Radiohead : Cover Songs & Music Videos Category

  • The Laptop Sessions: “Fake Plastic Trees” (Radiohead Acoustic Rock Cover Song)

    Thursday, March 6th, 2008

    By Jeff Copperthite:

    Welcome to your thumpin’ thursday edition of the Laptop Sessions (been waiting 3 weeks to use that again). Today I bring you another Radiohead song from their album “The Bends”, and another song i’ve known how to play for quite some time.

    The song is “Fake Plastic Trees”, and is one of the singles from the album. I love the dynamic change in this song, and the vocal changes throughout the song.

    Naturally, like most Radiohead songs, I don’t know what it’s about either. Apparently, however, one site says it’s about Canary Wharf, a large shopping area in London.

    I’m hoping to hit 5k views by next Wednesday’s edition! I’m really racking up the views as of late. Hopefully I can start racking up the ratings and comments as well!

    Until then, enjoy “Fake Plastic Trees”, another Radiohead hit!

     



  • The Laptop Sessions: “Nice Dream” (Radiohead Acoustic Rock Cover Song)

    Monday, January 28th, 2008

    By Jeff Copperthite:

    First off, thank you to Jim for filling in for me yesterday. I have returned today for my normal installment of the Laptop Sessions. All I can say is (as if i’m in the movie Airplane) don’t order the swordfish.

    Today’s installment is from the band Radiohead, a band I have enjoyed since it was introduced to me in high school. I have done one from them in a past session.

    This is called “Nice Dream” and while short, it is a cool sounding song. The album “The Bends” is one of my favorites, and there are at least 2 more songs i’d like to do off of this album for future laptop sessions.

    Can’t wait for my first installment of “Original Wednesday” in a couple of months. Keep visiting http://www.laptopsessions.com for more from Chris, Jim, and myself!

     



  • The Laptop Sessions: “Black Star” (Radiohead Acoustic Rock Cover Song)

    Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

    By Jeff Copperthite:

    And now for a new band (finally) to add to our expanding library.

    This song comes from Radiohead’s 1995 album “The Bends”, which is a personal favorite in my collection. There are many songs from this album I can play, and you may see in future laptop sessions.

    Thom Yorke has a very unique voice. It is amazing how different my voice sounds when going up a register.

    Anyways, enjoy this song. If you have requests from Radiohead or any other band that has been featured by FMP’s laptop sessions, please send me a message. I’d love to fill the request!

    (Note: On this particular video, Youtube gave me three very terrible options for Screenshots. I apologize for the ugly mug of me before you play this video, but in the other two I look like I just sniffed three dead skunks simultaneously).

     

    ** Download a FREE mp3 of this song at the Fusco-Moore Store by clicking HERE! It’s on “The Laptop Sessions, Vol. 2″:

    Laptop Sessions Vol. 2 Cover

     

     



Radiohead Acoustic Cover Songs

Lauded as one of the most innovative and creatively talented bands making new music today, Radiohead has already had quite a career. Those who love to listen to new music were pleased to discover that their 2007 album In Rainbows would be initially released as an mp3 download…that could be bought at any price. The songwriters of Radiohead decided to let fans set their own price. More than in any of their previous albums, this songwriting team had endeavored to stay away from predictable acoustic music and used a variety of styles and instruments, most notably incorporating electronic and string elements into their new rock music. Already not exactly the easiest band to find reliable acoustic tabs for, Radiohead suggested that this was some of the most personal songwriting of their career. Many music reviews argued that this was the best album of the year. Even the Laptop Sessions acoustic cover songs video blog has found it necessary to perform interpretations of their work, specifically with songwriter Jeff Copperthite looking into their back catalog for gems that could be performed acoustically.