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“All The Things” (Byrds Acoustic Rock Cover Song) – The Laptop Sessions
Sunday, March 11th, 2012
Originally posted 2008-07-04 12:51:56.
By Jeff Copperthite:
Happy Friday and happy 4th to everyone! I hope today finds you ready to celebrate and watch some fireworks, eat some hamburgers and hot dogs, and just relax and enjoy the long weekend. I’m happy to see that you have selected laptopsessions.com as a place to visit today, and we thank you for that.
And no, I don’t have a cheesy patriotic song to bring you today, but I do have a cool cover song video to show you today. For the second time, I am covering a song by The Byrds called “All The Things” from their untitled album. I kid you not, that’s the name that is known by – (Untitled). It is a collection of live and studio tracks, and this is one of the studio tracks.
I first heard this song on a WCJM radio show called “Song for the New Millenium” which was a countdown style show that this song won. It really is a good tune and I think it has a good message for the holiday today.
Again, enjoy your holiday and come back tomorrow for another session by Jim Fusco. By the way, if you haven’t watched his original song from Wednesday, do so. It really is something else!
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“This Wheel’s on Fire” (Bob Dylan/Byrds Acoustic Rock Cover Song) – The Laptop Sessions
Sunday, March 11th, 2012
Originally posted 2008-10-07 11:28:14.
By Chris Moore:
I’ve been so excited recently to see what new bands Jim is going to introduce to the blog — I mean, you really have no idea from one day to the next which band he’ll tap in to. At this point, he’s done so many different bands that it would actually be just as much a surprise to see him break out a classic standby, such as the Beach Boys. And, to prove how excited I am about these new bands…
…I’m going to contribute a Bob Dylan song!
Big surprise, I realize. (For those of you who don’t watch regularly, I’m a big Dylan fan and have recorded more Dylan covers than any other band!) But I have my reasons, I promise. First and foremost, today is the official release date of The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Rare and Unreleased: 1989-2006. I’ve only had time to listen to the first two thirds of the first disc, but already I’m really enjoying it. I’ve been concentrating so much on the new Ben Folds album, Way to Normal, that I was loath to take it out of my CD player. But I’ve already fallen in love with Dylan’s work, even after hearing the first four tracks. The version of “Mississippi,” one of my favorite songs of all time, is entirely different. Then, the version of “Most of the Time” sounds less like the 1989 track I know and love and more like a track out of 1963; it’s entirely different, and yet in typical Dylan fashion, it’s entirely amazing. Following an interesting little piano demo of “Dignity,” Dylan’s first take of “Born in Time” is — as the liner notes suggest — really the definitive version.
To be honest, I think the set might be worth the purchase if only for the “Born in Time” take and the new single “Dreamin’ of You,” an unreleased song from the Time Out of Mind sessions. When I got home from a meeting late tonight, my first inclination was to record a song that was (a) comfortable for me to play, so I could get to bed on time, and (b) a Dylan song.
This fits both criteria!
That’s all for me for now, but you can fill your Laptop Sessions cavity with Jeff Copperthite’s offering tomorrow, Jim Fusco’s video on Thursday, and then I’ll be back.
See you next session!
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“Artificial Energy” (The Byrds Acoustic Cover Video) – The Laptop Sessions
Monday, March 5th, 2012
Originally posted 2008-10-02 21:44:25.
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!
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“I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better” (A Byrds Acoustic Rock Cover Song) – The Laptop Sessions
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Originally posted 2008-01-06 22:48:00.
By Jim Fusco:
Here on the Laptop Sessions, I give you my favorite song of all time: “I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better” by the Byrds. Gene Clark, the writer of this song, wrote MANY great songs over his career, and you’ll be hearing a lot of them on the Laptop Sessions in the months to come. But, this song is just PERFECT to me, and here’s why:
It’s got everything I love in a song. It’s got a great guitar sound (courtesy of Roger (Jim) McGuinn), a cool riff, great words, chorus harmonies, and a killer jangly guitar solo. I love everything about this tune and hopefully I’ve done this song justice.
Of course, in order for me to give the song the respect it deserves, I recruited Chris Moore (http://youtube.com/chrismooremusic) to help me with harmonies and rhythm guitar.
So, I hope everyone enjoys this version. I’ll be playing one of my other favorite songs in the next couple weeks, so stay tuned!
Download a FREE mp3 of this song at the Fusco-Moore Store by
Clicking HERE! It’s on “The Laptop Sessions, Vol. 2″:
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