I thought I had reached the depths of my cred when I did that bloody tagging thing … but no, there are whole new depths of hell to fall into.
How do I know this?
Because Marcus, Andy and my beloved Jill [plus ‘honorable mentions’ to Seb, Eva, Charles, Lauren, Rob M, Virgin Atlantic, 90% of cynic Worldwide and ahem, Klaus Meine, Winston Churchill plus Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder ] all led me to the precipice and then as one, pushed me off, laughing as I fell all the way down.
The bastards.
So what am I going on about?
Well you should start off by reading this. Done it? Are you sure because it really is important. And make sure you read all the comments. Go on, go back and do it properly.
Back already? I am impressed.
So now you know that the above bunch of bastards not only press-ganged me into this, but chose for me to ruin what little cred I had left, by ‘singing’ a song by German hard rock sensations, The Scorpions.
While ‘Winds Of Change’ was an obvious choice, I couldn’t do the whistling in a German accent [I did try] so instead I took on their ‘rock classic’ [ahem] ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE. [The version they did with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, not their usual balls-to-the-wall, hard core rock ‘n’ roll version]
Despite scaring the neighbours – and all of Singapore – early on a Saturday morning, I persevered and it gives me great shame to present to you my iPOD singing with a twist.
Twist?
Yes, a twist and to see it I suggest you just download the absolutely massive file [there’s over FIVE minutes of singing ‘action’] and watch the bloody thing.
I’ll be in the cellar. In shame. [I am so, so sorry Mum!]
Oh, and if for some reason you want to know what the ‘real’ version is like, click here … then watch it side-by-side with my ‘interpretation’ and see how synchronised I am. Ahem.
[Actually for total ‘sync’, you need to start them both at the opening ‘guitar solo’, as The Scorps version on youtube is shorter than the one I used from their CD. Why am I telling you this? Lets face it, who the hell has the time, let alone the inclination!? Mental!]