When Anne Reburn covered The Beach Boys’ ‘I Get Around,’ she didn’t just sing the plain old pop tune but put a vibrant ‘60s spin on the original through her epic one-woman-band rendition!
Watching this clip is like stepping into a pop music time warp, and Music Man readers can watch the magic unfold in Anne’s viral video. It’s already topped 97,000 views within a matter of weeks!
Anne taps straight into the trademark aesthetics of the ‘60s, from her hairstyle to her cherry red lipstick; from her gorgeous sky-blue floral dress all the way down to her fresh vocal tones.
With The Beach Boys’ single first being released back in the spring of 1964, Anne recreates the band’s original atmosphere perfectly, layering four flashback vocal harmonies, all performed by herself, and topping them with a sweet, clean take on the band’s iconic lyrics.
But that’s not all. Anne isn’t just a singer – she’s a fantastically versatile instrumentalist, donning a psychedelic shirt and vintage orange-toned shades to perform her backing track on a ‘60s-style Fender guitar and bass. She even whips out a mini keyboard to voice the organ part, and an egg shaker to solidify her cover’s dance-worthy beat.
As outstanding as Anne’s throwback blend of ‘60s music and fashion may be, her sparkling personality takes the limelight as each split-screen vocal part is performed with a twist, as if we’re watching a multitude of identical twins take on The Beach Boys’ hit. Anne even throws some vintage dance moves into her chorus, making her rendition feel more uplifting by the second.
This is hardly the first split-screen cover Anne has posted to her YouTube page. Anne’s most viewed video, an a cappella cover of ‘Mr. Sandman’ (which you can check out above!) was posted all the way back in 2016, racking up an incredible 10 million views to date.
Since starting her channel that very same year, Anne has covered a myriad of hits from across the eras of pop culture, including The Bee Gees’ ‘How Deep Is Your Love,’ Gotye’s ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ and Johnny Cash’s ‘Ring of Fire’ – all whilst amassing more than 384,000 YouTube subscribers in the process.
But when it comes to her Beach Boys cover, viewers have been left with a lot to say. As one top commenter noticed, ‘It’s amazing how distinct the personality of each clone is,’ another fan wholesomely wrote to Anne, ‘You brought back a lot of childhood memories of a more innocent time for me.’