Random Shoddy Covers

From the stables comes yet another crappy cover, this time of The Boxer Rebellion

The Boxer Rebellion - No Harm [Crude Cover]

One Shot Recording just after waking up. I just had a very sketchy idea of what the song sounded like.

Wake up to I'd Love You To Want Me

Tried singing loudly to improve the SnR. This song is perfect for adding some effects. Hmmm.

The National - Vanderlyle Cry Baby Cry Non Processed

Still can't get the vocals and the music bang on, but getting there. First rough recording using my new Snowball mic!

The National - About Today [Rough Cover]

Got obsessed with this song. Really can't do justice to the pain in it :(

Tum Hi Ho [Rough Cover]

Jal - Woh Lamhe [Crude Cover]

Yet another song I felt like picking up the guitar and playing.

The National - I Need My Girl [Cover]

Had to put in an Andrew Bird cover sometime. I can't do justice to his songs!
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Lyrics:

My dewy-eyed Disney bride, what has tried
Swapping your blood with formaldehyde?
Monsters?
Whisky-plied voices cried fratricide!
Jesus don't you know that you could've died
(You should've died)
With the monsters that talk, monsters that walk the earth

And she's got red lipstick and a brown pair of shoes
And she's got knee high socks, what to cover a bruise
She's got an old death kit she's been meaning to use
She's got blood in her eyes, in her eyes for you
She's got blood in her eyes for you

Certain fads, stripes and plaids, singles ads
They run you hot and cold like a rheostat, I mean a thermostat
So you bite on a towel
Hope it won't hurt too bad

My dewy-eyed Disney bride, what has tried
Swapping your blood with formaldehyde?
What monsters that talk, monsters that walk the earth

And she says I like long walks and sci-fi movies
You're six foot tall and east coast bred
Some lonely night we can get together
And I'm gonna tie your wrists with leather
And drill a tiny hole into your head
Oh, I'm going to drill a tiny hole into your head.

Andrew Bird - Fake Palindromes [Rough Cover]

Another one of my favourite songs from The National!

I couldn't find quiet
I went out in the rain
I was just soakin' my head to unrattle my brain
Somebody said you disappeared in a crowd
I didn't understand then
I don't understand now

Am I the one you think about when you're sitting in your faintin' chair drinking pink rabbits?
Am I the one you think about when you're sitting in your faintin' chair drinking pink rabbits?

And everybody was gone
You were standin' in the street 'cause you were tryin' not to crack up
It wasn't like a rain it was more like a sea
I didn't ask for this pain it just came over me
I love a storm, but I don't love lightning
All the waters coming up so fast, that's frightening

Am I the one you think about when you're sitting in your faintin' chair drinking pink rabbits?
Am I the one you think about when you're sitting in your faintin' chair drinking pink rabbits?

And everybody was gone
I was standing in the street 'cause I was trying not to crack

I was solid gold
I was in the fight
I was coming back from what seemed like a ruin
I couldn't see you coming so far
I just turn around and there you are

I'm so surprised you want to dance with me now
I was just getting used to living life without you around
I'm so surprised you want to dance with me now
You always said I held you way too high off the ground

You didn't see me I was falling apart
I was a white girl in a crowd of white girls in the park
You didn't see me I was falling apart
I was a television version of a person with a broken heart
You didn't see me I was falling apart
I was a white girl in a crowd of white girls in a park
You didn't see me I was falling apart
I was a television version of a person with a broken heart

And everybody was gone
You were standin' in the street 'cause you were trying not to crack up
And bona drag was still on
Now I only think about Los Angeles when the sun kicks out
Now I only think about Los Angeles when the sun kicks out

You said it would be painless
The needle in the doll
You said it would be painless
It wasn't that at all
You said it would be painless
The needle in the doll
You said it would be painless
It wasn't that at all (when the sun kicks out)

You said it would be painless
The needle in the doll (when the sun kicks out)
You said it would be painless
It wasn't that at all

The National - Pink Rabbits [Cover]

Recently discovered this song, and I couldn't get it out of my head thanks to how poignant it was. So, as usual, recorded it at the spur of the moment.
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This years love had better last
Heaven knows it's high time
And I've been waiting on my own too long
But when you hold me like you do
It feels so right
I start to forget
How my heart gets torn
When that hurt gets thrown
Feeling like you can't go on

Turning circles when time again
It cuts like a knife oh yeah
If you love me got to know for sure
Cos it takes something more this time
Than sweet sweet lies
Before I open up my arms and fall
Losing all control
Every dream inside my soul
And when you kiss me
On that midnight street
Sweep me off my feet
Singing ain't this life so sweet

