hello and welcome to top axe where we
countdown the very best of YouTube today
we’re checking out musical
rearrangements of your favorite songs
with our picks for the top 10 YouTube
music covers
number ten look at me now like Carmen
please kill me now please kill me now
full disclosure I can hate this song but
it does get points right off the bat for
the gender-bending aspect you know model
chick you know I don’t surf a yellow
Lamborghini yellow top listen at first
it seems like these berkeley graduates
are just having a little fun certainly
it is entertaining but after a minute or
so they kick it up a notch every time
look how much you could gotta said it
then I got it going then I gotta get it
then I gotta blow and then I gotta shut
up any little things you could think of
even doing cuz it doesn’t matter cuz I’m
gonna do this because I’m gonna murder
everything and anything about it boom
bada bing we’re gonna do a lot of things
well it’s definitely not easy to
replicate a Busta Rhymes first they
clearly got the attention of the right
people as even Ryan Seacrest has taken
notice and not only have these two
gotten married but they also got hooked
up with Epic Records as well
what number nine sexy and I know it by
Noah Guthrie often what makes it cover
most impressive is not the ability to
mimic or recreate a song as is but more
how that’s changed and remade in a new
way that is definitely the case with our
next entry by Noah Guthrie here
the young blues rock singer from South
Carolina delivers a soulful version of
what was originally an over produced
effects-heavy party rock anthem’ and we
don’t know what’s more amazing
he’s grizzled old man voice or at the
genius arrangement I I can’t believe he
made this song so good I got passion in
my head I better show it show it show it
I’m sexy and I’m know it in fact this is
so tight it almost looks like he’s
lip-synching along with his own track
but because of those little ad-libs he
throws in it’s convincing nonetheless
I’m sexy and I know it Oh sexy and I
know it number eight mirrors by Boyce
Avenue featuring fifth harmony
you may remember the brothers of voice
avenue from our top ten cover artists
countdown anyway by then they had
already released two albums when they
teamed up with the ladies from fifth
harmony who you might recognize from the
American version of x-factor oh just
something new to admire cuz shine
something like a mere and again ever
notice you flex in the autumn body while
the performance might come off is a bit
safe they do manage to keep it rather
simple despite the fact that they’re
juggling a lot of different artists on
this one cuz I don’t wanna lose you now
I’m looking me the vacancy that sat in
my heart is a space and na ho number
seven titanium by Madeline baby you
shuttle oh but I can’t hear what you say
another good technique for covers is to
sort of strip the song down to let your
own singing chops do the talking and
that’s definitely the case with this
next entry by madilyn bailey given the
international success of the original
version youtubers were all too familiar
with titanium covers by now however
bailey manages to make the song seem
worlds more heartfelt and emotional than
the original the high notes are almost
guaranteed to give you spots
well a lot of videos focus on gimmicks
and fancy effects it’s nice to see a
video where the visuals really add to
the sort of feel of the song the low key
lighting emotional close-ups and subtle
camerawork all helped to enforce the
general well like I said feeling of the
song without selling it too hard either
number six thunderstruck by Steven
Seagal’s the evolution of technology has
given musicians a lot of tools to play
with in the studio but sometimes it’s
best to go back to the basics for their
cover of a CDC’s arena rock anthem the
Finnish band Steven Seagal’s took the
action outside for a one take shot that
highlighted the essence of their
bluegrass music I wouldn’t believe that
if I didn’t hear it for myself
sure you might miss the distorted
guitars but then again they use an anvil
as an instrument how metal is that
number five paparazzi by grazing chance
shaky handheld mom camera is not a
problem here especially when you’re
destroying a sixth-grade music festival
didn’t anyone ever do visit your high
school talent show
you
Oh
obviously the cover and the musical
talent here speaks for itself but what
really makes it is the looks on everyone
else’s faces as their minds are
progressively blown
not only are the vocals on point but so
is the piano game making this all the
more impressive
and just to reiterate this kid was like
12 or something number four rolling in
the deep’ by Vasquez sounds continuing
our trend of extremely young cover
artists who may or may not understand
the lyrics they’re singing we have
Vasquez sounds with rolling in the deep’
there’s a fire
breaking of youth baby out dog straight
out of Baja California this group
stunned the world in 2011 in part thanks
to the vocals of Angie Vasquez and while
she sings with seemingly little effort
her brothers Abelardo and Gustavo played
with a detached cool like none of it’s a
real big deal
something that adds to the sort of
unique flavor of the song is the fact
that you can sort of tell that the voice
is a young one while this is all the
more confusing because of the mature
subject matter it definitely adds to the
style of the song
number three just a dream by kurt hugo
schneider featuring sam tsui and
christina Grimmie i hope you got enough
of those simple stripped-down sort of
covers cuz this next one is definitely
more complex which the subjects go to
great lengths to demonstrate how a
second vowel you think about me about us
what we gonna be
