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“Pigs on the Wing 1 & 2″ (Pink Floyd acoustic cover songs) – The Guest Sessions
Friday, April 30th, 2010
** EDITOR’S NOTE: **
When I received two Guest Sessions videos from two different performers — within two weeks of each other(!) — I simply couldn’t resist putting together a great two-fer Friday for you. For once, I’ll leave it entirely to Jeremy and Federico’s posts and videos below.
Happy Friday to one and all, and enjoy!
By Jeremy Hammond:
My cover of “Pigs on the Wing” Part I from Pink Floyd’s Animals album. A great acoustic song, I played it on my electric, just to mix it up a bit (and just to have an excuse to play my new Strat). Peace! Hope you like it.
By Federico Borluzzi:
Cover of the opening and the final song of Animals (Pink Floyd, 1977). I play the second part right after the first one. This was the first cover I uploaded on YouTube, so didn’t know the right places where I could put the camera… That’s why my face is almost hidden!
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“Is There Anybody Out There?” (Pink Floyd acoustic cover song) – The Guest Sessions
Friday, January 29th, 2010
By Jeremy Hammond:
My cover of “Is There Anybody Out There?” by Pink Floyd from The Wall album. I don’t have classical guitar, so I’m playing it on a steel-string.
** EDITOR’S NOTE: **
Is there a better way to close out a long week than to listen to Jeremy’s beautiful rendition of this simple tune from Pink Floyd’s classic album The Wall?
I can’t think of one.
As you listen, you may be thinking back to this legendary concept album, and the significance of this question being asked — is there anybody out there? As many critics and fans have pointed out, the decision to make this an instrumental clearly suggests that no answer is being given.
We thank Jeremy for highlighting another excellent album track for us, and wish you all a wonderful weekend. Hopefully, it won’t be spent alone. (And, if it is, then maybe it’s time to dust off your copy of The Wall!)
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“Mother” (Pink Floyd acoustic cover song) – The Guest Sessions
Friday, December 4th, 2009
Do YOU record acoustic cover songs? Submit your YouTube link and a blog post about your performance, why you chose the song, etc. to the “Fridays: The Guest Sessions” link in the weekly calendar above!
By Jeremy Hammond:
This is my cover of “Mother” by Pink Floyd from the album The Wall. I first recorded the rhythm and vocals, then overlaid another track for the guitar solo.
I had two versions of this up previously. On the first, a commenter suggested I add the solo, so I did. But then watching that second one, and then going back and listening to the original for the first time in ages, I realized I had the timing wrong in two parts. So I redid it yet again. This, my third “Mother” effort for YouTube, is one I am finally happy with.
** EDITOR’S NOTE: **
Jeremy’s session technically breaks the golden rule of “one live take” established since the first Laptop Session over two years ago. That being said, his version of “Mother” is an excellent performance, and as he explained above, the solo was overdubbed and handled nicely in the video with a fade in and out. We simply couldn’t deny you the opportunity to hear and see this great version.
Now if only he could clone himself, that would make for quite the duo…
Laptop Sessions contributor Jeff Copperthite first recorded this song in August 2008, and it quickly became one of his most popular and highest rated performances. Click HERE to watch his version.
Thanks again, Jeremy, for contributing to the Guest Sessions!
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“Wish You Were Here” (Pink Floyd Acoustic Cover) – The Laptop Sessions
Saturday, August 9th, 2008
By Jeff Copperthite:
Welcome to your Saturday edition of The Laptop Sessions! I promised a hat trick of Pink Floyd Acoustic Cover videos, and today I deliver the third in my mini-series. This song is by request of our own Jim Fusco, but as I mentioned before this was in my potential song list for a while. Maybe by the end of our session-a-day project I will get to the 4th and 5th songs I was considering.
Today’s song is “Wish You Were Here” from the album of the same name. This is among the simpler songs to play, and the soft acoustic guitar riff that is constant in the song comes out nicely in this video. I did freestyle the lyric timing a bit here and there, but it works quite well in my opinion.
I hope you enjoy my last video before I go on vacation #2 of the summer. I will be doing my next two or more videos from our hotel room this upcoming week.
Oh, and as far as the homerun derby mentioned Wednesday…let’s just say my new sponsor is Hoover vacuums…because I sucked.
Stay tuned tomorrow to your Super Sunday edition where Jim will break out his latest and greatest acoustic cover song. See you then!
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