I listen to lots of music and often will discover a piece "the back way" - i.e. from someone who's done a cover or a parody of it. That's how I became aware of this extremely popular song - a playlist of Straight No Chaser. I've since found several other really nice covers and even some parodies. I'd like to share some of these with you today.
First, let's start with the original - if you've never watched it, now is a great time because some of the others I am featuring do a great job re-enacting it!
All About That Bass by Meghan Trainor
Cute video. I'd never actually watched it before. It's a good and healthy message to give our teens - surrounded by messages of slenderness.
I'm following this with the one that introduced this song to me...
All About That Bass (with a Twist - their words) presented by Straight No Chaser
I actually came across these guys quite on accident. They've remained one of my favorite groups and my entry into the big world of a cappella popular music. I'd love to see them do an actual video for this one as their videos are usually quite good.
Here's a group I've only recently discovered. I love their style and how they put it with everything they do - even things that might not have seemed an obvious hit. This one is just perfect!
All About That Bass - presented by Postmodern Jukebox.
I can listen to these guys all day!
Here's another a cappella version that blew me away - watch that Tim Foust with his amazing 5 octave voice! Watch the video closely to see how they mimicked the original very well.
All About That Bass - presented by Home Free.
This is another group I can listen to all day long!
Now we're on to a couple of parodies, both incredibly fun.
We need our dose of Star Wars first. Well-mimicked and, oh, and you get to sing along with this one!
All About That Base - parodied and presented by Nerdist and Team Unicorn.
What did I just watch?!
But that's nothing compared to these guys who are clearly having fun - and do a great job of mimicking the video at the same time. This one just had to be done.
All About That Bass - parodied and presented by A Saline Solution.
I'm going to have to check out more of their work, I think...
I hope you've enjoyed this little musical foray, I know I have. Let me know in the comments which one is your favorite!
I'm going to go and listen to them all again, I think...
(Note: All of these are YouTube videos by the original artists/performers - so they are getting the money for you watching.)
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