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Nickelback know a fair few things about putting together a half-decent parody, it turns out. Before the Canadian band that everyone pretends to hate scaled to the gravellY heights of âHow You Remind Meâ, they started life as a covers band called Village Idiot.
Accordingly, when the bunch of aspiring seamenâs (no sniggering at the back) sails caught wind of The Lottery Winnersâ shanty-flavoured version of âRockstarâ, the band sportingly clambered aboard for a collab. Mainly, this one stands out for its surprisingly high production valueS â weâre talking split screens, stock images of ships, at least two anoraks, a pipe, and a captainâs hat seemingly stolen from a rowdy stag do.
Watch Taylor Swift get sea shanty treatment from US Navy Band We were very much into this music before it was cool
Taylor Swift. CREDIT: Press
Taylor Swift has become the latest artist to be given the sea shanty treatment – check out the US Navy Band’s ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together’ parody below.
Taking to Twitter on Monday (January 25), the US Navy Band got in on the action by posting a shanty take on Swift’s 2012 break-up anthem.
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“We were very much into this music before it was cool,” the band captioned the clip, which sees them perform socially distanced in a large hall.
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Jan 27, 2021 11:00 AM Sea shanties have seemingly taken over TikTok and the U.S. Navy Band hopes to cash in on the craze by giving an early Taylor Swift hit a sea-faring transformation. The band released its tongue-in-cheek parody of We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together , Swift s Grammy-nominated record from 2012, on Monday. The arrangement features five harmonizing band members accompanied by a violinist and percussionist on what appears to be a Djembe. Of course, the group fully acknowledges that their latest masterpiece might not be everyone s cup of tea or bottle of rum  when ad-libbing a line that references the viral