U2 : Cover Songs & Music Videos Category

  • The Laptop Sessions: “Where the Streets Have No Name” (U2 Acoustic Rock Cover Song)

    Sunday, May 11th, 2008

    By Jeff Copperthite:

    I would like to wish all of you a Happy Mother’s Day out there, and I would like to thank you for taking time out of your day to visit www.laptopsessions.com. I am proud to introduce another specialty week, and it is “Album Starter Week”. All this week (except Wednesday of course) we will be playing songs that are album openers. A good album knows how to draw a listener in, so you know bands always want the first song to be a real good one.

    We will kick off album starter week with another song by U2. One of their most famous albums is “The Joshua Tree” and the song “Where the Streets Have No Name” is the perfect opener. It has a long fade-in with a nifty lead guitar by Edge. It does exactly what it is supposed to do.

    I really enjoyed playing this session and I really feel this is a great solid cover. Again, I comment about Bono’s vocal range and how I have to strain my voice a bit to hit some of the notes Bono can hit regularly. Still, it is a “live” cover and I think with all things considered, I sing my heart out on this one.

    I chose to close the song with the chords rather than the lead guitar because I thought that it sounded “empty” without the bass backing that the album version has. It works quite well though so I have no complaints.

    I also did this song in one take, and it is the 4th Laptop Session in a row that I have completed in a single take.

    Well anyway, Happy Mother’s Day to everyone out there. Make sure you check back EVERY DAY to see the songs we have selected for Album Starter Week. Jim will bring you his first song tomorrow, so make sure you visit http://www.laptopsessions.com to see it!

     



  • The Laptop Sessions: “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” (U2 Acoustic Rock Cover Song)

    Friday, May 2nd, 2008

    By Jeff Copperthite:

    Welcome to Friday’s edition of #1 week. Today I bring you a new band to the sessions, and another great #1 hit.

    You must live under a rock if you don’t know the band U2. Off of their album “The Joshua Tree” is one of their only 2 U.S. #1 hits, which is competing for longest song title. Again, I had to take out a bunch of the spacing to get the title to fit in Youtube’s field.

    The song “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” is a classic to me, since I have known it since I saw the music video as a kid. I loved the chorus and I think I annoyed my entire family running up and down the halls of the house. I have always enjoyed U2 for reasons such as Edge their guitarist, and Bono has an incredible range.

    Speaking of Bono’s range, I originally recorded this session with me singing it an octave lower. However, I wasn’t happy with it. So I decided to sing it in the intended range. You can tell that some notes are hard to hit, but I feel that you will enjoy this performance more, despite the vocal difficulties I may appear to be having.

    You will also notice my wife sitting in the background listening on the performance. She also selected the regular range video for you.

    Tomorrow Jim will close out #1 week with another great #1 song. Be sure to come back tomorrow for that!

     



U2 Acoustic Cover Songs

When people hear someone mention the band U2, most people will know who they are. They are among the most well known musical acts throughout the world. It would take a lot of words to mention their numerous albums and singles, but safe to say they are all popular and well-known. Their music translates easily to acoustic cover songs because the guitar influence (acoustic or electric) is so readily heard in all their songs. Bono, their lead singer, is probably the most well known single-named singers in the world, and has an incredible vocal range. Jeff says “I need a few glasses of cold water before and after trying to emulate Bono’s singing. I’ve been pleased though because most people have shown appreciation for my efforts in that department. Funny thing is I was suffering from a cold when I recorded the two cover videos for the blog. I almost want to re-record them with my ‘healthy’ voice!”. U2 is surely a band that Jeff will be covering again. Some of his favorite songs are “Sunday Bloody Sunday”, “Discotheque”, and “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of”, and surely we will see some new music video covers from Jeff out of these songs.