FAO: The World

Stop whatever it is you are doing, NOW!

Why? Because an indie musician has ‘re-imagined’ a pop hit, that‘s why!

Some of you may be aware of ‘Umbrella’, a song by Rihanna which has unexpectedly but brilliantly become this summer’s Smash Hit, selling truckloads and uniting everyone in a frenzy of rain-defying friendship declaration in the process.

Well, ‘Scott Simon’ is also aware of Umbrella. What he is more aware of though - acutely aware, you might say - is that being a pop song, Umbrella has literally NO MEANING.

So he’s decided to ‘inject’ some, mainly by slowing the song right down and singing it as though his wife has just died. As far as covers go, it is right up there alongside the time Starsailor showed the world how ’Push The Button’ should really have sounded.

It’s a good job we’ve got indie musicians looking out for us, or else we’d be left with hundreds of useless pop songs just lying around, devoid of all meaning and point. Imagine what the world would be like without the tireless work these people do, constantly ‘providing a new slant’ on popular songs. We truly are lucky.

Scott Simon - Umbrella

Thanks, Scott!