Award Tour Vol. 26: Throwing My Headphones

Synopsis:

Fred Marshall does his interpretation of "I Wanna Be Your Man" by Roger Troutman and Zapp. For information purposes we have included an excerpt of the original song here for those who may not be familiar with it (you'll have to go a little way down the page to see the actual music excerpts links) . It is suggested that you review the original first, as you might find yourself unwilling or unable to listen to anything else following Fred’s rendition.

Fred does his thing here:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1483126109004145166&q=fred+marshall+karaoke

Critics Review

I am both chagrined and repulsed by this tone deaf rendition of what must be universally acknowledged as a classic. This is not so much Karaoke as it is a car crash surrounded by music. And like a car crash, it is gruesome, and yet, your morbid fascination will simply not allow you to turn away. It is an interactive horror, in which I actually found myself backing away from my desk, each time the singer (and I use the term loosely) moved in closer to his webcam (a device which, as of today, has outlived it's usefulness). We should not be in the business of enabling the Fred Marshall's of the world to do this to the music industry, to us, and to themselves.

As the song mercifully comes to an end, Fred makes the correct observation that this, was a good song; and I agree. It would seem Fred is not completely out of his mind. The original song is indeed good. It does beg the question however, “does Fred see this as something he would like to change?" Based on his Karaoke, regrettably I am forced to conclude that the answer is yes.

I will assume the knot on the right side of Fred's head represented the exit wound of a bullet that was fired into his skull and resulted in his diminished capacity for good judgment. I likewise assume that this head trauma is what inspired the conniptions that follow his performance (again, I use the term loosely). Accordingly, I do not blame Fred for this musical abomination... no - I blame YOU... America.

We, as a people, cannot allow this wanton destruction of music to go on any further. I trust that those of you, who are still willing to identify yourselves as his friend, will find Fred and stop him (as you should have done previously) before it's too late. He can't help himself... but you can (and you should have).

Throwing my headphones off in disgust,

The Critic