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youtube acoustic bedroom covers of your fave songs

goldfoot  said about 2 years ago  or at  1:24PM on Monday, March 29 2010 in music

Andy's 'good songs to learn thread' reminds me of one of my favourite ways to waste time when I'm bored. I go trawling youtube looking for people doing acoustic covers of my favourite songs in their bedrooms.

Whether they're hilariously bad or really quite decent there's something fascinating about getting a glimpse into these people's lives.

Some dude doing Beck's Hollow Log



josejones  said about 2 years ago:

that beck cover is awesome goldfoot. was totally expecting something horrendous.


Hellzapoppin  said about 2 years ago:

One Armed Scissor.. on piano.. by a shirtless dude.. in a mexican wrestling mask.

Doesn't get any better than that.


goldfoot  said about 2 years ago:

toadphoney  said about 2 years ago:

You've just answered my mix tape theme dilemma. I can do an originals and covers cd.


Arthurly  said about 2 years ago:

There's the one with the 2 chicks covering Bon Iver that was a hit. They now have an album proper coming out. And another is a very cute Asian girl who is a pretty good singer and has a nice line in covers. Sorry, I can't link...work don't like youtube.

Oh, and Youtube some Jim O'Rourke covers for some nice versions of the master.


goldfoot  said about 2 years ago:

Yeah Bon Iver seem to be a popular band to cover.

I couldn't finf the ''2 chicks'' but here's a hottie doing Blood Bank


runoutgroove  said about 2 years ago:

There's the one with the 2 chicks covering Bon Iver that was a hit.

you don't mean the two doing the Fleet Foxes cover?

i'll dig some up when I'm home tonight. there are some great covers of múm tracks


andydepressant  said about 2 years ago:

Back when Beck was good! Or at least not notably scientologist...


JunkiePhil  said about 2 years ago:

This is my fave I'm come accross.
two dudes playing both the parts to 'May The Sun Shine Bright For You' Primal Scream.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nhl4f2VND4


andydepressant  said about 2 years ago:

Under no circumstances EVER type Hallelujah into youtube.


JunkiePhil  said about 2 years ago:

Hold up, I think it's the same guy twice...!


JunkiePhil  said about 2 years ago:

Unless you want Happy Mondays, Andy


andydepressant  said about 2 years ago:

I strangely have more respect for At the Drive in after watching that. Take away that annoying vocal register and it's a pretty nice song.


Arthurly  said about 2 years ago:

you don't mean the two doing the Fleet Foxes cover?

yes - you are correct. Knew it was some beardo hippy strum.


gunshot_glitter  said about 2 years ago:

He's no Glenn Richards but Wilco tee wearing dude is pretty ok singing Sunday Morning Records by Augie March.


Hellzapoppin  said about 2 years ago:

*Take away that annoying vocal register and it's a pretty nice song. *

Agreed Andy, and I'm no fan.


gunshot_glitter  said about 2 years ago:

Pity about the pink polo shirt (I am incredible judgmental about shirts today),this guy is covering Alec Eiffel by the Pixies.


gunshot_glitter  said about 2 years ago:

bigdaddykane  said about 2 years ago:

I'll be back...on my iPhone.


runoutgroove  said about 2 years ago:


astrousersasmind  said about 2 years ago:

Ace version of Outkast's Hey Ya. Actually quite moving during the second verse.



goingblank  said about 1 year ago:

runoutgroove said about 3 months ago:

mum's green grass of tunnel

Bloody hell...


tugboat  said about 1 year ago:

Need to have a look when I'm home!


happycow  said about 1 year ago:

Not entirely acoustic and bedroom, but it's The Clientele doing a stripped back version of ''Paper Planes'' by MIA.

Love it.



noneabove  said about 1 year ago:

I spent half a night on YouTube, but fuck it was worth it.

YouTube user vkgoeswild is a Russian pianist. Her greatest hits (over 400 videos) include:

Metallica - Harvester of sorrow

Carcass - Corporal Jigsore Quandry

Though my favourite is this ripsnorting version of Nirvana's You Know You're Right.

Fucking awesome.


tugboat  said about 7 months ago:

Ina's cover of Lana Del Rey's Video Game , Lykki Li's I Follow River and Feist's 1234

happycow said about 1 year ago:
Not entirely acoustic and bedroom, but it's The Clientele doing a stripped back version of ''Paper Planes'' by MIA.

