They did an absolutely excellent job remaking this song. From the voice, all the way down to the music, it sounds just like the Carl Douglas original.

This song annoys me to no end.

Andy...that is Carl Douglas.

yanowha said:

Andy...that is Carl Douglas.

No it's not. Don't you see the title on the video and the pictures of The Village People at the front of the video?

vainandy said:

yanowha said:

Andy...that is Carl Douglas.

No it's not. Don't you see the title on the video and the pictures of The Village People at the front of the video?

Are you serious?

Andy, I'm afraid that's Carl Douglas's version with some pictures of the Village People.

Sorry, dude.

It's nowhere mentioned in their discography though Village People Discography at Discogs

Vainandy knows it's not the Village People He's just joking with you guys.On another thread,we were talking about how there are many videos on Youtube that are mislabeled.People post videos without even knowing who the artist is!

here's another example

Yeah, "Sugar Free" by Juicy was often labeled on youtube with Mtume as performer lol

LOL@ Andy

SoulAlive said:

People post videos without even knowing who the artist is!

Not really a new thing though. Some people in the 1970's thought a group named Klaatu was really the reunited Beatles.

I came in specifically to state that this isn't a Village People song, then saw in the OP that it's about a cover and not the actual song.

So there's pretty much no fucking reason for me to be here.

*walks out*

Dren5 said:

I came in specifically to state that this isn't a Village People song, then saw in the OP that it's about a cover and not the actual song.

So there's pretty much no fucking reason for me to be here.

*walks out*

Yeah I did too.

SoulAlive said:

Vainandy knows it's not the Village People He's just joking with you guys.On another thread,we were talking about how there are many videos on Youtube that are mislabeled.People post videos without even knowing who the artist is!

Exactly. And what trips me out with this one, is they even put pictures of The Village People at the front of the video. Apparently, they had to go on the internet to get the pictures so they could have taken an extra few seconds to also go on the internet and find out who the real artist of the song is before they make a fool of themselves.

SoulAlive said:

here's another example

People can be so stupid!

Shango said:

Yeah, "Sugar Free" by Juicy was often labeled on youtube with Mtume as performer lol

I can kinda see that one because they do sound a little bit similar but if they've got to go on the internet to even post the video, they can also google the song and get the real artist if they aren't sure who it is. It's not like the old days when if you didn't know the artist of a song, you had to call a radio station or record store to find out.....and if you were to do that these days, you'd be out of luck too because the folks in the radio and record store business are just as ignorant to music as the average person on the street.

vainandy said:

Shango said:

Yeah, "Sugar Free" by Juicy was often labeled on youtube with Mtume as performer lol

I can kinda see that one because they do sound a little bit similar but if they've got to go on the internet to even post the video, they can also google the song and get the real artist if they aren't sure who it is. It's not like the old days when if you didn't know the artist of a song, you had to call a radio station or record store to find out.....and if you were to do that these days, you'd be out of luck too because the folks in the radio and record store business are just as ignorant to music as the average person on the street.

True lol, but having read the comments on youtube below the clip, i got the impression that some were still so sure that Mtume recorded it

even though they could easily google it and even that in some comments the obvious proof was posted that it was indeed recorded by Juicy

I find it silly when a song on Youtube is labeled as "Michael Jackson", no matter how insignificant his contribution is, and the actual artist is not credited at all. Plus the videos contain a bunch of Mike photos.

MickyDolenz said:

I find it silly when a song on Youtube is labeled as "Michael Jackson", no matter how insignificant his contribution is, and the actual artist is not credited at all. Plus the videos contain a bunch of Mike photos.

I've seen them do that with Rockwell's "Somebody's Watching Me" and anything by the group, The Jacksons.

vainandy said:

MickyDolenz said:

I find it silly when a song on Youtube is labeled as "Michael Jackson", no matter how insignificant his contribution is, and the actual artist is not credited at all. Plus the videos contain a bunch of Mike photos.

I've seen them do that with Rockwell's "Somebody's Watching Me" and anything by the group, The Jacksons.

I've seen it with We Are The World, Muscles by Diana Ross, and songs by Joe King Carrasco, Kenny Loggins, & Minnie Riperton. Someone even had Donna Summer's State Of Independence labeled as Michael Jackson, and he's only a background singer amongst a bunch of others. His voice is not noticeable in the song.

vainandy said:

They did an absolutely excellent job remaking this song. From the voice, all the way down to the music, it sounds just like the Carl Douglas original.

OK, a stupid question:

If you're going to remake a song so that it sounds EXACTLY like the original, why bother?

And if you succeed, why would that be considered an excellent job?

SoulAlive said:

Vainandy knows it's not the Village People He's just joking with you guys.On another thread,we were talking about how there are many videos on Youtube that are mislabeled.People post videos without even knowing who the artist is!

D'oh!

He got me, and got me good!

vainandy said:

SoulAlive said:

here's another example

People can be so stupid!

SoulAlive said:

Vainandy knows it's not the Village People He's just joking with you guys.On another thread,we were talking about how there are many videos on Youtube that are mislabeled.People post videos without even knowing who the artist is!

And then when you post a message giving them the correct information, they will get mad, delete your post and block you from posting anything else!