Neutral Milk Hotel - Naomi (cover)

[roasteducks]

woot. lovely cover.

[98nomes]

my name!!!



[toiletcloger]

Literally crying.

[Lalevine1]

Aw, you did a wonderful job. NMH is my favorite band and this happens to be my favorite song. I can agree with Zenfive, I typically don't like covers, especially NMH ones... but you did it justice.

[ZenFive]

I usually hate covers, Good job (y)

[jdmhondapower0831]

I wish someone would show me the fucking Ab chord lol

[Heroofbrandon1]

@jdmhondapower0831

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[Ancubius]

You really do have talent, you've perfected this song unlike most other YouTube covers.

[shhmellshlikeasshhhh]

FUCKING AMAZING! <33333333.

[iwannawatchrratedvid]

youre missing some up strokes. but aside from that its probably the best naomi cover ive ever heard.

[Dave13676]

Can you cover "Several Arrows Later" by Matt Pond PA? If you do, please let me know. I think you could do amazing things with that song!

Thanks and great job here. You have a stellar voice!

[melissamacca]

This was... More than beautiful.

[deezyweasley]

youre the like first person who actually attempted to sound like mangum

much respects for a good cover =]

[Clerks0]

Pretty fucking sweet, man. You rock!

[ucankissmyass]

the guitar sounds exactly how it should sound.

not perfect, but so original and honest.

[SeedsAreUs]

I love this. Easily forgiven pal.

[firetruckgreen]

My only criticism that that it sounds like you're trying to sound too much like Mangum. Its cool, it happens a lot with covers. Otherwise, good cover. Mangums lyrics are deceptively hard to remember and delivery correctly.

[naomi182cfc]

*O*~

[brandonmcmahan]

Man, great job.

[starguts]

Good voice, well done.

I would only say to work on the energy with which you enunciate the chords. This song is supposed to shake you to the core, and the guitar should be played fast and hard.

[KalVasTENKI]

Wow... I must say.. Phenomenal cover of this song.

10/5 stars buddy. Keep posting and keep playing!

[LostBoyScout]

Jeff Mangum is an impossible act to follow, but that's as good as it could possibly have been. Thanks for posting!!

[bebopalulahola]

BEAUTIFUL!

what are the chords by the way?

[BotswanaBabyBullet]

Thank you!

Chords are Ab-A-E in the verse, and then E-C#m-D-A in the chorus :)

[deatheater459]

yes it is, i want to see the persons face when they play, its fun to watch the expressions of faces while singing.

atleast when they sing with passion..

[TheWindowSeat]

you missing some strings bud?

[BotswanaBabyBullet]

No, they're just shadowed from the lighting

[celticXrain]

Usually I hate youtube covers, but this was incredible. It had the integrity of the original but became a new piece of art. =)

Great job!

[igotrapedbynancydrew]

this was wonderful

[fsufan850]

Music is supposed to be covered bro.

Expand the culture, live the music, experience the decadence.

Awesome cover bro.

[FarmerChords23]

i play an Ovation Custom Balladeer Ovation knows how to make em

[camelspider99]

ovations are for kids - the roundness of the back renders it awkward to hold... - not to mention the below average quality of trashy wood that its composed of and thin neck anything beats an ovation - good cover tho

[AntiCitizenOne1]

hey man. fantastic cover of a great song.

[Cinderandsmokeable]

this is amazing.

Sometimes when I want to listen to this song, I listen to your version instead of Neutral's.

[babsyboo240]

i almost like your version better then the original :P

awesome job dude!

[Dshort33]

Wow. This cover is so good, it goes beyond the usual level of "The original, but worse" and actually just becomes "As good, but different in a good way." Sorry if that doesn't make sense/came out weird.

tl;dr- It's a damn good cover of a damn good song.

[dieinterimsliebenden]

I was really convinced this was actually Jeff (:

Your voice is just as lovely as his

[BotswanaBabyBullet]

What an amazing comment. Thank you :)

<3

[jonas2k2]

what kind of guitar is that, dude?

[BotswanaBabyBullet]

That is an Ovation Celebrity, with the bowl shaped back-end

[AnthonyWeston]

i really enjoyed that, thumbs up from me.

[aicfan85]

sounds pretty good dude!

[wolfgirleatsbaby]

this works. it actually doesnt sound bad.

[krissyduffy]

wow your so amazing...probably the best person yet who can sing as well as jeff mangum...i love it!?!?!

