Rihanna - Diamonds (Cover by Steam Powered Giraffe)
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"Diamonds" - originally by Rihanna
Written by: Sia Furler, Benjamin Levin, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen
Published by: EMI Music Publishing & Kobalt Music Publishing
The robot "The Spine" from Steam Powered Giraffe does a cover version of Rihanna's song, "Diamonds", and is joined by a very special backup singer.
The Spine performed by David Michael Bennett
Special Guest and Rabbit performed by Isabella Bunny Bennett
Hatchworth voice by Samuel Luke
Video edited by David Michael Bennett
Audio recorded and mixed by David Michael Bennett
Robot head detachment art by Isabella Bunny Bennett
Sparks and smoke effects stock footage by Digital Meals: / digitalmeals
Additional stock footage by Videvo: www.videvo.net
Steam Powered Giraffe is a musical performance act located in San Diego California.
You can download and purchase albums of the band's songs on iTunes, and other digital music distributors by visiting: www.steampowere...
Ten years later and this is still one of the best covers of a song that I've ever heard. Spine you are awesome!
The moves and mannerisms found in cartoons and movies, especially during monologs, the looks of a video game character in a cut-scene, the jagged movement of an animatronic, and yet the graphics of real life.
Surreal.
hes nick valentine irl
I first I thought this was cgi. But after learning this was real life, all I can say is; WOW!! Rihanna could learn a thing or two from this guy.
It's prett late to point this out, but all members of Steam Powered Giraffe have been through Mime and acting classes to help them refine their robot-like movements
@@OnlyGetty wait, mine class is a thing? DAMN i wanna do that
I don't want a movie based on Half Life 2, but if one is ever made I think Spine would do a great job as G Man. He would nail the not-quite-normal nature of G Man just through physical acting, and could probably do the voice convincingly too
I love that on the official timeline, this song is marked with: "This happened".
And nothing else.
Hahaha yeah I was brought here from the timeline
@@spyfieri same.
That's beautiful
Aaaand, today I learnt they had lore all this time.
@@yeethittter1285 Not a timeline of songs. Their lore timeline
steampoweredgiraffe.com/index.php/lore/#1448060529530-d4926eca-1147
Spine changing the original rihanna lyric "moonshine and molly" into "as the moon shines on me" is brilliant stroke of genius!
It really is. I've only recently been introduced to The Spine but the more I listen to him the more I become a sissy fangirl... I'm a 21 year old male.
Like, what a man.
That vocal range.
That talent.
Those schmoves.
That Jawline.
Hell, he even does the editing for some videos. What an absolute hunk of a man.... No homo.
@@Lunam_D._Roger oh honey, you can _not_ say all that and drop a "no homo" 😭😭 (joke)
Robots don't count, silly human! 😂
You mean"Rihanna changing Spine's lyric was widely regarded as a bad move," right?
that was so gorgeous to listen to
i'm impressed by The Spines ability to remain in character when he's singing so passionately.. i know this is an older video, but it has such an impact it should never be forgotten
Well the vocal recording isn’t from the lip singing in the video. He’s not actually singing in the video. That’s how you make a music video... his vocals are recorded in a studio into a microphone
@@yerfaceful but he still lips it
One of my friends showed me this to show diversity in one voice actor, but that was a bonus
@@yerfaceful its more impressive how well he can sync up to the music, and yet keep his body in such well controll
i feel this statement is still true today!
jesus christ that vocal range.
this man can harmonize with himself
sometimes i have trouble believing the spine human
But he's not he was built by Walter Robotics.
aidan rae Jes
He's not human lol he's an Automaton
What range
He's not human. He's a robot
I love that Spines vocal range is so great that he can sing harmonies with himself.
Good point your majesty.
That was the reason I stayed on this video.
Spine really be out here having intense daydream scenarios in his head while listening to music just like the rest of us, huh?
Isn't somewhere in his lore saying that he tries to fit in with humans?
That's cuz he is a daydream ✨️
Totally.
How is it possible that one man can have two of the sexiest voices iv'e ever heard?
ew sexy? no it's trash
+aaliyahthellama wild guess, your a Jacob Clitorous fan
+Youth And Whiskey No, I'm a supporter 😒😜
+Youth And Whiskey And why you being a stalker tho omg creep
+Brownie #1 what exactly are you hoping to accomplish here or are you just troll? I see no merits to you blurting out your opinion whenever somebody has a different opinion... I mean it's fine that you think this song sucks and that their voices suck and everything else but Why Try deliberately start a fight off of that? it's music don't have to strictly be one thing or another
spine, the backbone of the group!
