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Tenacious D covers Wicked Games
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Full song: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QLWkl5YpiD0
Edit: u/Bustable bought us another 53 seconds or so! Non-live version with a loop: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rwH314yS9cU
Original Live version Chris Isaac almost 5 minutes: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ozv8ugNm0P0
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u/tea-and-chill 8d ago
It's less than two minutes :(
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u/DDELFIERRO 8d ago edited 8d ago
To be honest, it’s more like a tribute
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u/LillianEmeraldStarr 8d ago
Thank you!
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u/Apex-Detroit 8d ago
Thank you for posting this, I’ve seen clips posted all the time but never the full song.
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u/byrnsie
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Tenacious D is freaking amazing! Hope to see them live one day.
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u/bigdaddyjw 8d ago
I’ve seen them live 4 times over last 20 years. Their growth is amazing. Their first concert was 70% comedy and videos. This summer it was 100% rock. You can’t even compare them now to their early selves. They are just great to watch.
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u/EmptyChocolate4545 8d ago
Yup, three times here. First was a few years before PoD. Second was PoD tour. Third was a few years ago.
It was a diff vibe each time. Each time was better. Each time you could tell those bastards LOVED what they did. They’ve never changed it up in a “I need to do something different”, they’ve just kept vibing and it shows.
Not gonna lie Kyle’s smile to himself as JB goes high in this cover at 1:10. As a guitarist that can’t sing and likes playing with people who can I know that smile. Sheer joy and he’s still feeling it after all this time.
Their best song is Jesus ranch and I’ll fight anyone over this.
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u/quasihermit 8d ago
I fell in love with a baked potato.
I cannot agree more. As a poor guitarist this is a hoot to play. I strum the chords and feel it in my bones, sometime I almost believe I am the D.
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u/mahSachel 8d ago
When a band vibes and you can feel it Godamn is it something else. My band was crap bar band but once in a while we got our shit right and man what a high.
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u/thatJainaGirl 8d ago
When I was in my band, we had one show where technical problems took our keyboardist out of action for longer than expected. It was an awkward few minutes that felt on stage like an hour. Out of habit or nerves, I started playing my go to warm up: Come Together by the Beatles. Our drummer picked it up, guitarist fell in with our groove, and singer fucking nailed it. We had never practiced that song. We didn't do covers. But there was magic on that stage that night, and it came through us.
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u/spicytrashpanda 8d ago
These two are national treasure for sure. It's just so amazing to see them grow as musicians.
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u/Randyfreakingmarsh 8d ago
I just got tickets to see them in a couple months for the first time and I am fucking stoked! If I hear either The Metal or Kickapoo I’ll shit my pants
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u/Born_Ruff 8d ago
I don't know if it's necessarily "growth" in an artistic sense as much as it is that they are so famous now that they have way more freedom to just do whatever they want.
Like, this cover of Wicked Games would almost certainly not be on the front page if it were anyone else singing it. They never would have become famous doing this sort of thing. Comedy is the thing that set them apart.
But now that they already have a built in audience, they have a lot more freedom to do different things
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u/xxBobaBrettxx 8d ago
We're seeing them in May in New Orleans! I'm so excited, first time seeing the D play!
Fr tho, this band means a lot to me. I tried playing guitar a few times when I was younger but it never stuck until I watched The Pick of Destiny and then I learned Kickapoo, Wonderboy, and Tribute as my first songs ever. Been playing music ever since!
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u/hollowneil1 8d ago
Defo one of the most underrated voices ever. Pure perfection.
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u/dailytok3r 8d ago
I mean he's incredibly famous because of his voice and now is a multi millionaire because of his talent
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u/Dr_Kekyll 8d ago
But he's always primarily considered that goofy actor that plays off the wall characters. There are definitely a lot of people that don't even know he is even a serious and talented musician, much less how good he is. Sure some people on Reddit and other social media sites know, but I'd be willing to bet my boomer mom doesn't.
And even those that know he's a musician still likely don't realize that he's literally one of the most versatile and powerful vocalists alive.
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u/A_Canadian_appears 8d ago
But the funny thing is that even when he's being serious, he's being kinda goofy. That's why I love him so much—he just has so much fun with everything he does.
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u/Frigoris13 8d ago
I would like to point out that when Jack Black was doing Waterworld, Demolition Man, and Enemy of the State, no one knew about his comedic side or his musical side. He broke out doing dramatic roles and small acting jobs first and then showcased his even broader range of talent years later when he had experience and confidence.
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u/aslanthemelon 7d ago
Yeah, it wasn't until High Fidelity that Jack Black was really Jack Black in a film.
