By Mike Chin on April 13, 2011 in The Run Off
Across the country, and, indeed, around the world, there are numerous a cappella groups who have stumbled upon the very same songs to perform. In some cases it may just be a popular song of the moment. In others, it might be a unique album track that a number of music aficionados agree it might be neat to make their group’s own. Still yet, there are times when a song is just easy to arrange and is, therefore, subject to constant covering.
Whatever the case may be, in The Run Off, The A Cappella Blog brings together three to five different renderings of the same song, and, in the name of sharing different visions, and for the sake of friendly competition, puts them side by side for readers to vote for their favorites. Please feel free to post your rationale in the comments section. Winners will be announced three weeks after the polling begins.
For this edition of The Run Off, we take a look at The All-American Rejects’ “Dirty Little Secret.”
California State University Northridge Acasola (2007)
The Florida State University AcaBelles (2007)
The Western Michigan University Bronchords (2009)
The Smith College Smithereens (2007)
The SUNY Binghamton Treblemakers
4 Comments
Submitted by Tiffany on April 15, 2011. | Permalink
based on these videos, i would say this is not a song that should be covered!
Submitted by vitalogst on April 18, 2011. | Permalink
I just want to point out that you have one of the worst versions of dirty little secret that acasola performed. This version, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8st5EdqzvA
featuring michelle denov as the soloist, is better sung, performed, and isn't nasal, annoying, and musical theatre esque as the other csun performance. If we are to judge the song and its performance, let's at least allow the best performance possible to be judged.
Submitted by Kramer on April 18, 2011. | Permalink
All of these videos aren't really up to date. Who knows what they're like now!
Submitted by Alice on April 19, 2011. | Permalink
@ Tiffany - i don't know about that. i liked the first one best. i mean the soloist isn't exactly fitting for the song, but i still enjoyed it.