Eyyyyyyyy
B A D U M T S S
Ain't no bones about it. These anatomy puns are getting a bit thighersome.
geminirat60 these jokes have been a skeleTON of fun
Yeah, tibia honest they really tickle my funny bone.
I’ve fallen in love with the spine, like Jesus Christ I love the bands whole aesthetic
Robots? Yes
Robots that can sing? Yes please!
Robots in steampunk that can sing? Just kill me already
Oof same, I have a new obsession lmao
Robots in steampunk who can sing who are also veterans of their own war.
Same here
Same. (Im horrendously late to the party)
Me: "Absolutely nothing can make me like this song in any form."
Steam Powered Giraffe: "Hold my ice cream monster."
Hehe
He
Touche
Can confirm.
Ice cream monster ha
Same, this is ridiculous! XD
That vocal range though. From Hell deep to Heavenly high in 2 seconds!
I was like "yo WHAT THE FUCK MATE" - GradeAUnderA-Style
I've said it before, I'll say it again: His voice goes from bullfrog to Adam Levine.
+tatzecom same
He's in the falsetto range there. It's still awesome though
Jason Miller yus
His moves are extremely mesmerizing
Dude is ridiculously mesmerizing!
And so is your face.
😌
he's like the best at the robot moves in the group
The Spine, looking into the camera like in The Office: "I am a diamond."
Meaning he developed under a lot of stress and pressure XD
He doesn't get enough credit for dealing with Rabbit's shenanigans.
I just imagined an entire knock off series of The Office with steam powered giraffe. I have never seen so many images flash in my head at once. Nor have I heard any more accurate statements.
Kudos to you
lol I'm a Rabbit
This is still my favorite cover of the song. Any time I hear Rihanna’s version I always feel like it falls short of Spine’s.
Rihanna sounds like a dying cat in comparison to this
@@Fluffy65 😂 savage af
This cover is way better than the original 100%
oh man, the way how David Michael Bennett sings and changes the vocal note of his voice, can make any girl swoon.
This is why a lot of girls in the fandom {including myself} love The Spine!
pretty much.
I'm a straight guy and I'm pretty sure that guy can swoon me. His voice is incredible.
I'm a lesbian, and I feel the same way! Of course, Rabbit's got some serious dreaminess going on (makes sense, they're twins in RL, so it's the same throat hardware on supplemental estrogen!)
Asexual here, can confirm
I still get that beautiful fuzzy feeling listening to all of you after...quick math..uh.. 8 years! Jesus christ on a rotary cracker thats a while!
This one cover will always t-t-t-t-t-t-TINGLE my circuitry in a special way though. Sorry have to go into the shop to rer--r-r--r-r-epair my vocal processors. It's been a w-w-w--wwhile.
You ARE a DIAMOND
If not for that one time where Honey Bees played on the radio, on a station I never use, I would not have been introduced to SPG. For that moment I am grateful
That was my intro song too 😆😁🥰
Mine was grass goggles from a tmnt Donnie Playlist
I heard Honeybee through my step-dad.
Damn... amazing voice, his moves are so unnatural but at the same time attractive... like an animation... amazing
Elchinodiabolero that's the whole point. they are pretending to be robots
" I am a diamond" I love that so much literally just how how it's said is ??? Great???
He's a diamond because he shines even though he's under stress/pressure and I think that's beautiful
@@upsidedownpyramid7617 rsfvhghggjfjfhdietdjfuchfcccfkdyvkcfhfdkjcchcchcf
Tbh I think the spine carries the group like a diamond on the ring
It's my brothers text tone. I hear the spine say "i am a diamond" so many times
I just realized that The Spine says "As the Moon shines on me" instead of "As we moonshine and molly" very interesting.
Oh man, I cannot believe he managed to make the song even better than presented. That lyric is much better than the original haha. Simply fantastic
Multi-million-dollar-quality vocal talent. Spine's vocals are absolutely off the chart.
First time listening..my son showed me and now I am hooked xo
Awesome voice
Nobody sings with Spine better than Spine does with Spine haha
My sexuality is David's vocal range.
this. this is me
That's so beautiful.
Never truer words spoken.
Hell, yes.
😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
I can't believe it's been a decade already. I still love this just as much as the first day I heard it. What a beautiful voice and production. ♥
We've been thinking about a cover for 10 years xD Goddamn.
Right here with you, I wish I heard more from spg, but sadly I’ve been out of the loop for a while.
