The Riddle (Nik Kershaw Acoustic Cover) by Kris Shred

[Hekateras]

Very soft and beautiful... I like this much more than the horrible techno remixes out there.

[cdifreakguy]

24 people need to fall in the hole with the old man of Aran.

[Joannelouisefoster]

i love it xxxx

[Joannelouisefoster]

love it xxxxxxxxxxxxx

[CapoeiraMaster1000]

du kannst echt gut singen ;)

acoustic cover is auch echt super :)

[MISS666SADISTICA]

You're voice is quite beautiful.

[sterile7]

take a good 80's song, take out the crappy production of it, get a good singer, and maybe there will be some magic, as with this amazing version.

but, on the other hand, think about

"american idol", you can find there planty of simple, acoustic versions of songs, and most of them are abomination.

[makkertje95]

your pretty good man keep going!

[DarkClanMem]

this should have millions of views.. but thats what becoming a star is about.. Luck lol. though take it seriously.. If he gets millions of views,well, good for him. But he made me happy(well, my ears acctually). But I wish him to become famous :)

[sebart88]

amazing=)

[leoniess15]

love it :D you're very talented!

[PsychoRaidenSolid]

Very nicely done, though I'm more used to the way Nik Kershaw and Gigi D'Agostino sing it.

[bjl18]

you real great man. did you ever thought about to make this professional? you have potencial man - really. go on...i want more :)

[zZRockAngelZz]

this performance is awesome! this deserves faaaaar more views :) you are more than a great singer and a guitar player :)

[slashjunkie]

Wow, you play that guitar like it's second nature!

Also, your voice is heartbreakingly beautiful. I could listen to you sing names out of the phonebook.

- a new subscriber

[bisimbre]

wow! impresionante!!! 5 stars

[JinzoCreed]

Naja ich habe eben ne Naturwelle und extrem dicke Haare. War schon enttäuscht wo ich sie wachsen lassen wollte^^

[wavesofthesea]

yeah i also love that hairdo, and his voice

[atlanleo]

Nice! Liked the most of it ;D Anyone know how Nik really plays it?

[theultimate6]

How to murder a great song in one take!!!

I admire your effort but not for me pal...sorry.

[PsychoRaidenSolid]

I know what you mean. This is a really good cover, though, but I'm not used to hearing it sung the way Kris does either.

But after a while, it grows on you.

[rockgiaconroll]

a good good performance!!!!!

[tubicula]

again here, kris this is still amazing

[ToMSoN9999999999]

You are the best !!!

[angelelbuzo]

Otro excelente trabajo. Enhorabuena y gracias Kris.

[gennaio26]

bravo!!!

[Ameis3]

my fav song :]

this cover is very nice~ =)

[Eehsje]

Best cover I ever heard from the riddle!!! My favourite shred!

[pizzettino]

Simply magic!!!!

[highsnowjumper]

Nice :-)

[greengofly]

Why did you change chords in the bridge (the original are G C F Bb and so on, not starting w F#..)??? Nice performance though, keep it up man.

[qaibas]

gute arbeit

good job

[rosyface2k]

Great song, great cover.

[rosbrog]

Been trying limewire for over two months to get the acoustic version of this and no joy. Great cover though!

[GForrest91]

Dude, I've watched loads of your covers, they're all so damn good. This is my favourite one. Keep it up man.

[visualdarkness]

Really nice cover!

Keep it up!

[rosbrog]

Great cover. Does anyone know where you can buy, download the nik kershaw acoustic version. Not on itunes, i see it listed as a b side to somebody loves you but can't find it anywhere.

Cheers

[scuarval]

I ve got the acoustic version from limewire.Try it there.

[gaziranavodica]

what a cutie :)

[scuarval]

Seit ein paar Monaten ist Kershaws akustische version von the riddle auf youtube zu finden,dein cover aber gibt es schon seit fast 2 Jahren.Als du deine Version machtest wusstest du da das es eine akustische version von Kershaw selber auch schon gab?

[KrisShred]

Ja, die Acoustic Version kannte ich schon zu der Zeit - wirklich schön. Gefällt mir besser als die poppige. Ciao,

Kris

[rdbinfy]

Kris...u rock man...this song is beautiful.

[Philippovic88]

great song!

[MLdoktor]

you dont suck, but youre not nik!:O

[KrisShred]

no, i'm not ;o)

[imhinatas]

@KrisShred ;3 but your hair kicks his mullets ass

[Jaybrucken]

I love your music Kris, but this one is more special because it's the one that introduced me to you. I couldn't find it for a while!

