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“Wake Me Up When September Ends” (Green Day Cover)

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** This is the very first “Guest Session” here at the Laptop Sessions acoustic music blog.  The concept of this regular Friday post is that, each Friday, the Laptop Session will be recorded and written entirely by a guest performer.

Click here to submit your own video!

For our first choice, we bring you a video from Andrew E., a YouTube regular.  Tonight, he brings us a new band to the blog.  This is Green Day’s “Wake Me Up When September Ends,” from their American Idiot album.

Enjoy, and browse more of the Laptop Sessions archive! **

By Andrew E.

I Love Green Day. I’ve been listening to them since 03. More importantly, playing guitar has been a big part of my life. I got my first guitar from my grandpa when I was 5. Since then, I’ve been consistently trying to improve my playing.

It’s more than a hobby, its a part of me.

Editor’s note: this post was originally published before December 2015; the exact original date is uncertain.

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“Beat It” (Michael Jackson Cover)

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By Federico Borluzzi:

Acoustic cover of Michael Jackson’s song “Beat It,” from the 1982 Thriller album.  I changed the guitar parts, creating an alternative version of this song which is okay for my acoustic version.

** EDITOR’S NOTE **

This is a moment I didn’t see coming…

Introducing the first Michael Jackson acoustic cover song to the Laptop Sessions, care of Guest Sessions regular Federico Borluzzi!  For tonight’s installment, he’s come up with quite an interesting arrangement for this early eighties hit.  On his YouTube page, Federico writes, “This cover is intended to be a tribute to Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, who’s gone too soon and whose death shocked me and the whole world. He left us a legacy of great songs, such as this one… I did an alternative, quiet and acoustic cover…”

I think you’ll agree as you listen that this is a fitting tribute, and it’s done in the Laptop Sessions tradition of stripping a fully produced (and sometimes over-produced) song down to its core elements.  From the opening moments of the video, Federico sets a mesmerizing fingerpicking pattern that will guide the whole song, and is indeed one of the highlights of his performance.

I hope you enjoy this video — I know I did, and I couldn’t be happier to present this week’s Guest Session.  Hurry back for new articles and announcements throughout the weekend!

Editor’s note: this post was originally published before December 2015; the exact original date is uncertain.

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Best Remasters / Reissues of 2012: A Weekend Review Special Edition

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By Chris Moore:

The BEST REMASTERS / REISSUES of 2012

 

While certainly not the only remaster or reissue of the year, for my money, there is only one true standout: the beautifully arranged and packaged box set version of R.E.M.’s classic 1987 album, Document, perhaps most famous for its singles “The One I Love” and “It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine).” 

 

Document – R.E.M. (1987, 2012)

Editor’s note: this post was originally published before December 2015; the exact original date is uncertain.

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The Pretenders: “The Last Ride” CHORDS!!!

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“The Last Ride”
The Pretenders

Intro Riff:     G – C – D (x2)

Verse: C – D – Em
C – D – Em
C – D – Em – C
C – D – Em

Chorus:    G – D – C
C – Em – D
C – D – G – C
C – D – C

Riff:    G – C – D

Editor’s note: this post was originally published before December 2015; the exact original date is uncertain.

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