This years love had better last
This years love had better last

So whose to worry
If our hearts get torn
When that hurt gets thrown
Don't you know this life goes on
And won't you kiss me
On that midnight street
Sweep me off my feet
Singing ain't this life so sweet

This years love had better last
This years love had better last
This years love had better last
This years love had better last

This Year's Love - David Gray [Rough Cover]

A random walk led me to this and I decided to record this on a whim.
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So sweet, so beautiful
Everyday like a queen on her throne
Don't nobody knows how she feels
Aicha, Lady one day it will be real

She moves, she moves like a breeze
I swear I can't get her out of my dreams
To have her shining right here by my side
I'd sacrifice all them tears in my eyes

[Chorus:]
Aicha Aicha - passing me by (there she goes again)
Aicha Aicha - my my my (is it really real)
Aicha Aicha - smile for me now
Aicha Aicha - in my life

[Verse 2]
She holds her child to her heart
Makes her feel like she is blessed from above
Falls asleep underneath her sweet tears
Her lullaby fades away with his fears

[1/2 Chorus]

[Bridge]
She needs somebody to lean on
Someone body, mind & soul
To take her hand, to take her world
And show her the time of her life, so true
Throw the pain away for good
No more contemplating boo

[Verse 3]
Lord knows the way she feels
Everyday in his name she begins
To have her shining right right here by my side
I'd sacrifice all them tears in my eyes
Aicha Aicha - ecoute moi

Aicha - Outlandish [Rough Cover]

An attempt at trying to blend the electric and the acoustic together, and doing my first song request!
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The world was on fire and no one could save me but you.
It's strange what desire will make foolish people do.
I never dreamed that I'd meet somebody like you.
And I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you.

No, I don't want to fall in love (This world is only gonna break your heart)
No, I don't want to fall in love (This world is only gonna break your heart)
With you (This world is only gonna break your heart)

What a wicked game to play, to make me feel this way.
What a wicked thing to do, to let me dream of you.
What a wicked thing to say, you never felt this way.
What a wicked thing to do, to make me dream of you and,

I want to fall in love (This world is only gonna break your heart)
No, I want to fall in love (This world is only gonna break your heart)
With you.

The world was on fire and no one could save me but you.
It's strange what desire will make foolish people do.
I never dreamed that I'd love somebody like you.
And I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you,

No, I want to fall in love (This world is only gonna break your heart)
No, I want to fall in love (This world is only gonna break your heart)
With you (This world is only gonna break your heart)
No, I... (This world is only gonna break your heart)
(This world is only gonna break your heart)

Nobody loves no one.

Wicked Game - Chris Isaak [Cover]

While recovering from a cold in the wake of the new year, felt like playing one of my favourite The National songs. This is also the first time I've recorded the guitar and the vocals separately.
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Standing at the punch table swallowing punch
Can't pay attention to the sound of anyone
A little more stupid, a little more scared
Every minute more unprepared

I made a mistake in my life today
Everything I love gets lost in drawers
I want to start over, I want to be winning
Way out of sync from the beginning

I wanna hurry home to you
Put on a slow, dumb show for you and crack you up
So you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
God, I'm very, very frightening, I'll overdo it

Looking for somewhere to stand and stay
I leaned on the wall and the wall leaned away
Can I get a minute of not being nervous
And not thinking of my dick?

My leg is sparkles, my leg is pins
I better get my shit together, better gather my shit in
You could drive a car through my head in five minutes
From one side of it to the other

I wanna hurry home to you
Put on a slow, dumb show for you and crack you up
So you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
God I'm very, very frightening, I'll overdo it

You know I dreamed about you
For 29 years before I saw you
You know I dreamed about you
I missed you for, for 29 years

You know I dreamed about you
For 29 years before I saw you
You know I dreamed about you
I missed you for, for 29 years

Slow Show - The National [Rough Cover]

So I decided to try something slightly different. Just a fun summer Saturday afternoon song by Kishi Bashi.
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"keya keya sorya douse ne, 
keya keya sorya douse dame da. 
yamerarenai yamerarenai. 
douse damedakedo yamerarenai ne" 
"keya keya sorya douse ne, 
keya keya sorya douse dame da. 
taerarenai taerarenai, 
douse dame da kedo taerarenai ne" 
(in Japanese, 
"douse dame da" means "probably impossible" 
"yamerarenai" means "can't stop" and 
"taerarenai" means "can't take it anymore") 

you and me at the edge of the world 
with a pretty secret smile for me to see for me to see 
new bright whites and a cage full of ice 
and a naked little canopy to feed my disease, my disease

and if you're to smile at me 
I could cry by land or sea 

After you said that you liked Big Red
I opened up my mind and skipped a beat
cufflinks and hands in wrong places and faces 
and creepy little movies made me weep, made me weep

and if you're to say to me 
what is mine is yours to keep 

well you know, I'll have to see 
if all the stars aligned we could've solved the mystery 
it's a partial fantasy 
we're living in a land that went astray from history 

