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Vocal covers on YouTube are inherently funny… here you have literally hundreds of thousands of the world’s teenagers baring their voice for all the world to see, and for what? To be the next Tay Zonday? Or do people think they’ll actually be “discovered” and propelled to superstardom? As my good friend Axl said, “Why do people put this shit on the Internet? I sing poorly in my apartment all the time, but I don’t feel the need to share it with the world.”

An anonymous industry MS Maniac sent in this ace vocal cover of Cradle of Filth’s “Nemphetamine.” Pure gold. And then, after the jump, a pair of foxy, brunette twins we found in the “related videos” tab that actually do a decent job (but are no less hilarious).

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This YouTubian calls himself “JesusFarted.” It’s strangely appropriate.

Crustcake posted a tremendous video of this young lad shredding it up for the video camera. Yeah, the kid can play — but his technical chops pale in comparison to his face-making, winking, and bedroom theatrics. A+++++

-VN

Remember that YouTube clip we posted of aspiring singer / pro gum-chewer / YouTube star Jon Becker singing the high notes of “Cemetery Gates” a few weeks ago [via Metal Inquisition]? Here’s a clip of him singing some random insanely high notes, then another one of him singing Skid Row’s “The Threat” a cappella. The gum chewing gets me every single time. Even more than the fist-clenching and uber-serious facial expressions. But the gum-chewing… man oh man!

-VN

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