Nirvana vs Rick Astley: Never Gonna Give Your Teen Spirit Up
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Stumble ThisA surprisingly listenable mashup of the most famous songs by Nirvana and Rick Astley.
(I'm aware that Vexus previously posted an audio-only version of this, but now there's something to watch as well :)
(I'm aware that Vexus previously posted an audio-only version of this, but now there's something to watch as well :)
*terrible
The guitarist is a little rusty during the main riff, but the intro sounds like Cobain did it. You can totally tell though from the fact that the drumming is crap.
1:17 to 1:40 actually sounds good!
I don't think there's a person on this planet who can say, with certainty, that these aren't the lyrics Cobain is singing.
Actually, I've never had much of a problem understanding the lyrics to Smells Like Teen Spirit. A few bits here and there were tough to make out, but the single for Lithium helpfully came with a sheet listing the fully lyrics to the whole Nevermind album - should have been included with the album originally I suppose, but I don't think they expected anyone to care (ie, they had no idea it would blow up like it did).
"Tourette's" on the other hand is completely unintelligible. That could very well be a cover of Mr Astley's masterpiece.
Thanks for all the votes btw - I never expected this to hit the top 15. People's tastes here continuously surprise me.
The other is Closer (NIN) and Come together (Beatles) and is located here:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Beatles-vs-Nine-Inch-Nails-Come-Closer-Together
Awesome. This is actually the second mash up I've seen on the sift that is surprisingly awesome.
The other is Closer (NIN) and Come together (Beatles) and is located here:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Beatles-vs-Nine-Inch-Nails-Come-Closer-Together
Dude EVERY SONG EVER MADE can be mashed together with Closer, it's like bacon.
http://www.videosift.com/video/NiN-vs-50-cent-Closer-in-tha-Club
The vocals from Astley aren't on the same root note as the guitar line, so it sounds like shit to me. I don't like it.
Amen, sir.
It...rucks.
Asphyxium913, I'm guessing this is a Karaoke recording of Teen Spirit, and a pretty decent recreation at that.
By the way, the relative major of f minor is Ab Major, not Db Major... so that's one accidental that's going to throw a wrench in the works.
Teen Spirit is in F minor and Rick Roll is in Db Major, which are related keys, so they actually do share the same set of scale notes. There are a few spots with the harmony and melody clash quite a bit. Fun stuff. Here is another Teen Spirit mashup: http://www.videosift.com/video/Best-Mashup-Ever-Smells-Like-Bootylicious
Asphyxium913, I'm guessing this is a Karaoke recording of Teen Spirit, and a pretty decent recreation at that.
You generally can't just throw a major melody onto a chord progression in the relative minor, as shown by how this video's sound turned out. It isn't just that the root isn't the same as the chord progressions, but you also get a lot of clashing notes since the vocal melody was written assuming an entirely different chord progression.
...I just don't like it, lol.
http://www.videosift.com/video/Nirvana-vs-Daft-Punk-Smells-Stronger
Notice how the songs actually sound pleasing together. What a unique concept!
This version of SMTS is a fan re-made version that has its tuning adjusted for Rick Astley's song. The default Nirvana tuning is to tune a half step down I believe, and this one is tuned higher.
Listen to 1:14 - 1:40. During the "I...... just wanna tell you how I'm feeling" the "I" part is off key to the riff, but the rest of it fits pretty well. Imagine that "I" being lower pitched and to the riff and you'll see what I mean.
This tuning is likely the closest thing to lining up with this song possible.