Hello everyone, and welcome to another chilly, black Friday night on Looks Like Coffee, Tastes Like Juice. Today, instead of the regular Friday mix of new & old instrumental music, Stuart suggested that I post a couple songs that I will be covering at my very first gig. For those of you (a vast majority) who don't know, I'll be playing my first gig, as mentioned, at Dr.Disc Records on May 31st. The show will be at 3pm, and it's just an in store performance, so if you're in the neighborhood, browse through the records, and watch me play. Ah, how I love shameless self-promotion!
Anyways, here are a couple tracks that I've arranged for solo-acoustic play.
Born In The USA - José González
I'll be doing an acoustic version (a la José González) of this song. The vocals will be quite a bit more relaxed than The Boss', so I figured I'd post the José González version, to give you more of an idea what I'll be playing
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
This is a great song that I think I might have already posted before. Another song I'll be covering a la José González (man, I need to stop picking fruit from the José González tree).
In The Lines - Portastatic
I know for a fact that I posted this yesterday, but it IS on my set list, so I figured that I'd ignore my own blatant stupidity and repost. I'll basically be covering this as it is, with a bit of finger picking thrown in for flavor.
Paper Planes - M.I.A
Now, some of you may already know that M.I.A used the music from The Clash's "Straight To Hell", which is a song I already know how to play. So, basically, I'm rapping this catchy-as-hell song as I play The Clash. I couldn't think of a better musical combination myself. Plus, the sweet trill solo at the end just makes it that much better.
Lisa, Make Love! (It's Okay!) - Oh No! Oh My!
I'll be playing this song, without all the bells and whistles (a hideous pun for your pleasure). For the record, I'll be playing it for a very special person who shares a name with the protagonist of the song.
Well, that's all for today.
Til' Tomorrow
