Pop stars with secret skills

[kusee pee]

Lockdown browsing has led me to some gems where pop artists have shown their stripped down skills and their true musical and songwriting talents have been allowed to shine.  Admittedly, this is an 80s edition due to my age but all three of these mainstream pop stars had me seriously impressed even though already a fan.

So what other artists maybe wouldn't impress that much on record but have got serious talent when stripped down?

 

[4000]

I would have expected all 3 of those to to be great stripped down. I tend to think that people really haven’t thought it through when they expect mainstream pop musicians to be a bit useless. 

[wateroftyne]

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[bassbiscuits]

35 minutes ago, wateroftyne said:

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OMFG where did you dredge that ghastly thing up from? That’s absolutely appalling. You gotta hope that Kurt had shuffled off this mortal coil without ever hearing that travesty. 

[rasher80]

I don't know what hurts more, my eyes or my ears.

I've always harboured an irrational hatred of Barlow & Williams and this does nothing to calm it!!

[wateroftyne]

Cuh, you're a bunch of snobby musos. That, my friends, is the sound of the streets.

[Dad3353]

I think I'll keep off the streets, in that case. That clip should be in the 'Bad Jokes' section. 

[Nail Soup]

All three ofthe artists in OP were 'Pop Stars1 in the eighties.... but had previous form as 'serious musicians' before that....so if you know that it is not a surprise to see there stripped down performance.

It would surprise me if someone who I regard as a front for producer-led music did a great self-acompanied acoustic performance...Sinnitta , Kylie etc.

I wonder how many such artists could?

[NickD]

I sat through a set of Nik Kershaw, an acoustic guitar and a looper at a festival a few years ago. I'd happily do so again, he was excellent.

[Paul S]

I'm a big fan of Nik Kershaw.  Saw him do a one man show at Union Chapel, up London way, very talented guy.  Funny, too, and a great raconteur.  Great touch on the guitar.

I understand Lady Gaga can actually sing and play instruments when she chooses. 

[DaveFry]

 

[Geek99]

9 hours ago, wateroftyne said:

Cuh, you're a bunch of snobby musos. That, my friends, is the sound of the streets.

Yeah ...Sesame Street 

[nikon F]

4 hours ago, DaveFry said:

 

please bear with me ive only been into this moosic m'larky for a short time,,,,,so mr Seal goes up to girlie busker says ere let me av a go ( or she says ere mate come an av a go ) and he plays as a lefty,,,so was it strung for the girl who was playing it right handed or is mr Seal very clever playing it upside down ? maybe he learnt guitar that way to start with ? 

it looks to be strung  right handed 

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[Geddys nose]

 

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[Newfoundfreedom]

12 hours ago, wateroftyne said:

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It's no worse than the original, the only saving grace then being Dave Grohl's drumming. 

[ribbetingfrog]

Never guessed she had it in her!

[Newfoundfreedom]

14 minutes ago, ribbetingfrog said:

Never guessed she had it in her!

I think she was just sitting on it. 

 

It sounds like someone's had a stroke on the karaoke. 

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[DaveFry]

2 hours ago, nikon F said:

please bear with me ive only been into this moosic m'larky for a short time,,,,,so mr Seal goes up to girlie busker says ere let me av a go ( or she says ere mate come an av a go ) and he plays as a lefty,,,so was it strung for the girl who was playing it right handed or is mr Seal very clever playing it upside down ? maybe he learnt guitar that way to start with ? 

it looks to be strung  right handed 

Just so .

 

[Dad3353]

3 hours ago, nikon F said:

... maybe he learnt guitar that way to start with ? ...

That's par for the course for many lefty players, and there are more than a few virtuoso players that play that way round. A little unusual nowadays, with lefty guitars and basses being made a bit more than in the past, but not as surprising as all that. Many lefties play piano, or saxophone, too, or even drums.

[sykilz]

Eddie Vedder's not really a pop star, but this is pretty cool. And for chaaaaaaarity too.

 

[la bam]

That Take That video.....

Oh

My 

God.

Worse thing ever!

[4000]

10 hours ago, DaveFry said:

 

Seal is, along with David Gilmour, my favourite male singer, and one of my favourite male artists. 

[4000]

FWIW, when we played The Acoustic Festival Of Britain the other year Howard Jones headlined the same night. Only caught the very end of his set as we’d had to take the gear back to the van, but he sounded great.

[ahpook]

3 hours ago, sykilz said:

Eddie Vedder's not really a pop star, but this is pretty cool. And for chaaaaaaarity too.

 

That's more like it !

Secret skills should be along the lines of Adele running really good Runequest campaigns or Stormzy being the reigning South-East England Yahtzee champion

 

[kusee pee]

Maybe I should have been showing something like this!