Cover What You Can (Requests Welcome)

[matt_rawlings]

Due to the popularity of my own songs in the Live From The Laptop thread, this is something new I am going to start.

Request as many covers as you like and if I like the song (but not enough to not want to kill it), I will give it the cover treatment. These won't be live covers, they will be tracked which will allow me to add cooler stuff to them and have them overall attain a higher quality.

This was instigated by finding an mp3 on my friends computer that I recorded last year of "Lone Wolf" by Eels.


Cover What You Can




Lone Wolf (Originally recorded by Eels) (http://sharebee.com/ab19e6f9)

[matt_rawlings]

Coming Soon




C'Mon C'Mon (Originally by The Von Bondies)

Everyday Is Like Sunday (Originally by Morrissey)

Skeleton Key (Originally by Margot & The Nuclear So and So's)

Spent On Rainy Day (Originally by Bright Eyes feat. Spoon)

Cold December (Originally by Matt Costa)

The Poison (Originally by Pedro The Lion)

Into Shadow Forest (Originally by A06)

[vandalsandquinn]

Into shadow forest!!!!!$@#$#@$@#

[matt_rawlings]

Into shadow forest!!!!!$@#$#@$@#

Hahahahaha I knew you'd get a kick out of that. It is going to be an up tempo acoustic power pop jam by the time I am done

[screamoutmyname]

i was gonna request a pedro the lion song, but you've got that covered. sweet!

Positively Fourth Street by Bob Dylan

although i enjoy the Ace Enders version, i think you could do a better job with it.

[hailthewarrior]

"I Can Barely Breathe" by Manchester Orchestra

"You Give Love A Bad Name" by Bon Jovi

"Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake

Haha, the first one came to me, then I was like "Hair metal." and yeah.

[vandalsandquinn]

Hahahahaha I knew you'd get a kick out of that. It is going to be an up tempo acoustic power pop jam by the time I am done
It's going to be amazingly sexy by the time you are done, oh man I can't wait

[OveriseFan]

As Tall As Lions - Love, Love, Love (Love, Love), Kickin' Myself, and/or Maybe I'm Just Tired
Band Of Horses - No One's Gonna Love You More
Ben Gibbard - Broken Yoke In Western Sky
Carissa's Wierd - They'll Only Miss You When You Leave
Climb Aboard the Friendship - I've Sold Out
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
Jackson Browne - These Days*
Justin Timberlake - My Love
Lupe Fiasco - Superstar
Steel Train - Night Falls
Styrofoam - Couches in Alleys
Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
Weezer - Falling For You
Wilco - Jesus Etc. and/or I Am Trying To Break Your Heart

If you need to hear any - I can help you out.

Sorry the list is crazy long, but, you know, I want this thread to be successful. Hah.

Edit: I cut the list down some...

*I really want this one... please give it a shot. Just straight acoustic would be fantastic.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tPk11AugG4c

[TK]

The Weakerthans - Watermark
The Snake, The Cross, The Crown - Behold, The River
Northstar - Two Zero Two
Dear and the Headlights - Grace

[matt_rawlings]

i was gonna request a pedro the lion song, but you've got that covered. sweet!

Positively Fourth Street by Bob Dylan

although i enjoy the Ace Enders version, i think you could do a better job with it.

I need to get my capo back and then I will have "The Poison" by PTL nailed. The closing two lines to that song actually gave me the shivers the first time I heard it;

"My old man swore that hell would have no flame, just a front row seat to watch your true love pack her things and drive away"

I will also look into the Dylan track, as I adore that song

[matt_rawlings]

"I Can Barely Breathe" by Manchester Orchestra

"You Give Love A Bad Name" by Bon Jovi

"Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake

Haha, the first one came to me, then I was like "Hair metal." and yeah.

You'd be glad to know that thanks to one particularly hilarious and apt episode of "How I Met Your Mother", I love playing "You Give Love A Bad Name"

As for Man Orc songs, I would do either 'Sleeper 1979' or 'I Can Barely Breathe'

[matt_rawlings]

As Tall As Lions - Love, Love, Love (Love, Love), Kickin' Myself, and/or Maybe I'm Just Tired
Band Of Horses - No One's Gonna Love You More
Ben Gibbard - Broken Yoke In Western Sky
Carissa's Wierd - They'll Only Miss You When You Leave
Climb Aboard the Friendship - I've Sold Out
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
Jackson Browne - These Days*
Justin Timberlake - My Love
Lupe Fiasco - Superstar
Steel Train - Night Falls
Styrofoam - Couches in Alleys
Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
Weezer - Falling For You
Wilco - Jesus Etc. and/or I Am Trying To Break Your Heart

If you need to hear any - I can help you out.

Sorry the list is crazy long, but, you know, I want this thread to be successful. Hah.

Edit: I cut the list down some...

*I really want this one... please give it a shot. Just straight acoustic would be fantastic.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tPk11AugG4c


I would have to be hooked up with the Tall As Lions songs as I don't have them

Styrofoam, Wilco and Weezer are all great choices and highly likely for me to take a stab at.

