Britney Spears strange cover version June 24, 2010 5:17 AM   Subscribe

"Hit Me Baby One More Time" played by a strange experimental band on pots, pans, and a stove. Dressed as houswives, pants falling down... Maybe Finnish, or Swedish?

This existed on MetaFilter, and I am in an emergency situation. Does anyone remember this? Link?
posted by Meatbomb to MetaFilter-Related at 5:17 AM (26 comments total) 7 users marked this as a favorite

I think you're thinking of Hurra Torpedo's cover of "Total Eclipse of the Heart".
posted by Optamystic at 5:21 AM on June 24, 2010 [8 favorites]


Oh my god, thank you so much!!!

No wonder I couldn't find it.
posted by Meatbomb at 5:25 AM on June 24, 2010


That is surely one of the greatest creations that civilization and technology has ever afforded mank ind.
posted by Devils Rancher at 5:36 AM on June 24, 2010 [2 favorites]


Indeed, you can imagine my distress when I remembered that it existed but then could not immediately view it. I think I'll set it as my homepage just to be sure.
posted by Meatbomb at 5:37 AM on June 24, 2010 [1 favorite]


Their cover of tATu's "All the Things" is perhaps even more awesome, if such a thing is possible. Maybe, since you were thinking Britney, that's the one you've seen.
posted by neroli at 5:53 AM on June 24, 2010


Oh! They do "Toxic" too.
posted by neroli at 5:56 AM on June 24, 2010 [1 favorite]


Emailed to everyone I love.
posted by ColdChef at 6:37 AM on June 24, 2010 [1 favorite]


Guy plays a mean range-top, no?
posted by Devils Rancher at 6:51 AM on June 24, 2010


Oh...so THIS post is the reason I've had the song stuck in my head this morning. The subconscious mind is a horrible DJ.
posted by hellojed at 7:12 AM on June 24, 2010


full moon lunar eclipse, people, any wonder the crazies are out adn about? ;p
posted by infini at 7:43 AM on June 24, 2010


That Total Eclipse of the Heart video looks like Zach Galifianakis and Weird Al formed a cover band. Fucking sweet.
posted by owtytrof at 7:58 AM on June 24, 2010


I am in an emergency situation.

It begs the question ...
posted by crunchland at 8:24 AM on June 24, 2010 [1 favorite]


I suppose we should call this "kitchen metal", then.
posted by Iosephus at 8:36 AM on June 24, 2010


Where is My Mind
posted by Kattullus at 9:19 AM on June 24, 2010


It begs the question ...

never beg, circumlocute instead ...
posted by infini at 9:24 AM on June 24, 2010


full moon lunar eclipse, people, any wonder the crazies are out adn about? ;p

Fun fact: lunar eclipses only happen at the full moon.

The more you know ... ♬♪♫
posted by gleuschk at 9:34 AM on June 24, 2010


The guy with the long hair who plays the fridge in the "total eclipse" video is also the lead singer in the Cumshots. (He and the other guys are members of whole bunch of other more or less serious and not so serious bands. Plus, he's well known from several radio and TV shows here in Norway.)
posted by Dumsnill at 10:04 AM on June 24, 2010


“My dream appliance doesn't exist, because otherwise, of course, it wouldn't be my dream – but if my dream were to come true...” Hurra Torpedo visit an American appliance store.
posted by koeselitz at 10:22 AM on June 24, 2010


This thread is fucking awesome and should be made to a post on the blue. By someone else besides me.
posted by dead cousin ted at 10:51 AM on June 24, 2010 [1 favorite]


The only thing that could possibly make that better is if they served the audience whatever strange meal resulted from all that banging at the end of the song. Truly awesome!

They kind of seem like human muppets.
posted by onlyconnect at 1:41 PM on June 24, 2010


That Cover-Band Drummer Is Far Too Intense For A Cover-Band Drummer!
posted by cjorgensen at 1:48 PM on June 24, 2010


They are of course required by international law to do a Lady Gaga cover.
posted by lore at 2:06 PM on June 24, 2010 [1 favorite]


heyho: Not only a total eclipse, it was also a full moon.

I quite enjoyed the singing and appliance playing, but what really made that video for me was the element of suspense: just how far would those track pants fall by the end of the song?
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 2:33 PM on June 24, 2010 [2 favorites]


Bare Egil (Egil Hegerberg), the singer slash guitar player in "eclipse," performing:

Umbrella

Rehab

Beggin

Lots of his own songs on YouTube, but they're in Norwegian without subtitles.
posted by Dumsnill at 3:10 PM on June 24, 2010


Pants on the ground, pants on the ground... ohwaithtat'snotwhatyouweretalkingabout? -slinks away-
posted by biochemist at 3:44 PM on June 24, 2010


This is my new favorite thing. It's like Animal from the Muppets started a band and invited Gallagher.
posted by runningwithscissors at 7:57 PM on June 25, 2010


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