Ok, so here’s some videos to while the time away.
First, a style of playing I had never seen before, tap guitar. That’s pretty cool right there.
Then we have some even crazier ukulele playing, that’s one caffeinated dude.
Finally a cover version of a song that is much better than the original in my opinion. The guitar is ok, but this guy’s voice is what really makes it good.
Links stolen liberally from all over the Internet, but Boing Boing and Wired are the sources in this case.
Man, that guys voice IS amazing. Wow. I’ll have to try and remember the band name. Obadiah Parker. Huh.
Well Court, i have to say that I am impressed that you are even familiar with the original version of this song. You and I seem to have our heads in the sand on newer pop songs and such. I hate the original version with a white hot passion but this guy Obadiah has managed to make me love it.
I will admit that my own familiarity with the original is only in the very tiniest sense. I heard part it once, sort-of, coming from some else’s headphones, while I had my own headphones in, on the bus, driving past a construction zone.
But yeah, the cover rocks the original in my book.