it was only just
starring sam tsui and christina grimmie
this is essentially a who’s who of
popular youtube cover artists it
obviously helps the TAM can sing better
than nelly but that sort of besides the
point
realize it was
we just drink
this video is as much a demonstration of
Schneider’s production skills as it is
of the singers talents as the picture
and picture editing painstakingly
demonstrates all the different elements
that went into the song and doubles as
proof that they really are responsible
for the whole thing of course
Schneider upped the ante a few years
later with a pretty innovative pitch
perfect cover to number two radioactive
by Lindsey Stirling and pentatonix
out of your mom’s basement and into the
desert
up next is an extremely professionally
produced music video by professional
musicians and it certainly shows I’m
waking up to ash and dust I wipe my brow
and I sweat my rest okay so maybe the
vocals don’t stray too far from the
original but the a cappella definitely
makes up for that that’s not drums
you’re hearing that’s somebody’s voice
this is clearly a very impressive video
but that’s sort of obvious considering
they obviously had a huge budget that
again Pentatonix still managed to get
the job done for their Royals cover with
nothing but a great background but every
songs like gold teeth Grey Goose trippin
in the bathroom blood stains ball gowns
trashin Alton we don’t care before we
unveil our topic here are a few
honorable mentions need your money money
money we just wanna make the world dance
forget about the price
so crazy right now
yeah
loud maybe we found love right where we
are you’re the only thing I wanna touch
I don’t wanna be needing never knew that
it could mean so much I just wanna be
deep in so much number one somebody that
I used to know I walk off the earth
you
as we’ve seen today a lot of musicians
like to collaborate with each other for
these cover songs
however this band collaborated with each
other on the same instrument yes it’s
that song you couldn’t avoid about three
years ago along with that video you
probably couldn’t avoid three years ago
in case you missed it the whole band
plays this song on one guitar at the
same time as much of a visual feat as it
is a musical one this cover is complex
but simple stripped-down but extremely
elaborate it’s not a gimmick if it works
this well everyone wants to try
something new on YouTube and it’s
getting harder and harder to do it with
so many content creators out there
however walk off the earth definitely
succeeded with nothing but their raw
talent and one guitar and for that you
gotta give them credit
I
that’s it for our countdown be sure to
vote on upcoming episodes on our suggest
page check us out on Twitter Facebook
and Instagram and for more great top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
you
countdown the very best of YouTube today
we’re checking out musical
rearrangements of your favorite songs
with our picks for the top 10 YouTube
music covers
number ten look at me now like Carmen
please kill me now please kill me now
full disclosure I can hate this song but
it does get points right off the bat for
the gender-bending aspect you know model
chick you know I don’t surf a yellow
Lamborghini yellow top listen at first
it seems like these berkeley graduates
are just having a little fun certainly
it is entertaining but after a minute or
so they kick it up a notch every time
look how much you could gotta said it
then I got it going then I gotta get it
then I gotta blow and then I gotta shut
up any little things you could think of
even doing cuz it doesn’t matter cuz I’m
gonna do this because I’m gonna murder
everything and anything about it boom
bada bing we’re gonna do a lot of things
well it’s definitely not easy to
replicate a Busta Rhymes first they
clearly got the attention of the right
people as even Ryan Seacrest has taken
notice and not only have these two
gotten married but they also got hooked
up with Epic Records as well
what number nine sexy and I know it by
Noah Guthrie often what makes it cover
most impressive is not the ability to
mimic or recreate a song as is but more
how that’s changed and remade in a new
way that is definitely the case with our
next entry by Noah Guthrie here
the young blues rock singer from South
Carolina delivers a soulful version of
what was originally an over produced
effects-heavy party rock anthem’ and we
don’t know what’s more amazing
he’s grizzled old man voice or at the
genius arrangement I I can’t believe he
made this song so good I got passion in
my head I better show it show it show it
I’m sexy and I’m know it in fact this is
so tight it almost looks like he’s
lip-synching along with his own track
but because of those little ad-libs he
throws in it’s convincing nonetheless
I’m sexy and I know it Oh sexy and I
know it number eight mirrors by Boyce
Avenue featuring fifth harmony
you may remember the brothers of voice
avenue from our top ten cover artists
countdown anyway by then they had
already released two albums when they
teamed up with the ladies from fifth
harmony who you might recognize from the
American version of x-factor oh just
something new to admire cuz shine
something like a mere and again ever
notice you flex in the autumn body while
the performance might come off is a bit
safe they do manage to keep it rather
simple despite the fact that they’re
juggling a lot of different artists on
this one cuz I don’t wanna lose you now
I’m looking me the vacancy that sat in
my heart is a space and na ho number
seven titanium by Madeline baby you
shuttle oh but I can’t hear what you say
another good technique for covers is to
sort of strip the song down to let your
