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“Nice Dream” (Radiohead Acoustic Rock Cover Song) – The Laptop Sessions
Saturday, December 17th, 2011
Originally posted 2008-01-28 17:48:56.
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!
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“Bulletproof…I wish I was” (Radiohead Acoustic Cover) – The Laptop Sessions
Friday, December 16th, 2011
Originally posted 2008-09-23 22:41:44.
By Jeff Copperthite:
Good evening to you! I hope this evening finds you well and happy. I’m bringing another familiar band (for me) for today’s session, and matter of fact, a familiar album.
Even though I love the more recent albums from Radiohead, I just can’t seem to find a song that would make a good acoustic cover outside of the songs I know on “The Bends”. I’ve covered three from that album, and this song marks the fourth i’ve covered. This could possibly be the most covered album on the sessions!
The song I have chosen is not a single on the album, and the song itself is known for it’s “spacy” feel. The song is “Bulletproof…I wish I was” which I love for the Bb6 chord that is played at the end of the chorus.
I’m not saying I’m tired of covering this album, but if you think there’s a Radiohead song from another album that would make a good acoustic cover, please request it. I’m seriously lost on what else I could cover from this band.
I also make no claim to sound like Thom Yorke, and if you’re reading this chances are you are not a person who watches an acoustic cover of a video expecting it to sound exactly the same. And if it doesn’t, then the video is subpar. We do quality covers on this site, and as long as you expect a cover, you will be a happy viewer.
Sorry, had to rant a bit – I haven’t historically gotten very positive comments on Youtube about my Radiohead covers in the past.
Well anyway, I think this is my best of the four songs from this album. I hope you agree!
Tomorrow I can’t wait to see what Jim has in store for his original song. I’ll be back to watch, and I know you will be too!
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“Fake Plastic Trees” (Radiohead Acoustic Rock Cover Song) – The Laptop Sessions
Monday, January 17th, 2011
Originally posted 2008-03-06 19:08:41.
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.
This video goes down as a “I recorded it despite being sick” video. We can’t skip a day here at laptopsessions.com! Can’t use sickness as an excuse. Gotta keep the streak alive! I missed a note near the last verse, and the last line of the last verse my voice didn’t quite hit the falsetto I had been hitting in the previous verse lines. This is by no means my top vocal performance for sure. I’d have been better off recording this while my voice was 100%.
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!
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“Black Star” (Radiohead Acoustic Rock Cover Song) – The Laptop Sessions
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
Originally posted 2007-11-20 22:46:47.
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).
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