I created a live piano and vocal cover of one of my favorite songs, "Perennial" by genre bending metal band Jinjer. My FAVORITE band. It's such an epic, beautiful song that I wanted to be able to play it too...even though I play piano. DISCLOSURE: I don't scream, only sing at the top of my lungs! ;)  

Enjoy my piano metal interpretation. 

FUN JINJER story: During quarantine Jinjer did a livestream Q&A. I asked if it's silly to play Jinjer on piano and Eugene said absolutely not then Tati added not to care what other people think about what you do, not even them. After I made this video and put it on instagram,  Eugene commented great job and Jinjer reposted it saying "Seeing and listening to such works is the best motivation for us!"  It meant the world!! 

THANK YOU Jinjer for making my day during these strange times! That band makes my little black heart so happy.

Check out the video of me playing and singing this live that this audio is from: 
https://youtu.be/hfIOPH6MNX0 

Thanks for everything Jinjer!!!

"Perennial" LIVE piano and vocal Jinjer Cover

I heard cursing relieves stress. So i covered "Fuck This World' by Rina Sawayama. I think the song says "fuck" 10 or 11 times. Pretty sure i feel better! Let it all out.

Fuck This World (Rina Sawayama cover)

A live take at the piano of a classic jazz and blues cover. I heard this song on a cassette as a little kid and have had it stuck in my head for the last 25 years.  My favorite cover of it was by Nina Simone but the song came to popularity when Bessie Smith sang it.

Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out live piano cover

https://harlequinjones.bandcamp.com/track/brutally-honest

Everyday seems inside out
I’d pray for better days
But wishes tend to flip upside down
I’m afraid of everything but no one can find out
I try for a silent mind
But ‘what if’s turn fiction into sound

Annihilated dreams of greatness
Age too young
Gave up cause a body’s too much
Hope drowned herself in tears of my blood
I fear possibility (what could be)
But there’s a flickering film inside of me
With imagery of better things
Finally, let that light flood

Gotta be brutally honest
It's like crushing concrete
Crushing concrete just to be
Brutally Honest
I hide from me
I hide from me

I've got nightmares all the time
Of past lives in black and white
Just music to stay alive
And continues to burn inside
Coveting melodies
To comfort me in these times of need
Cause the sounds can help us out
More than any dogma could keep us down

Gotta be brutally honest
It's like crushing concrete
Crushing concrete just to be
Brutally Honest
I hide from me (SPEAK UP)
I hide from me

Make a choice
Make some noise

Brutally Honest

This song is from  Harlequin Jones' FIRST EP! Released 2006

Please purchase this EP at http://harlequinjones.bandcamp.com/album/e-p

We would really appreciate it because we would love to bring you MORE music in the future! :)

Gutter Tango

Zombie Vampires From Hell

Before You Loved Me

I was crushed when Amy died. This is our tribute.

Some Unholy War(Amy Winehouse Tribute)

You can purchase very high quality versions at
http://harlequinjones.bandcamp.com/album/the-bad-beginning

We have to eat and make more music for you!
Either way, enjoy the music!

Carve That Crap

Please buy very high quality EP THE BAD BEGINNING at
http://harlequinjones.bandcamp.com/album/the-bad-beginning



Worried Ugly

Unsought

Bold As Brass

The Epic Song

These songs are from Harlequin Jones' FIRST EP! Released 2006

Please purchase this EP at http://harlequinjones.bandcamp.com/album/e-p

We would really appreciate it because we would love to bring you MORE music in the future! :)We would really appreciate it because we would love to bring you MORE music in the future! :)

Hope You're Rotting

Let's take a detour from the usual dreary dirges of Harlequin Jones and instead cover an Italian pop song from 1964 called “Ti Offro Da Bere.” It was originally sung by Gianni Morandi but I was introduced through Mike Patton’s rendition.

Vieni che ti offro da bere
Vieni questa è l’ultima volta
Che stiamo insieme e parliamo di noi
Poi sarà quel che sarà
Bevo e mi sembra veleno
Parlo, ma non so quel che dico
Vedo che tu hai vuotato il bicchiere
Ora t’alzerai e te ne andrai
Vorrei che adesso dicessi ho scherzato
Ma sento che non sei già più qui

Vieni che ti offro da bere
Vieni questa è l’ultima volta
Che stiamo insieme e parliamo di noi
Poi come vuoi finirà

Vieni che ti offro da bere
Vieni questa è l’ultima volta
Che stiamo insieme e parliamo di noi
Poi come vuoi finirà

Harlequin Jones "Ti Offro Da Bere" cover -Mike Patton- Giani Morandi- Mondo Cane

Performed this piano and vocal cover for fun while taking a break from writing new songs. This song, Charade, is by Henry Mancini for a film of the same name from the 1960s. 

