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LORDE - Royals (Original Post)
dipsydoodle
Dec 2013
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rocktivity
(45,006 posts)1. This won a Grammy? Unless she sang those harmonies simultaneously
Last edited Fri Sep 5, 2025, 12:46 PM - Edit history (4)
...snoresome.
rocktivity
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)2. Well even I prefer this.
The original not some lame cover :
rocktivity
(45,006 posts)3. But that's actual MUSIC
played by actual musicians -- Lorde's generation does not have stake in investing in learning how to create and perform music with staying power. But why should it be, when you can just as easily get a record deal by plugging in an auto tuner and taking off your clothes?
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Drifter
(4,751 posts)4. This one is better
Here's "Royals", sung by a seven-foot tall clown with a golden voice.
http://www.wimp.com/royalsclown/
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)5. Yeah, that clown is amazing
He has a better voice than almost anyone in the music biz. Why isn't he well-known?
Rocknation
(45,006 posts)6. Working link to the seven-foot clown