Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Just because we haven't had anything suitably WTFish for a while

I present to you a local band, Emory Quinn, performing the Verve Pipe's "Freshmen":




I will confess that even after the first time I heard this (on KFWR, natch), I was not convinced it really existed.  Heard it again tonight, managed to catch the band name, and hunted for it on YouTube.  Someone likes it well enough to have put it up.

It is...different.  I'm fairly certain this song should never sound upbeat.

Update: Erik points out to me that maybe not everyone is familiar with mid-90s alt.rock.  Well, that's your shortcoming, not mine, but I will help you out by providing you with the original version:

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