RumblinFumblinStumblin.com

Finally, a project worth the breadth and depth of RFS readers… not to mention another quality submission from RFS Midwestern Bureau Chief Brett “Shooter” McGillicuddy.

Some of you may be familiar with an artist named Jim Croce. He is without a doubt one of my favorite artists, and one of my favorite songs is “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”.

Ignore the skateboarding part of the video and just listen to the first few seconds or so of Bad Bad Leroy Brown as recorded by Jim Croce (all of the Jim Croce videos were the wrong version of the song, which - as you will hear - don’t count, so that’s why it’s a skateboarding video).

I’ll wait.

Do you hear that “WHOO!!!” about five seconds in? Good.

Now listen to this:

Did you notice a difference? And by difference I mean the renditions of Bad Bad Leroy Brown, not a difference in your pants, which you may or may not have soiled because you were laughing too hard.

Before I go any further, let me just stipulate that (1) I can’t sing worth crap, and (2) this guy clearly has a passion for it. All I’m saying is that his “style” isn’t particularly suited to popular music that has complicated keyboard and percussion parts. So no offense, Mr. Singer of Songs, if you’re reading this.

In fact - congratulations on knowing 100 Million times more than I do about running a website since it took me hours of my time (which means Derrich’s time) just to get the stupid flash player running.

Anyway - check out Singer of Songs and tell us what your favorites are using the comments section. My top 5 are:

5. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

4. Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me

3. Old Time Rock and Roll

2. Eye of the Tiger

1. Coming in the Air Tonight

Seriously - just imagine watching Rebecca DeMornay in the El Train scene of Risky Business with that version of “Coming in the Air Tonight” in the background.

RFS Shout-Out #2 to you, Mr. Singer of Songs.

Onward and Upward,

RFS

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