2012-02-03

Gimmicky cover song

My friend Josh sends me this link for a video that I apparently missed but 45 million other people didn't...

The thing that bugs me about these videos is that they set it up to make it look like they're playing it "live" in front of the camera. Not that it should be a big surprise or anything, but they're not. They're playing to a backing track. The vocals sound too clean and the mic placement doesn't match the tone of the voices.

As for the song itself... meh. I have no problem with gimmicks or goofy songs, but there's no wink or nudge with anything this band does, it's all so earnest. They're all very talented musicians though, I'll give them that.

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