Yet another edit: Someone popular gave me some kind of shout out, which means an influx of people! Hi there, and hope you all have a nice day! :D Edit: People ask me a lot why this isn't on Spotify or any streaming services, so I'm finally gonna try and explain: It's because parody covers generally aren't covered by distributors like DistroKid and require something called a sync license to be published on streaming services! Sync licenses do cost money, unfortunately, and as I don't make any money off of my YT channel (and don't intend to!) I would kinda just be losing money if I were to buy one--BUT, there are even further complications than just that! You see, this song's sync license owner has changed hands multiple times since I first uploaded this cover years ago, and in all those changes, it has frequently jumped between it being impossible to find, or it being impossible to contact the sync license owner to see if I COULD get a sync license. But lastly, and most importantly: I'm worried that if I DID contact the license holder and ask for a license, and they said no, that I'd potentially have to take this video down, or have it forcibly taken down by the current license owner. I'm currently in a safe gray area since this IS explicitly a parody cover, I am making no money off of it, and they get any ad revenue that comes from the ads KZfaq puts on the video but otherwise have no involvement with me. Maybe it's a little vain of me, but I do feel pretty proud of having a video with over 3 million views, and I would hate to lose that! I'm not exactly legally experienced or anything, so it's entirely possible that I have some details of this process wrong, but these are the hurdles as I understand them! If I ever DID manage to get it on streaming services like Spotify, it really wouldn't be for the money, but just for the happiness of everyone who's ever asked me to put it up there! And I'd probably just donate whatever I got in sales to charity, haha. For now though, it is what it is! original post: sorry I can't cover the original version, I have too much sand in my mouth

So this is what a stroke sounds like.

she really said “i am going to use my angelic voice for m e m e s”

I'm sorry, but that "Sand?" replacing the "Yes?" is absolute genius and nothing else in the song competes.

0:43 The fact that you can hear some of them say "man me a sands" instead of "sand me a man" is such a perfect extra touch.

When your character has 10 charisma and 1 intelligence.

When you’ve had a stroke but the show must go on.

I once had a cat I'd named Mr. Showboat, and I'd sing to him "Mr Showboat, show me a boat", and then I'd remember this and laugh. Well done.

Internet: "Man why is this game taking so long to come out in the west? All you need to do is change all the japanese into english." Japanese when you translate it directly:

Teacher: “The test isn’t that confusing.” *The Test:*

The “saaaaand?” Kills me every. Time.

This is a fine example of my favourite musical genre: high tier, high effort shitposts. Amazing work, this brings me so much joy knowing you are both incredibly skilled and committed to using that skill in very strange ways

This often, as the kids say, lives rent-free in my head. I love it.

when you really forget your lyrics but the recording just started

The "SAND~?" just KILLS me

I was legitimately enjoying the bop, but the "Sand~?" at 1:39 caught me so off guard. It always does. I love this

since Netflix launched their new show "Sandman" this song is relevant at the moment

The lyrics are in COMIC SANDS.

When you kinda remember the melody of a song but only know a sentence's worth of lyrics.

What really gets me is that every time in the chorus, some of you sing "Mr. Sandman, sand me a man" and others "Mr. Sandman, man me a sand"

This song is maddening, it feels somewhat comprehensible, like if I really tried I could figure out it’s meaning . But it’s actually entirely nonsense. I love it

It’s 2097 and I’m in a nursing home and all I can sing is this. The nurses think I have dementia, but the other residents *know*

I want this to be the only digital evidence of our existence

Drunk brain latched on to this and won't let go. I've sent this to several group chats. Good work. I keep giggling at the "sand?" Bit. Fantastic job combining the meme and the song. I would like to give you a kiss but in the Tumblr way where that means I just really like your work.

"hey, hey girls, are you alright?" "No, handses are manning a stroke. call a sandulance"

My bard with 1 intelligence after rolling a nat 20 on a performance check:

The fact that sometimes it goes "Sand me a man" or "Man me a sand" at the end of phases is so confusing that you can hear one of the vocal parts mess it up. Nice touch. I relate to that so much.

My new headcanon for Star Wars is that this song drove Anakin to the dark side

"Give him the sand that I'm not a hander" could almost pass for a slang phrase from the 50s

imagine future historians having to decipher our current language from this song

Despite laughing at the meme I can’t help but enjoy how gorgeous your voice is!!! It’s so smooth and soft and perfect for barbershop quartet styled music- I honestly would love to hear an actual cover of the song lol

To be honest, it does make sense, this is absolutely something Tom would like.

"So how's Self Isolation going?"

I've literally never been more excited

I'm delighted that the Tom-Scott-newsletter and Teza's-delightful-song-parodies universes have somehow collided!

2:04 Imagine how interesting of a power that would be those, being able to turn your hands into sand for a while and controlling it while also having to lose the power of having real hands for a while.

* *The Sandman is spasming on the floor.* * *He's drooling profusely, you're not sure he's conscious anymore.* * *You're hoping the man he sanded is a doctor.*

I too, am "coping well" with quarantine and am "not posting cries for help"

Edit: Discord invites closed for now! We're at capacity atm.