This is how I descovered SPG, I have a new obsesion! The range, his voice in general, the whole steam punk robot theme, and... THERE IS LORE
his movements are hypnotic
C. ladimore cracked
god damn the spine's range
(not to mention how hot he is)
I dont even like men, but both of those things are fact lol
hes actually twins with bunny bennet "rabbit"
ThepowerfulArbiter ya but they are a fair bit different. and if you've been around alot of twins(i have a set on each side of my family and a few friends) you realize how different they can look.
Neon Lightning You say that like either Arbiter said they were alike, or that being twins typically makes siblings alike. Being twins has nothing more or less to do with siblings being alike than siblings of different births. Twins can even be born of different sexes. It's only identical twin that looks alike, hence the name, yet the two can still be very different in personality.
Years later…. The best of all covers.
I'm 64 yrs old searching for Tankus the Henge & came accross these guys bloody excellent absolutely tremendous greetings from England.
Over 60 myself - found this band yrs ago and took three others to a concert of theirs. Bought steampunk accessories for everyone. Good times.
Right. He has an amazing voice range. And he can transition nearly flawlessly. Almost wish the song did not end.
Who new a human could move that smoothly, how much muscle control does that take?!
alot... let us keep it at alot...
I don't think humans can...
You seem to fail to see that "he" is a robot
Nerdy Chara not to much actually
The character is a robot, but the guy playing him is a human actor.
This somehow strange and satisfying
I was just trying to find the words myself
Jop
"Somehow strange & satisfying" - Steam-Powered Giraffe in a nutshell
Bruh you should hear weird fishes too
Even more so on shrooms
Yes Spine, you are a diamond.
The day I realised a man acting like a robot singing Rihanna songs can be incredibly hot (and talented)
I love how in the Steam Powered Giraffe timeline, this song is just referenced as "this happened" and it links you to this video.
his voice is so deep the damn sea is jealous
Still the best of "diamonds" cover
I heard the original of this the other day, and my first thought was "wow, this girl is not as good as the Spine" before I realized who it was. And I usually like Rihanna's voice.
I can't even listen to the original anymore that's how amazing this song is
I have never heard any song so outclassed by a voice that sang it.
1:51-1:56 The way he sings “we’re like diamonds in the sky” right there...😍😍😍
You're a vision of ecstasy, Spine.
Just wanted to say how poignant it is that a robot is singing that when she holds him, he's alive. Good choice for a crossover. He'll never die, he gives her immortality. She makes him feel alive, she gives him humanity. What a great love story. Also GiGi.
Watching this, I started envisioning how awesome it would be if spine did his take on the "Disturbed" cover of Sound of Silence
PLEASE do more covers. the spine's voice is amazing and we need more!
That feeling when a robot has a superior dress sense to you.
I'm a guy but not gonna lie spine has a hot voice
Killerbnizz which one? XD
Both.
Absolutely nobody:
Me, phone at 5% in 2020: I JUST REMEMBERED THIS SONG NEED TO LISTEN TO IT NOW
Literally did that last night.
Same for me. At 4 am XD
been there.
Mood
Me oh my lord
*randomly clicks song*
My Brain: This song. I must listen to it obsessively until I hate it.
*one eternity later*
Nope, still love it!
Same
Ditto ❤
Still listen to it?
Yep
I'm entranced by Spine's range. The ability to go from an octave so deep to one so high. My speaking voice used to be like when Spine sings in the low range and even deeper. That rumble you can feel in you chest. Like Rabbit, I'm transgender and I trained my voice to, what is for me, a more comfortable speaking register. Singing along though I found I could still get that rumble and it scared me just a touch, lol. You go Spine. You rock.
Do you think Rihanna knows how thoroughly outclassed she was by a dieselpunk robot and his talking giraffe?
Steampunk not deiselpunk
@@hunteravants7170 The spine's design is more dieselpunk than steampunk
Let's not banter semantics. The point isn't whether his design is steam or diesel. The point is that Rihanna has definitely been thoroughly outclassed by the Spine and a talking giraffe. And THAT is just freakin' SWEET.
He is Steampunk, the band is powered by steam (unless I missed them not being powered by steam). Steampunk and Deiselpunk refer to not only the aesthetic but what the world runs off of.
i think we all know that SPG is milkpunk
i fricking love it when his voices changes immediately from low to high at 1:50 😍😍
His voice is incredible. How many octaves is this guy going through.
At 1:35 the vocal magic starts.
All of them. ALL the octaves.
David, don't unbutton your shirt like that! You'll excite the fangirls!
Too late
Bahyek what you don't think about the guys that like him too
So much truth there.
So much yes
Yepp. Wayyyyy tooooo lateeee
I'm so entranced by the way David moves in this, and that's not even getting how well he sings this song. I love SPG, they're fantastic and a wonderful group. Better than anything I've heard in a long time.
