Never one to let naughty words get in the way of a good tune, hip hop and RnB artist Cee Lo Greene has been making the entire internet dance like morons and sing inappropriately in public with his latest single “Fuck You”.
As is the case with every song uploaded to the internet, ever, various artists have attempted their own versions of the track with varying degrees of success. Some are straight up covers, some acoustic and some make you wonder why we let people onto the internet without passing some sort of aptitude test. In order to save your lazy ass from having to do any searching of your own, I’ve listened to as many versions as I could stomach and came up with my picks of the best, the worst and the downright frightening.
The Good
Tonight We Ride – Live at the The Jesters Bar
Really nice live cover by Tonight We Ride who, it turns out, are actually a really good band. Favourite Youtube comment attached to this: ‘White people are supposed to replace the N-word with “friend from the hood”‘
Tristan Clopet – Living Room Sessions
Tristan starts this off really slow and then kicks it up a notch after the intro. Very nice production on this, although the guy in the hoodie (probably also Tristan) makes me uneasy.
The Bad
MattDC06
Matt does a good job with the chords but doesn’t have the voice to carry the song. He also looks like he’s constipated when he sings.
The Downtown Fiction
This is a pretty straight cover and the song on it’s own isn’t bad, but the video isn’t really as funny as it should be given the material they’re working with and their haircuts annoy me.
The Ugly
Jordan Taylor – Acapella/Beatbox Cover
When the much-fabled device that allows you punch people over the internet is finally invented I’ll be first in the queue, and this guy will be the top of my punching list. Utilising multiple layers of his voice to achieve mediocre singing and shit beat-boxing at the same time, Jordan doesn’t seem to be able to do one thing very well so has decided to do all of them, then record them. Combine this with his incredibly annoying face and those stupid fucking shapes he keeps throwing with his hands and you get a video that has probably inspired more rage-killings than anything Bob Geldof has ever written.
I hope this keeps you entertained because I’ve now listened to so many versions of this song that it is permanently etched into my skull and I may never listen to it again.
Ah, who am I kidding? Fuck Yoooouuuuuuuu…
