Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Pink Floyd's "The Great Gig in the Sky" Covered on Kazoo

I swear, hipsters always have to find some new ironic way of doing things. Music of course is pretty high up on that list. This time someone has to decided to cover the Pink Floyd highly renowned classic The Great Gig in the Sky on a kazoo (which can be listened to by viewing the video below).

The song is pretty close to the way it was in terms of its original arrangement, except now the piano is accompanied by a kazoo performed by Scarborough, Ontario songwriter Alex McCulloch instead of those AMAZING soulful vocals performed by Clare Torry.

McCulloch is influenced by: Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell. She describes herself as "interested in writing songs that can make a room sizzle - stories that get people thinking."

Needless to say, she does just that in this peculiar rendition of such a masterpiece. I won't say it's bad at all, but it is and isn't what you would expect from a kazoo playing this song. It still has the power, range, and even some of the soul of the original vocal performance. However, at the same time you may or may not be able to get over the fact that this is a kazoo. I guess it's up to the individual to decide how they feel about it.

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