Kaki King - Close to me

[metaldazzman123]

what is the version of this song here where its like young folk singing to the chorus riff with yeyeyeye in the middle ARHH

[2ndarc]

great song, missing the pain of the original, but still made it her own :)

[letsnotbetypical]

if you really listen to it it sounds like lady Sovereign "so human" 

[DondeEstaVee]

@letsnotbetypical Lady soveriegn copied this...well "paid" to use a sample of the music

[letsnotbetypical]

@DondeEstaVee haha, yeah, i realised that after i posted the comment, my bad

[46747]

This is the best combination in music ever.

[Shishkaraz]

It's ok...

[MrMosherMasher]

Anyone got a tab for this song? I can't seem to find one anywhere!

[PoorDeadBat]

I admire her trying to take on this song, because, I know doing a good cover (that would please Cure fans anyways) would be hard. I know everyone has opinions, and I have mine, and this gets a resounding meh.

[MsJuggernauts]

i love this woman. amazing. admire her skills, and unqiue voice. Could listen to her instrumentals for hours..

[jazzzmyndc]

Woman, how did you get so good on the guitar like i could listen to you for days. I would agree that obviously the original is the best but this version is also amazing. Thumbs up

[antimattermind]

i like so much kaki, but for this song her voice don't fix so well and sound is not sperimental for being a cover

[surfingwidkakashi]

never realised this was kaki D: and I hear it every time I watch TV!

[MrJman306]

i like how she can play her guitar. makes it sound nice and peaceful just like her one song Night After Sidewalk i keep listening to the instrumental for that song and it's just awesome. thank you Google lol i would'nt of found her songs with you you haha. but i don't know why i'v never herd of her befer she should be well known with the way she plays her guitar.

[imjackdunlop]

love this, brings back memories.

[Kerecsen433]

It is sooo funny,cuz in my language kaki means crap or shit:D

[madamaphilippa]

such a gentle version.....such a godness of guitar!

[CountSnafu]

Nice version. but missing the pain the originals vocal

[Unevaluated]

very, very different from the cure's version, incomparable. Only the chord change reminds you it's a cover. Her soft flowing version i such a change from smith's panting, almost desperate pained original. Can't say i prefer it to the original, but this is exactly what a cover is supposed to be, a new direction for an existing song

[Jay4Lacey]

Anybody else think this sounds too much like Lady Sovereigns So Human???

[JsRf13]

@Jay4Lacey I think Lady Sovereign's So Human sounds too much like The Cure's Close to Me

[ElectronicHouseShoxx]

@JsRf13 i dont think it's a coincidence, this she sampled the song, they sound too alike other wise

[jamfabulous]

Bootiful.

[BleuWaterStones]

i dont care! I like this video every time I watch it!

[SuperUkuleleGirl]

i love her dreamy hawaiian sounding guitar playing but yearn for the urgency of Robert Smiths vocals

[PanckeArts]

she is a friken beast crazy

[PatziB00x]

gitarre im bett ist grundsätzlich sexy

[thelefthandedfreak]

this is a brilliant cover for the guitar, her vocals, not so much, the original had pained vocals that made it great

[Pevlogz]

Not as good as the original.

[shani6969]

best version of this song!

[c0no]

@shani6969 I disagree, the cure's is the best. This one is pretty good.

[pupsmops]

soooooooooooooo sweeeeeeeet

[anotherloaner]

@ VictoriaHomes1 I was clearly cranky the day I made that comment. wow- I like to imagine myself as a person who avoids unnecessary negativity. I Failed on that so bad. I do think she is mind blowing guitar player. And I'd go out of my way to see her show if she ever plays in my state. Im a big fan- just not into the singing part.

[thestelle1091]

prefer this version to the cure! no offence to them but they are just weird.

[Pevlogz]

@thestelle1091 You're weird.

[thestelle1091]

prefr this version to the cure! no offence to them but they are just weird.

[anotherloaner]

i wish she wouldnt sing

[VictoriaHomes1]

@anotherloaner If you don't like her voice then why are you wasting you clearly precious time listening to her?

^Awesome tribute to the cure!