When I first listened to it (before watching the video), I thought that The Spine is singing it with Rabbit, and then I've watched the video and was amazed by his vocal ability, and then I've read that they are twin so thought that maybe Rabbit have put on The Spine's makeup, since there are 2 suits in the video, and then I've noticed that in brass goggles The Spine also shows the same vocal ability. So now I'm just confused and unsure but still amazed
It is rare to find a group that does a cover of a song that is better than the original, but I am not at all surprised when it comes to steam powered giraffe.
Spine's vocal range is amazing! I love it!
+Dulce K I was literally about to comment this, but saw you already had :p
I hated this song, and now I love it because of that damn robot with the glorious set of pipes.
Sarbear Marsh I want his pipes if you know what I mean
Ruby Crest the poor guy probably reads these and gets weirded out... :') but yeah same.
He's probably thinks "I have such weird fans" before he sleeps every night
Sarbear Marsh me too. I used to hate this song but I love it now. Same can be said about a load of pop songs cuz I listen to pop goes punk.
I'd take it as a compliment. I only wish for my vocal chords to imitate suc ha sound some day.
No one:
Not even rabbit:
The spine: "OWO"
God, this comment is blursed.
thanks kakyoin, very cool.
whoa what's kakyoin doing here, listening to a cover by the steam powered giraffe?
I remember my sis showing me this when I was like 5 and I thought it was the coolest thing ever, and seeing it again now is just so incredible. Never stop making music!
Whenever THE spine takes off his hat or shows off more neck than usual fangirl screams can be heard across the globe.
this band makes so happy
9 years later, and this still makes me smile. Did Spine record this? Is it a mechanical fantasy? Did this transpire in a year, or a nanosecond? And just what did the others do to make and lose an ice cream monster?
I think the simulation broke with the acting in this one. Really looks like animation not real movements it's crazy
how can I sell my soul to this man
Dude right lol
You could sell it to the bog?
I've heard they take souls over there...
They have a patreon...same thing?
Go to his concert with all your money
I'm sorry, but I think that The Spine did the song better than Rihanna. I mean the man can harmonize with himself. It's beautiful
His vocal range is quite impressive.
It has a perfect timing with the Rihanna's version lmao
I agree
I agree, I honestly didn't care for the original Rihanna version but I love this cover so much!
@@johnnykitsune1949 For a full mind blow, hear the 2 versions at the same time
I'll come back here in 2021 leave a like to remind me..
Edit: HAPPY NEW YEAR BOISS... WE DID IT!
One more year to go...
@@daves8429 omg i forgot about this comment, thanks for reminding me!
We're getting close, aren't we?
@@cayden3410 Yep, still got my eye on this....
It's almost time!
Saw this. Clicked it. Watched it. Repeated it (around 50 Times). I'm addicted. This guy is incredibly talented. I'm a boy and I'm fangirling. I love this video. That all happened yesterday. Amazing video, incredible voice.
It's almost embarrassing how many times I've watched this video.
I know that feel :c
I don't even know how many times i've watched this but it's probably excessive.
It's addicting, like potato chips!
You ARE SSSSOHHH RIGHT!!!
ADDICTIVE:
This °○☆BRILLIANT cover☆○°!!!!
!!!!AND the group!!!!
The Spine's robotics are very subtle. You have to watch it multiple times in order to get the full effect... Yeah... That sounds like a more legitimate line of reasoning... we'll go with that...
"I am a diamond."
x) I love the Spine's little self-affirmation at the end!
+The Phantasm he says i have a diamond
Zerlak Oh, I thought for sure he said "am"
The Phantasm lol
I still think that's what he said! It's funnier. And more like The Spine, really, haha
Yup and i also like the spine better
No matter how many times I watch any of these videos or listen to any of these songs, I'm always impressed at just how talented the whole team behind SPG is. From the makeup artists, to the choreographers, to the Robots themselves. Their vocal ranges are phenomenal, and they've managed to perfect unnatural, robotic movements. Props to everyone behind the making of this music and its videos!
The Spine and Bunny do their own makeup and choreo
I love David's ability to transition his voice so flawlessly.
At 1:55 I think I could fall in love with the twitch in his voice. So professional and well trained. That mark is actually very hard to meet in the middle of a set. Beautiful work! (wonder how many takes it took?) Also love the body animation throughout the set.
I agree. When they first released this and I saw it for the first time. That moment blew my mind. Spine has an azaming voice. He and Rabbit..well Bunny now..are both very amazing. Bunny is the one that does the giraffes voice that comes in near the middle/end. She's amazing.
It's not an animation that's him moving like that it's real
"the state of being full of life or vigour; liveliness.", btw.
