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The Wrong Trousers Rock Lestats

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Celticharper

I just can’t get enough of these kids. Although it’s hard to find YouTube videos of them with any kind of decent sound quality (believe it or not, this is one of the better ones). One of my favourite performances of theirs is a street performance of Video Killed the Radio Star that we posted earlier here. The official Wrong Trousers MySpace page can be found here.

Two unique uses of the harp

Posted on July 27, 2007 by Celticharper

Kids rock: Three high school kids (a group known as “The Wrong Trousers”) put on a great street performance of “Video Killed the Radio Star” (with harp, mandolin and stand-up bass).

Update Feb. ’09: Also found this version on YouTube; enjoy!

The sound quality isn’t ideal, but it’s a wonderfully unique use of the instruments, and the kids do a really good job (somewhat strained vocals at the end not withstanding).

On a slightly weirder note, there’s harptallica.com – harp duet versions of 10 Metallica songs, coming soon to a CD near you (be afraid… be very afraid).