Sesame Street - I Don't Want To Live On The Moon (cover by Ben-Ezra Sound Project)

Yes, it's a song from Sesame Street. It was written by Jeff Moss in 1978 and I think it's one of the greatest songs ever written. Decided to pull out the 12-string for this one, and put a bit of a Leo Kottke spin on it, though I threw in some of Aaron Neville's harmonies that he added to the original tune when he appeared on the show a few years later.

This is part of the "I'm stalling because I don't have the backcatalogue of originals ready to go yet" series of covers I'll probably end up posting, mostly because I keep writing new ones instead of polishing old ones. I also had a misadventure with HD video, which delayed my posting this video by about a month. Let's just say there aren't any HD Sound Project videos coming for...a while.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Sesame
• Street
• Ernie
• Don't
• Want
• To
• Live
• On
• The
• Moon
• cover
• Jeff
• Moss
• Leo
• Kottke
• Mike
• Ben-Ezra
• Sound
• Project
• Acoustic
• 12-string
• Guitar
• Fingerpicking
• Fingerpicked
• Aaron
• Neville

[BrownThrasher]

Great cover. Great guitar sound too. Do I detect an octave effect on it? Your voice sounds a lot like the MxPx singer here.

[BenEzraSoundProject]

@BrownThrasher Thanks! It's a 12-string, so the "octave effect" is actually just from the double courses which have one string tuned an octave above standard tuning.

[dogdude3000]

Britains/Americans got talent???

[dougfitchmusic]

This is fun and beautiful!!  Love it!

[JAYMELYNNREED]

Awesome !! love it as well as the amazin guitar playing..we love sesame street up here in keswick !!

[wallambee]

One of the best covers I've ever heard if this song, and youre right; it is one of the best songs ever written!

[Sesshomaru7945]

That was really nice man. I loved how you played it in 32nds really nice man!

[OnlyInMyWorld24]

Woaw, liked the lil comedyy there hehe, dude your amazing im so inlovee!

and btew, you kick harmonizings' ass (;

[twinp0ppa]

Love it!! I look forward to buying your CD

[GetOntoTheMat]

THAT WAS FUN!!! :o) Robin