[imoansthename]

its amazing what you get when you youtube ur own name :)

really like this! xx

[brokenhailo]

i agree

[NaaomiLeon]

my name is naomi, too.

its awesome hat its imoan backwords

i love your screename :)

[accountfrozen]

Amazing

[brokeass89]

neutral milk hotel is SUCH SUCH a good band. it sukcs that jeff mangum doesnt like being in the spot light.. but then again for that same reason maybe thats why his music is so epic

[birdmadgirl108]

sometihing about the guitar playing is very nmh-reminiscent. =)

[neurosis20]

perfect!!!

[vgibson122389]

wow. if i didn't know any better, i'd think it was jeff mangum.

[DinaGhoulina]

Awesome!

[syko500]

Good job dude

[nicolemariekelly]

this is great. good job.

[JustineCredible08]

you got every tone pretty good. It's hard to do all those drop's and rises while keeping your voice flat. That made no sense.

[lipao1313]

great job dude! the best cover of that song i've ever heard

[yabbadabbadooozy]

that was great! i want to learn

[titojack8]

thank you, thank you, thank you for doing a respectful cover of NMH. this is the ONLY cover of NMH i've listened to all the way through. props.

[alliedeathsquad]

SUCH a good cover.

[olgasavestheday]

wow you did a great job, man. my fave song off avery island

[mistemelia]

By far the best cover I've heard.

[JstnWht]

this is a great cover, good job!

[EmiliaTheLion]

you have A*

[Cliix]

A+

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[EmiliaTheLion]

you have really nice voice and you sing one of my favorite songs really well : )

[HeartsinParrts]

beautiful, well done.

[Zombiology]

i really love this song

<3

so lovely

"please... please... don't leave me"

[hard0candies]

Oh!! Wow! I didn't even notice this wasn't the real song. I was like "Hm. Jeff's voice sounds kind of strange." I wasn't watching the video...But this is very well done! Kudos to you, my man.

[wolfgirleatsbaby]

you sound a bit like him

[e20ci]

I constantly stumble back over this video, forgetting I've watched it before, and am always blown away by how amazing it sounds. You truly are awesome!

[Shurekien]

well done!

[yazanmasad]

well done man, im posting mine soon.

[stenualdo]

The vocals are startlingly accurate! Particularly the eeeEEEeee style things Jeff does. Kudos. Good cover indeed.

[NaomiOwnsYou]

Lmao. Yeah, I agree.

[lilsub38]

You sound great on this cover...one of my favorite songs and you more than did it justice. props, haha

[unicoforever]

yeah. you should show your face :)

[VivaLaShenanigans]

This is so.... pretty >D

[coreydurrance]

you should show your face

[BotswanaBabyBullet]

haha why is that?

[lloplop]

it's obvious. it's nice to put the voice to a face. it would be more interesting. of course, it music and there is no relation, but so what. THis is not radio..it's video! I would pefer seeing the face too. But hey, you don't want to for some reason, so whatever. i mean, it's your choice. however, one could only assume it's because of an insecurity.

[lloplop]

oh and to add..

..def a impressive cover of naomi.

[rvbsarge]

that was amazing, really that was great

[turkeypizza123]

Great job, you sing it very well.

[rasputina993]

I loved this! You dont see alot of neutral milk hotel covers, Do you possibly still have the chords for this? It would be great if you could send them to me.

[NifFinn]

just as good as NMH's! I think you sing it better

[Kellietherockstar]

What kind of guitar is that you are playing?

[BotswanaBabyBullet]

That is an Ovation Celebrity acoustic, that sadly broke about a month after I posted this

[kielar11]

howd u break it?

[jamiefigley]

you're a good singer man.

[seanpgilmore]

tabs plz

[twoheadedboy14]

y did u say grinds? its shines

[BotswanaBabyBullet]

I said "cries"

"shines" comes in the last verse

[breeeegs]

Your cover is beautiful. It has a true NMH quality. Keep up the good work!

[donkeyboyjared]

a lovely cover, but post it as a fucking cover and not neutral milk hotel-naomi...I was excited because I thought I found a version I hadn't seen them play live.

[elbucle]

bravo! you did mangum proud.

[Guitarsessions]

Sing better then me lol. good job man.

[bethanynum]

this song is so creepy I love it

[alabamagulfcoast]

you fucker. that was what i needed.

[sweetallie22]

this song is too annoying to play

good job man

[LiberNami]

you are so talented! thx for sharing!

[Pinkfloyd12320]

What chords do you use in the middle section?

[BotswanaBabyBullet]

E C#m D A

[djubreXD]

I thought it was E G# D A.

But nevermind that, awesome cover and awesome singing!

[bilbomarks]

replace the G# with a Db and you've got it.

[5omething]

Brilliant job man, never heard a cover of this song that I could actually enjoy listening to.