Mel Draisey!!!


tugboat  said about 7 months ago:

noneabove said about 5 months ago:
I spent half a night on YouTube, but fuck it was worth it.
YouTube user vkgoeswild is a Russian pianist. Her greatest hits (over 400 videos) include:

Far out! I like this piano version of Teardrop by Massive Attack!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbCjaPmw8Yc&feature=related


tugboat  said about 7 months ago:

Shit! vkgoeswild's The Cure Lullaby is awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz-XeesonHs


denialdemonicdisrup  said about 7 months ago:

YouTube user vkgoeswild is a Russian pianist

This girl's fucking great.

When I was thinking of doing this classical piano-black metal band, I was looking up youtube to see if anyone else had done stuff like this.

She's a complete genius. If she had a band behind her, it'd be fucking amazing.

I'm trying to do the reverse- a full band arrangement for a Chopin Sonata. Finally got a full band happening and it's sounding good... but it's going to take forever. Hell, what the four of us would take a year to do, she'd probably do in a day.

And she's cute. Very.


denialdemonicdisrup  said about 7 months ago:

Oh, and this aphex twin cover is unique

This is one of my favourite songs. I sometimes get really ridiculous and repetitive thought patterns which literally last for MONTHS- just on the most random shit. This song was in my head for close to a year, along with a couple of others, over and over and over and over again repeatedly during the day. It's not really annoying, but it's fucking awesome when you're 'hearing' it and then you randomly come across it in real life at the exact same time.


Mo  said about 7 months ago:

cute asian girl sings descendents

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EomAzZuKT8E


tugboat  said about 5 months ago:

This guy (Uke style) did a few songs, including:

Galaxie's 500's Strange: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERdNwJCUcLg

Prince's When Doves Cry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBJJjXJosbIL

Magnetic fields' Papa was a Rodeo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD3uHkul_C8


marchinginthestreet  said about 5 months ago:

NONE OF THEM. THEY ARE ALL SHIT. FUCK YOUTUBE BEDROOM ACOUSTIC COVERS! IT IS BECAUSE OF SHITHEADS LIKE YOU THAT POMPLAMOOSE TURN UP IN TV COMMERCIALS INSTEAD OF FUCKING OFF. OBEDIAH PARKER WILL DIE AT MY HANDS ONE DAY FOR CONVINCING GEEKS HIS COVER OF HEY YA IS BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL.

''HI LOOK AT ME, I'M A TWEE LOOKING FUCKHEAD WITH AN ACOUSTIC AND A WEBCAM! PLEASE SIT DOWN AND ENJOY MY COVER OF R.E.D. NATION. MY FRIEND AGNES WILL BE JOINING ME TO DO LIL WAYNE'S PART. PLEASE 5 AND SUBSCRIBE''


zombo  said about 5 months ago:

I CAN'T HEAR YOU. USE MORE CAPITALS.


marchinginthestreet  said about 5 months ago:

no


ChrisBrimstone  said about 5 months ago:

I did some acapella Gaslight Anthem covers for a contest, but I deleted them because I knew how shit they were and that you guys would find them an laugh


Mo  said about 5 months ago:

mule  said about 4 months ago:

[kid doing a pretty damn decent job of boots of spanish leather](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eho51A_bLug](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eho51A_bLug)



mule  said about 4 months ago:

and yeah that queen cover is fucked up


marchinginthestreet  said about 4 months ago:

just listen to the originals you fucking mooks.


mule  said about 4 months ago:

it's not like i dedicate hours to it, it's just it can be a funny/often excruciating way to spend a few minutes. geez, people get so serious about shit.


marchinginthestreet  said about 4 months ago:

i dunno, it just seems that a lot of people that are posting links are probably against the whole cover band culture that exists, yet encourage it by watching idiots doing ''wacky'' covers on youtube.


tugboat  said about 4 months ago:

goldfoot  said about 4 months ago:

juicenewton*  said about 4 months ago:

I know uke covers shit some people, but this sooky bastard is pretty good.......

Perfect day

I'm So Ronery


dzerzhanzhinskii  said about 4 months ago:

always get a kick out of this guy doing transilvanian hunger


tugboat  said about 4 months ago:

Hey Jude by a little boy in nappy.

He didn't play the guitar though..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgrrQwLdME8&feature=related


etiquetteyet?  said about 4 months ago:

Welcome to the internet tugboat!


etiquetteyet?  said about 4 months ago:


tugboat  said about 4 months ago:

uetteyet? said 35 minutes ago:
Welcome to the internet tugboat!

Thanks! I feel like home in the internet!



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