"keya keya sorya douse ne, 
keya keya sorya douse dame da. 
yamerarenai yamerarenai. 
douse damedakedo yamerarenai ne" 

(interlude)

Ahhhhh!
you and me at the edge of the bed 
looking at the faded pictures for you to see and me to see 
murder and colonies, land without rivers 
raging in the middle of some sad destiny, destiny 

take one look to find my eyes 
safety's in your inner thigh 

well you know, I'll have to see, 
if all the stars aligned we could have solved the mystery 
it's a partial fantasy 
we're living in a land that went astray from history

"keya keya sorya douse ne, 
keya keya sorya douse dame da. 
yamerarenai yamerarenai. "

Bright Whites - Kishi Bashi [Rough Cover]

Got reminded of the Aashiqui 2 songs, and had to wake up and sing it to get it out of my head, haha. Slightly slow and abridged.
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Tu hi yeh mujhko bata de
Chahoon main ya na
Apne tu dil ka pata de
Chahoon main ya na

Tu hi yeh mujhko bata de
Chahoon main ya na
Apne tu dil ka pata de
Chahoon main ya na

Itna bata doon tujhko
Chahat pe apni mujhko
Yun to nahi ikhtiyaar
Phir bhi yeh socha dil ne
Ab jo laga hoon milne
Poochhoon tujhe ik baar.. o..

Tu hi yeh mujhko bata de
Chahoon main ya na
Hmm.. Apne tu dil ka pata de
Chahoon main ya.. na..

Aisi.. kabhi pehle
Hui na thi khwaahishein
O.. Kisi se bhi milne ki
Na ki thi koshishein..
Uljhan meri suljha de
Chahoon main ya na
Aankhon aankhon mein jataa de
Chahoon main ya na

Chahun Main Ya Naa - Arjit Singh [Rough Cover]

Due to recent people, places, and things.
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You gotta go and get angry at all of my honesty
You know I try but I don't do too well with apologies
I hope I don't run out of time, could someone call a referee?
Cause I just need one more shot at forgiveness
I know you know that I made those mistakes maybe once or twice
By once or twice I mean maybe a couple a hundred times
So let me, oh let me redeem, oh redeem, oh myself tonight
Cause I just need one more shot at second chances

[Pre-Chorus]
Yeah, is it too late now to say sorry?
Cause I'm missing more than just your body
Is it too late now to say sorry?
Yeah I know that I let you down
Is it too late to say I'm sorry now?

[Chorus]
I'm sorry, yeah
Sorry, yeah
Sorry
Yeah I know that I let you down
Is it too late to say I'm sorry now?

[Verse 2]
I'll take every single piece of the blame if you want me to
But you know that there is no innocent one in this game for two
I'll go, I'll go and then you go, you go out and spill the truth
Can we both say the words and forget this?

[Pre-Chorus]
Is it too late now to say sorry?
Cause I'm missing more than just your body
Is it too late now to say sorry?
Yeah I know that I let you down
Is it too late to say I'm sorry now?

[Bridge]
I'm not just trying to get you back on me
Cause I'm missing more than just your body
Is it too late now to say sorry?
Yeah I know that I let you down
Is it too late to say I'm sorry now?

[Chorus]
I'm sorry, yeah
Sorry, oh
Sorry
Yeah I know that I let you down
Is it too late to say I'm sorry now?
I'm sorry, yeah
Sorry, oh
Sorry
Yeah I know that I let you down
Is it too late to say I'm sorry now?


Sorry - Justin Bieber [Rough Cover]

A cover of the song by Three Doors Down. Sorry for the botchy strumming - I haven't played since a year, and them fingers hurt.

Here without you [Crude Cover]

Sorry for botching up the lyrics in between. I'm still fixing up my playing issues.

O Sanam Crude Cover

Yet another shoddy cover! Now in a third language!

Dragostea Din Tei

Yet another crappy cover, this time by one of Dad's favourite artists, Denver.

Annie's Song Rough

Sometimes I get obsessed with a song, and then I end up waking up and haphazardly covering it...

[Rough Covers] are songs recorded at the spur of the moment (and don't often sound nice), [Covers] generally have a couple of practice runs done for them.

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