I adore "No One's Gonna Love You More" by Band Of Horses (from one of last years best albums), but I just can't cover it due to how high that dudes voice is for the majority of the song. I have tried so many times but I just can't do it any sort of justice.

Josiah has asked me to cover the Carissa's Wierd song before but I couldn't find tab or chords for it anywhere online (another outstanding song)

And I'll look into the Jackson Browne song

[matt_rawlings]

The Weakerthans - Watermark
The Snake, The Cross, The Crown - Behold, The River
Northstar - Two Zero Two
Dear and the Headlights - Grace

As for The Weakerthans, I would probably cover "Virtute the cat explains her departure"

[screamoutmyname]

I need to get my capo back and then I will have "The Poison" by PTL nailed. The closing two lines to that song actually gave me the shivers the first time I heard it;

"My old man swore that hell would have no flame, just a front row seat to watch your true love pack her things and drive away"

I will also look into the Dylan track, as I adore that song

Ahhh I know... That's one of the best lines I've ever heard... It's so solid! Achilles Heel is slowly but steadily becoming my most played album.

Good luck with the Bob Dylan song... I don't think it should be too bad to learn. :-)

[Praetor]

This is awesome. I tried to pick artists I know you like.

Bright Eyes - When The President Talks To God (or any BE song, really...but I'd really like to hear you do this one)
Pedro The Lion - Priests & Paramedics
Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running
Brand New - Untitled 01
Elliott Smith - Twilight
Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway
Pompeii - Miracle Mile
Radiohead - No Surprises
Straylight Run - The First Of The Century
Thursday - Asleep In The Chapel

[OveriseFan]

Pompeii - Miracle Mile

I'll add another vote for this, too. Would be interesting to see what you do with it.

[Praetor]

Unsettled bride to beeeeeeeee..........

[matt_rawlings]

Ahhh I know... That's one of the best lines I've ever heard... It's so solid! Achilles Heel is slowly but steadily becoming my most played album.

Good luck with the Bob Dylan song... I don't think it should be too bad to learn. :-)

David Bazan is probably one of the top 5 most underrated lyricists of all time in my book. He blows almost everyone else out of the water.

[matt_rawlings]

Brand New - Untitled 01
Elliott Smith - Twilight
Pompeii - Miracle Mile




A skewed and weird version of Brand New's "demo #1" is actually going to be recorded fully by Francis and I for House & Home.

Pompeii and Elliott Smith are both possibilities

[screamoutmyname]

David Bazan is probably one of the top 5 most underrated lyricists of all time in my book. He blows almost everyone else out of the water.

very, very, very true.

[hailthewarrior]

You'd be glad to know that thanks to one particularly hilarious and apt episode of "How I Met Your Mother", I love playing "You Give Love A Bad Name"

As for Man Orc songs, I would do either 'Sleeper 1979' or 'I Can Barely Breathe'

Sweet!

I said "I Can Barely Breathe" haha... maybe you meant "I Can Feel Your Pain"? Either/or my friend.

[as_we_learn]

Matt I'd love to hear you cover Oasis' Wonderwall. I'd love to see what you can do with that.

[screamoutmyname]

hey man... any progress with the songs?

i've also been thinking about recording some covers once i get a decent soundcard

[lew_1987]

Radiohead - No Surprises

I'd like to hear this.

[matt_rawlings]

hey man... any progress with the songs?

i've also been thinking about recording some covers once i get a decent soundcard

Not really hahahahaa


I have learned most of them, even performing a few at acoustic shows and open mic nights in and around my area.

Problem is my social life has flourished in the last month meaning I have had bugger all free time. I promise I will try and get some stuff on the go soon though

[screamoutmyname]

Not really hahahahaa


I have learned most of them, even performing a few at acoustic shows and open mic nights in and around my area.

Problem is my social life has flourished in the last month meaning I have had bugger all free time. I promise I will try and get some stuff on the go soon though

haha sweet... nah dude, i wasn't trying to rush you or anything... just kinda checking in.

it's good to see that you're playing open mic nights and such... and flourishing social life is always a plus as well.

but yeah, if you make any sort of progress, i'll be checking here and live from the laptop... perhaps even starting a myspace for my own songs in the near future, if you'd be interested.

[leezer]

Richard Ashcroft - You on my mind in my sleep
The Wombats - Kill the director
Coldplay - Shiver
Willy Mason - Oxegen
The yeah yeah yeahs - Maps
Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia

[screamoutmyname]

i feel like you'd do really well with a decemberists song.

i cannot stop listening to "blankets and cushions," man... such a well-written song!

[matt_rawlings]

i feel like you'd do really well with a decemberists song.

i cannot stop listening to "blankets and cushions," man... such a well-written song!

Thanks alot dude.

That's probably one of my favourite songs I've written (along with "You're" and "Concede a Smile"...although the latter has its flaws)

[screamoutmyname]

Thanks alot dude.

That's probably one of my favourite songs I've written (along with "You're" and "Concede a Smile"...although the latter has its flaws)

no problemo ;-)

i think "you're" is my second favorite, and i've never heard "concede a smile."

anyways, keep up the great work man!