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The BEST COVER SONGS of 2011 (The Year-End Review Awards)
Monday, January 16th, 2012
By Chris Moore:
What better way to kick off a Monday at the Laptop Sessions acoustic cover song music video blog than to unveil the Weekend Review’s picks for the top ten cover songs of 2011. After all, this is kind of our thing. And this has been a busy year for covers. Not only were there two – not one, but two! – collections of Buddy Holly covers released as tribute to the legendary singer/songwriter in 2011, but there were also two covers EPs put out by Relient K. This is not to mention Brian Wilson digging back to his childhood (farther back than the Gershwin brothers this time) for the inspiration to In the Key of Disney.
A regular amount of covers wasn’t enough for 2011. No, no: 2011 needed more covers! Now, as you’ll recall from our mission statement, it has always been the goal of this blog to put an end to the proliferation of bad covers on YouTube. In keeping with that tradition, we will now take the time to recognize these non-YouTube covers that have demonstrated excellence this year, standing out from the pack of mediocre (or worse) ones:
1) “(You’re So Square) Baby, I Don’t Care” – Cee Lo Green (Cover of Buddy Holly)
2) “Caroline No” – America (Cover of the Beach Boys)
3) “Here Comes My Girl” – Relient K (Cover of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
4) “Colors of the Wind” – Brian Wilson (Cover of the Disney song)
5) “Baby” – Relient K (Cover of Justin Bieber)
6) “Not Fade Away” – Florence and the Machine (Cover of Buddy Holly)
7) “Interstate Love Song” – Relient K (Cover of Stone Temple Pilots)
8) “It’s So Easy” – Paul McCartney (Cover of Buddy Holly)
9) “Listen to Me” – Brian Wilson (Cover of Buddy Holly)
10) “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” – Brian Wilson (Cover of the Disney song)
Honorable Mention:
“Surf Wax America” – Relient K (Cover of Weezer)
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“Big Empty” (STP Acoustic Rock Cover Song) – The Laptop Sessions
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
Originally posted 2008-01-09 18:42:04.
By Jeff Copperthite:
And returning after a long absence…me!
And finally, a song from a band I’ve liked since I first heard their single “Plush” on the radio – Stone Temple Pilots.
There are a lot of songs from them I’d like to do for The Laptop Sessions, and among that long list is this classic from their album “Purple”.
This is also the first video I’ve done since acquiring a Canon Powershot digital camera, which considerably improves the video quality from one of the possibly worst uses of $20 (other than having someone light you on fire – never quite understood that one).
I hope you enjoy this. Also, I’ll take this time to comment – I’VE BEEN COMPARED TO BRIAN WILSON!
Well, indirectly, but read all about it here.
Stay tuned for tomorrow’s Laptop Session installment!
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STP’s “Stone Temple Pilots” (2010) – Yes, No, or Maybe So
Monday, January 17th, 2011
Originally posted 2010-05-31 23:45:14.
STP’s Stone Temple Pilots (2010) – MAYBE
STP's "Stone Temple Pilots" (2010)
(May 25, 2010)
Review:
This time around, Stone Temple Pilots have gone for the obvious with the album title yet have taken a surprising turn toward the realm of power pop; the first half is populated by dumb but fun rockers, being the rare case where the real gems are sprinkled through the second half.
Top Two Tracks:
“Cinnamon” & “First Kiss on Mars”
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“I Got You” (Stone Temple Pilots Acoustic Rock Cover Song) – The Laptop Sessions
Friday, July 16th, 2010
Originally posted 2008-03-15 11:27:05.
By Jeff Copperthite:
Hello all of you weekend warriors! It’s Jeff for today’s Saturday edition, and I bring another entry from one of my favorite bands STP, better known as Stone Temple Pilots.
I bring you a song from their album “No. 4″ called “I Got You”. This is not the first time you’re hearing a song from this album, as one of my previous sessions Atlanta was also from this album. Not only that, but Jim in the near future will be performing a song from this album as well. We’ve got a good handle on this album now, so I expect the next time I do a song from STP it’ll be off of one of their other 4 albums.
Anyway, this song is a very peppy and catchy song, which is a bit of a contrast to some of the other songs on the album which have a more dark and aggressive sound. The recording itself has a lot of country-slide guitar going on in the background as well as a clean electric guitar solo before the final chorus. Even a bit of piano is thrown in. But for me, you get my regular tenor voice and my acoustic guitar – complete with assorted open position and barre chords.
I felt ultra-productive this past Sunday recording this and three other videos. Now I have to sit down and record more. I’m always open to requests, and I will be working on a request from a student in my school. Until then, enjoy today’s entry into the Laptop Sessions!
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