This was originally intended to be a script for a video reply to the original YouTube video, but since I’ll be postponing the recording until I get my new mixer and mic, I’ll post the full text of it here.
Link to Video: Ashley Tisdale’s “Never Gonna Give You Up”

My name is Victor Khaze, and I just listened to the Ashley Tisdale cover of “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley. And while, as a musician, I can appreciate the work it took to make the song, I found it to be another cookie cutter cover, a little kitschy and overall to not fulfill the needs of any particular genre.

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