'81 - Joanna Newsom cover

[laserdisque]

At least the REAL Conor wrote his own original songzzz.

[KerchakArt]

I love the original. You've done it great justice. I'll bet you do a good Justin Vernon. Up in the Woods?

[RoyaWeidman]

this is ridiculously lovely

[iamaguynamedrobert]

Wow.

[meeshi13]

seriously, im obsessed with the newsom, and this is the greatest cover i have ever heard, what software and mic do you use? it sounds amazing

[MiaBuns]

What instruments have you used here? I really love it:)

[staceysvendsen]

this is stunning. i get annoyed with joanna's voice when i now listen to the original.

[MissJuicyCathy]

I thought this was going to be crap. You have a freaking BEAUTIFUL VOICE, subscribed! <3 this works so well

[bleysambley]

holy shit! good job.

[ICFools]

This is the absolutely best cover of this song I have ever heard.

Especially to have it be done by a male voice.

Wonderful!

[BlankRainbow]

OH MY GOD. THIS IS SOOOOOO GOOD.

[snachstreetart]

This is amazing I discovered this song from this cover and it cannot possibly get any better

[mridontlikeyourtone]

You made this song your own. In some ways I like it better then the original.

[dantezi1984]

omg this is awsome, please sing with joanna, that both voices together ohh loord

[AtleticodeRafaela]

Neutral Milk Hotel & Joanna Newsom... good taste man.

[JoeyMcChipmunk]

This should've been on the Versions of Joanna CD over the other one...

[bagwa5]

ur voice is adorable

[febgetinkshedtears]

I love this cover. Not like, Love.

You're very good. Nice taste too.

[teaClocks]

This is fantastic.

[ghostofaghost]

Its is not, it isn't ain't, and its it's, not its, if you mean itis. If you don't, it's its. Then too, it's hers. It isn't her's. Itisn't our's either. It's ours, and likewise yours and theirs

[estebaneeezy]

This is actually good. Surprising.

Congratulations.

[sixthcrusifix]

Nice!

[mgfanlove]

God, this is sooo awesome! And choosing such a beautiful song to cover. Thumbs up guys!

[taxlossdave]

Wonderful choice of song to cover - and you've done a great version of it. Top marks!

[GabriHella]

This is lovely. I think it's hard to touch Joanna, but you've given this song an entirely new life.

[EldritchElderflower]

I've only just realised the video is of a record playing. I was looking at it thinking it was some kind of rippling water feature/fountain with weird sculptures in a huge hall with a mural of soldiers spanning the wall. Interesting effect. (And lovely cover, of course).

[febgetinkshedtears]

@EldritchElderflower I thought the same until I saw this comment, brilliant.

[laserspatula]

great voice but the angry whistlers version may have stolen my heart!

[GnatTwo]

Wow! This is wonderful! Very glad you didn't go with the "I must imitate her voice" angle and brought yourself to the song and made this version your own. This is one of the best covers out their of Joanna!

[arcadiankitsch]

Hands down, the best cover of any song I've ever heard.

[lemonvi2theta]

This is so great, ever think of doing an Andrew Bird cover? I feel like that would sound really cool.

[11obsesion11]

beautiful ! very well done :)

[AnneliesMichelle]

this is beautiful, and thank u so much for the mp3 link ;)

[gluntford]

bizarre! cool

[MrNyaga]

This is fantastic! I love Joanna Newsom. and now i also love you!:-)

[howlinggoat]

Holy sweet shit this is awesome.

[JansRox]

i dont think the chords are well...

good cover btw

[GollumNr3]

Your influences are quite obvious, but I actually enjeyed your cover way more than I had espected! Beautiful rendition! The tone you gave to this was great!

[JoeyMcChipmunk]

nice neutral milk hotel in the background.

[djmonkfish]

amazing cover buddy well done

[gherkin007]

sounds very mumford & sons, lovely voice compliments the guitar. needs the lead melody though!

[greetingsinbraille]

this is most definitely the best joanna newsom cover i have heard on youtube.

seriously.

[birdmarkets]

This is wonderful. I love the new tone you've given it -- it becomes much darker and sadder, and is a great contrast to the light simplicity of the original. Thank you!

[julyrebecca]

ridiculously AMAZING

X

[richuea]

Great cover, I agree with a couple of the other comments that the background vocals are a little overpowering, but they still sound awesome. Loved your harmonies and the whistling too

[theresnosuchplace]

background voices seem redundant to me - this song is about simplicity. like your version though - it's very fleet foxeian :)

[woahbumblebeez]

Oh my, this was so unexpected. It was wonderful!

[DrivebyProductions]

Not bad. A little over-the-top with the vocalizing in the background, but it wouldn't be your rendition if it wasn't completely yours, right? It's hard to cover any of Joanna's work because her voice is so pure and beautiful, but you pulled it off. Good work.

[Michelis28]

Superb

[JayGroYEAH]

incredible! youre very talented

so excited to see joanna on thurs in NY!

[okay2293]

amazing :D

[cespy1984]

it's simply amazing! :)

[jarofbutterflies]

Wow, that was really amazing. great job! I don't even know what else to say, amazing :D

[Iljodiya]

Oh my gosh. Wow. This is AMAZING. <3333 Ahh, this SONG is just so unbelievable. And you are fantastic!! Thank you so much for this. :D

Please check out my Joanna Newsom covers and let me know what you think! :D <3

[Papapandana]

I love this! <3

[yellowostrichalex]

thanks everyone! to yellowballerinastar -- the basic chords are Dm - Bb - F - C - Dm - Bb - C . You can play the whole thing with those four chords, the order just changes here and there.

[yellowballerinastar]

@yellowostrichalex

Lovely! Thank you so much ;)

[NaiveAmoeba]

@yellowostrichalex have you tried playing it Am F C G? I find it a lot easier and you can bring a bit of the melody into the top strings, as it's all kept within a few frets on the E and B strings, just a personal preference for me but interesting to see different transpositions :) kudos on the cover btw, absolutely beautiful!

[russjeanes]

this is brilliant - beautiful, like everything except the drum - just my opinion - but I think the drum is alien to everything else - if you removed the drum it would be close to perfect! thanks for posting!

[yellowballerinastar]

Oh my! What chords are you using for this?!

[ourtinyservant]

That was really very good.

[ourtinyservant]

Your chords are different...but I sort of like that.

[booboonah]

I Like this better than the original!

[tisme]

Awesome! Was just thinking of working this out myself. Great version!

[baroquepopfan]

Great job!