Temptation Waits - Garbage cover

[thetruth007ful]

so beautiful, i love how u harmonized, and how u made it all wispey....i loved the green eyes and how you downplayed and made it so acoustic..my favorite song on version 2.0 ....<3

[devinescence]

That was REALLY good. Great interpretation of a great song.

[Zutalors1000]

Nice interpretation. You should do more Garbage covers--maybe "The Trick Is To Keep Breathing?"

[miatjie]

@Zutalors1000 thanks. yeah I should do more covers, full stop. I'm not very good at making time for this.Thanks for the comment :)

[amosthree]

LUUUUURVE IT!

[DarkOrion82]

Where can I download this? I love Garbage and I think this is great version of this song!

[danielzhe]

Gotta have big cojones do to something like that.

Congratulations!

[theanfo11]

This is soooooo amazing

[miatjie]

@theanfo11 Thanx :)

[sumgai777]

Just ONE complaint - you should post an HD version...!

[sumgai777]

VERY impressive, on a LOT of levels:

* Great arrangement of the song itself, PLUS the vocal arrangement, PLUS the guitar arrangement.

* Great vocals AND guitar playing.

* Great SOUND -- nicely miked, recorded, fx (reverb, hall, and spatial), and edited/mixed.

* Cool video concept, perfect audio sync (no 'kung fu dub' problems), nicely shot, well edited. Nice makeup, good lighting, and GREAT planning and execution of the reactions, expressions, coordination.

You're a swiss-army knife of talent!

[miatjie]

@sumgai777 Well I did grow up watching MacGyver ;) If I ever need a publicist I know where to go. Thank you kindly indeed * :)

[sumgai777]

@miatjie You're kindly welcome! (Love the MacGyver reference - me too, although I manifest it differently.)

On the "peaking" -- I didn't notice much clipping (but I didn't listen to it through my JBL mon's or Sennheiser phones, either ;-). You might try a little compression on recording then expand (track-by-track), then re-level in the mix. Or just keep-it-simple: sacrifice a little dynamic range in recording - not like you've got a huge range here to worry about highs vs. lows...

[monkeyed]

This is literally the most beautiful thing I've seen in years. Fuck!!!!

[miatjie]

@monkeyed your praise is high indeed. thank you

[monkeyed]

This is literally the most beautiful thing I've seen in years. Fuck!!!!

[alysonH23]

wow....

[flonkerton1]

LOVE IT!!! Is this going to be for sale?

[elkartian]

Mia I posted this on Shirleys official Facebook page and she left a response & said she loves it xxxxx

[miatjie]

@elkartian awesome, I found the post. Thanks :):)

[schrademo]

FANTASTIC!

[cristhianfs]

Shirley Manson just commented on your video in facebook :) congrats!

[miatjie]

@cristhianfs really, where, can you give me the link?

[miatjie]

@cristhianfs found it, cool :) nice of her to actually watch it and comment

[especial0]

this is so cool! Nicely done. )) I would love it on mp3!

[Salette77]

Love it! Grüße aus Deuschland (Germany)

[shirleysmith]

Very beautiful video, I love it! I agree with toppledgod about the reverb, you dont need it :)

[miatjie]

@shirleysmith Thanks, glad you like it. If you look at RomanceExplosionLive channel there's a video of The Killers' Smile Like You Mean It song, with me without reverb! I think temptation waits needed at least some reverb, I'll settle for admitting I used too much..in the early days :)

[shirleysmith]

@miatjie Yes, when I think about it, you're right this song needs some reverb :)

BTW, I like The Killers cover too, you have wonderful harmonies! (I don't know the exact term in english, I mean the sound of two voices together each singing same song, but with different melody).

[miatjie]

@shirleysmith yup 'harmonies' is the right word, and your description of what you meant, is really good too :) thanks

[calzonconpuntos]

LO AMO

[trhnpc]

Wow I love it!!!!!! Great video editing and the cover is very good too.

[Phydriedis]

Oh god, the visual part is so creative, beautiful... ARTISTIC ! Wow !

And it's such a good cover anyway !

[miatjie]

@Phydriedis Yours is by far the most enthusiastic response I think :) merci beaucoup

[LloydDana]

Excellent!! Very creative, I loved it. Good job

[miatjie]

@LloydDana thanks for the lovin' :)

[k3ngarbage]

wow that was so fKing god!

[miatjie]

@k3ngarbage :) thanks

[OneWingedAngel1025]

i've watched this vid like 5 times and i'm still speechless!

the guitars sounds so great and so does your voice...

everything in this vid is....wow!!

i love it =D

[miatjie]

@OneWingedAngel1025 thanks for the great comment :) I totally appreciate it

[reprice]

Still awesome.

So much work must have been put into pulling all of this off. I love the eyes!

[miatjie]

@reprice hehe, yes, filming was fairly painless, but the planning was the tricky part ;)

[toppledgod]

go easy on the reverb, I don't think you need it!

[miatjie]

@toppledgod good point, voice insecurity i guess, thanks :)

[reprice]

Absolutely beautiful. Garbage is one of my favorite bands, and this was an excellent cover! I know they'd be proud of it, if they saw.

[miatjie]

@reprice cheers, thanks, they're one of my fav bands too :)

[eyelovethe80s2]

Beautiful

[soapflake79]

Lovely! I always love to hear an intelligent interpretation of a song I love. Highly entertaining visuals, too. X

[miatjie]

@soapflake79 cheers :)

[moci28]

genial me encanta este tema...GREAT this song its the best of the world and your version is magic

[miatjie]

@moci28 muchas gracias

[colamonstrosity]

this is brilliant!

