Kevin Hickerson posted this cover version of "Creep" by Scala & The Kolacny Brothers, which is "a Belgian girls' choir, conducted by Stijn Kolacny and arranged and accompanied by Steven Kolacny on the piano." And they performed the proper version --- i.e., the one that uses the word "fuck" --- rather than the censored version I heard dozens of times at Pax 2007. I don't remember having ever heard of this group before, so I looked them up on iTunes, and they have also covered artists like Depeche Mode (3 times!), Nirvana, and even a certain song by The Divinyls. And, believe me, you haven't truly lived until you have heard a children's choir sing "I Touch Myself." This is admittedly a bit disturbing, but these choir versions of those songs are also awesome (and simultaneously also "awesome"), so I bought some of their music. Sweet! Also, I am highly amused.
This is one of the reasons I like Facebook: It makes it easier to find gems like this.
Update (9/16/11): I think this version of "I Touch Myself" is perhaps slightly more disturbing in music video format, and as my cousin Scott points out, the conductor is all kinds of creepy.
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That cover of Creep was used in the trailer for The Social Network. I wasn't interested in seeing the movie (despite the appeal of a Fincher/Sorkin collaboration) until I saw the trailer, in no small part because of the music selection (which made clear what kind of story they were going to tell about the origin of Facebook).
Actually, I assume that's how the group had a huge spurt in popularity. I didn't remember the song from the trailer, but I obviously saw references to that usage in the wikipedia entry. I had and still have no desire to see that movie.
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