tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post6428752439020872952..comments2024-03-28T12:07:21.513-04:00Comments on Metal Inquisition: Young people are funny... by "funny" I mean stupid.christbutcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17916062727853004825noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-67420806128563031082008-09-26T07:48:00.000-04:002008-09-26T07:48:00.000-04:00funny shitfunny shitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-8845153637863791612008-09-26T00:41:00.000-04:002008-09-26T00:41:00.000-04:00The guitar solo in Smells Like Teen Spirit is bril...The guitar solo in Smells Like Teen Spirit is brilliant. Who would've thought of transposing it into a completely different (major) key?<BR/><BR/>That particular version of The Final Countdown has always been a personal favourite. Gotta love the random fat dude walking past the camera around 1:30.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-21432035135655835802008-09-25T08:47:00.000-04:002008-09-25T08:47:00.000-04:00thanks for posting some truly awful videos that ar...thanks for posting some truly awful videos that are not hosted on youtube (work blocks that site among others). WOW the kids in the first one completely butchered that song... and the three piece in the 2nd played the worst rendition of Nirvana - where's the bass btw? I hate the Final Countdown and thankfully I only watched 20 seconds of it... <BR/>Get a job kids and stop sponging off your parents trying to make it as rock stars.TheReverendDoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03680635688347496572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-10553791425643842782008-09-25T02:57:00.000-04:002008-09-25T02:57:00.000-04:00^or the fact that he's managed to memorize only ha...^<BR/><BR/>or the fact that he's managed to memorize only half of the lyrics and is mumbling the rest.<BR/><BR/>the best part is that fat old dude casually walking by and glancing at the camera around 1:45.<BR/><BR/>classic. <BR/><BR/>the only living witness.chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11007430245785735531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-31999515014573834522008-09-25T01:10:00.000-04:002008-09-25T01:10:00.000-04:00I'm not sure what I love most about the "Final cou...I'm not sure what I love most about the "Final countdown" version; the missing note on the Casio or the fact that the "vocalist" actually performs his own echo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-13333041037461138572008-09-24T23:40:00.000-04:002008-09-24T23:40:00.000-04:00I couldn't even get through a minute of each clip,...I couldn't even get through a minute of each clip, laughing so hard!<BR/>It's sad that no one heard them and tried to stop them before they got any more practice. <BR/><BR/>The Final Countdown, on a Casio-someone should have been shot for that one. Or at least given an atomic wedgie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-10980317377065089082008-09-24T21:27:00.000-04:002008-09-24T21:27:00.000-04:00The guitar in the first clip sounds like it has be...The guitar in the first clip sounds like it has been strung with rubber bands instead of strings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-22221643784533232152008-09-24T20:14:00.000-04:002008-09-24T20:14:00.000-04:00First second or two of the last video has a little...First second or two of the last video has a little kid running in circles then away from that even more terrible version of Final Countdown, which I really wasn't sure could be done worse.<BR/>Smart little kid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-416299275134858042008-09-24T17:49:00.000-04:002008-09-24T17:49:00.000-04:00Jesus H...someone needs to keep that "drummer" in ...Jesus H...someone needs to keep that "drummer" in video #1 AWAY from percussion instruments of any kind. That was excruciating. Seriously.<BR/><BR/>Kudos to the tone-deaf chick in #2. Even though she sucked ass in every way imaginable, she at least has some genuine angsty stage presence...lolJKRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06003082564757966003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-53964253860580425802008-09-24T15:40:00.000-04:002008-09-24T15:40:00.000-04:00i think it might be even more frightening to think...i think it might be even more frightening to think that it really is a group of parents watching these performances...can you imagine how awkward that must be to be sitting there about 3 minutes into that nirvana cover? or worse, for that to be your goddamned kid up there?? yikes...<BR/>having said that, i guess it's better than my band at 13 yrs old, which in fact did not exist. <BR/>or maybe not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-22423046944260868532008-09-24T14:00:00.000-04:002008-09-24T14:00:00.000-04:00Lars Ulrich plays drums on "Iron man", I think.Lars Ulrich plays drums on "Iron man", I think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-18635012412868537982008-09-24T13:34:00.000-04:002008-09-24T13:34:00.000-04:00Yeah, HolyTaco.com is a great website... maybe cre...Yeah, HolyTaco.com is a great website... maybe credit where it's due, huh?<BR/><BR/>http://www.holytaco.com/2008/09/18/the-5-worst-teenage-cover-bands/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-7896418934569259542008-09-24T13:31:00.000-04:002008-09-24T13:31:00.000-04:00"Can you imagine staying there, sitting quietly li...<I>"Can you imagine staying there, sitting quietly like all those kids, without even shouting to shut the fuck up or hit those 3 idiots with at least a chair??"</I><BR/><BR/>that's exactly what i thought. too! i'd thrown something at them or at the very least yelled obscenities at them. <BR/><BR/>shit, maybe teens aren't becoming polite, but patient. maybe they waited until the camera was off and beat the shit out of them. maybe they just wacked them all with bats and cut off the girls tongue! yeah! high five!SkullKrusherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802732286777603134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-12694143882329156472008-09-24T13:16:00.000-04:002008-09-24T13:16:00.000-04:00check out this hilarious shithttp://www.youtube.co...check out this hilarious shit<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybDCObQRRM4Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-75179905346314334672008-09-24T13:14:00.000-04:002008-09-24T13:14:00.000-04:00if The Final Countdown is played, and no one is th...if The Final Countdown is played, and no one is there at the County Fair to hear it...has it been played? such questions will always linger for humanity...Klaushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06587934998738921091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-70811380104673196062008-09-24T12:47:00.000-04:002008-09-24T12:47:00.000-04:00Is there even anyone at the concert in the third v...Is there even anyone at the concert in the third video? I know that whenever I hear the grating opening to The Final Countdown I run and hide. Maybe I'm not the only one.Kratzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495029216616829257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-23397540593462376732008-09-24T12:40:00.000-04:002008-09-24T12:40:00.000-04:00you're right. in the first and second video, an am...you're right. in the first and second video, an amazing amount of restraint is being shown. perhaps its all parents at a talent show. in the last video...well...there's no one there to respond in any way at all.Klaushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06587934998738921091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-7643302731983694482008-09-24T12:34:00.000-04:002008-09-24T12:34:00.000-04:00Well, one thing to remark is that it seems teenage...Well, one thing to remark is that it seems teenagers are becoming very respectful people. Just imagine you, being around 16 y.o. (like the kids in the 2nd video) and a buch of idiots are trying to cover Nirvana playing like that. Can you imagine staying there, sitting quietly like all those kids, without even shouting to shut the fuck up or hit those 3 idiots with at least a chair??<BR/>The best thing they could do is to immitate Kurt Cobain and end up breaking the instruments. Maybe they won't have money to buy them again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-67019654868532641412008-09-24T12:10:00.000-04:002008-09-24T12:10:00.000-04:00i feel bad making fun of kids for trying...but god...i feel bad making fun of kids for trying...but godamn!<BR/><BR/>these videos are the perfect embodiment of the term "satisfice", a solution that merely attempts to meet the criteria of adequacy, rather than an optimal solution. the term is a portmanteau (the blending of two words) of satisfy and suffice. now, when the word comes up...we'll all have a visual aid to remember what it means. they are certainly playing notes that are reminiscent of the actual song. they are playing the songs...but oh boy...the quality is hindered by their abilities (or lack thereof)Klaushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06587934998738921091noreply@blogger.com