Hello?

Oh man, this needs a bit of spicing up. Maybe bump the needle a bit.

Every now and then there is a song that you hate. The video sucks, the melody is terrible, whatever, the song bites. Then someone goes ahead and remakes the song, and all of a sudden, it ain't that bad. "Twist-and-Shout," the Beatles. "The Girl is Mine," Richard Cheese. "The Locomotion," Kylie Minogue.

Salvaged from the depths of Bad Song Hell, we have Me First and the Gimme Gimme's version of "Hello," originally by Lionel Richie.

Why was the original so bad? First off, it was by Lionel Richie, the same dude who gave us "Dancin' on the Ceiling," Blender Magazines #20 of the 50 Worst Songs Ever poll. Worst Songs Ever, in a poll that included "Nothing Compares 2 U, Kokomo," and "We Built this City." The video included a blind ballerina that Lionel calls, sings Hello into the receiver, then hangs up on her. How lame is that? She's blind, have a heart. In 1984, songs/videos like this made me long for Big Brother.

Thank God for the Gimme Gimmes. Guitar, Drums, Bass, Harmonics. Harmonics? Listen to these guys rock (especially the harmonics at the end). Crank it up. 'Nuff said.


Heart pumping yet? Check out the rest of the songs on their 2004 album Take a Break. You'll be glad you did.
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