[yayforgreentrees]

nice, but the cure's version is way better

[madmosh456]

@yayforgreentrees If you think The Cure's version is better, why are you watching this video. They are both so brilliant, and both very different, despite the fact they are the same song, they are very difficult to compare.

[79barkingspider]

@madmosh456 Gee, I don't know. Maybe the person wanted to hear a different version. I never understood this kind of criticism. I watch all kinds of videos I don't like, but I don't watch them again.

[yayforgreentrees]

@yayforgreentrees i wouldnt kno if the cure's versions better if i hadnt watched this vid, and i love kaki king. its just that when my younger brother doesnt kno who the cure are...i get worried

[plattawabbe]

Ok she has talent, but I don't find that most of her songs sound good at all.

[nate86825]

can i not like this multiple times?? :3

[Indie2135]

i love her!!!!!!

[Blizzard59]

Great guitar playing and singing, she's obviously talented.

That's guitar playing fom a young age for you!

[Supek91]

@brainneeded: Or lesbian artists.

Amazing song, gives me pleasant shivers every single time

[lennonliv101]

I love how it was used on waterloo road so much, and the nivea ad :D

[MrArekusa]

Is there a karaoke version of this? Such a beautiful song and melody

[fistylemon]

c u r e

[brainneeded]

5 people must really hate themselves.

[Superjuniorbox15]

great song and good cover but nothin will beat the cures oringal version

[issssssssssssss]

she has a lovely voice and this a very nice cover but it's nothing compared to the original

[DeepMascara]

I never knew this was kaki king!!

Ahh Glad i know now.. more reason to love her lol

[kittykatrinna]

If u have a problem with kaki king UR soo fucking stupid

[cm741]

as always she delivers :) there isnt a song i dont like :)

[ThePattKellz]

i thought it was a cover or an acoustic cover! :):):):):):)

[gravemaurice]

Quite possibly the worst cover version ever. Seriously, this is painful.

[BennyOhTool]

ow my ears....

[xolaurenxbyarsxo]

thank god for google or i would have never found the song to the nivea advert :D

[supitslloyd]

@xolaurenxbyarsxo same!!! every time its on im like whats that song!!!!! :)

[Tommyinoz1971]

The original 1985 version by The Cure blows the shit out of this version.

[declanmd]

yes nivea!

[murraythe]

thou i do love the cure, this one of my least fave songs of theirs, having said that, i adore this, its great.

[zwaailicht]

Loved the original, but love this cover more.

[thecureye]

N I V E A

im not sure what they sell but i like em for putting me onto this

[robameslegend]

awsome

[snugglebear97653]

oh man...this is amazing.

[bethie777]

Been looking for this song for sooooo long, haha

[muir66]

this is a great cover. i love her voice. =D

[ImBleedinWithNoBlood]

The picture almost looks like somone photoshopped Kaki Kings' head on some muscley guy.

[daplayer]

@ImBleedinWithNoBlood Either that or she a can full of woop-ass!

[bukem88]

Can anyone get tabs for this?



[daplayer]

That 1 person who disliked either missed the like button or is just a hater!

[faithfulfear]

Tbh i dont see how anyone can dislike this? The one person who disliked, You sir. Are deaf.

[mrrperson]

Its such a shame when great artists begin to be associated with adverts.

[psychopomp88]

@mrrperson

Yeah. I like Kaki King and all, but now all these people won't even know Close To Me as a classic song by The Cure, but only "that Kaki King song in the commercial"

[snugglebear97653]

@psychopomp88 not even true at all. 

[misstrixe]

omg i heard this in the nivea advert and was like OMFG this song is the bomb xxxx

[12zinderman12]

I love it!

[izinabox22]

woo all for nivea!!

[ThingsUWant]

there is always one douche who has to dislike the vid

[gravemaurice]

@ThingsUWant No there's not.

[ThingsUWant]

@gravemaurice what do you mean the video has 3 dislikes

[BeatsAndPulses]

@gravemaurice There probably was 3 months ago when the comment was originally made

[pezman1963]

@ThingsUWant She got a really ratio of likes to disllikes on this. There also those who will dislike ya. I had someone tell me on my original song on Ovation Guitars you tube channel that I sucked had no talent and should go kill myself.....

