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“With A Little Help From My Friends” (Beatles Acoustic Rock Cover Song) – The Laptop Sessions
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
Originally posted 2008-04-08 11:45:26.
By Jeff Copperthite:
Good afternoon to you! Welcome to your Tuesday edition of the Laptop Sessions, where we are getting more known each day.
I bring you a song that has been covered many, many times (did I mention many?). It’s from the Beatles and the classic album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (also a favorite of my music teacher from high school). “With A Little Help From My Friends” is among their most well-known songs, and is also one that Scott & I covered frequently in our jam sessions. However, I usually played the bass to it.
I think I did a good job on this performance, although I sang the backup vocal part at the end, rather than the high note. Other than that this version came out quite well.
Check back tomorrow where Jim will be performing an original song. Have a great rest of the day!
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“Eleanor Rigby” (Beatles acoustic cover song) – The Guest Sessions
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
Originally posted 2010-04-02 12:30:16.
By Federico Borluzzi:
Acoustic cover of “Eleanor Rigby” from the Revolver album (1966). I didn’t have any orchestra, so I find my way to play this song with my acoustic guitar only.
** EDITOR’S NOTE: **
Go ahead and check out this stellar solo version of the Beatles classic “Eleanor Rigby.” I, for one, wish I could fingerpick and sing at the same time like Federico can — I would have gotten a lot less comments on my “Just Breathe” (Pearl Jam) video, I can tell you that much!
The Laptop Sessions all began with Jim’s first cover song music video of “Here, There, and Everywhere,” and it’s always exciting to be able to induct a new, interesting cover into the Beatles category. Thanks, Federico, for another great contribution to the Guest Sessions!
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“If I Fell” (The Beatles acoustic cover song) – The Laptop Sessions
Friday, July 8th, 2011
Originally posted 2009-09-22 21:32:38.
By Jim Fusco:
Welcome, welcome to another edition of the Laptop Sessions featuring myself and the Traveling Acai Berries! We’re continuing our month-long tribute to the Beatles tonight (have you seen the great posts by Chris and Jeff these past two weeks?) with one of their finest early songs in “If I Fell”.
“A Hard Day’s Night” is an interesting film. If you haven’t seen it, it’s really worth your while. If you haven’t yet fallen in love with the Beatles, then this movie will seal the deal. If you’re someone who wasn’t fortunate enough to live through Beatlemania, then this movie will show you what it was really like. The fact that the boys could be so fun loving and charming during all that craziness proves why they were such a special group.
But, throughout the hype, they remained relevant and cool. You might write-off some of their early hits like “She Loves You” and “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” as early-sixties fluff (you’d be an idiot, by the way), but there were some really introspective gems throughout their first few albums. Go ahead and listen to “Things We Said Today” or “No Reply” and you’ll hear what I’m talking about. These guys were not only great musicians and songwriters, but they were “deep, man”. John Lennon and Paul McCartney (and even George Harrison on his early work like “Don’t Bother Me”) were ahead of their time in so many ways that I can think of 50 more songs I want to record for the Laptop Sessions acoustic cover songs music video blog.
“If I Fell” is one of those songs that just “gets you”. I, for one, cannot stop singing it in my head. The tune is one that goes back into itself constantly and is on permanent loop up there. Couple that amazing tune with the harmonies of John and Paul (with Paul’s amazingly high vocals that I think I nailed pretty well) and you’ve got a classic Beatles song, indeed. Both my father and my fellow Acai Berry Steve said that this song stood out to them when they watched “A Hard Day’s Night” and to me, that says it all. When you’re up against the heavyweight singles on that album (like the title track) and the response is, “If I Fell really stood out to me,” then you know it’s a great song.
We couldn’t get Steve on camera again this week and Chris C. was busy studying sheet music (you can finally hear him this week!), so he was off-camera. We had our fourth member, Bill, there for the session, but he had to leave early and we couldn’t get his guitar playing on the video. I’m hoping that Bill can coax Steve on camera, as four people on camera makes you stand-out much less as an individual than when there’s only two people. Anyway, I hope to record some more songs in two weeks, so maybe I’ll soften him up by then. Next week is the last of our Beatles quatrain (like that little music term there?) and we’ve got a whole bag of tricks that should keep things fresh and interesting here on the best music blog ever created!
That’s right, I said, “Best EVER!” Believe me? Then comment about it! We’d love to hear from you and, yes, each comment you leave brings Steve one more inch closer to appearing on camera! So, get commentin’ and we’ll see you next week for another installment of Jim Fusco Tuesdays. Stay-tuned for an all-new video by Jeff Copperthite, coming up Thursday!
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“Do You Want To Know A Secret” (Beatles Acoustic Rock Cover Song) – The Laptop Session
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
Originally posted 2007-10-29 00:13:54.
By Jim Fusco:
Hello everyone- time for another episode of “The Laptop Sessions”. Boy, do I have a lot of these in the works for you. I have two more requests for Beach Boys songs, plus Chris and I still have to do our Moody Blues song and another Beatles song. Somewhere down the line I’d like to throw one of my own in, too.
Tonight’s clip is the Beatles song, “Do You Want To Know A Secret”, originally sung by the great George Harrison. This is a fun song to play and sing, especially because it’s got those minor 7th chords that make it sound a bit “old fashioned”.
Of course, requests are welcome for any other Beatles or George Harrison tune you’d like to hear! I hope you enjoy and stay tuned for more Laptop Sessions in the coming days!
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