went and saw them last night at Merriweather and I'd say it was irony-free, mos def. Neko loves that corny shit. So does Jim. "Bad"? Your opinion. "Apathetic"? Incorrect.
Oh my God, you've never heard her sound so bad? She was having fun, singing a cheesey-ass song for the enjoyment of those that can appreciate it. As a musician, I thought it was humanizing to see her have flaws in her performance; her amazing voice is so perfect typically, it comes off as TOO good sometimes.
They were obviously trying to have fun for God's sake, try to lighten the F up. Let musicians be humans occasionally, we're not robots, we need to have fun sometimes too...
I love Neko but I've never heard her sound so bad and apathetic, and Jim James looks so awkward and dorky. I mean yeah, it's a cheesy song, but as a pop song it's pretty good and has a lot going on and long, somewhat through-composed melodies, so don't bother doing it unless you actually care about the song and can do it unselfconciously. Irony's such a tired reason to sing a song.
Flashforward brought me here xD
Jude1808 1 month ago
sure neko phoned it in but she still sounded brilliant at times. Id love to her her do a proper remake of it.
atomicaudiolabs 5 months ago
The version by Feist and the Constantines is much better.
ryanbresee 6 months ago
I can't think almost anybody else that could make this even remotely cool. Fantastic.
NeverTheKraken 6 months ago
this was a shitty song for an encore they could have chose another time to sing it
jackthedrummer747 6 months ago
@ccotenh
went and saw them last night at Merriweather and I'd say it was irony-free, mos def. Neko loves that corny shit. So does Jim. "Bad"? Your opinion. "Apathetic"? Incorrect.
asaltysalute 6 months ago
Thank you so much for uploading this! It's so much fun!
Myriad69 6 months ago
This is awesome.
remedyeditorial 6 months ago
Oh my God, you've never heard her sound so bad? She was having fun, singing a cheesey-ass song for the enjoyment of those that can appreciate it. As a musician, I thought it was humanizing to see her have flaws in her performance; her amazing voice is so perfect typically, it comes off as TOO good sometimes.
They were obviously trying to have fun for God's sake, try to lighten the F up. Let musicians be humans occasionally, we're not robots, we need to have fun sometimes too...
zenpep 6 months ago
I love Neko but I've never heard her sound so bad and apathetic, and Jim James looks so awkward and dorky. I mean yeah, it's a cheesy song, but as a pop song it's pretty good and has a lot going on and long, somewhat through-composed melodies, so don't bother doing it unless you actually care about the song and can do it unselfconciously. Irony's such a tired reason to sing a song.
ccotenh 6 months ago
@ccotenh Lighten up, Francis.
RaoulDuke504 6 months ago
@RaoulDuke504 Oh come on, sister, gimme a break, I have to make some use of that $40,000 education (fml).
ccotenh 6 months ago
one of the worst songs ever. right up there with 'we built this city on rock n' roll'.
DamagedApotheosis 6 months ago
sweet
kkinard2 6 months ago
Neko could sing the phone book and I'd listen. THIS is pretty funny to see. Thanks for the great post.
RobbitD 6 months ago
Kevin...this is terrific
rwolod 6 months ago
That is some out of tune singing. Too bad, great song & normally good singers.
walkingbassline 6 months ago
So great. Awesome show.
cm1221 6 months ago
Love.
shannonstoney 6 months ago
ugh ... neko's voice is incredible.
redteamgoredteamgo 6 months ago
Pretty much amazing.
roknfnrol 6 months ago 2