[KrisShred]

Please check it out on my second channel 'orangejunk20', because soon I'll delete all my cover songs on this channel. So the split will be complete. One channel for covers, and the other one for my originals.

Kris

[galileozg]

damn man this is asskicking ....what nik kershaw :) you are the king ....greetings from croatia ....keep it up

[Shandi93]

damn you're good! i love this song<3

[BertieLondon]

Me gustas como cantas. Es una version muy personal e interesante. Tu look es genial.

[KrisShred]

Obrigado :)

[santiagovasco2000]

Congratulations mate, i dont think kershaw could do it better than you do, congratulations once again

[KrisShred]

Thank you very much!

[thelessworld]

all of your covers are unfuckingbeleive!

[KrisShred]

I had this video on private for a while (for nobody), so no comments for 3 months ;-) Thank you!

Kris

[KrisShred]

^^ -made this video public again- ^^

[scuarval]

Echt super.Besser als Kershaws original.Wäre wirklich toll wenn du deine eigene Version von Kershaws Song Show them what you re made of hättest.

[KrisShred]

Danke dir, freut mich dass es dir gefällt :)

Kris

[bloodmonk74]

wie bei Kathy's song erwähnt, dein Spiel mag ich aber die Stimme ist für bestimmte Songs zu... tonlos...ohne unhöflich sein zu wollen!

Warscheinlich wären Lieder mit mehr Tempo und Kraft geeigneter um etwas mehr Ausdruck reinzubringen. Aber um die ein oder andere Dame zu beeindrucken wird es garantiert reichen oder? :-)

[KrisShred]

Ich glaube auf dieses Video haben wesentlich mehr Männer ge-commented als Frauen ;) Einige Nik Kershaw Fans zum Bleistift. Würde mich ja freuen wenn du auch mal ein Video postest, damit ich weiß wie man singt, ohne tonlos zu singen :D

Ciao,

Kris

[bloodmonk74]

...sobald ich wieder spielen kann (Kanbeinbruch in der Hand) werde ich mich bemühen und poste ein reply-vid mit Gesang ;-)

Ciao

[KrisShred]

Das wäre cool :)

[reverendbecker]

Wieder mal 5 Stars for you. Das wirkt irgendwie somehow convincing auf mich.

[KrisShred]

:D hehe.. Danke dir Mr Becker!

[LoreWoof]

Very nice version of the song. I love the song, and your version sheds a new light on the song.

[tobitobi20]

you are shit

[KrisShred]

and you are nice

[easterndagger]

HEY!!!!!If you don't appreciate his music at least don't comment in it.

[eliran1984]

I just love this version of this song :)

Kris, i love your music

[KrisShred]

Thank you very much eliran :)

[jonak8]

Bloody great mate!

[slystu]

I like acoustic covers of classic songs (I play myself), but this time I think I prefer the original. Still, your version was pretty cool and the words made it sound more heartfelt than Nik Kershaw's, for want of a better phrase.

[KrisShred]

Thank you for your comment! :)

[patrick009300]

Wow very nice.

I like it.

But if you want you can make it a second time , but with the normal rhytm of the riddle.

I think it would be nicer.

But its still very good!

[softairfreak24]

nice, very good :D

[sledge250672]

How theraputic is this? Lay back and close you eyes. The world does not seem so bad. Bloody excellent is all I can say.

[p36c]

Man u rock!!

i saw u first time 2day slts and riddle. they r my 2 favourite songs and ur versoins r both great!!! keep it up!!!

is it possible for u to cover song that someone wished 2 hear covered by u?

if yes i would like to hear u sing/play lithium by nirvana

[teruash]

I think I prefer your version to the original; there's more depth to it. Keep up the good work.

[MarvO]

well.. guitar sounds nice but i have to be honest when I say that your voice isn't really good.. but still nice :D

[KrisShred]

Okay :) Thanks for your comment, cheers,

Kris

[ZippyZippyZoomZoom]

Well some more original stuff from you is even better than any cover dude. And as far as my loyalty goes you're a great singer/song writer and every post I've ever made to you you've had the decency to reply to - in my book you've more than earned my loyalty.

Keep the great work up dude.

[KrisShred]

Thx, just call me Kris ;o)

[ZippyZippyZoomZoom]

Gah, still loving this song dude. The only thing i can put you down for in this video is the mick isn't being held up by the orange bottle!!!

