Music Buzz This is simply incredible. Cornel Hrisca-Munn was born without forearms, and yet that hasn't stopped him from becoming one hell of a drummer.
Music Buzz She's 8, she kind of acts like a robot, but she has about a 14-octave range.
Music Buzz While this guy's explanation of why he shouldn't have been arrested makes absolutely no sense (0:17 mark), his rendition of “Bohemian Rhapsody” is actually pretty great.
Music Buzz Swoon, scream, repeat. UK boyband One Direction's already put their mark on some classic pop tunes, like Amy Winehouse's “Valerie” and Natalie Imbruglia's “Torn.”
First of all, she's got talent. Add to that the fact that she's adorable, and ovaries everywhere will explode.
Music Buzz Beldina is a rising Swedish pop star and her acapella cover of Adele's “Someone Like You” is aching, honest, and breathes new life into what's already a technically perfect song.
Tech Buzz It's all fun and games until they become self-aware.
Celebrity Buzz Words cannot describe how amazing this is.
Music Buzz Ell Hayche’s cover of “Video Games” is pretty good, huh? Anyone think it’s better than the original?
Music Buzz Danny Elfman's opening credits sound pretty good as a one-man a capella cover.
This glorious cover of the “Jurassic Park” theme song is sure to stir your soul.
Music Buzz OK, people can stop trying to cover symphonic Queen on YouTube now. We have a winner.
One of the coolest “backstage” performances in recently memory, here are Wilco, Nick Lowe, and Mavis Staples collaborating on The Band's 1968 single,”The Weight.” It's a soulful, down-to-earth rendition that will make you want to quit your day job, pick up an acoustic guitar, and join your local gospel choir. (via tinharmonica.tumblr.com)
Culture Buzz The song is “Somebody That I Used To Know” and the video is so, so awesome.
This teacher is awesome. What better way to teach kids English than to combine Andrew Klob's illustrations with some acoustic guitar? (via dangerousminds.net)
After almost a year’s deployment, the sailors on the HMS Ocean created this wonderful video for friends and family to the tune of “All I Want For Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey.
Celebrity Buzz Jesse Morris, the San Francisco busker known as the “Punk Rock Johnny Cash,” passed away this week at age 27. He was the true ghost of Johnny Cash, R.I.P.
It looks like Pink found a babysitter. She had a night out in NYC and took to the stage at a jazz bar for an impromptu performance of “Summertime.” (via star941fm.com)
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It’s bad enough that these cover songs even exist, but the tiny changes they made to the lyrics make matters far worse.
TV Buzz I apologize in advance if this gets stuck in your head for the rest of the day. Matt Mulholland makes everything better with his a capella dubs.
The “Man of 10,000 Sound Effects” performs Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” on a Norwegian talk show. Everyone promptly craps themselves.
This band covered the song, and then covered the intro for the music video. This is the side-by-side comparison.
Rolling Stone premiered Susan Boyle's newest single, a cover of Depeche Mode's “Enjoy the Silence.” It somehow manages to make Tori Amos' cover sound chirpy. (via rollingstone.com)