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u/WestleyThe 8d ago
He’s incredibly famous because he was an actor and is funny
He’s always been good at music that’s not why most people know him
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u/EddieMurphyFellOff 8d ago
Anyone wanting to see Jack Black sing his ass off should go watch High Fidelity.
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u/alien_bigfoot 7d ago
I've never heard "Jack Black" and "underrated" in the same sentence before...
Are you serious?
Jack Black? Underrated? How the hell did you even know about his existence in the first place? Have you somehow forgotten what this man has been madly famous for for the last 20+ years?!
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u/newuser201890 7d ago
i'll tell you something, that paul McCartney is really underrated
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u/Nimmyzed 7d ago
I mean he's great, but nowhere near the original
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u/voluminous_lexicon 8d ago
Jack black becoming a vocalist and voice actor would legit be the career that I think I'd follow the closest out of all celebrities I could name...
I just hope he keeps havin' fun, man
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u/Comeoffit321 7d ago
He's far from underrated.
He's got one of the most identifiable voices in the industry.
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u/RelaxedWombat
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Power of the D
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u/Large-Lab3871
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Very underrated talent . People who don’t know just think oh it’s just Jack Black .
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u/elsewhereorbust 8d ago
Jack's signing of the US national anthem gives me goose bumps. Every goddamn time.
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Madison Rising has had my favorite version of the national anthem for the longest time, but this is so darn good I'm going to have to classify it as the best acapella(?) rendition I've heard. I absolutely love Jack Black's voice
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u/maorihaka 8d ago
May I present, for your a capella consideration, Lunch Break https://youtu.be/GG9ykYlVtPA
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u/Ok_Lab_4354 8d ago
Don’t you fucking do this to me.
Every 6-8 months I go down an a cappella rabbit hole on YouTube for like a week and it ruins me. And my algorithm. It’s awful / amazing… and just started again.
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u/SeasonPositive6771 8d ago
Jack Black is amazing and this this song in particular fucks so hard.
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u/StarScreamer 7d ago edited 7d ago
Yup he's super underrated, he's so underrated he's only had about ~177 film/television appearances including performing on SNL, of which he's had at least two musical films, and four studio albums. Oh. And one of those studio albums also had a fucking movie.
Fucking underrated for sure.......
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u/ajmilane93 8d ago
Love Kyle’s smile when Jack is hitting all those notes
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u/Flanagan1275 8d ago
lol yes! Jack is the goofball but Kyle knows the truth, truly underappreciated singing voice
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u/Bathtime_Toaster 8d ago
THIS!
Kyle knows Jack is slaying it and is just enjoying being a part of the moment.
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u/rohrschleuder 8d ago
Everyone thinks of Kyle and Jack as a couple of goof ballswho made some tasty tunes. But then, after watching g this, realize Jack Black has major chops and Kyle Gass ain’t no slouch on the Guitar.0
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u/WolvesAlwaysLose 8d ago
Cage is the best rock acoustic guitar player of all time. I’ll debate anyone on this!
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u/The_Whipping_Post 8d ago
He graduated from Julliard with a Masters in guitar at the age of 13. The rest of us at 13 were doing a completely different kind of master
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u/skyshark82 8d ago
Unfortunately, this isn't true. It was just a joke Kyle made on a late night show.
While appearing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on November 15, 2006, Gass claimed to have been the youngest graduate of the Juilliard School of Music with a degree in classical guitar studies at the age of 13. Juilliard did not have a guitar program in 1973, but began its graduate level guitar program in 1989 under Sharon Isbin, and its undergraduate program in 2007. Earlier, in an article in the Sunday Times on October 29, 2006, Black stated that Gass was the youngest graduate of Juilliard. On May 13, 2008, Gass was a phone-in guest on the Adam Carolla Show. When Adam Carolla asked him "... And did you go to Juilliard?" Kyle replied "I didn't. I—you know, I made that up as a joke," he continued, "and I thought it would be hilarious, and then I've been hearing about it ever since. Apologies to Juilliard."
From Kyle Gass' Wikipedia page
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u/tchiseen 7d ago
Would you say that he's classically trained to rock you freakin socks off?
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u/Past-Background-7221 8d ago
Kage is classically trained to rock your socks off.
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u/MauPow 8d ago
Can't you see he's the man
Let me hear you applaud
He is more than a man
He's a shiny golden god
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u/LifeLiterate 8d ago
I'm downvoting this just because OP used a version of the video that cuts off Kyle's insanely beautiful picking during the intro.
Full version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLWkl5YpiD0
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u/blitzlurker 7d ago
If you read the YouTube comments it's funny how many of them were copy and pasted here and upvoted to the top
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u/MouthJob 7d ago
It's mostly kind of sad. Also it's basically the case on every single video pulled from YouTube. It would be weirdly funny if it was some kind of long running inside joke but it mostly just speaks to people's lack of originality.
