Okay, we're going to continue the month of Disney and the week of the villains with something, well, a bit different. It's "Poor Unfortunate Souls" from The Little Mermaid like you've never heard it before. It's not just a regular cover; it's a metal cover. I'm going to be honest and admit that I'm surprised by how much I like this. Talk about a style of music that I really never listen to. I think I first came across Jonathan Young when one of his videos was recommended to me on YouTube. I want to say it was his cover of "In the Dark of the Night" from Anastasia and I actually really liked it. It's a great cover. It's also not Disney or I would've included it. Maybe it'll get its own video spotlight somewhere down the road. But it got me watching some of his other covers. He was an easy choice to include during villains choice. I actually thought I'd pick another of his villain songs, but as soon as I heard this, I knew it had to be this one.
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Yeah. Like I said, I really haven't listened to much metal at all and as many times as I've now watched this? I still can't believe how well this style goes with Disney songs. It just works and I kind of love it. I'm serious. It's so wonderfully villainous. This is like "Poor Unfortunate Souls" on steroids or something. It's great. Such a great delivery by Jonathan. This is one of those things that could have very easily have been cheesy. I think the trick is to take it seriously. To actually become the villain, so to speak, instead of just acting like one. If that makes sense. If you're going to do something like this, you need to go all the way with it. Get completely into character and embrace it; that's how you sell it. And Jonathan sold it. That laugh at roughly the 1:12 is great. I also like that he kept the background relatively simple and dark. It made for the perfect atmosphere - one that set the tone, but that didn't get in the way of his performance. It's exactly what the video needed. Plus he was clearly enjoying himself and that always adds a little something extra.
This is a good example of why it pays to try listening to new kinds of music every now and then. There's so many people who only listen to one genre and one genre alone - I've even come across people who claim to only listen to one artist and only that artist. While I definitely listen to my favorites more than anything else, I still need variety. And if you're like me and not into a certain style of music (metal, in this case), watching something like this is a great way to give it a chance. The Little Mermaid was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid and I still love it today. This song has always kind of creeped me out, but I still liked it. So when I saw this, it piqued me interest. How exactly would this song sound as a metal song? Better than the movie version, in my opinion. These kinds of covers will always be my favorite covers. So much more interesting than covers where the singers doesn't change anything. I love when people can take a song and reinvent it, like Jonathan did here. Love it.
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Check it out.
Yeah. Like I said, I really haven't listened to much metal at all and as many times as I've now watched this? I still can't believe how well this style goes with Disney songs. It just works and I kind of love it. I'm serious. It's so wonderfully villainous. This is like "Poor Unfortunate Souls" on steroids or something. It's great. Such a great delivery by Jonathan. This is one of those things that could have very easily have been cheesy. I think the trick is to take it seriously. To actually become the villain, so to speak, instead of just acting like one. If that makes sense. If you're going to do something like this, you need to go all the way with it. Get completely into character and embrace it; that's how you sell it. And Jonathan sold it. That laugh at roughly the 1:12 is great. I also like that he kept the background relatively simple and dark. It made for the perfect atmosphere - one that set the tone, but that didn't get in the way of his performance. It's exactly what the video needed. Plus he was clearly enjoying himself and that always adds a little something extra.
This is a good example of why it pays to try listening to new kinds of music every now and then. There's so many people who only listen to one genre and one genre alone - I've even come across people who claim to only listen to one artist and only that artist. While I definitely listen to my favorites more than anything else, I still need variety. And if you're like me and not into a certain style of music (metal, in this case), watching something like this is a great way to give it a chance. The Little Mermaid was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid and I still love it today. This song has always kind of creeped me out, but I still liked it. So when I saw this, it piqued me interest. How exactly would this song sound as a metal song? Better than the movie version, in my opinion. These kinds of covers will always be my favorite covers. So much more interesting than covers where the singers doesn't change anything. I love when people can take a song and reinvent it, like Jonathan did here. Love it.
If you loved it, here's where you can find out more about him:
Website
YouTube
Patreon
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