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Who said The Black Keys hadn't hit the big time? We have surely reached the tipping point.

First Kelly Clarkson covered 'Lies' now this character Casey has had a crack at 'I Got Mine'.

It seems to get anywhere on American Idol or rather after the show, you have to tick off a TBK tune. This vid from a fan, the vid title says it all, reproduced here verbatim: "Casey James American idol tour 2010! (Auburn hills, MI!)"
I hope they will be at the next TBK gig too.

Hilarious

ps I'm in the team 'I hope as many people as possible hear the black keys as possible' camp. I just never thought they would get covered by American Idol contestants. Silly me.

haha thats fucking terrible! he's not playing the main riff some other jerk off is doing that and then he's playing fucking shithouse lead over the top and terrible singing very poor effort altogether! also stratocaster? in bright blue? i believe its meant to be a telecaster to be anywhere near black keys?!

Yikes. I'm curious too of what Dan and Patrick think about this.

It's certainly different turned into a full-band arena rock track, and make no mistake obviously TBK's original track is way cooler/superior on record and in every live performance, but I gotta say, I didn't hate it. The breakdown solo had an SRV-esque bit on it (from his version of Voodoo Chile). Doesn't breadown and build back up at all though, which is the best part of this track IMO, the end explosion is insaaaaaane.

Agreed on the gay guitar choice though.

Yeah agreed that the singing was brutal, but I dunno, maybe I'm just amused to hear a different take on the song, but again, I didn't hate it.

some retarded chic had this to say

SORRY ... but Casey SOARS past the original version which is thin and drippy by comparison. Casey sets this song on fire with passion, variation, angst and accent, and, unfortunately, the original pales next to this performance by Casey. Casey has made this a whole new song and has made it his own. Casey's version is mad hot.

Wow. Glam up someone else's tune and people still mistake it for talent.

shoot the stupid bint who said this was better than the original. this is an insult. she obviously has never seen the original live!!! layering a tbk song with uneeded shit shows for starters how little respect he has for the artist. his singing has absolutely no passion in, just sounds like he's shouting the line n then shouting the next line. if you gonna cover someone, do it with a bit of your own soul but mainly with repect! thats my motto anyways! know everything about the band and song before you just pick it out the blue and cockslap the original with this horrific assualt on the ears!!