WoW Moviewatch: Draenei
by Michael Gray 
Apr 27th 2011 at 12:00PM
The lyrics are just fine; I don't mean to disparage them, it's just that my focus on this piece is how well Sharm performs the song. She's really got one hell of a voice, and she manages to bring the guns to nearly every piece of music she performs.
By the way, this is a parody of Katy Perry's E.T., if you don't recognize it.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Kunikenwad! Apr 27th 2011 12:13PM
I hate hip hop, but I must admit talent when I hear it. Sharm makes this sound great. Too bad the video was horrendously awful ... can we get Greyfoo or Leggs to do this instead?
Drakkenfyre Apr 27th 2011 12:19PM
You realize everything in the video came from the CGI intros, right?
Kunikenwad! Apr 27th 2011 12:31PM
And? Yes, of course it primarily came from the TBC intro except for the obvious Exodar shots and random WotLK segments. That doesn't excuse the fact that video presentation wasn't horrendously put together. I'd like a real machinima maker's take on that video, perhaps give it a go and see what they could do. I think it could be interesting, especially given Greyfoo's work on Exodar Disco.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPxDfGLbP4E
Drakkenfyre Apr 27th 2011 12:38PM
There's "horrendously put together", and "visually horrendous", I thought you were going with the latter.
jrockzmyv382 Apr 27th 2011 12:46PM
I fail to see how this is hip-hop...
Drakkenfyre Apr 27th 2011 12:16PM
Good song, but one thing, Draenei are not from another dimension.
Drakkenfyre Apr 27th 2011 11:20PM
People who downvote me:
Draenei are no more from a different dimension than Orcs are.
The original line should have been changed.
fallemwarrior Apr 27th 2011 12:16PM
I think i just heard Sacco Squeee
Bethontheharbor Apr 27th 2011 12:17PM
another Sharm'ing classic. Love her voice.
Noekh Apr 27th 2011 12:21PM
Normally, Sharm is one of the absolute best female WoW singers..this though....*facepalm*
It's really, really off-key, and she has most of the lines from the original song in this. Also, blood elves in parts of her clips? Come on Sharm, I know you can do better than this!
jrockzmyv382 Apr 27th 2011 12:46PM
o.O where is it really, REALLY off key?? I listened to this over and over again and... I really don't hear what you're talking about.
Trisong Apr 27th 2011 12:27PM
Am I the only one that thinks this song (E.T.) sounds...exactly like Tatu? You know, those Russian girls?
dmberreth Apr 27th 2011 12:27PM
Though just generally isn't my type of music, I have to give credit. The vocals and overall production value were incredible. Musically. The video... well, obviously, it was just there to add colors.
I hope some of those talented machinima makers out there pick this up and get something made. It's about time WoW got another video that isn't cheesy rap - and face it, the Draenei need some love.
anjeney Apr 27th 2011 12:28PM
I honestly wondered how long it would take for this to come about when I saw the original video. If a Draenei had been used as the female.. it would have come closer.. but all in all... well done.
EidlonImp Apr 27th 2011 12:44PM
I... don't even know what to say about this. If the lyrics were largely taken from a Rebecca Black song, that explains why they're, well, terrible. Sharm might have a beautiful voice, but all I heard was the auto-tuning.
I dig the sentiment, and the fact that it's neither belf rap or just another music video with wow imagery and a stock Emo or Nu-Metal song, but, blech. The song is way too close to the source material to call good.
Kunikenwad! Apr 27th 2011 12:59PM
L2read?
"By the way, this is a parody of Katy Perry's E.T., if you don't recognize it."
Last sentence in the post.
SamLowry Apr 27th 2011 4:51PM
Maybe you should L2Read.
He didn't say the lyrics WERE taken from a Rebecca Black song, but they sounded like they could be.
Kunikenwad! Apr 27th 2011 5:55PM
Maybe you should L2L2Read!
"If the lyrics were largely taken from a Rebecca Black song, that explains why they're, well, terrible."
Not sound. If the lyrics were taken. Let's keep this going though! Your turn now ... I think I need to L2L2L2Read!
That sorta sounds like I'm trying to pull off a fatality in Mortal Kombat?
SamLowry Apr 27th 2011 6:19PM
Sorry, but the original sentence still makes perfect sense. The lyrics to this one sound like they were written by Mr. Stranger Danger in Rebecca Black's video, and if Katy Perry didn't have D-cups the only Google reference to "I Kissed A Girl" would go straight to Jill Sobule.
EidlonImp Apr 27th 2011 9:23PM
Kuni is correct, skimming the post I misread Katy Perry as Rebecca Black. Probably a freudian slip, because the comparison is apt, and Friday sprang to mind as I listened.
Misreading one sentence aside, it still isn't very good :-P