Let’s be honest and agree that the meme-angling covers of Gotye’s feel-bad hit of the year, “Somebody That I Used To Know”, reached intolerable status somewhere between that adorable children’s choir cover and that “dinky and wrong” Glee makeover. And still they’re coming. The latest comes from New York SEO nightmares Fun. whose ‘We Are Young’ conceded top spot to Gotye in the first place. They ain’t mad though, turning in a syrupy STIUTK rendition with a vocal assist from Paramore singer Hayley Williams.
It’s alright in the same way that flashmobs were awesome in 2004. Four body paints out of ten.
The second isn’t a cover per se but a NSFW grammar lesson from Bone Thugs N Harmony reject David McCleary Sheldon aka Mac Lethal. Sampling the riff that we’ll never ‘used to know’ bar Eternal Sunshine style corrective memory surgery, Lethal goes 8 Mile on ‘idiots’ who don’t know the difference between your and you’re, firing lyrical missives like “AND KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS // THIS ONE IS A CONTRACTION, LIKE YOU // APOSTROPHE, ARE, READY FOR ACTION // YOU’RE AT RISK WHEN THE GEM STAR SLASH YOUR SKIN // YOU’RE AN IDIOT LIKE KIM KARDASHIAN // THIS ONE’S YOUR. POSSESSIVE. YOUR’S // YOUR BEER, YOUR GUN, YOUR MOM’S A WHORE”.
Funny, technically impressive and educational. Eight body paints out of ten.