I didnt think Bunny was her nickname until the transition fully happened. thats my bad. ive been following them a few years now. guess i need to pay more attention to the vlog and announcement videos lol. xD Either way..shes amazing and im happy shes getting more spotlight in newer content.
This blew my mind how he moves it looked like animation to me at first. Then I looked again and I went, Holy crap that was a real person!
Nerdy Chara right!
ТHIS ТООL FOОOОR FREЕ SТEАMММ MОNEY IS ТHЕ BЕST ON ТHЕ EЕЕЕNТIRE WЕBSТОRЕ!!!>> Rihаnnа Diаmоnds Cоvеr by Stеeеeаm РРоwееrеd Girаffe
Juliet Cooley ya dude, 0:07 to 0:10 was all real
Same
Damn right, Spine. You are a diamond.
How are these guys not more popular?
I feel bad for listening to this 56 times because I know that david hated that this is one of (if not )their most popular videos. but the vocal range alone makes me want to hear it over and over
I agree with you. It would be great if like, Brass Goggles or even Honey Bee got more recognition. At first I wasn't crazy for this song, but the more I listen to it, the more it grows on me. This song really does show off his vocal range in a great way. :) I love his voice so much.
Kaylee Capp my thoughts exactly
Honeybee has more views
ATearWillShed I said is one of, and I think at the time this was written this might have had more views.
They just need to be famous already. They're clearly "good enough." >:C
Who the hell gives THIS a thumbs down?
Amazing...
*****
You make me cry
Ashley Amey me too... they make me cry too.
Rebel Van. these people are just plain disrespectful to the spine.
Vinyl Scratch Why Would There Be A Scratch On A Vinyl... :( And I Agree, Totally. Disrespectful, and they prob don't even kno wat real music is, or even amazing covers for tht matter! shame on them. shame.
Just HOW do they manage dancing like THAT?! Are they really steam-powered robots? Just, how??
Pantomime school
3 years of it, I think...?
Steam powered giraffe kick ass man!!!! i was introduced to this group by my boss at D.E Kirby. You guys truelly helped a black man more than you ever know. Pisces man. Peace and love.
I hate this song with a passion, but the Spine's cover is great. And also: it's the Spine. I would expect this from Rabbit more. David, please, you're torturing the fans.
Actually it kind of fits, like a guilty pleasure song for The Spine.
THERE'S AN ICE CREAM MONSTER AND WE'RE GONNA GO LICK IT
Definitely a "me and my friends" moment
That line takes on a whole new meaning now...
XD I love that ending Lol
I didn't hear the whole song at the moment of reading and thought that the ice cream monster is Spine
He is lickable to be fair
What? I understood there is the ice cream monster, the mechanical wicked but my mother language is spanish so I don't know if I am wrong or not. By the way, what does spine says at the end? Something about a diamond
1:35 I was already in love with the song but NOW? The absolute RANGE 🤯😍
Such a beautiful robot with such a beautiful voice
I have just found the only singer I'll ever need to grace my ears. Several singers in one. My desert island singer.
This is one of the best robot performances of the year.
One of?!?
I could listen to that voice over and over and over again
I wonder how many years I've come back to watch this. Its so. damn. good.
The Spine needs to do more videos that features just him and his range. UGH *Swoon*
i bloody love the spine's voice.
I never cease to be amazed by David's vocal range, the dude is incredible!
Who's David? That's Spine, a steam-powered robot.
Me: Ooh, that was a good co--
"THERE'S AN ICE CREAM MONSTER AND WE'RE GONNA GO LICK IT"
I can't even
I don't quite understand why I suddenly find this band so captivating.
Anyone else wants a noir styled web series staring SPG?
I would like to see just about any themed series done with SPG as long as it is done well.
There are about four web series started on SPG's official website made by them, yet I believe all of them have been discontinued. However, they're still interested in their own way.
Just. Yes.
This version is so much better than the original, and damn that singing voice is on point!😲
Just found out about Steam Powered Giraffe like 10 minuets ago and have fallen DEEPLY in love with The Spine's voice.
Same here :D
I swear about 95% of the fandom are torn between loving Rabbit and The Spine
+Sam Puma what about hatchworth?
+emily Martinez hatchworth is amazing... but creepy AS hell.... i mean just listen to his song the pulls...
same! my friend showed me this about three hours ago
Really wish they'd release this on Spotify 🥺
open.spotify.com/album/7txALh5BPccSEBcXNTLGQN?si=qyhkx2FjTJiXGxgkHGmBZg 😬
@@spgiraffe WHAT oh my god how have I not noticed that for literal years 😳 🙃