Now, here in the present, Moody AF, and on a piano.



"Charade"
When we played our charade
We were like children posing
Playing at games, acting out names
Guessing the parts we played
Oh what a hit we made
We came on next to closing
Best on the bill, lovers until
Love left the masquerade
Fate seemed to pull the strings
I turned and you were gone
While from the darkened wings
The music box played on
Sad little serenade
Song of my heart's composing
I hear it still, I always will
Best on the bill
Charade


-music by Henry Mancini 
-lyrics by Johnny Mercer

Thank you for listening! More to come!

Harlequin Jones "Charade" - Henry Mancini

A Motown classic gets the Harlequin Jones makeover.

"Misery," originally sung by Barrett Strong in 1961.

Lyrics:
I'm alone in misery
I couldn't find nobody to love for me
I've been hurt and I've been scorned
And had no lovin' since you've been gone

Misery, oh misery
You're killing me

Oh, mama no
I said I wouldn't fall in love no more
Now since I've lost everything I had
My hearts broken and I'm feeling so sad

Misery, oh this misery
It's killing me

Day and night I pace the floor
Hoping I'll be happy once more
My life's an up, and it's such a shame
I lost my guy and have no one to blame
 
Now now, misery
Oh, this misery
It's killing me

I said a long long, long ago
I said I wouldn't fall in love no more
Now since I lost everything I had
My heart's broken and I'm feeling so sad

No no, misery
Oh, misery
You're killing me

Get away, get away, get away from me
Oh misery, you're killing me
No no, get away, get away
Oh, misery you're killing me

Harlequin Jones - Misery (Barrett Strong cover)

Harlequin Jones rebel against any easy categorization, calling the songs roughly "piano punk and blues."  The music mixes catchy dark pop hooks with lush, low female vocals.

"Overflow" is Harlequin Jones' most recent recording, released October 31st 2012. Recorded in a rush of 4 nonstop days, "Overflow" captures a moment of time for Harlequin Jones. The EP cycles through fast paced piano punk like "Pass The Time," onto an eerie ballad such as "Overflow."

Support Harlequin Jones and get the album at:
http://harlequinjones.bandcamp.com/album/overflow


Lost Cause

Harlequin Jones rebel against any easy categorization, calling the songs roughly "piano punk and blues."  The music mixes catchy dark pop hooks with lush, low female vocals.

"Overflow" is Harlequin Jones' most recent recording, released October 31st 2012. Recorded in a rush of 4 nonstop days, "Overflow" captures a moment of time for Harlequin Jones. The EP cycles through fast paced piano punk like "Pass The Time," onto an eerie ballad such as "Overflow."

Get the album at http://harlequinjones.bandcamp.com/album/overflow


Pass The Time

Harlequin Jones rebel against any easy categorization, calling the songs roughly "piano punk and blues."  The music mixes catchy dark pop hooks with lush, low female vocals.

"Overflow" is Harlequin Jones' most recent recording, released October 31st 2012. Recorded in a rush of 4 nonstop days, "Overflow" captures a moment of time for Harlequin Jones. The EP cycles through fast paced piano punk like "Pass The Time," onto an eerie ballad such as "Overflow."

http://www.harlequinjones.com

Gotta Stop

Overflow

Harlequin Jones mix catchy dark pop hooks with sexy, low female vocals & elegant yet aggressive piano & drums. Their appeal can be for mainstream and underground audiences alike

"Overflow" is Harlequin Jones' most recent recording, released October 31st 2012. Produced by the esteemed Dean Dichoso, "Overflow" is Harlequin Jones' greatest achievement to date.  It cycles from fast paced piano punk like "Pass The Time," onto tender ballad such as "Overflow." 



Harlequin Jones covers a Depeche Mode classic, simplifying synths to stripped pianos and rich vocals by Amanda von Loon.  Possibly a perfect song for these quarantined times when loved ones may be on edge with one another.  

Took a break from singing a new Harlequin Jones original to record this. I get so sick of myself and the self centeredness that goes into creating personal songs. It's always good to step into someone else's shoes for a minute.  This is my take on one of my favorite DM songs.

When I first began driving as a teenager, my car only had a nearly extinct cassette player so I went and bought a couple cassettes at a thrift store so I could listen to music.  I ended up with Depeche Mode and Garbage tapes to sing along with for years until they melted in the boiling summer heat inside a parked car.   
Garbage cover next?  ;)

Harlequin Jones "Shake The Disease" (Depeche Mode piano and vocal cover)

Harlequin Jones is a piano based, dark cabaret, blues, pop, jazz, rock, something, something, band spit out from Los Angeles, California.
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