What's The Story?
The Lost Fingers are a pleasant burst of novelty from Quebec. They play well-arranged gypsy jazz covers of popular songs. Billie Jean (originally by Michael Jackson on Thriller) appears on their first commercial release, 2008's Lost In The 80's.
Who's To Blame?
A connoisseur of domestic goats.
Why ♥ It?
Take a pop-rock classic, and reimagine it with a stand up bass and two vocalists who can all sing. It probably doesn't matter what pop-rock classic, it gets serious points for novelty, and bonus points for being able to bridge from a more common taste to a seriously great genre that's a little harder to appreciate.
With that said, when I say "gypsy jazz cover of Billie Jean", knowing what both of those things entail probably gives a good mental image of what to expect in this track. I have to give props to the group for the post-breakdown part at around 3:00; they keep playing their instruments, but emulate the style of the original tune almost perfectly before smoothly transitioning back into their own take.
I wanted my closing statement to reiterate the band intro and say something about "pure novelty", but there's a lot more to this (and other Lost Fingers) tunes than just the initial delight of hearing these tunes in this format, and to dismiss it as pure novelty would be shaming the excellent performance found in this track.
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