You can't take it personally.

[Hakiblack]

@ThingsUWant Thank god that you're not one of them. I loved the original, this sends shivers down my spine....

[bornintoTROUBL3pt2]

@ThingsUWant we need the douche and the douche needs us

[bornintoTROUBL3pt2]

Respond to this video...  no disrespect to khaki but thumbs down on this cover sorry shoot me now

[Chizzluvskeleton]

@ThingsUWant then 13 more douches came along :/

[pr3ttypr1nc3552]

@Chizzluvskeleton u mean 15

[buy1get6free]

no tab =/ lameee, if anyone knows of one, send it this way...

ncniky-69@hotmail.co.uk

[daplayer]

@buy1get6free Dude, you know how hard it would be to create tab for this song, excluding the strumming part but everything else, She using Harmonics, Double Finger Tapping, Dead Notes and playing another melody on top the original melody all at the same time!

[buy1get6free]

@daplayer i know what you mean man, i started trying to break it down, but got bored and quit, haha.

[funkyg19]

Loooovely :)

[7891matt7891]

you know how long ive been looking for this song? i'd probably say about half a year i'd say

[sophisticatedhippy]

@7891matt7891  same :L <3

[tinzar602]

i love it

[peticoatgoth]

she looks like the guy of Mulan! HAHAHA

[lucifersmessenger]

i was just watching TV today, and i heard the lyric 'I never thought tonight would ever be' and i was like 'nooo... it can't be...' and then i heard 'so close to me' and i was like... 'wows... go Robert Smith!'. this is a pretty cover, but i still prefer the original

[nath909]

I think you're thinking of the battleships, who had started at the same time as the rubber dinghys and the lifeboats.

[Ponyless]

I love this song :)

[FurlowFurlow]

alomost reminds me abit of the music that was on the first Iphone advert, has the same kind of jingle to !!

[mrsszmanda07]

@FurlowFurlow Yeah The Submarines I think your talking about :) <3

[FurlowFurlow]

@mrsszmanda07 Nah I think its orba squara, very first advert

[LoneWhiteWolf13]

@FurlowFurlow it is the one on the advert.

[mrsszmanda07]

Love this song! <3 I heard it on the Nivea ad but didnt have a clue who sung it..then one day while watching MTV The Cure was on and I was like "OMGGGG I love that song"

[VanillaBeanish]

wow good cover!

[KingsofLaura]

Not Paper Planes.....I Meant Lady Sovereign's 'So Human'...honestly...the chorus....the tune!

[bumblebee3489]

@KingsofLaura Lady Sovereign sampled The Cure's original version of Close to Me in So Human that's why it sounds the same, because it partly is!

[KingsofLaura]

the little tune kind of sounds like Paper Planes M.I.A! hah....little bit..

[Cee0x]

i searched everywhere for this song from the advert + now adore it!

[ziggypop79]

Im sick to death of hearing this every advert break.

[murphymarshmellow]

i got this song off the advert, and i love it :) <3

[lena781]

I think this is better than all the other covers.. :]

its more relaxing and nice to listen to xxxx ^.^

[lea30gin]

fab!

[ervin2]

She looks like a guy.

[ClassicTVMan81]

When she does the intro it almost sounded like Pete Townshend's 1980 solo hit "Rough Boys."

[andyfordays]

I also found this:

ok I can't post links...

Anyway they've given Kaki her own little page the Nivea website if you fancy a little look.

She is looking hooot.

[andyfordays]

Just found out from a guy at Cooking Vinyl that they are going to release this on June 14th!

[jamieleew2]

YES !!! Finally found it !!!

Been looking for this for ages.

Was so hard to find out who it was on the nivea advert haha.

[friendofidiocy]

I swear, The Cure are the only band that always seem to inspire amazing covers - I don't think I've ever heard a bad version of one of their songs

[friendofidiocy]

@friendofidiocy to go back over what I said before - I have heard a bad Cure cover - the cover of Boys Don't Cry by Lostprophets. It's horrible

[xhiltonx]

she needs to sing more..

