Musical Doppelganger
By Strawberry Shortcake
Published: February 01, 2010
Published: February 01, 2010
If you haven’t heard, Facebook has declared this week “Doppelganger Week” and since Facebook is a real life big brother we must all do as they say. DON’T QUESTION BIG BROTHER, JUST DO IT!!! All this doppelganging has got me thinking about something that comes up in my mind when ever I hear one of the following songs, is this musical “doppelganging” or is just copy-cating?
The Original
The Doppelganger
I guess the music industry is the real battlefield.
Ms. Sparks is cute and she’s no Taylor Swift. She gets points for that.
Pat Benatar ROCKS!!!!!!!!
I refused to participate in doppelganger week, because my double is extremely uncool. I will not tell you who it is, but in the 80’s I was told that I was an exact double for this person. I had a Ronald Reagan haircut, but since I was 20, no one thought that I looked like the President.
On an unrelated note, here’s a music video for your enjoyment:
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Damn it? I don’t know what happened with the video. All right. It was Rick Astley. Rick fucking Astley. How is that for drawing the short end of the 80’s stick for you?
You say Pat Benatar. I say Ellen Foley.
Jesus. Despite the fact that I had numerous friends participating, I had absolutely no idea this was happening.
Oddly, Jordin Sparks is a doppleganger for an old friend of mine. Well…Jordin before she lost all the weight and when she’s not wearing ten pounds of makeup and couture and lying in a field.
Chillbear won’t participate because his doppelganger is Vin Diesel.
Old news, but this one still pisses me off-
The original:
The doppelganger:
BRB- oh that is a good one.
CB- are you saying you were told you are Rick Astley’s doppelganger? I don’t see it. Or did you just try to Rick- Roll us ALL!?!
If you knew Chillbear when he was younger you would see it. Now he is more like Chuck Norris.
@Why: The Wordsmoker Collective decided a long time ago that our Chillbear is a Bond man – Daniel Craig, to be exact. In fact, we’re already in negotiations with Mr. Craig to play Mr. Latrigue in the Wordsmoker movie, tentatively titled: And One Was With Shoes.
@Why: Banish yourself to the back of the class for the Norris comparison. What is he like seventy now?
@MamaP: You may move two rows forward.
@Chillbear: I’m not giving up until I’m sitting on the teacher’s lap.
@CL: He won’t be 70 until March.
@MamaP: Daniel Craig?! Puleease! Next you’ll be saying I look like Tom Cruise and accusing me of trying to put my ethics on you. That is typical behavior of a SP.
All youhave to do is find him and sit down. He’s easy like that.
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@C’bear, @Mama P: I was going to guess Buster Poindexter, but this one’s cuter.
I have trouble telling Jordin Sparks apart from America Ferrera. It seems it should be easier since they are completely different races, but for some reason, I find it impossible.
@DanielCraig: Please, stop blanketing the internet with photos of yourself claiming to be me. Don’t you have enough without laying claim to my sad little stories and videos? Also, shave off that chin stubble. You’re a Bond man for God’s sake.
@MamaP: I’m sorry you were duped. It’s an easy mistake since I often wear a similar peasant-girl blouse.
CB- So that is what you needed that garment bag for.
@BRB: That was not old news to me. In fact, that was new, shocking news. It makes me want to stutter.
This is one of my favorites, tho, b/c it combines love and hate. Let’s see if you guys can see who is the love, and who is the hate.*
*(It’s easy.)
First up — oh. But you have to do a little work. Go to about 5:10 on the below video:
And now this astonishingly catchy bit of pretentiousness:
The funny thing is, this guy made a funny little comparison video about the latter song, with a completely different song! Here it is:
Oddly enough, while I think it’s hilarious, it doesn’t bother me as much. Perhaps because I didn’t figure it out on my own.
Oh, I forgot to add: people have been telling me I look just like Daniel Craig ever since he was kind of ugly. Now that he’s Bond, well, I’m not letting anyone else have it. Sorry MamaP, CB.
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Thaaaatttt’s better.
All right, all right. Which one of you just sent this to me via e-mail???
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Oh, so we have two foxy blonds on the ‘Smoker. Hmm, I’ve been wanting to come up with a new sport to supplant this annoying “football” everyone seems to be following through the winter, let my little mind keep working and I will get back to you all.
Let’s discuss these boys over dinner, Bookish. Remember our last outing?
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TheRiverCharley: That’s very interesting! Oh, Coldplay.
It’s hard sometimes to sort out an intentional homage (as in, one that’s supposed to be recognized by the listener), a sample and a case of straight-up theft. I’m not sure what the below really is, but it kind of skeeves me out anyway (although I’m partial to the lyric “Boys come and go like seasons,” whatever the case)
The Original:
The Doppelganger
MP, that nip slip was intentional!
@BRB: I don’t know this “Fergielicious” slop, but the song “Supersonic” is now stuck in my head and I haven’t even played the video yet. I hope I can get it out of my head before I have to download it from iTunes.