Tom: The Baseballs, along with Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, are one of the few exceptions to the rule that “all novelty cover bands are crap”.
Tom: This should be a by-the-numbers cover. Yes, well done, you made a Katy Perry song sound like it was from the fifties, now move on. But… it’s better than that. My question is this: is it because these guys are particularly good, because Hot N Cold is a terrific pop song, or both?
Tim: Both. Them, because they’ve managed to infuse it with exactly the right level of speed and excitement from the piano that it needs to match the original and not disappoint. Also the song because I was disappointed when they missed out the extra ‘no’s from the “you don’t really wanna stay…” line, indicating that it was forefront in my mind and there helping this along.
It’s a perfect combination, really, and a belter.