Aren't they just performing the same song word-for-word? Not a parody

Clever performance though

"Cover" is what you're looking for

yes you are right, its a cover with 5 people playing 1 guitar :p

IMO it's a pretty serious cover, with a factor of humour and innovation.

yeah, saw this on facebook, i liked

If the song wasn't so overplayed, I would have liked it a bit more. Fantastic effort though and they've all got pretty good vocals as well.

IMO it's a pretty serious cover, with a factor of humour and innovation.

I can't even see the humour. It's unorthodox but seems completely serious and definitely not taking the piss.

I can't even see the humour. It's unorthodox but seems completely serious and definitely not taking the piss.

Well there is humour in five people playing one instrument. And there is certainly humour in the guy on the right's eyebrows :P

I still don't know how they can make money off this (in a legal sense)

stupid way of saying it aside, she is pretty amazing - very few artists making shitloads of money can go that fast and be so clear.

OP is an awesome passionate cover of the best song of 2011 ! love it

also awesome rap chick.
i am majorly jelly of these peeps who have such incredible vocal dexterity to spit mad lyricism. related:

Fark, op was awesome.

like pretty much every music video?

par·o·dy
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noun
1.
a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.

2.
the genre of literary composition represented by such imitations.

3.
a burlesque imitation of a musical composition.

4.
any humorous, satirical, or burlesque imitation, as of a person, event, etc.

5.
the use in the 16th century of borrowed material in a musical setting of the Mass (parody Mass).


Since i feel in the mood for some internet debate....

I found 5 people playing 1 guitar to be humorous - therefore by definition it is a parody

:)

i think we already covered that

The ad screen on one of the citycats had a news runner that said Russel Crowe wanted to get those 5 guys on 1 guitar to do the 30 odd foot of grunt back catalogue.

steel panther rules!

I don't really have a problem with live recording and then touching up, which is what this is. Leads to a more polished, easier to listen to result. They haven't overdone the work on it, so I'm good with it.

Surprised pARODY hasn't been all up ITT saying, "You called?..."

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But then I'm a musician which probably ruins the illusion for me.

Thanks for wrecking it for the rest of us too, arsehole! :P

It's a parody not a cover.

Gore-ti-yay

HeardY, glad I re-visited this lame thread to see that!!! Awesome.

Yeah pretty cool hey

+1 heardy, fuggin radddd


also, does this count as a parody?

Steel Panther. Massive pisstake band that is better than 99% of other "serious" musicians these days.

Great band.

More excellence from me...