Originally posted 2009-02-05 23:22:01.
By Jeff Copperthite:
Good evening, and welcome toThumpin’ Thursday! I’ve got a brand new band to bring to the blog tonight!
The band is somewhat well-known, called “Better Than Ezra”. They released an album that I have somewhere in my library called “Deluxe”. On it was a song called “Good”, which is tonight’s cover. It’s a very cool song that I actually never really understood the meaning of.
You know how there are songs that you really don’t “listen” to the lyrics? This is one of them. I mean, don’t get me wrong. I’ve long knew the words, but I never really bothered to figure out what the song means. It wasn’t until I was reviewing the lyrics for the session that I realized it’s a “damn she left and wrote a note about it”.
This song is still a solid one from what I call “My Alternative Library”. It’s going to be drawn from throughout the year, so you get to look forward to that.
I’m watching a really cool special right now on TV. Apparently George Carlin has been posthumously awarded the “Mark Twain” award. It’s a commercial free 90 minute special where multiple comedians are paying tribute and they are showing various clips from his television career – all the way from his very early Tonight Show appearances, Smothers Brothers set, HBO specials, and other things I haven’t seen. It was on a channel called WLIW21, so if you get it (or have heard of it before), you will have to watch it.
George has always been a favorite of mine. Sorry for the diversion from tonight’s session. I hope you enjoy it, and come back next Thursday for what I hope is the first cover video of a great song!
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This is one in a series of acoustic cover songs, original music, and free mp3 downloads here on the Laptop Sessions Music Video Blog.
May 4th, 2009 at 4:12 am
This is my favorite band. All the albums have often been overlooked. But they are all great.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Yeah they are very underrated. I actually like the new song I heard from them on one of the music channels my wife was listening too. Very different from anything on “Deluxe” though.