Heh, but seriously dude, check out the song 'Colors by Amos Lee' it's a great song that I think would fit your voice and style, think you could easily make a great cover.

[KrisShred]

A beautiful song indeed :) At the moment I wanna concentrate on my own songs though ;)

Thank you for your 'loyalty',

Kris

[Romeodaveshrek]

Thats amazing!! Sounds like its should be in a film or something in one of those chilled out scenes near the sea or that end scene of good will hunting, keep it up!

[KrisShred]

Wow, thanks for your nice comment :)

Kris

[ContraptionUK]

this is beautiful, nice work..make the song your own. the transitions could be smoother but i think the message holds its own... one man and a guitar yes? in which case i give you full marks ;)

[KrisShred]

thanks a lot :)

[chorogi]

Thanks KrisShred!

Ⅰ LOVE Nik too.

[noeuro]

As an artist you remind me of Aha. In fact I would say that you're more talented than Morten Harket, and sound better than him. Surprising but that's what I think!

[KrisShred]

Wow, thanks for the flowers ;) Morton H. sometimes has a quite shaky voice (sounds a bit insecure), however quite unique too. And they got a bunch of really great songs.

Anyway, thanks again :)

[dymu12]

in my opinion it's just magnificent, awesome cover of a great song and Kris you did well :D

[KrisShred]

Thank you dymu12 :)

[noeuro]

You're Enlish is very good. I must commend you for that! Keep it up and you might become one of us.

[KrisShred]

Yeah, I wanna make a trip to England some day :) Thanks David. Cheers,

Kris

[mission18]

thank

keep the good singing up!!!

[easymode1408]

sa gere trop :p

[mission18]

where?

[KrisShred]

video description on the right side of the video. Click 'more' and there you'll find a link

[mission18]

do you have any notes that you used to play it?

gr8 song

[KrisShred]

Thanks. Check the video description for the tabs

[itsyourcall]

this whole performance you're doing reminds me of irish folksongs.. ;P and I absolutely love it..

you've got a lot of passion ! so just continue streaming it out to us common folks.. (: inspiring..

[KrisShred]

Thank you :)

[noeuro]

Smart, where are you from?

[KrisShred]

Hi David. I'm from Germany. Greetz to 'Londonistan' ;)

[ChronicSkronski]

Man, that song has like 347 chords. I have always loved The Riddle - the whole album is amazing. I have considered learning this myself, but I only know 241 chords. Fantastic cover, keep it up please.

[KrisShred]

Yeah, lots of chords haha. Thank you :)

[Ranjacobi]

Wow!

amazing...

[Cameragirl803]

wow! this was a neat old one. good picking!

5***** & fav'ed jane

[KrisShred]

Thanks very much Jane, for checking my videos .)

[jfm010]

A great song made even better. Great stuff!

[wonderboy86uk]

I'm impressed. Got a little bit of the Jose Gonzalez going on there, but there's more than that to it too. Good stuff.

[KrisShred]

Glad you liked it, thank you

[Skull951]

THIS IS SO BEAUTIFULL !! Your voice is great man , i like it very very much!!!

[KrisShred]

Thanks very much :)

[rinkumdinkum]

Kris, stumbled onto this during a Nik Kershaw nostalgia trip. Gotta say, very impressed. You are a talented guy and all the best. love the 'ugh' at the end. Look forward to all your future postings.

[KrisShred]

Thank you :)

[joanofarcxxi]

beautiful

[MoonySpoony]

Your voice is soooo beautiful, I'm melting away =)

[dimondtim]

whats the picking order?

[KrisShred]

Cannot tell you. Just play it like <i>you<i> can, and like it sounds best for you ^^

[kakibiskri]

do you have this music in mp3 ??

[KrisShred]

You can go on my website -> my musics -> scroll down to the bottom. There are some links

[silenoz188]

and have u got tabs for this song? please..

[KrisShred]

read the video description

[silenoz188]

u have charisma, are u in some band?

[KrisShred]

No, only playing at home or with friends in random order ;) Thank you

[DafyddapLlwyd]

if you'd like to see a blues version of "Wouldn't It Be Good" then come over my place why dontcha

[spokrules]

I m a nik die-hard fan and I say this is a great cover.Spain.

[inlifeandlove]

wow.. this is beautiful..

[kakibiskri]

very good !

[dancindolly86]

Its seems such a difficult piece ! Fab!!

[KrisShred]

It isn't easy to play yeah.., many barre chords ;) Thank you

[dancindolly86]

IT seems all over the place, its open minded of u to do this piece , not many people would attempt! Such a lovley voice to go with it!

