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Take That covering Smells Like Teen Spirit

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by TheoGB

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzBjatkVtzY

I'm not sure there are words...Sorry if this is the fiftieth time it's been posted.

TheoGB | 21 Feb '08, 21:58 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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That's the most surreal thing I've ever seen


That's slightly

fucking bizarre


that was wrong.


dear jesus

you're right. there aren't any words. just...wow...


I'm scared


And scarred?


kurt would have loved it.

ARE YOU WEADY FOR A BIT OF WOCK AND WOLL!!??


Flabberghasted

those boys are due some serious haunting for that methinks!


They kick ass!

He could have at least used the distortion pedal though. Compare and contrast

Smells Like Teen Spirit - Melvins & Leif Garrett
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c4l1Mrn14A
(go to about 3:20 for a great rendition of the guitar solo part)

Smells Like Teen Spirit - Hackley School
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF4YdyUeSIk
Absolutely diabolical.


those kids dont need bassists

or jackets.
KUDOS!!


just....

ROFLFUCKINGCOPTER


i like how

she makes it into cock rock even more than take that


:@:£:D

I thought, before Take That perform this song, they must change the title of this song into "Smells Like A Piece Of Shits" because this performance means fucking crap and they looked like motherfuckers...

Oh, I just knew one news...Take That was ever once singing and dancing in gay clubs, so that's the reason why they did fucking show like this...


I thought this was funny too

:(

murtikins (2 weeks ago)

Dad the light's out
and it's dangerous
and I can't find
my new trainers


BRILLIANT

i love their concentration faces


WHAT

THE

FUCK?


jesus

that guitar solo near the end is just facepalm.jpeg


hang on

is this a joke? it must be, i'm scared to click on the link. nooo - has the world turned on its head?


it's not a joke

what has been seen, cannot be unseen.


why did they do that?

I think Weird Al Yankovich got it right :p


"when the night comes

it is dangerous". Nice one Gary.

That's gotta be cgi there's no way that actually happened.


they were fans

they had a pet iguana called nirvana, I saw it on the ozone


...

AN IGUANA,
CALLED NIRVANA!


i

loled


it wore pyjamas

and ate bananas


also

i remember in my take that berlin book there was this bit where robbie heard about kurt's death and he took himself up onto the roof to reflect upon this, all maudlin, and have a fag. i think i got into nirvana when i read that.


this is the best cover

of smells like teen spirit:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wcHNZVrxEts

tori is love.


new guilt pleasure

right here


paul anka

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TsS811o21-k&feature=related

PAUL ANKA!!

...i like how he refuses to say "load up on guns."


Ace!

notice Mark Kermode is playing the trumpet in his backing band.


Somebody get

mug_mug smelling salt. ASCAP should have laws against Vegas lounge acts covering Nirvana.


Ker-modern

thought it was a skiffle band.


i thought that was the best thing ever when i was 11

i learned to play it on the drums by watching howard!!!!!!! hahah


Oh...dear...god...

:D

He's not too bad on drums, actually.


the solo

omg the solo


This is the best thing i've seen in my life

pretty much everything about it is gold:
the little camp dance he does just before he rips his vest off
mark owens guitar face
mark owens guitar solo
the guitars
the "ARE YOU READY FOR SOME ROCK AND ROLL!"

It was actually better when my old band covered it, aged 12 with starter instruments we got for christmas and me singing with no mic.

I love this more than life.


i liked

how the first comment onn the video i saw was from crablin.
LURKER?!?!?!?!
but seriously, i got onto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6X6qFRJGwU
and think it deserves some love.


It doesn't end there

When Mark Owen went solo he used to cover "Touch Me I'm Sick" as an encore. Alas, I've never found a recording or video, but I've seen plenty of references to it.
e.g. here http://designermagazine.tripod.com/MarkOwenINT4.html


I knew they had done this

but I had never seen it until now. I believe they also did "Another Brick In The Wall (pt. 2)" and one other that I forget...


^this

they went through a "serious" phase after they became a 4-piece


You are fucking kidding me

This I would love to see.


Christ

This is amazing.


that is one of the most disgusting, grotesque things i've ever seen in my life.

this makes me want to recite the lord's prayer.


Our Father


HARK HARK HARK.

*Atheist Attacks!*


Amazing.

Simply amazing.


:(


.

what the fuck? at least learn how to play your instruments before you play a stadium gig.


Argh

So much wrongness!

"I feel stupid..." You should, Gary, you should.


This is brilliant

Take That > Your favourite band


INCREDIBLE

I particularly like the guitar fail in the first verse. "Hey, everyone else stopped playing the intro! What gives!"


Wow.


check out those trousers

niiiiiiiiiiiiiice


thank you!

I have been wanting to see this for about 10 years ever since I heard about it. Quite incredible.
My favourite bits are:
the solo
Mark Owen on the floor Nigel Tufnell-style playing bass


I think this is great

The idea that it really winds up boring Nirvana fans makes it so much more enjoyable.

'Serious' bands take the piss out of pop acts, why not the other way around? They are clearly enjoying themselves, and not taking themselves seriously. The fact it is a bit ramshackle makes it all the more fun - they are still playing it a hell of a lot better than most 14-year-old garage bands probably do.

I love it! Also, Take That had a lot to do with Smelly Teen Spirit, there's probably more of it in that crowd of randy girls than at any Nirvana gig, ever.


Guy's in plastic trousers

hot.


this annoys me

but only because i hate Smells Like Teen Spirit.


things that are wrong with this:

1) It's Take That, the shittest band ever.
2) Covering an absolute anthem by one of the greatest bands of the 20th Century.
3) PVC pants.
4) Gary Barlow's half-naked.
5) He obviously doesn't know the words.
6) He's blatantly signing "I'm a paedo"
7) Howard/Jason blatantly isn't playing that guitar.
8) Neither's the little gay fella come to think of it.
9) "Are you ready for a bit of wok and wole?"
10) Gary Barlow is NOT Iggy Pop.

I'm quite sure that had Kurt not blew his face off in '94 he'd have done it in '95 after seeing that. I've never EVER been more offended in my life.


Well, I know which version

makes me smile more...


Hehehehheh

Oh dear.. when he rubs the shirt in sweat and chuck it into the audience..
Sorry Twee, but they blatantly are playing the guitars check the solo!!!