This is my last cover of the year, so I thought, 'hey, why not Sunny Day Real Estate on Ukelele?' 

Why not indeed…

Every Shining Time You Arrive (Sunny Day Real Estate)

This is a song I wrote some years ago and was always rather fond of…

I gave myself about an hour today to try to record all the parts for this version. I was quickly reminded that I haven't played bass in a really long time—and I NEVER played lead guitar (there's probably a reason for that)—but it's kinda fun.



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I'm not a very gospel-y guy, but my my grandfather was; I'm thinking about him. 

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Never Grow Old (Carters)

Don't act like you haven't sung this one a million times…

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I Remember You (Skid Row)

I think this is the opposite of 'The Luckiest'

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Girl With One Eye (Florence and the Machine)

Who is this Mr. Weiss?

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Cemetery Polka (Tom Waits)

This is probably a great reason to not let me near a flanger…

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I Held Her in My Arms (Violent Femmes)

She Don't Use Jelly (Flaming Lips)

Why not? Tammy's phrasing was perfection, btw.

D-I-V-O-R-C-E (Tammy Wynette)

Hairdresser On Fire (Morrissey)

Mama (Roy Orbison)

My mom asked for this one. She sang it when she was little, so I thought I'd try it when I was a little bigger than little.

Field of Yellow Daisies (Charlie Rich)

I’m not going to try to tell you that I’m different from all the rest. 
   I’ve been subject to the same de-structure of desire 
and I’ve felt the same effects; 
    I’m a hetero-sexist tragedy.   And potential rapists all are we…  yeah!

But don’t tell me this is natural. This is nurturing. 
    And there’s a difference between sexism and sexuality. 
I had different desires prior to my role-remodelling. 
    And at six years of age you don’t challenge their claims. 
You become the same. (Or withdraw from the game and hang your head in shame). 
    
I think that’s exactly what I did. 
    I tried to sever the connections between me     and them. 
I fought against their 
    further attempts to convince a kid that birthright can bestow 
the power to yield the subordination of women and do you know 
    what patricentricity means? I found out just a couple of days ago. 
It means male values uber alles and hey! Whaddaya know…? 
   
sex has been distorted and vilified. I’m scared of my attraction to body types. 
    If everything desired is objectified then maybe eroticism needs to be redefined. 
And I refuse to be a “man”.

Refusing to be a Man (Propagandhi)

I expect that Tori would not be psyched about my butchering of a signature song, but it's out of love.

Crucify (Tori Amos)

This is my favorite song about a stupid holiday.

It's a pretty crappy performance, but hey…

Valentines Day is Over (Billy Bragg)

This is one of my favorite 80's songs. The chorus totally crushes, and I like the idea that this fella wrote this in response to Bowie. It perfectly toes the derivative vs. inspired line.

Major Tom (Peter Schilling)

I—for reasons unbeknownst to myself—have always had a soft spot for this song. 

Hello (Lionel Richie)

I hadn't heard this song for ages, then woke up this morning singing it. I recorded my first time playing through it, which wasn't maybe the best choice… The melody is from memory, so if it's wrong, you can tattle to Cinderella.

DKWYG (Cinderella)

I was feeling this today, so I did a quickie iPad recording with a Baby Taylor and two open windows accompanying me.

Just Like Heaven (The Cure)

Hey there! This page was started as a place to share some cover songs that are part of a game I've been playing with friends wherein each player needs to learn a new song (by whomever) each week and record some version to share. The "each week" provision has fallen by the wayside, but there are a few interesting versions of songs between the pages of those playing. 

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