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“Yes” (Coldplay Cover)
By Jeff Copperthite:
Welcome to your Thumpin’ Thursday installment of The Laptop Sessions (and almost fantastic Friday as well)!
I hope all is well on your end, and that you are celebrating with your family and friends one of the two major religious holidays that are going on at this point in time. I myself have been to two Seders in the past two nights, and i’m done until next year with those.
Tonight I have a great cover song, and to boot, it’s a 2 parter!
The song is “Yes” by Coldplay, and yes it’s another song from their incredibly popular album “Viva La Vida”. I was so excited that when I picked this album up last year, I didn’t even look at the track list. I put it in my CD player and heard each song on the album before I even knew the name of it. This song and the 2nd one that I will cover next week were my favorite. I just liked how it tied together and it’s gentle and “pleading” beat (I couldn’t think of another word to describe it).
I find myself enjoying Coldplay’s library more and more. They do a great job putting music together.
Speaking of people who do a good job putting music together, have you picked up Jim Fusco’s new album Halfway There yet? I’ve only heard previews of some of the songs, and if that is any kind of indication as to the quality of this album, you best hear it and purchase it yourself. I also am looking forward to hearing his remastered version of “What About Today?”, which is an awesome album as well. Jim’s music always pleases.
In the meantime, enjoy this song! See you next week!
Editor’s Note: Unfortunately, Jeff’s acoustic cover song music videos are no longer on YouTube, but we decided to keep his cover song blog posts up. We figured these music blog entries would be good for posterity’s sake and because Jeff always gave such insightful posts each Session. We hope to see Jeff’s impressive catalog of acoustic rock songs here on the Laptop Sessions cover songs and origianal music blog again in the future. But, for now, please make sure to check-out hundreds of other acoustic cover songs from all of your favorite bands here on the Laptop Sessions music blog!
“Artificial Energy” (The Byrds Cover)
By Jeff Copperthite:
Oh yeah – I get to bring in my favorite day to one of the cooler songs I know.
That’s right, it’s Thumpin’ Thursday® – naturally trademarked by yours truly. I’m dedicated to bringing you not only every TT that I have left in the year, but in 2009 I hope you can count on your Thursdays every week to always be a Thumpin’ one.
And to go right along to that theme, I have a great tune from The Byrds tonight. From their album “The Notorious Byrd Brothers” is a song introduced to me by (who else) Jim Fusco. It’s the first track of the album and it’s a great album starter called “Artificial Energy”. The song has an awesome horn part that overlays the entire song. This album and song were recorded in 1967 – over 40 years ago. A stereo version of the song is noted by having the horns loud enough to cause distortion that was still atypical to a record.
The album this comes from is one i’d like to hear. I’ve read that it is one of their best albums, if somewhat short.
I also wanted to bring this song to the sessions to remind Jim of his days at Wesleyan University. I hope your roommate was a Byrds’ fan man.
That does it for me tonight – but rest assured! Tomorrow you will get to hear another song by myself, and then i’ll be back for another fantastic session on Sunday as well. Chris will jump in Saturday to give me a break, but you can count on a session a day all the way through ’08.
I hope you enjoy today’s session!
Editor’s Note: Unfortunately, Jeff’s acoustic cover song music videos are no longer on YouTube, but we decided to keep his cover song blog posts up. We figured these music blog entries would be good for posterity’s sake and because Jeff always gave such insightful posts each Session. We hope to see Jeff’s impressive catalog of acoustic rock songs here on the Laptop Sessions cover songs and original music blog again in the future. But, for now, please make sure to check-out hundreds of other acoustic cover songs from all of your favorite bands here on the Laptop Sessions music blog!
“Give Me Novacaine” (Green Day Cover)
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Another Friday, and another Guest Session! For this week, we took a look back into the archive of Guest Sessions submissions and found a second song from our very first “Guest” player, Andrew E. His debut on the Laptop Sessions music video cover blog was on January 9th of this year with Green Day’s “Wake Me Up When September Comes,” a track from Green Day’s American Idiot album.
Well, he also sent us more of a “deep track” from the album, a fan favorite for some of the Green Day faithful. This is “Give Me Novacaine” from American Idiot. You’ll hear the name “Jimmy” mentioned in the song. You may ask, who is that? Because American Idiot is a concept album, all of the tracks link together in both theme and plotline of a story. If you listen to the album, you’ll learn the entire story of this boy named St. Jimmy, a rock freedom fighter of sorts.
If you’re interested you should check it out… because I definitely don’t have room here to explain just now! For now, here’s Andrew E.’s preview:
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.
Enjoy the session!