GOOD COVER/BAD COVER #7 - Twista vs Bruno Mars

GOOD COVER

Twista
Sunshine

pryed from the withering fingers of
Bill Withers
Lovely Day

You've all heard the joke.
How you transform a duck into a soul singer? Stick it in the microwave until it's bill withers.

For those of you who know your 90's hip-hop then you're probably aware of Twista's gibberish classic "Mr Tung Twista" in which he manages to cram a dumfounding 11.2 syllables per second according to the Guinness World Records (that's approx 3,147.2 syllables in one song!) in which he makes other 'jibber-rappers' such as Snow look like the nerdy white fraud that he is.

In the mid-00's Twista made a vague comeback into the foray of commercial success, guesting with Kanye West and the likes and releasing this epic summer jam. Yeah yeah, by now you know if it's old skool then I'm gonna drop my pants for it, so I won't go into too much detail.

Still staying true to the vibe of the original (musically, maybe not lyrically) Twista shoots his trademark licks much slower than usual to accomodate the infectious groove of 'Lovely Day' without sodomising what's great about the original, adding with good measure the husky pipes of nu-soul guru Anthony Hamilton, dressed as some redneck crackhead in the video for some reason.

Though obviously it doesn't even come close to the original, the sheer lung capacity of Bill Withers alone is enough to make any asthmatic feel victimised. "Breathtaking" would have been a much more appropriate adjective.

Here's "Mr Tung Twista" for any of you uneducated buffoons;

BAD COVER

Bruno Mars
Grenade

totally rips off
Pirates Of The Caribbean Theme

Prepare yourselves, for I'm about to geek out in the most nerdiest possible way.

So if you listen to POTC around the 0:58 second mark when the stabbing orchestral bits kick it, change the time signature from 3/4 to 4/4, replace the orchestra with "yeah, yeeeaaah..." you essentially have the backing harmony stolen by Bruno Mars for the chorus in "Grenade".

Yes. I know, I know. I'm being more anal than a colonoscopist on a second date. Deal with it.