You may have heard about the terrific outpouring of internet hate for singer Lana Del Ray about her performance on this weekend's SNL (her critics include NBC Nightly News Host Brian Williams). Posted above is the SNL performance of her internet hit "Video Games."
As you can tell, she seems about as awkward and out of place as Mitt Romney at a Phish concert. Aside from her squirmy swaying, she looks generally disinterested in her music, life or the fact that Harry Potter just introduced her. The stage most likely was a little too big for her, but I found this performance wildly entertaining due to the epic voice changes from line-to-line. She hilariously drifted between a comically low grumble to an attempted angelic lilt. She brings to mind some classic musical bloopers and gaffes that have received their due share of criticism.
William Hung (first name might as well be Will.I.Am because I find his music far more enjoyable than The Black Eyed Peas)
American Idol has made a malicious name for themselves by shamelessly humiliating some people that have as much business singing as I do performing quadruple bypasses. But one contestant set a new musical bar for complete lack of talent or maybe even vocal chords. William Hung won over audiences with his enthusiasm, smile and shameless attempt to make it in the music world. It's almost hard to believe a voice can sound this weak. Despite a voice that makes a 10-beer deep karaoke singer sound like Whitney Houston, Hung's first album sold over 190,000 copies in the US, and he scored a hilarious cameo in Arrested Development. He gained fame with his cover of Ricky Martin's "She Bangs," but it wasn't all sex, drugs and latino rock n' roll for Hung. The video below is of his R. Kelly "I Believe I Can Fly" cover that puts his more sensitive side on display.
Fred Durst
Not much can be said about the rap-rock-popwannabe that hasn't been said already. The Limp Bizkit front man's musical ability ran the gauntlet of considering "C'mon!" as a powerful lyric, to covering George Michael's "Faith" by just screaming the chorus. Check out his mind-melting guitar solo below, that was most likely taught to him by his pet cat on a Kleenex-box rubber-band guitar.
Breakdown of the Solo:
0:06 - Fred's going to setlle the crowd in with this slow rocker.
0:07 - Good to hear that he plans on playing that guitar as loud as possibly. Therefore, we will be able to hear the terrible-ness coming from him louder than we ever dreamed possible.
0:11 - He must be a pretty legit "artist" to refrain from sponsors, judging by the unmarked black baseball hat and white T-shirt. It's good knowing that he was a role model for the children.
0:19 - It's been 19 seconds, and it's almost safe to say that the only word he knows in the English language is "Nevermind." At least he is singing and playing in rhythm......HAH.
0:20 - Uh-oh. No more messing around with that slowed down Alanis Morisette crap. Heeeeeere's Freddy! And he has come prepared to play some open strings very fast.
0:24 - A few stumbles out of the gate, but he soldiers on past a couple awkward silences. BOOM! Did you hear that wahhhhh! Now he's on a roll.
0:25 - And there goes that roll, he had a genuine look of panic for a second there following his wah-note. He couldn't find the top of his fretboard, despite the fact that it stayed in place. His head shook just enough, and I imagine he was trying to think back on his decades of musical training to decipher where his guitar begins.
0:26 - He found it! Good work, Fred!
0:29 - Oops. Freddy flubbed another note. Luckily, he knew he could save it if he just leaned back and gave a good "I'm rocking out face." It almost distracts the viewer from noticing that the rest of his muscles have locked up from fear of not knowing how to play the instrument in front of him.
0:35 - Another big mess-up featuring a complete lack of sound. It looks like he's beginning to realize the futility of this rock-out session. He might be throwing in the towel soon.
0:37 - Following another failure he calls it quits and beelines for the microphone with a message for all the kids listening out there. I believe he says "Shag my friends tonight!" Poignant. But you can't sneak one past me. Mr. Durst must be quoting Dante's "The Divine Comedy." Nice try.
0:41 - Big applause, I'm astounded the crowd actually celebrated that display.
Poison
 |
| This was a real band? With actual fans???? |
"I can't wait to get my hands on them/I won't give up until they give in," then "If I can't have her, I'll take her and make her." And their band leader starred on a reality show where he "looked" for love.
Rebecca Black
This girl has gotten plenty of attention for being part of the most vapid song ever. That is a difficult title to take, considering the other Disney-ish teen stars like Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez and their entire catalog of soul-sucking, useless and IQ-lowering tunes. But here is her epic fail (not views-wise, because in that realm this song is incredibly successful) "Friday."
No comments:
Post a Comment