‘Very Thin Ice’; Gregory Brothers feat. Katie Couric

09-autotune-the-news-gregory-brothers-2Last night I saw the Gregory Brothers play the Canal Room in New York.  In addition to their brand of funk they played a live version of one of their ‘Autotune The News’ clips in time to a video behind them.  It was brilliant.  Genius stuff.

‘Autotune The News’was created by Michael Gregory and put together by the Gregory brothers which consists of Michael, Andrew, Evan and Sarah Fullen (now Gregory).  They insert themselves into news clips and autotune their way through lots of stories that seem more understandable and palatable when rendered in their brand of broadcasting.  Katie Couric, Hillary Clinton and Dick Cheney, among others, all lend their pitch-perfect vocals.

It looks like I am late to the game as there are now four clips on Youtube and not only has Katie Couric name-checked them but they have also been interviewed on the news they parody.  Time and New York magazine even did a piece.  Regardless, it is still great stuff.  I look forward to more ‘Autotune The News’ from the Gregory Brothers.  Anderson Cooper up next?

p.s. The song title above is my own creation.  Apologies if it inconveniences anyone.