[miatjie]

thank you muchly :)

[carbonbw]

This is pure genius. A great interpretation. the slower pace and the subtle differences to the original singing do not hurt the song at all.

Simply great!

[miatjie]

Much appreciated! thanks for taking the time to comment :)

[Queerful]

what a shit! this is horrible!

[onomuknub]

Clever video, good vocals, interesting interpretation...too mellow for me though. Shirley's vocals have a growl and agression that's missing.

[miatjie]

I totally agree. I can't possibly compete with Shirley vocally or the electronic pace, so my best hope is to stay as far away from trying to emulate her and the band, but somehow still pay homage. I'm not Shirley impersonator :) Thanks for the compliments.

[AcidRainbow05]

@miatjie Sorry for the thumbs down, I was trying to do the opposite :S I think it's a great version and I love the fact that you do your own thing :D

[miatjie]

@AcidRainbow05 lol, no worries, thanks for the good intentions anyway :)

[howtofaint]

@AcidRainbow05 Hey, I clicked a thumbs up for you (well, and for me) :D

[prober333]

Ahh

I am speechless

you have blessed this wonderful song with this beautiful cover

you moved oceans AND mountains in my heart with this

thank you, creature!

[miatjie]

hiya. wow, I guess you liked it a lot :) I'm glad you enjoyed it that much, and thanks for the great comment *

[MrHeinrichk]

You have this naughty smile and twinkle in your eye. Sweet music and voice.

[RomanceExplosionLive]

Very nice. Moving "Temptation Waits" to acoustic is not easily done. Let me know if you'd ever want to collaborate on something.

[miatjie]

Cheers. I'm starting to work on 'Special' but struggling to find time. Your guitar playing is way ahead of mine, but maybe there's something we can work on. I'll keep it in mind..:)

[RomanceExplosionLive]

...And your singing is way ahead of mine! :D

Let me know.

[smoeld]

funny chat in the beginning :P love the music, muych better than the original :)

[miatjie]

heya. I wouldn't go as far as to say it's better than the original, but I'm glad you like it that much :)

[miapurple]

WOW I can't believe I've never seen this before!! Beautiful cover and awesome video =)

<3

~Mia

[miatjie]

I'm a Mia too :) thanks for posting your comment

[mut3k]

love it!

[miatjie]

:) thanks

[StellaMurano]

wow, it's utterly compelling and worth-seeing!

and worth-hearing ;)

it more touching than the original.

braavoo, good job ;)

[miatjie]

really glad you liked it, thanks for the great comment  :)

[FabianL2007]

Wow wonderful cover and intrepretation ! You did a really good job on that..

[miatjie]

Thanks Fabian, glad you like it :)

[FabianL2007]

you're welcome. The idea of the video is very good =)

lol @ the beginning: are you ready haha

[mojotheclown813]

I hope this vid can save us from the reptilians in 2012!

[elkartian]

That was so brilliant,one of my favorite garbge songs,beautiful harmonies and a very entertaining video,you should do a tribute album of garbage songs, i would love to hear your acoustic versions of some of my fav shirley songs like 'the trick is to keep breathing,'special','cup of coffee','breaking up the girl', 'vow','soldier through this','milk',push it',and number 1 crush just to name a few,i for one along with the many millions of garbage fans would buy it  for sure

[miatjie]

you'll be happy to know that Special is next on my list :) Definitely want to do more Garbage covers. Will hopefully find some time soon. Thanks for the feedback :)

[DirtyMousey]

ahhh I can't wait for this!! I love "special" !

[Zarobien]

It was actually quite good.

[DirtyMousey]

WOW! omg this is really freakin awesome and I relish anything garbage/shirley manson, I'm definitely going to tweet this! thanks and great work!

[miatjie]

:) Shirley is indeed the bomb. Gonna try do more Garbage but hard to find time right now. Thanks for the comment*

[RocknCorruptrepublic]

ditto that comment. :D

I like the green eyes moving around thing you had going on, that was really cool.

[Hypurr1]

You are extemely talented. I have seen so called "professional" videos that were much less entertaining and imaginative. Keep it up and I'm sure you will go far.

[miatjie]

Thanks Hypurr! Me and my imaginary friends will definitely be keeping it up :)

[Iplayfarfie]

Clever. Classy. Captivating.

[ostrydyzurostrydyzur]

wow! gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooood job!

[miatjie]

thank youuuuuuuuu ;P

[andrea111292]

Very very creative work ! Great audio and video editing work too!

[miatjie]

Cheers :)

[74chri]

extraordinary thing

overwork....compliment!!!!!

[subhuman78]

*Jaw drops to the floor*

Well done!!! Very good editing!

It sounds like Suzanne Vega has done this cover.

Which is a great thing!

10/10

[miatjie]

Glad you like it. I'm a big Vega fan, seen her live and her voice is wayy better than mine but thanks for the comparison :)

[ABSOLUTgarbage]

Brilliant!

[butterflyxcollector]

Wow. I am so in love with this.

Love Garbage. Amazing cover. You have a beautiful voice. Utterly haunting. Gorgeous video.

:)

[miatjie]

Thanks butterfly :) It might take a while, but down the track I definitely want to do another Garbage cover. I love them too*

[jordyxxxjordy]

Beautiful rendition.

[didijack714]

YOU ARE A GODDESS!!! Four Goddesses, actually. And two pairs of disembodied hands.

Visually stunning. Mesmerizing version of one of my favorite songs. Somehow you have managed to make it even sexier. It's hard remember to breathe when watching your video.

[miatjie]

Vishnu takes a break from being 'pervading essence of all living beings' to do some grunge in drag ;) Please keep breathing