Originally published at: Listen to this incredible finger-style guitar cover of "Billie Jean" | Boing Boing
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In a similar vein, have you heard Kaki King?
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Too many great tracks on his YT channel but his Careless Whisper is pretty ace, too.
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This is fantastic! I used to perform a version of Billie Jean as part of a duo I was in. I played a very pared down (compared to this) finger style version of all the music-y bits, while my band-mate sang. I was always amazed that we could pull it off.
This is much, much better 
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Of course! Weren’t those her fingers playing the guitar in the movie “August Rush”?
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I’ll still take Derek Bailey any day.
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There were no vocals on this version.
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How are there two people just sitting there at the bar, not paying attention, I don’t understand.
It’s the 84th take. They’re over it.
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…or those are fake arms and they are playing the other two instruments under the counter.
Add vocals that somehow don’t scream MJ, and play it on just the beer taps except for the forte bit, which must be played with a metal feedback plate directly on the tube amp.
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Maybe credit the player by putting their name in the post and its title?
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That was a wonderful thing! Thank you. Off to see if there’s more like that.
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