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Thunder Road….

Andrew — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:54:34 +0000

Another Bruce Springsteen cover I put together a few weeks ago. It’s “Thunder Road” with just piano and vocal… Not incredibly impressed with my version, think I could have done better here. I will see how it pans out in amongst the other songs on the second tribute album. If I still don’t like it then I will rerecord it.

Devils & Dust

Andrew — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:02:47 +0000

Well sooner than I thought I am working once more on some Bruce Springsteen songs which I will probably turn into another full album. Here is my version of the title track taken from the 2005 album Devils & Dust by Bruce Springsteen. I changed the arrangement quite a bit by settling for Piano and vocal (which I actually think will form for a large part the basis of the full album). I have tried to express the emotions in the song by including contrast both in the vocal (low to high range) and in the piano part (starting very low and ending with a high improvisation part). The original I think is a brilliant song and one of my favourite Springsteen songs from recent years.

Here is my version which will also be the first song on the new tribute album which I hope to complete within the next few months.

Are we human????

Andrew — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:31:20 +0000

I recorded my piano and vocal version of “Human” (by The Killers) a few days ago. Believe it or not inspiration for this recording actually came from Jonathan Ross’ show on the BBC where his crazy “four poofs and a piano” did part of the chorus when some guest was introduced. I actually liked the simple piano arrangement so I looked up the chords and give the song a shot.
The original song I think is great and so far the best I have heard from The Killers. The lyrics are perhaps not as universal as could be (there is apparently a very specific meaning for “or are we dancer”, which is perhaps far fetched). However I love the melody and certainly parts of the lyrics (“My hands are cold”, “and I am on my knees looking for the answer” etc..). To top it off playing along to this song on Guitar Hero is fun too!

Here is my version:

Peace,
Andrew