Aug 192010
 

When we last checked in with the loveable eccentrics at Our Hit Parade, they were mashing together Pocahontas and Ke$ha and going hair-metal on Rihanna. Well they’re back with more crazy theatrics from their monthly performance of New York artists covering top-ten hits. The pop love is flowing and the results are stranger (and funnier) than ever.

First: Bradford Scobie and his sister sing Taio Cruz’s hit “Dynamite” as sassy schoolteachers. Oh no you didn’t dance, dance, dance, dance!
Then: Jeffrey & Cole Casserole web star Cole Escola goes all Little Orphan Annie on K’naan’s World Cup hit “Wavin’ Flag.” It’s the hard-knock life for Somalian refugees.
Third: Trapper Felides, who we last saw singing Katy Perry’s “California Gurls,” return as a pirate gang reminiscing with 3Oh!3’s “My First Kiss.” The original features Ke$ha, for anyone whose first kiss gave them herpes.
Next: Don’t worry K.P. fans – “California Gurls” returns from southern rockers .357 Lover. Less cotton candy, more rye whiskey.
Finally: Jenn Harris dresses up as a giant bat for Miley Cyrus’ “Can’t Be Tamed.” Still less creepy than the jailbait original!

You got all that? Didn’t think so. Join the insanity below with five of the best videos (and MP3s to remind you later). If you want more, hit up Our Hit Parade’s YouTube page for covers of Drake’s “Find Your Love,” Kylie Minogue’s “All the Lovers,” Justin Bieber’s “Somebody to Love,” and a bunch more. Spoiler alert: they’re equally nutso.

Bradford Scobie – Dynamite (Taio Cruz cover)

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Cole Escola – Wavin’ Flag (K’naan cover)


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Trapper Felides – My First Kiss (3Oh!3 ft. Ke$ha cover)


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.357 Lover – California Gurls (Katy Perry cover)


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Jenn Harris – Can’t Be Tamed (Miley Cyrus cover)


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Check out more Our Hit Parade videos at YouTube. Buy tickets to the next performance at Joe’s Pub.

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