Okay, so I said that whenever I stumbled upon something that really struck me as awesome and amazing I’d write about it here and Oh. My. Word. Have I found something amazingly fantastic here!
If you spend any amount of time on YouTube (particularly if you spend that time watching K-Pop MVs) you’ve probably been bombarded by countless advertisements as you wait for your next MV to start and I can pretty much guarantee that while you’ve been waiting, you’ve come across an ad that begins with the opening line of One Republic’s “Counting Stars,” pressed the “Skip Ad” button and moved on. The sad thing is that I, for one, never realized what a gem of a cover was waiting just beyond that button, until now.
To be perfectly honest, I’m usually not one to tote the wonders of a cover. I prefer bands do their own original music (unless, of course, they’re specifically a cover band) but every once in a while a band will cover a song that blows me away and this cover by LEDApple is one of them. Holy Buckets! How the heck I missed this MV is beyond me (I’m ashamed to admit that it was actually released on November 13, 2013) but man am I happy I found it now!
To continue with my little confession session, I’m not usually a fan of my beloved K-Pop artists covering American songs; not because I don’t think they can do an amazing job (because they most certainly CAN!) but because I always feel like they’re pandering to an audience that won’t ever fully appreciate them when they do so. (Don’t bow to, what you perceive to be, the wishes of an audience half-way around the world guys! Just be yourselves! Your international fans love you just the way you are!) However, I can’t say that’s the impression I’m getting here. In fact, the only impression I’m getting here is one of “HOLY CRAP THESE GUYS ARE AMAZING!” And when I say “amazing” I mean like, goosebumps inducing, jaw-dropping, “Dang Hanbyul can SING!” kind of amazing. I mean SERIOUSLY! Hanbyul’s voice is flippin’ fantastic! (And all the fans of LEDApple said, “Duh!”) And let’s not forget Yongjun’s guitar skills! *swoon* (Yes, I will forever be a sucker for guitar players… What can I say, we all have our weaknesses…)
For once I’m hoping that the uneducated in K-Pop will stumble across this cover and go “Whoa! Who are these guys?” and then proceed to check out the rest of LEDApple’s works… Which will eventually lead into them exploring more of K-Pop and before we know it, we’ll have a whole new influx of K-Pop addicts to welcome into our lovely little world. (Muwahahahaha!) In the meantime, I’m going to go back and watch this (and a whole bunch more LEDApple MVs) and hope and pray that they’ll be a group added to this year’s list of KCON artists… Now wouldn’t that be FANTASTIC!?!
Being LEDA myself and reading this I feel good. But at the same time sad because even though group exist since 2010 so many people still didn’t discover them until now. But anyway it feels great when even some ppl start to appreciate them. I do hope you’ll watch their other covers (and would actually wonder which ones will be your favorites after you listen to all Music notes – total 50 songs) and their own songs as well. And don’t forget that Hanbyul’s sense of humor is totally hilarious – him being Australian is certainly visible in his youtube series of Blah Blah. In the mean time I’d recommend to watch his interview to Australian national TV. http://youtu.be/qgVCdBYd0bk
Thanks for the recommendations there! Augh! That interview with Hanbyul made me want to cheer for LEDApple even more! I really hope they can keep performing for a very long time! I can’t tell you which cover is my favorite at the moment because I haven’t watched them all yet but I’ll be sure to let you know when another one really wows me. I have to admit, I’m a bit sad that I haven’t really paid much attention to LEDApple in the past (what was I thinking?) but I can guarantee you, they’re on my list of favorites now!
good then, I’ll wait. I think you know about this music show called Immortal song 2 where talented singers compete with each other, so even though Ledapple haven’t been there a lot like Hongki or Sandyul for example, I still recommend to watch them also – they cover famous korean songs in their own manner.
http://youtu.be/1aIMMsh54II
Okay, so I still haven’t managed to watch all of the Music Notes yet but I can tell you that #3, the cover of Bruno Mars’ “Talking to the Moon” gave me goosebumps! It’s so GOOD! Hanbyul is quickly becoming one of my favorite singers. His voice is absolutely beautiful and these ballads really prove it! I’ll be sure to let you know when I come across more favorites!
Among all Music Notes you will notice that Hanbyul made several of Bruno’s songs. He loves Bruno and it shows in each song. But Talking to the moon is still special, it was the very first one he did and for many it still his best.
By the way I started Lee Jong Suk’s drama Doctor Stranger, will you be making review? I was totally immersed in both 2 eps.
Actually, my good blogging buddy and I will be starting a review of Doctor Stranger this week! We hope to have the first post up sometime later today but we’ll have to see. Some days it’s a little bit difficult to get things done (what with kids running around and all). The good news is we are going to start reviewing it so be sure to come back and check it out!