By Chris Moore:
Here’s track one, and the title track, from Ringo’s latest album, “Liverpool 8.” Now, I realize that this is not the first “when I was a Beatle…” song that a reminiscent solo Beatle has put out, but I love it. It’s an interesting story, and it’s a great addition to such songs as George Harrison’s “When We Was Fab.”
There was actually a “Liverpool 8” video contest on the Ringo Starr YouTube page, but I messaged the channel and never received a reply…
See you next session!
By Chris Moore:
Well, it’s that time again… for another Original Wednesday Laptop Session! For today’s installment, I decided to break out a slower song that’s never been released before. I wrote it this summer when my girlfriend and two best friends were out of the country (her in England and them in Italy). They were off on adventures in other countries, and I was still at home, going through everyday life as usual.
Except I was alone most of the time.
For the most part, it was relaxing, as I had just finished my student teaching. But, it was also lonely, and I thought about them often, especially Nicole. Thus, this song kind of came to me as I was practicing another song. It really expresses the feeling of figuring something out about a relationship, but being too distant to share it. Yet.
On a side note, I just found out that Jim, Jeff, and I will be playing two live shows in the coming weeks, so be sure to check http://LaptopSessions for all the details! (Just search “Live Events”)
I hope you enjoy this video and please comment or rate it!
By Jeff Copperthite:
I would like to wish all of you a Happy Mother’s Day out there, and I would like to thank you for taking time out of your day to visit www.guitarbucketlist.com. I am proud to introduce another specialty week, and it is “Album Starter Week”. All this week (except Wednesday of course) we will be playing songs that are album openers. A good album knows how to draw a listener in, so you know bands always want the first song to be a real good one.
We will kick off album starter week with another song by U2. One of their most famous albums is “The Joshua Tree” and the song “Where the Streets Have No Name” is the perfect opener. It has a long fade-in with a nifty lead guitar by Edge. It does exactly what it is supposed to do.
I really enjoyed playing this session and I really feel this is a great solid cover. Again, I comment about Bono’s vocal range and how I have to strain my voice a bit to hit some of the notes Bono can hit regularly. Still, it is a “live” cover and I think with all things considered, I sing my heart out on this one.
I chose to close the song with the chords rather than the lead guitar because I thought that it sounded “empty” without the bass backing that the album version has. It works quite well though so I have no complaints.
I also did this song in one take, and it is the 4th Laptop Session in a row that I have completed in a single take.
Well anyway, Happy Mother’s Day to everyone out there. Make sure you check back EVERY DAY to see the songs we have selected for Album Starter Week. Jim will bring you his first song tomorrow, so make sure you visit https://guitarbucketlist.com/ to see it!
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!
By Chris Moore:
It may have only been two days since I posted my last session, but it’s been far too long since I’ve recorded a video for Original Wednesday!
I’m here to break that streak!
This is a song I began writing a long time ago to play with a couple colleagues from work. I was inspired by my friend Larry’s “My Mistress’ Eyes,” a bluesy take on the Shakespearean sonnet. My friend Dan had shared an excellent acoustic number of his own, an original called “Wasting Time.” Thus, I set to work on translating T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” one of my favorite poems, to music.
The result is “Overwhelming Question.”
Of course, in what has become typical fashion for me, I wrote the first two verses, the chorus, and the middle, stopping short of finishing off the song with a third verse. Then, I left the song stranded until I began playing regularly again. This weekend, we pulled out all three of these songs and tried to scrape the rust off our performances. It was a lot of fun, but I was a bit embarrassed that I had never just finished this one off. So, Sunday morning I finally wrote the verse, effectively completing “Overwhelming Question.”
I clearly remember recording my first demo of this song with the birds chirping behind me for all three minutes of my video. However, I don’t remember exactly when I wrote it. I went back and watched the demo, but the date information is missing.
Wow! I just remembered to check my Word file with the lyrics and chords, and the “Created” date is listed as July 25, 2008. It’s quickly approaching two years old! While I’m surprised that it’s that old, the date does make a lot of sense. The last time I played regularly with these friends was the summer of 2008.
So, with that, I leave you to this week’s Original Wednesday music video. I hope to post many more this summer as I work on some new music, and perhaps Mike will share some new material as well as he records his first long play album this summer! (Don’t forget to check out his all new iPhone-ready site at MikeFusco.com.)
See you next session!