Pretty good. Hopefully they can earn more money to afford more instruments.

that was actually a good song. Good for them. BTW, this is one of the reasons I really love the internet. What do you thing the chances of this song/band EVER being heard 20 years ago?

Here is a single guy doing a better job by himself than all five of them together.

It takes 'tons of talent' to press a few frets on the guitar and pass off the rest to 4 other peeps doing the same thing? Um, no.

Moai in the middle.

TeddyBallGame: that was actually a good song. Good for them. BTW, this is one of the reasons I really love the internet. What do you thing the chances of this song/band EVER being heard 20 years ago?

Outside of a local club/coffee house?

Not a chance.

/Tremble RIAA, TREMBLE

Super cool. Thanks for sharing.

FubarBDilligaf: Here is a single guy doing a better job by himself than all five of them together.

Sweet. Comments on the vid made me lol.

that was my nickname in highschool: FubarBDilligaf: Here is a single guy doing a better job by himself than all five of them together.

Sweet. Comments on the vid made me lol.

My favorite one is the "nice to see the kid from August Rush all grown up."

It made me LOL because I paused the video about 15 seconds in and posted it to somebody's facebook with "I know you liked August Rush. You'll LOVE this!"

original artist & groovy video (new window)

very good cover!

TeddyBallGame: that was actually a good song. Good for them. BTW, this is one of the reasons I really love the internet. What do you thing the chances of this song/band EVER being heard 20 years ago?

Well, it's a cover of a song that gets played on regular radio... so pretty good?

Even With A Chainsaw: It takes 'tons of talent' to press a few frets on the guitar and pass off the rest to 4 other peeps doing the same thing? Um, no.

someone smells a bit butthurt

Shostie: I wonder if they meant to use a slightly modified version of "Baa baa black sheep" in there.

i picked up on that in the intro as well. perhaps they took a page out of the 2012 hip hop book?

I do love me some Sarah Blackwood

I saw Andy McKee, Stephen Bennett, and Antoine Dufour in concert together a few months ago. Seeing those 3 guys on stage together was an amazing experience, especially when they got out their harp guitars.

I enjoyed this very much, thanks SUBBY.

BUT THIS IS SOCIALISM

Audio guy here. It sounds too good to be a recording of the performance in the video. I think they're just playing along with a previous recording. That brings up the question of if they made the real audio recording with five people one guitar (why bother, just overdub it). OMG my brain...

/maybe you agree and don't mind shattering this illusion of internet brilliance

Farking awesome find subby! If you can just arrange a date/night of freaky weasle sex with Blonde Chick for me, I shall award you +5 internets.

Here is another awesome cover:
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The over the shoulder look and smile at 1:00 makes me feel fuzzy inside.

I though long and hard on this and I must admit, it's kinda stupid.

Don't get me wrong, it's not the music, if I turn off the monitor the music is quite enjoyable, but the whole video just screams "look at us we're pretentious attention whores" and it's kinda a turn off.

Plain Brown Rapper: Audio guy here. It sounds too good to be a recording of the performance in the video. I think they're just playing along with a previous recording. That brings up the question of if they made the real audio recording with five people one guitar (why bother, just overdub it). OMG my brain...

/maybe you agree and don't mind shattering this illusion of internet brilliance

It sounds too good to be a recording? Maybe you're just a really shiatty sound guy?

Maybe, I said.

There is no way I'm going to be able to get that song out of my head today.

H-I-P-S-T-E-R

MythDragon: The over the shoulder look and smile at 1:00 makes me feel fuzzy inside.

Me too

/For different levels of 'inside'

Four guys, hot blond chick... I was really hoping this video would take a whole different turn.

It was pretty enjoyable. I actually watched the whole thing through.

Great cover!

But I was laughing ALL THE WAY THROUGH....

/if Danny Devito was in there,...it'd look like the cast of Always Sunny in Philly..
//dude all the way right,...looks like skinny Mac so much I need another keyboard.

Foreground My Ass: Great cover!

But I was laughing ALL THE WAY THROUGH....

/if Danny Devito was in there,...it'd look like the cast of Always Sunny in Philly..
//dude all the way right,...looks like skinny Mac so much I need another keyboard.

Wait, so you jerked it to Mac?

strapp3r: original artist & groovy video (new window)

very good cover!

Yup, Gotye won pretty much every ARIA music award in Australia last year for this song, and the YouTube vid has had over 33 million views since July 2011. But it hasn't been played on Top 40 radio in America once, probably because there's no autotuning, rap, swearing or stupid choreographed dancers in it.

The body langage in the original Gotye video is fantastic, and Kimbra looks as cute as the blonde in this cover version.

dennysgod: I though long and hard on this and I must admit, it's kinda stupid.

Don't get me wrong, it's not the music, if I turn off the monitor the music is quite enjoyable, but the whole video just screams "look at us we're pretentious attention whores" and it's kinda a turn off.

No, everything a Kardashian does screams "look at us we're pretentious attention whores." Sometimes a thing is just fun and clever. Learn the difference; it could save your life.

Even With A Chainsaw: It takes 'tons of talent' to press a few frets on the guitar and pass off the rest to 4 other peeps doing the same thing? Um, no.

Searching the internet for YOUR video....and..so far...nothing.

Great song. Both versions are great, but I do like the cover better.

I dunno...

I'm not going to go as far as the OP and say "attention whores," but it is still kinda just a gimmick. The one dude and the chick have pretty good voices, though. If they were to spend their time doing boring shiat like modal exercises and trying to sight-read instead of trying to draw attention to themselves, they could probably end up being really good musicians.

And for the record, I think some of those Andy McKee videos are just kinda gimmicky, too. Why not just get another dude to play the bongos, and free yourself to write a composition that is actually interesting beyond the novelty factor?

FubarBDilligaf: Here is a single guy doing a better job by himself than all five of them together.

Even With A Chainsaw: It takes 'tons of talent' to press a few frets on the guitar and pass off the rest to 4 other peeps doing the same thing? Um, no.

Steel strings cut the heart right out of the guitar.

that guy on the far right was really tearing it up

kellynoel: Plain Brown Rapper: Audio guy here. It sounds too good to be a recording of the performance in the video. I think they're just playing along with a previous recording. That brings up the question of if they made the real audio recording with five people one guitar (why bother, just overdub it). OMG my brain...

/maybe you agree and don't mind shattering this illusion of internet brilliance

It sounds too good to be a recording? Maybe you're just a really shiatty sound guy?

Maybe, I said.

Cool music video, but sure doesn't sound like a live recording.

The singers sound like they're behind a pop filter in a studio booth, not anywhere from 2-4 feet away from the mic. Proximity just doesn't match. The long-haired guy also sounds like he's been ... autotuned? Or at least there was some good studio finesse-ing done on his voice to keep it in tune. Sounds a bit too "perfect" to me.

Could be I'm wrong.

I don't mean to hate on it - good execution of a good concept.

/I want to be the "percussionist" next to the cute blonde

Walk Off the Earth is awesome. You need to check out their other videos if you think this is just some attention whoring. The loop videos are fun...

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Their originals are great....

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And their covers are often better than the originals...

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And check out this guitar tapping video too

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Umm..why has no one spotted that infamous French ex Man United player Eric Cantona is at the neck of the guitar?