The latest aboard the “Video Games” cover bandwagon is Titus Andronicus’ now-beardless (!!!) Patrick Stickles, who recorded the cover in his parent’s living room earlier today. Does the fact that it’s not at all punk as fuck — he plays a piano and warbles during his rendition — make it punk as fuck? I forget how this works. Or maybe I never knew? Check out the performance after the jump.
Born To Die is finally out 1/30 on Interscope. She makes here American television debut 1/14 on SNL.
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Wow. What a really brave, powerful, emotional way to unveil he’s had a shave. Paddy 4eva.
that’s nice
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I’ve covered this cover.
Song 4 Amy
i thought he was a better singer than this
I give him points for trying, but the voice is too much for me. I love singers with unique voices who may not hit the traditional notes, but it sounds like he has not found his voice yet, particularly live. The yell-singing-talking type thing works okay for them in the studio, though.
The cover of They Might Be Giants that they did was just as grating because of the vox: http://www.avclub.com/articles/titus-andronicus-covers-they-might-be-giants,53051/
Nah, he kills it live. TA was one of the most exciting live shows I’ve ever seen.
No, I agree that they put on an exciting live show (lots of energy), but his ratio of hit-notes to missed-notes while singing live is extraordinarily high. When he’s yelling and running around the stage, the missed notes are something that you accept as a fair trade-off. But on videos like this, where his voice takes center-stage, it’s more difficult to be forgiving.
His voice reminds me a lot of Desaparecidos-era Conor Oberst. I’m not much of a Bright Eyes fan, but Conor eventually found his quiet voice after years of shaky singing, so I’m hoping for a similar evolution here.
I love TI and they put on a great show, but this is unbearable. Let the downvotes commence.
Patrick is….. HOT???? WHOA!
He should have kept the beard.
If only he hit the right notes…..
But actually it makes perfect sense that this song is covered by so many dudes… given that Lana del Rey basically behaves like a crossdressing guy.
Patrick Stickles? Haven’t watched the video, but in the still at the top of the story I’m pretty sure you accidentally got a picture of John Stamos.
I heard that you like the bad singers….
anyone seeing rivers cuomo here? in him or lana del rey?
At least, it’s partly a Lana post. Where’s Michael_ ?
Which Gallagher is this?
Hey guys, if you get a chance, please have a look at my rendition of Video Games, I’d love to hear what you think! Thank you :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSVG0UFSeLY