[spike10]

i can't tell if i like kaki king's singing voice or not, its too innocent-sounding for a 30 year old woman lol

[Yettihugs]

I love the guitar in the picture, I have one similar where there's no hole (I don't know th technical name :L if there is one) undreneath the strings:) Instead mines Blue :)

I love this song, all thanks to Nivea Visage ;D

[blllllllllleugh]

this is such a nice cover

[caityroxxmysoxx]

Kaki King should totally do a cover of Lullaby by The Cure!

[MrJordy2009]

The cure is the original artists

[CosmicAimer]

This is copied from Lady Sovereigns 'So human'!!!

[jdz205]

@CosmicAimer true that didnt realise it!!

[0GNAS0]

@CosmicAimer ur fucking retarded kaki king is doing a tribute to the cures close to me Lady sovereign is the one who stole it off the cure, look it up if u dont believe me the song cameout in 1985 long before lady sovereign started making music

[bigbaddel84]

@0GNAS0 Probably before Sovereign was even born id like to add =oD

[STOPtheHORROR]

@0GNAS0 Exactly, she was actually.. kinda born that year.

[21Lizzie13]

@0GNAS0 before Lady Sovereign was /born/.

LITERALLY.

[xhiltonx]

@CosmicAimer lady sov copied it lol from the cures

[AlexSTALKED]

@CosmicAimer Lady sovereign is a fail. o.o

[MuseLuver]

LOL! @CosmicAimer! It's funny because I sense troll action and everyone's falling for it!

[andyfordays]

I just heard this on a Nivea ad, why is it not on her album?!

[SuperCherry3000]

I love this song so much! She has a great voice!

[rockchickstar]

come on tell us where

[rockchickstar]

where can I download this????????????

[Funkymonky24]

I LOVE this song :)

Does anyong know where I can download this? Any suggestions are much appreciated :D x

[charlottealternative]

@kittenkth same! t'is a beautiful song.

[NativeLights12]

I like it, its calm and... creative? :3

[wearetheknow]

by the way you guys are idiots lady sovregn the biatch ripped off the cure and sampled it i have the way new artists especially rap artist with no talent do that at least this is a cover not samples!!! Boss cover btw! love the cure

[brcpinoyako123]

same here

[Xjedward]

Yay! I finally found the nivea song :D i love this!! is it just me or does the chorus sound a bit like so human-lady sovereign?

[markrigz]

Haha seems everyone heard it the way i did, from the nivea ad. Such a nice song.

[NaomiGivesHugs]

Love It ^_^

[katprowse]

took so long to find this song!!!

[mewmewmaddi]

YAY finally found the Nivea song :')

[Crumbly82]

finally found the advert song! :¬)

[CavendishRobot]

FINALLY I FOUND THE NIVEA SONG! so adding to my ipod

[christherocker89]

i thought this was one of those songs that could never be sucessfully covered

i was so very very wrong

this is genius

[samxma]

@christherocker89 chris i didnt know you had a youtube account? :D

[CavendishRobot]

when i saw the username christherocker89 i thought it said chriscrocker89 LOL

[motdanny]

This is a brilliant sweet interpretation and it may be even better than the Cure's...... in a very shallow sense.

[markpcronin]

as soon as 0:32 kicked in i had the biggest smile :)

love kaki king!!

[MizzCatriona]

heard this on nivea advert and have been wondering for months what the song was ,and know i know ! YIPEE :) fab song

[tomrules14]

ooooh nice one of the only times watching commercials have paid off thanks nivea for puttin me onto this song!!

[ChristinePhi]

@tomrules14 Same :)

[TomModernMedia]

same :)

[XxCamoManxX]

@tomrules14 haha samee

[spuddy83]

It was originally a track by a band called 'The Cure' a far better version you should check out as well.

[floydthatcrazylass]

@tomrules14

my thoughts exactly took me 3 weeks to track this song down actually

[MsJeuneetCon]

both of them are amazing, i mean, the cure came up with that song, so their way is more personal, it's really like them, and this one is another interpretation, also really original and really kaki's style :)

[maikzons]

oh my this is way better than the cure

[TKKlan]

I have to disagree with you there. Her cover is good, but in a different way. I think that the Cure's version is better just because of the feeling that the lyrics are sung with.