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Friday Afternoon Diversion

By Tankboy in Arts & Entertainment on Jun 18, 2010 8:00PM

You know, it's super easy to tumble off the razor thin line that is a well exectued cover version of a song and tumble into the chasm of sub-par or inarticulate or just plain cheesy results. In this video Lissie, a young lady who's own work has thus far left us a bit cold, covers Kid Cudi's "Pursuit Of Happiness" transforming the song from a lazy summer trot into a fiery full frontal assault. It's really quite wonderful.