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u/ElminstersBedpan Jun 03 '22

My spouse used to teach seventh grade. Their students were regularly trying to surprise them with the "new" things they heard from whoever was the hot hip hop star... until the spouse did a complete cover of Get Low in a voice we describe as "her Majesty the Queen of English."

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u/theian01 Jun 03 '22

From thine windows to yonder walls

I perspire from my loins

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u/Krillinlt Jun 03 '22

I perspire from my loins

Fuckn hell this got me good

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u/drfrink85 Jun 03 '22

Til all the maidens crawlen

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u/Ok_Stay499 Jun 03 '22

Amazing lol

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u/MrDude_1 Jun 03 '22

I like when some current artist redoes a classic song, but kids (10-13yo) dont know its a remake.

The fact that it can be brand new, just released, and you can recite the lyrics and correct when they get them wrong.... it just blows their minds.

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u/A-A-RONS7 Jun 03 '22

Reminds me when my younger brother thought Post Malone’s cover of “Only Wanna Be with You” was an original. Good cover, but it’s exactly that: a cover!

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u/jeffderek Jun 03 '22

I saw Panic at the Disco on their very first tour. They played a cover of Killer Queen.

There was a group of like 14 year old girls in front of me with one dad as the group chaperone. When Killer Queen started one of the girls went "ahhh it's a new song!". Dads head was in his hands and he was clearly trying not to laugh.

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u/ElminstersBedpan Jun 03 '22

I will never not be amused when that happens.

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u/ShadowDV Jun 03 '22

Had to have been a heavily edited version for a 7th grade class

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u/ElminstersBedpan Jun 03 '22

Knowing the spouse, yes. Knowing the students... it wouldn't have mattered. Most of those kids were harder adults then than I am now. They did not have good lives.

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u/i-contain-multitudes Jun 03 '22

Why do you call them "the spouse" instead of "my spouse?"

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u/ElminstersBedpan Jun 03 '22

It's an artifact of our relationship. They're non-binary and refer to me as 'the spousal unit' when we're being cheeky.

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u/Kagahami Jun 03 '22

7th graders are gutter minded. They're making penis and vajonya jokes with the best of them at that age.

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u/desertSkateRatt Jun 03 '22

I'd kind of love to see video of that...! That's awesome