Final Fantasy | Mariah Carey’s “Fantasy”
August 23, 2007
Pardon me as I break blog etiquette: this is my second consecutive post on a pop princess cover song. Egads! Typically this would be deserving of walking the Internet plank, but I break etiquette with purpose because, well, Final Fantasy will be on tour with Great Lake Swimmers this fall, and I think everyone should drop what they’re doing and just go and see both of these guys if you want to fall in love for an hour or so. Besides, the performance above is particularly charming and makes me want to grab Polaris music winner extraordinaire, Owen Pallett, by his plaid shirt and pinch the bejesus out of him. Oh, my lad, if only you liked girls! Sigh.
So without further ado, I present this talented boy and his infamous FF sampling/looping magic (fellow Canucks Danny Michel and Feist also do wonders with this technique), producing one sweet, sweet cover of Mariah Carey’s “Fantasy”, sans roller blades and exposed bellies:
Final Fantasy – Official label | MySpace | Last.fm | Amazon
Similar artists: Arcade Fire, The Hidden Cameras, Picastro, Andrew Bird, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
Entry Filed under: avantfolk, canadian. Tags: canadian, concert, cover, final fantasy, loop, mariah carey, music, music video, owen pallett, sampling, violin.
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justbadpot | September 1, 2007 at 11:19 pm
wow! this is fantastic! i saw final fantasy recently at harbourfront. i don’t think it came across well in such a large outdoor space but this video is lovely.
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ardenstreet | September 2, 2007 at 9:07 pm
i was toying with the idea of seeing him here, but the venue’s a little bit too big, and I’m afraid it’ll be like your harbourfront experience… was he still great live?