own singing chops do the talking and
that’s definitely the case with this
next entry by madilyn bailey given the
international success of the original
version youtubers were all too familiar
with titanium covers by now however
bailey manages to make the song seem
worlds more heartfelt and emotional than
the original the high notes are almost
guaranteed to give you spots
well a lot of videos focus on gimmicks
and fancy effects it’s nice to see a
video where the visuals really add to
the sort of feel of the song the low key
lighting emotional close-ups and subtle
camerawork all helped to enforce the
general well like I said feeling of the
song without selling it too hard either
number six thunderstruck by Steven
Seagal’s the evolution of technology has
given musicians a lot of tools to play
with in the studio but sometimes it’s
best to go back to the basics for their
cover of a CDC’s arena rock anthem the
Finnish band Steven Seagal’s took the
action outside for a one take shot that
highlighted the essence of their
bluegrass music I wouldn’t believe that
if I didn’t hear it for myself
sure you might miss the distorted
guitars but then again they use an anvil
as an instrument how metal is that
number five paparazzi by grazing chance
shaky handheld mom camera is not a
problem here especially when you’re
destroying a sixth-grade music festival
didn’t anyone ever do visit your high
school talent show
you
Oh
obviously the cover and the musical
talent here speaks for itself but what
really makes it is the looks on everyone
else’s faces as their minds are
progressively blown
not only are the vocals on point but so
is the piano game making this all the
more impressive
and just to reiterate this kid was like
12 or something number four rolling in
the deep’ by Vasquez sounds continuing
our trend of extremely young cover
artists who may or may not understand
the lyrics they’re singing we have
Vasquez sounds with rolling in the deep’
there’s a fire
breaking of youth baby out dog straight
out of Baja California this group
stunned the world in 2011 in part thanks
to the vocals of Angie Vasquez and while
she sings with seemingly little effort
her brothers Abelardo and Gustavo played
with a detached cool like none of it’s a
real big deal
something that adds to the sort of
unique flavor of the song is the fact
that you can sort of tell that the voice
is a young one while this is all the
more confusing because of the mature
subject matter it definitely adds to the
style of the song
number three just a dream by kurt hugo
schneider featuring sam tsui and
christina Grimmie i hope you got enough
of those simple stripped-down sort of
covers cuz this next one is definitely
more complex which the subjects go to
great lengths to demonstrate how a
second vowel you think about me about us
what we gonna be
it was only just
starring sam tsui and christina grimmie
this is essentially a who’s who of
popular youtube cover artists it
obviously helps the TAM can sing better
than nelly but that sort of besides the
point
realize it was
we just drink
this video is as much a demonstration of
Schneider’s production skills as it is
of the singers talents as the picture
and picture editing painstakingly
demonstrates all the different elements
that went into the song and doubles as
proof that they really are responsible
for the whole thing of course
Schneider upped the ante a few years
later with a pretty innovative pitch
perfect cover to number two radioactive
by Lindsey Stirling and pentatonix
out of your mom’s basement and into the
desert
up next is an extremely professionally
produced music video by professional
musicians and it certainly shows I’m
waking up to ash and dust I wipe my brow
and I sweat my rest okay so maybe the
vocals don’t stray too far from the
original but the a cappella definitely
makes up for that that’s not drums
you’re hearing that’s somebody’s voice
this is clearly a very impressive video
but that’s sort of obvious considering
they obviously had a huge budget that
again Pentatonix still managed to get
the job done for their Royals cover with
nothing but a great background but every
songs like gold teeth Grey Goose trippin
in the bathroom blood stains ball gowns
trashin Alton we don’t care before we
unveil our topic here are a few
honorable mentions need your money money
money we just wanna make the world dance
forget about the price
so crazy right now
yeah
loud maybe we found love right where we
are you’re the only thing I wanna touch
I don’t wanna be needing never knew that
it could mean so much I just wanna be
deep in so much number one somebody that
I used to know I walk off the earth
you
as we’ve seen today a lot of musicians
like to collaborate with each other for
these cover songs
however this band collaborated with each
other on the same instrument yes it’s
that song you couldn’t avoid about three
years ago along with that video you
probably couldn’t avoid three years ago
in case you missed it the whole band
plays this song on one guitar at the
same time as much of a visual feat as it
is a musical one this cover is complex
but simple stripped-down but extremely
elaborate it’s not a gimmick if it works
this well everyone wants to try
something new on YouTube and it’s
getting harder and harder to do it with
so many content creators out there
however walk off the earth definitely
succeeded with nothing but their raw
talent and one guitar and for that you
gotta give them credit
I
that’s it for our countdown be sure to
vote on upcoming episodes on our suggest
page check us out on Twitter Facebook
and Instagram and for more great top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
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