The fact that I never actually heard the original song, and this is the only version I've ever known, makes me feel an unknown emotion

This is what English sounds like to non-English speakers.

Imagine being someone who’s just trying to learn English. Edit: if you are I’m sorry you came across this video

The way she glamourized her Sandman is actually a profound allergory for the Gilded era, the Golden age of the American dream. This song is a nostalgic revision of how our commodities like cars, hooks, and doors could help us pursue happiness, serving as a reminder of who we are, and how far we've come. Truly the pinnacle of human music that touches our hearts and souls.

I need you all to sing the full thing normally, i legitimately think this is one of the most beautiful cool voices I've ever heard in my existence.

POV: You Are Having a Stroke During Karaoke Night (ASMR)

the sandman going "Saaannd?" instead of "Yeees?" absolutely broke me

This song has lived rent free in my head since the first moment I heard it. I am entirely ok with this fact, word salad has never sounded so lovely.

I was dead but this parody brought me back to life so I could do a little jig

I absolutely lost it at "Mr. Sandman" "s a n d ?"

My skin is clear, my crops are watered, the world is good again

Thanks Tom

did Tom Scott just give you a shoutout in his newsletter

I cannot man you sand. But, as a junior carpenter, I can sand you a man.

It's like having a musical stroke Edit: Y'all BEST BE SUBBED TO TEZA

already heard this once during its peak but started listening to it again after it was mentioned in tom scott's newsletter the other day LMAO

Here from Tom Scott. Ironically, this isn't the first time I've come across this video or watched it.

i can't stop thinking about this

My brother actually thinks these are the real lyrics to the song

Anakin Skywalker: I don’t like sand …. It’s coarse & rough & man car door hook hand

This song speaks to me on a personal level.

Singing the actual lyrics over this feels like in chorus when no one knows what the heck is going on and trying desperately to remember the lyrics.

Me trying to find a song that is stuck in my head. My google history:

got me out of deep thirsty bloodlust for coleslaw

The most ear-pleasing stroke ever, beautiful work 🖤!!

me, a russian kid, trying to sing an english pop song i heard on the radio at the age of 7 while having barely any knowledge of english be like:

I don't like sand hands. They're coarse and gritty and get everywhere

Honestly, these lyrics visualize a scene that makes *so* much so sense. It's just a wood worker sanding a wooden man! A puppet, or like Pinocchio.

When you're happy, you enjoy the music. When you're sad, you understand the lyrics.

this song singlehandedly turned “sand” into every part of speech

“when you have 10 charisma but 1 intelligence”

Thank you for pointing me to this Tom Scott

This is what five days in a morpheus pod does with you

My friend has sung this song like this for YEARS just to confuse everyone, and now that it's real it's terrifying to me.

My one braincell remembering the materials for tomorrow's test

The fact that you didn't burst into a fit of giggles (this time) is almost as impressive as your voice! I still sing this a lot, and it's been in my faves for a while, but I just thought you should know that this is still loved. A lot. Like... Hella.

As a fully uncertified meme scientist, i applaud your commitment. You upheld the original song structure as paramount while keeping the surreal call and response of the comment thread in the lyrics you wrote and performed. A++

This ladies and gentlemen is why Anakin turned to the darkside.

>be me >Sandliacci >hand sand band in green >Drive a 1960s Manborghini >Mfw: >Sand man car door hook hand

this has shown up in my recommended for at least a year and finally watching it, omg your voice is lovely and i’m thoroughly impressed, i love it

never heard the original as far as i'm concerned this is the original

I don't like Mr. Sandman. He's coarse, and rough, and irritating, and he gets everywhere.

If you’re having a stroke it plays normally

This is utterly hilarious, but your singing is also super pretty :)

80's/90's stand-up comedians be like: "i see all these ladies saying how they cant sand a man"

Having A Stroke: The Musical

When a non-english speaker tries to remember an english song

The fact I know this version more then the original is embarrassing

I hate sand. It's course and rough and it gets everywhere.

"I hate sand!" "It mans, car-door, and hookhand's everywhere!"

This version has rewritten the lyrics in my mind, I unironically only know the song this way now

as someone with adhd, this is what the original sounds like when i’m not listening

The fact that the lyrics are in comic sans somehow makes the presentation whole

this is like made for my sense of humor: - Really stupid, nonsensical lyrics - genuine singing (adding to the hilarity of the dumb lyrics) - sounds as good as the original song (adds more hilarity) - high quality, perfect for shitposting

Having remembered this song and the funny botched English scary story, and had seen this parody a while back only for it to come back to light today, I have to say this still leaves me in stitches and makes my day.

This sounds like a very complicated sand castle request.

Ok but can we talk about how gorgeous the singers voice is

You're laughing, but this has been my reality working the sandblaster for the last sand years

“Mr. Sandman!” _”Sand~?”_

I just realized the lyrics are in "Comic Sans"

I'm gonna start playing this in the middle of regular music and when people queston pretend idk what they're talking about. I hear the original and see if people think they had a stroke