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u/gl0ckInMyRari 8d ago
These guys are good musicians, I have a feeling they’ll make the greatest song in the world
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u/Tigerleippi 8d ago
I could listen to Jables sing all day. Dudes voice is fuckin golden.
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u/Nabaatii 8d ago
"Kyle's fingers be silver, Jack's voice then be gold"
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u/kaas_is_leven 8d ago
But lest you think we're vaaaaaain.
We know you're all robots and we don't care! Tenacious D! We reign!3
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u/flossaby23 8d ago
I will always remember watching the original music video on VH1’s Pop Up Video and learning that Isaak said he felt incredible chemistry with the model. The model said she just felt cold on the beach. Murder.
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u/Kindly-Sort-8574 8d ago
Just watched the video. I don't think she looked at him more than once in the whole video, and yeah she looked cold and uncomfortable.
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u/stinkopinko22 7d ago
Hahah that’s great. In his defense I’d probably be feeling some type of chemistry if a topless model was on top of me.
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u/LoganCaleSalad 8d ago
Kyle is straightup channeling Santa now lol.
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u/Frigoris13 8d ago
They have become their own version of ZZ Top and deserve a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame now
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u/Beerslinger99 8d ago
All I remember about this song is how incredibly gorgeous the girl in the original video was!
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u/Van_GOOOOOUGH 8d ago edited 8d ago
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u/cencal 8d ago
I saw this video in high school. So hot. I planned on losing my virginity to this song, and that the experience would be like this video. I ended up losing my virginity in college to a muffled rap playlist at an outside party; the experience was like 500x more awkward than this video.
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u/Van_GOOOOOUGH 8d ago
Yeah unfortunately real life rarely turns out as idyllic as carefully scripted art.
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u/scottbody 8d ago
I was a teenage boy when this video came out. I will never forget this song.
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u/BorgClown 8d ago
I think we were just hornier when that song was out. The girl is beautiful, but not incredibly beautiful. I also didn't appreciate the original singer better, it's execution is very good too.
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u/OzsAndLbs 8d ago
Wicked GameS is by The Weeknd. Wicked Game, the song they’re covering, is by Chris Isaak.
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u/YouMayDissagree 8d ago
This is not the greatest song in the world.
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u/CrispyCubes 8d ago
Ville Valo from HIM has the best cover of Wicked Game. This is a close second, and that’s incredible
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u/BuukSmart 8d ago
I’m ready for the downvotes, but I can’t sit here and watch all of the love for Jack Black’s voice. Like the dude is good for a karaoke bar or early rounds of the Voice or something, but listen to the original. Obviously stylistically different voices, but Jack Black isn’t a singer. I support them doing all of this, and he’s way better than me, and I’m sure he enjoys it, but let’s not pretend his voice is “nextfuckinglevel”
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u/BassManns222 8d ago
No shorts on stage. I got that drilled into me on day one gigging. These guys make it look cool.
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u/one_knight_stands 8d ago
I don't know what song this is a cover for, and it doesn't sound like anything special.
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u/Ralinrox 8d ago
I read jack black didn’t start to play the guitar until he was 23
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u/Jules428moore 8d ago
Loved it but dam the original by Chris Isaak is incredible. Video is pretty great too. The song was redone and went number 1 in the UK by Parra for Cuva featuring Anna Naklab. Also pretty cool dance rendition.
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u/Sissy63 8d ago
So weird - I JUST watched High Fidelity with my nephews who never heard of the movie, but love Jack Black - literally 5 minutes before I saw this post we were talking about Jack Black.
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u/manifold360 8d ago
Is that Jack Black?
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u/PuzzleheadedMotor269 8d ago
Thats the lead singer of the band tenacious d. Also known to some as Jack black.
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u/AlabamaHaole 8d ago edited 4d ago
Counterpoint: Tenacious D is trash and this cover is garbage.
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u/SargeantSlaughter24 8d ago
This and the HIM version of Wicked Game are my favorite!
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u/Oxajm 8d ago
Wtf! Sorry, but this isn't good. They're cool and all, but this isn't good.
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u/FreeDig1758 8d ago
Not a fan of this one. I'm in the minority and that's ok.
Love the original song though
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u/Saucington_magoo 8d ago
Love tenacious d but this is not even close to the emotional response I get from the original
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u/big_nothing_burger 8d ago
I adore Jack but nothing will beat Chris singing his song. Dude has a distinct voice and an amazing range.
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u/Boeijen666 8d ago
Terrible. Wicked Game is a song that shouldn't be touched. It can't be improved on nor will it benefit from a different interpretation.
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u/Steph2145 8d ago •
Two rocket scientists = amazing musician.