First off, Happy New Year to you and yours. It feels like a new start this time around, doesn’t it? I have been speaking about hope and optimism recently, so how appropriate is it that a video of Peter Gabriel’s “Don’t Give Up” pops up this morning from Canadian group Midway State, with Lady GaGa in tow. LG is everywhere, isn’t she?
“Don’t Give Up” has actually been floating around since mid-2009, but the video just leaked yesterday. It is very bare-bones, and holds to the same concept from the original video that Gabriel made with duet partner Kate Bush. Despite the low budget video, the cover is actually pretty strong on its own. According to a video post on their website, Midway State is going to be working on a new album in 2010. GaGa, on the other hand, will continue her efforts toward complete world domination. Stay tuned…
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[Update: looks like the performance video has been yanked, so here is the audio clip instead.]
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Happy New Year, sexy! Universal is completely irritating with their YouTube Nazi-like regime. Like honestly, it’s free promotion for them. Stop!
The whole blocking videos from being promoted away from YouTube blows my mind, but it is their property. If there is free promotion to be done, though, why stop it?
Happy New Year mistrah! The GaGa is everywhere! You hit it on the head. Good track, btw.
Happy New Year, back atcha! I think I saw her shopping at Safeway yesterday, or it may have been an escapee from the local nursing home.
Everyone’s talking about this, huh? I wasn’t much for it when it leaked way back when, and I kind of root for Gaga no matter what (including on that Wale single that never quite blew up), but…I’m not so big on this.
And word to Will W. I don’t understand the mentality…but I suppose some people rip songs from YouTube (even if it is not so great quality)…but…yeah, way to be paranoid, UMG.
I really like this, but I am a huge fan of the original, too. I like the idea that the theme is timeless, and anything that brings attention to Peter Gabriel (or Kate Bush) is fine by me. And to quote the Kinks “paranoia, self-destroyah!”
yo happy new year my hard rocking amigo! This is ok – i’ve heard better versions, but then again i’ve heard worse. And i’m with you and Will-w and everyone else on the internet nazi youtube police! Enough already!