Tryouts

August 27, 2010 12:39 PM

La Roux Auditions for Harry Potter. Ke$ha Auditions for Glee.
posted by lauratheexplorer (26 comments total)

Well those are certainly two parody videos.
posted by everichon at 12:46 PM on August 27, 2010 [11 favorites]

Instant context: La Roux - Bulletproof
posted by 2bucksplus at 12:48 PM on August 27, 2010

the offices of 'Harry Potter'?
posted by ODiV at 12:48 PM on August 27, 2010 [1 favorite]

i feel benignly violated.
posted by slater at 12:49 PM on August 27, 2010 [6 favorites]

Her name is not La Roux!!!
Gawd!

(slams bedroom door)
posted by Senor Cardgage at 12:53 PM on August 27, 2010 [4 favorites]

Haaaaa, I'm enjoying the Ke$ha parody. OH HAI CAMEO AT THE END.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 12:55 PM on August 27, 2010

Imagine if, even when talking in a normal voice, everything you said was Auto-Tuned. That is the power of Meh$ha.
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis at 1:05 PM on August 27, 2010 [1 favorite]

This time baby, I'll be bulletproof / This time baby, I'll be bulletproof / This time baby, I'll be bulletproof / This time baby, I'll be bulletproof / This time baby, I'll be bulletproof / …
posted by polymodus at 1:07 PM on August 27, 2010 [1 favorite]

Man, I miss Yazoo.
posted by boo_radley at 1:14 PM on August 27, 2010 [1 favorite]

mumble mumble kids lawn
posted by not_on_display at 1:26 PM on August 27, 2010

OK, that was somewhat funnier than I expected it to be.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 1:27 PM on August 27, 2010

This should be combined with the "funny" thread as an example of what is not funny. People trying too hard to be funny fail when they are trying this hard to be funny by doing so.
posted by Nanukthedog at 1:38 PM on August 27, 2010 [1 favorite]

I expected to be thoroughly disappointed. But the disappointment was somewhat less than thorough.
posted by Astro Zombie at 1:38 PM on August 27, 2010 [2 favorites]

Now all Ke$ha needs to do is get thrown in the dumpster. Please.
Pretty please?
posted by msbutah at 1:39 PM on August 27, 2010 [1 favorite]

Ah...I see.

Hmm.
posted by FAMOUS MONSTER at 1:41 PM on August 27, 2010

Before clicking 2bucksplus's comment, I had no clue who La Roux was. After watching what I could of her video, I can only assume she was auditioning for the roll of Ron Weasley; she's a dead ringer for Rupert Grint!
posted by bjork24 at 1:48 PM on August 27, 2010

For the role too. But, in my mind, she might as well be auditioning for some of Ron's baked goods as well.
posted by bjork24 at 1:50 PM on August 27, 2010 [1 favorite]

I was expecting something funny and this is dumb.
posted by anniecat at 1:58 PM on August 27, 2010 [1 favorite]

Hmm that's not the funny Ke$ha parody.
posted by w0mbat at 2:25 PM on August 27, 2010 [7 favorites]

Hmm that's not the funny Ke$ha parody .

Far, far better. I liked the crying kid best.
posted by Bookhouse at 2:43 PM on August 27, 2010

1. take a flamboyant pop act
2. put into an everyday situation
posted by aesacus at 3:19 PM on August 27, 2010 [1 favorite]

Far, far better. I liked the crying kid best.

I liked "KESHA MUST ACT LIKE A DRUNKEN WHORE AT ALL TIMES" with the slash through the dollar sign added with pen.
posted by peep at 3:38 PM on August 27, 2010

My two favourite La Roux remixes:
- In for the Kill - Skream Remix
- I'm Not Your Toy - Data Remix
posted by djgh at 3:41 PM on August 27, 2010

Ron Weasley; she's a dead ringer for Rupert Grint

Close. Bastard love child of Rupert Grint and Tilda Swinton, doing a bad Annie Lennox impression.
posted by Diablevert at 4:05 PM on August 27, 2010

If you take La Roux and put her in, say, an outdoor event in Kansas City, in the middle of summer, she will play exactly 4 songs before complaining about the heat and leaving.

I honestly thought she was wearing her gold foil jacket for heat dissipation.
posted by hellojed at 11:08 PM on August 27, 2010

You're not funny.
posted by luckypozzo at 7:30 PM on August 28, 2010