Social media has made it possible for talented musicians all around the world to showcase their talents right from the comfort of their own homes.
The young man in this video is just another great example. He plays an incredible version of a popular John Denver song, though he jumbles the chorus to make for a hilarious rendition.
This young musician went viral playing “Take Me Home, Country Roads” and purposely mixed up the words in the chorus.
Cory Lott is a musician who has been viewed playing beautiful music for millions on YouTube. He and his band, Nulberry, have a YouTube channel with over 54,000 subscribers.
In this video, Lott decides to do something extra special on the chorus that has people on the internet bursting with laughter.
The performance is great all on its own—he’s masterful with the guitar, and his voice is terrific. Even so, he takes it even further by making it funny as well.
At the beginning of the video, Lott begins showcasing his skills on the guitar by perfectly playing the chords to the difficult song.
After getting the song going on his acoustic guitar, Lott starts singing the words and his voice is remarkable. With talent like his, it’s no surprise he’s a viral sensation! The way he manipulates his fingers on the guitar is so impressive, and he moves his fingers so fast you can hardly see them.
His voice is very smooth and unique, the talented musician has no problem matching the vocal range of the legendary song.
As he flawlessly goes through the song, the skill he exhibits on the guitar is extraordinary. When he gets to the chorus, he begins flip-flopping the words and it’s hysterically funny We’ve all heard the chorus to the famous John Denver song, and most of us could probably even sing along to it. Lott, on the other hand, decides to throw some fun into it singing:
How he perfectly fumbles the words and remembers all of them even when switching them up is beyond impressive.
Before long, he starts singing:
“Country home, take me road, to the belong, I Virginia, west mama, mountain place, take me road, country home, road I take, west to, belong, to country place, the Virginia, mama road me, home the road, mountain me.”
This guy makes singing the words wrong fit so well! Although it’s a bit silly to sing the words wrong, his ability to produce mental jibberish on the fly is pretty profound. We would get tripped up for sure!
People on the internet definitely responded to his unique performance.
Millions of users couldn’t get enough of the altered chorus. As it turns out, Lott also has many other outstanding performances that went viral—don’t forget to check out his YouTube channel to see them all.
Over 2.1 million people have viewed the video on YouTube, with 134,000 liking Lott’s silly antics.
Beyond the above, thousands of people have also left comments for the up-and-coming artist. Many were in awe by the way he switched the chorus and made it sound so good.
This is such a unique way to go about one of the most popular songs of all time!
They say that you shouldn’t try to cover an iconic song unless you can bring something new to it. Fortunately, Lott was able to do that with style.
To see the hilarious version of “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” watch the video below:
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