen years ago)

hahahahahahadgmgermerkgmkld

― TheDunkster (absolutely clean glasses), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 05:13 (fifteen years ago)

just happened upon this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w437eJaNnbs

― that whore of your grandfather's (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 23:06 (fifteen years ago)

reminds me of

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/images/2007/12/01/um2.jpg

― Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 04:56 (fifteen years ago)

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

― meisenfek, Thursday, 12 May 2011 16:07 (fifteen years ago)

four months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wOAoYLAOKU

― meisenfek, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 10:49 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvBe67aDx1k

― giant glittering joyful returning elephant (unregistered), Wednesday, 5 October 2011 21:18 (fourteen years ago)

five months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyEVbb7mh3Y

― meisenfek, Saturday, 10 March 2012 20:39 (fourteen years ago)

two months pass...

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

― barman's bar mitz (unregistered), Friday, 18 May 2012 01:15 (fourteen years ago)

two months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldJOLNl053k

― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 05:53 (thirteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E5Vc68iT3I

― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 05:56 (thirteen years ago)

(The Jolly Boys are the opposite of amateur, but thanks for the video from last April anyway.)

― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 06:03 (thirteen years ago)

Love Interruption (uke cover)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEVH4Os2D0A

― nicky lo-fi, Monday, 20 August 2012 18:33 (thirteen years ago)

one month passes...

scooby doo.

sort of.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAax9-bjeqM

apparently they do a the dr who theme as well, but not sure i can handle that.

― mark e, Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:27 (thirteen years ago)

eight months pass...

Boards Of Canada drum cover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzTBrF0eO3c

― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 07:53 (twelve years ago)

two months pass...

Nico cover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw4sg8v8p7g

― Remember! The cormorant is a big brrd. It has got a long neck. (unregistered), Sunday, 29 September 2013 20:32 (twelve years ago)

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

― many machines on ilx (MaresNest), Sunday, 29 September 2013 20:39 (twelve years ago)

one month passes...

This is the best thing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKS4oBWp4D8

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 October 2013 18:46 (twelve years ago)

five months pass...

U GUUUUUYS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU5Lv-rFSFE

― The Reverend, Thursday, 3 April 2014 07:36 (twelve years ago)

A more legitimate use of a six-string bass guitar by a suburban dad you will NEVER find.

― Three Word Username, Thursday, 3 April 2014 08:51 (twelve years ago)

five months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ-PsirrkG0

― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 11 September 2014 08:09 (eleven years ago)

two years pass...

David the singer from Newcastle sings songs from the charts accompanied by Alan on drum

this is 'Always On My Mind' and it's really something

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UshOr7i8KXk

― Vlogs from other credible bands such as Shed Seven (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 9 February 2017 18:16 (nine years ago)

David and Alan have been uploading their Jandek-esque atonal interpretations of classic pop covers at the rate of one or two a week for several years, most have viewing figures in the low tens or less: http://www.youtube.com/user/allycomber/videos

one thing I especially like is that they don't let you know what song they're tackling today in the upload title, it's a total lucky dip

― Vlogs from other credible bands such as Shed Seven (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 9 February 2017 18:22 (nine years ago)

Even more frightening than this are the teenagers who translate their blog entries into 5-6 minute videos where they just talk in front of their webcam. Channel 101 better watch their back.
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), 15. juli 2006 21:12 (ten years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

prophetic!

― niels, Sunday, 12 February 2017 18:41 (nine years ago)

three months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYubV1uV0KY

― MaresNest, Saturday, 10 June 2017 10:02 (eight years ago)

ICYMI:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW7iLTgYx2I
― the baby grew up to be a secessful kid (unregistered), Friday, June 9, 2017 6:03 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

― hardcore dilettante, Saturday, 10 June 2017 11:35 (eight years ago)

three months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdm9ngBJy5E

― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Sunday, 8 October 2017 03:05 (eight years ago)

four months pass...

vocal and microKORG cover of My Favorite's 'Homeless Club Kids':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwMr8AUh0Gc

(the guy who wrote it shows up in the comments to give his seal of approval)

― how to diss a peer completely (unregistered), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 01:29 (eight years ago)

Bummer this topic is mostly dead links =/

― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 01:47 (eight years ago)

three months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHlqRYiio14

― even in your onion (Dan Peterson), Monday, 21 May 2018 20:49 (eight years ago)

A+

― niels, Tuesday, 22 May 2018 07:06 (eight years ago)

one year passes...

This girl is incredible
https://youtu.be/IMmJFD5S4NY

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 6 February 2020 02:30 (six years ago)

fluid af! and it's impressive that she's gotten to 125k without any clickbaity "playing the Seinfeld theme for 24 hours **gone horribly wrong**" style content. maybe she'll be the one who finally breaks Davie504's chokehold on basstube

― nothing in the dialog (unregistered), Thursday, 6 February 2020 04:32 (six years ago)

Great cover of Sebadoh's 'not too amused' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=accm-ezhlzM

"i don't know how to play any other sawngs guys. it's late at night."

― neilasimpson, Thursday, 6 February 2020 13:18 (six years ago)

three weeks pass...

if lemonflower would start uploading again, most other youtube singers could shut up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMm6TQ-TATY

― nothing in the dialog (unregistered), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 17:32 (six years ago)

one month passes...

juliaplaysgroove and lemonflower both incredible

― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Friday, 10 April 2020 07:43 (six years ago)

two weeks pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_FBt4sPGOQ

― Maresn3st, Tuesday, 28 April 2020 00:09 (six years ago)

I posted this in a Cocteau Twins thread years ago, but I keep going back to this acoustic guitar (w/gobs of reverb) cover of "Serpentskirt"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ4xdb16Q5o

― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 30 April 2020 03:42 (six years ago)

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

― Spottie, Thursday, 30 April 2020 18:29 (six years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lNeag92Jy4

No offense to the band (they record) but it has an amateur feel and it's awesome.

More amateur:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqifeNylxHQ

― Nabozo, Thursday, 30 April 2020 18:54 (six years ago)

Oh! I recognise that lady, that's Becca Stevens that sings on this amazing cover of Laura Nyro's The Confession.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP-g8vo4zUg

― Maresn3st, Thursday, 30 April 2020 21:09 (six years ago)

one year passes...

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

― Kibbutzki (Jaap Schip), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 07:55 (four years ago)

love it

― corrs unplugged, Monday, 11 October 2021 14:19 (four years ago)

Live cover of Boards Of Canada's "Peacock Tail"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_NkJc_DKX4

― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 21:42 (four years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQI7WP127tc

Keyboard/Vocal cover of Roy Davis Jr - Gabriel

― saer, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 22:05 (four years ago)

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