You're The One That I Want Satan

July 6, 2015 7:04 AM

Death Metal Grease (SLYT)
posted by fearfulsymmetry (31 comments total)

Yeah, did you intend it to load at 39 second into the video? The whole thing is the song and the first part is pretty great.
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 7:15 AM on July 6, 2015

I enjoyed this. "ooo! ooo! ooo! honey"

For contrast: superb lo-fi cover of same song as backdrop to inexplicable Chanel No. 5 long form commercial starring Daario Naharis and that lady that's married to the quarterback that looks like Matt Damon.
posted by mcstayinskool at 7:17 AM on July 6, 2015

Mod note: Fixed the mid-song timestamp, presumably just an unintended Helpful URL Modification by youtube.
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:18 AM on July 6, 2015 [1 favorite]

Oh yeah... I meant to post to the beginning... so excited I forgot to check
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 7:20 AM on July 6, 2015

No amount of SATAN! can disguise the fact that those kids are be-boppin' down by the hop. Just look at their faces, watch their hips! oo oo oooo!
posted by chavenet at 7:20 AM on July 6, 2015

And yeah, this is super fantastic.
posted by cortex at 7:27 AM on July 6, 2015

vast improvement. much more decisive. much more want.
posted by eustatic at 7:33 AM on July 6, 2015

Love is a Battlefield Earth.
posted by srboisvert at 7:35 AM on July 6, 2015 [4 favorites]

Oh man. I swear, this is my go-to shtick for getting laughs on karaoke night. Always sing death metal style. Although I highly prefer "Summer Nights."
posted by fungible at 7:44 AM on July 6, 2015 [2 favorites]

Too intelligible to be true death metal.
posted by MartinWisse at 8:17 AM on July 6, 2015 [3 favorites]

My mother is going to love this.
posted by Bwentman at 8:39 AM on July 6, 2015

Is this the 'vocal fry' they were talking about yesterday?
posted by MtDewd at 8:40 AM on July 6, 2015 [5 favorites]

Just a reminder of the greatest answer to any interview question ever
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 9:01 AM on July 6, 2015 [4 favorites]

Even before I type this, I've started cajoling my theater connections to make this happen in its entirety.

God, I hate Grease.
posted by cmoj at 9:05 AM on July 6, 2015 [2 favorites]

That's precisely what Stockard Channing sounded like warming up for There are worse things I could do.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 9:42 AM on July 6, 2015

20-ish years ago, when I'd first joined the Coast Guard, I got tons of shit from guys for having done theater stuff in high school & college. (Also for everything else they could think of...) Most of them associated theater and musicals and such with TEH GAYZ.

Yet if we were in port (or once I was at a shore station) and Grease was on television, all work would stop. I would be the only guy thinking "WTF?" while they all watched in silence.
posted by scaryblackdeath at 9:54 AM on July 6, 2015 [1 favorite]

No amount of SATAN! can disguise the fact that those kids are be-boppin' down by the hop.

Nonsense. If this had only 10% more HAIL SATAN! the world would collapse into Mad Max and flames and mohawks and burning zombies piling themselves against the iron gates of the last human city as a dark form rises from the earth.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 10:33 AM on July 6, 2015 [2 favorites]

Andy Rehfeldt is amazing! MeFi's Own not_on_display introduced me to him via one of his works going in the other direction: the Radio Disney version of Hammer Smashed Face.
posted by ignignokt at 10:36 AM on July 6, 2015 [3 favorites]

I think it's hard to beat the The Cramps for reminding us that, yes, sometimes it was all about the sex.
posted by CBrachyrhynchos at 11:06 AM on July 6, 2015 [2 favorites]

God, I hate Grease.

some say hate is an unnecessary word. they are wrong.
posted by philip-random at 1:51 PM on July 6, 2015

Ahh Andy Rehfeldt... Such a talented guy.

Pop stars singing over some nice metal guitar
Katy Perry-California Gurls(Metal Version)
Lady Gaga-Paparazzi (Metal Version)
... Totally replacing the pop with Death metal
Jonas Brothers - Paranoid (Death Metal Version)
or sometimes the best is like ignignokt mentioned are the Radio Disney versions
Dying Fetus-Grotesque Impalement(Radio Disney Version)

But for sure his best work is one of the classics
posted by cirhosis at 2:33 PM on July 6, 2015 [4 favorites]

"But for sure his best work is one of the classics"

Holy shit, that's amazing.
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 2:56 PM on July 6, 2015 [1 favorite]

Okay, also:

Marilyn Manson — The Beautiful People (Polka Version)
AC/DC — Back in Black (Funk Version)
Dio — Holy Diver (Jazzy Version)
Judas Priest — You've Got Another Thing Comin' (Bossa Nova Version)

"Ahh Andy Rehfeldt... Such a talented guy."

No kidding. The AC/DC cover is going into my music collection right now.
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 3:17 PM on July 6, 2015 [4 favorites]

Something about this mix makes all of the background singers come across as zombies.
posted by carmicha at 5:40 PM on July 6, 2015

I don't know what country Andy Rehfeldt is from, but wherever it is, he's a national treasure.

My favorites:
Rage Against The Machine-Killing In The Name (Less Angry Version)
Lamb of God-Set to Fail (Smooth Jazz Version)
Metallica-Enter Sandman (Smooth Jazz Version)
posted by Bugbread at 7:01 PM on July 6, 2015 [2 favorites]

I came here to post the Rage Against The Machine version which I think is my all-time favorite.
posted by lizarrd at 7:16 PM on July 6, 2015

This is awesome and I just came here to pile on another link to the similar Necrocomiccon, a black metal band that exclusively covers '80s hits.
posted by Maaik at 8:49 PM on July 6, 2015 [1 favorite]

Man, a lot of these are really good. "Call Me Maybe" is just pop metal perfection.
posted by vverse23 at 11:55 PM on July 6, 2015

What? No Marry Poppins Death Metal?
posted by Hasteur at 5:04 AM on July 7, 2015

Ah maggot lung. I hate it and I love it. I love this.

My favourite surprise death metal is this: Raaargh!
posted by h00py at 6:54 AM on July 7, 2015 [1 favorite]

Marginally better than never seeing that film again. The makeup on Travolta just squicks me out.
posted by clvrmnky at 10:46 AM on July 7, 2015