[KrisShred]

It's a great song, thank you :)

[ladymoonlight38]

this is lovely!!!

[harenotty]

nice　cover!!

[grimdreamer]

Dream quality to the song. Heard the techno version and then the original, and both don't have quite the same feel that your cover does. Nice one.

[mrfibble2000]

NICE cover matey gives it a more mellow sound I like it

David

[Shade88angel]

You're welcome. Have you done anymore covers?

[KrisShred]

By Nik Kershaw only this one. But I've got a whole lot more vidz. Just check out my YT channel. Cya

[puncsos]

coooooooooooool!

[KrisShred]

Thanks ;)

[GarrettHeil]

It's kinda hard to make an acoustic version of a techno song... but you pulled it off =) you've got a beautiful voice too.

[KrisShred]

Thank you Garrett

[GrandOverlordLit]

This isn't a techno song... 3:

Still, I agree. It's a pretty decent cover. :3

[GarrettHeil]

Bleh, sorry, Only heard the Gigi D'Agostino version X_X Don't like hearing much of ANYTHING that isn't techno

[demiser44]

Awesome nice voice

[KrisShred]

Thank you :)

[ZippyZippyZoomZoom]

I'm a big fan of this song, despite it being somewhat before my time I'd say, but the Nik Kershaw version is my most listened to song on my ipod with like 600 or something.

I don't think this version was better than the original, the music to the original just suited it so well in my opinion, but your acoustic take on it is amazing too. I like it a lot.

[KrisShred]

Thank you ZippyZoom, glad you liked it :)

[Shade88angel]

Wah!? So now there are three versions of this song?!...And this one is actually well done too...I still like Gigi D'Agustino's rave one better...but the way you played the guitar, accompanied by the different mood you put to it, makes it one of the best acoustic guitar songs I have ever heard...perhaps the best...although, still doesn't beat the Italian version.(^-^)

[KrisShred]

Hehe, I also like the version by Gigi :) Thanks Shade!

[Skill0rgx4pro]

achso dein name kam mir aber so spanisch vor^^

@ syroya its "gutES Cover" not "gut cover"

[KrisShred]

Das liest er/sie so nicht. Musst du direkt unter dem bestimmten Comment antworten. Grütz

[Skill0rgx4pro]

if you need help with german just ask a german :P ^^

me for example^^

[KrisShred]

bin doch selber deutsch :P

[pinkpitbull]

wow - my fave Nik song - u did it better than him! how is that possible?! well done u......more please!

[KrisShred]

I wouldn't say better than him, just different ;) Well, it's an acoustic version. His original was produced with synthesizers and stuff. Maybe because of that? ..  Thanks pinkpb!

[virtualrockband2]

Awesome! Can you please post an mp3 of your guitar cover at virtualrockband[dot]com so that other members can cyberjam to it? Thanks!

[KrisShred]

Uhm, you can use my cover of this one, or download the video. Whatever you want, just do it ;)

Kris

[Syroya]

Gut Cover!

Ich liebe es?

Lol, love the McDonalds commercials. :p

I think I also fucked up my German test today. >_<

Well, anyways great cover!

[KrisShred]

Thanks! Just write me a message if you need help with German ;)

Kris

[romebynight]

nice job, man. i'm trying to study german, so i will say: ich liebe diese cover total (right???). good luck

[KrisShred]

Mille grazie :) It was almost correct. Gotta be "Ich liebe dieses Cover total" or instead of 'total' you better say "sehr" :) Greetz to Italy,

Kris

[stammtischphilosoph]

exzellente arbeit kris. könntest du die chords bzw. tabs veröffentlichen?

grüsse aus der schweiz =)

[KrisShred]

Hab sie nun in der Description geposted - viel Spaß :)

Kris

[mierdiweb]

Dale wattaje a la guitarra!!! no se escucha!!!

[KrisShred]

Sorry, I don't understand (tried to use a translator)

[Mandariiin001]

May I ask what are you looking at, at the beginning of the clip? :P

[KrisShred]

I guess I looked at the screen for the lyrics

[Mandariiin001]

Ahh .. so you have a special screen :D I'm sorry for the ridiculous question, but my mom wanted to know because she loves you :D

[KrisShred]

Not a special screen, but I lowered my a bit chair (for better distance to the mic), so the screen was high in comparison to my head :D .. No problem ;)

kr1s

[00PC00]

Hey Kris.. thats an amazing cover... anywhere i can download it? :D