I Wanna Stay Home (Jellyfish cover) by DC Cardwell [HD]

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This is my version of the Jellyfish song "I Wanna Stay Home" which was featured on the album "Sensory Lullabies: The Ultimate Jellyfish Tribute Album". The song is composed by Andy Sturmer.

I played and sang all the parts and, as you can hear, my arrangement is quite different to the Jellyfish original.

I WANNA STAY HOME LYRICS (Andy Sturmer)
When you need someone,
And there's no one there,
There is always the nine o'clock train
To take you out somewhere.

I take the train in town,
Like I did for years,
There is only seven more blocks
I could walk from here.

I wanna stay home,
I wanna stay home right here.
I wanna stay home today,
I wanna stay.

It's only six o'clock
When my day begins.
There is always my alarm clock
To wake me up again.

When I realize the weight
That's firmly on my shoulders, on my shoulders.
I just try and find the place,
I can take a walk on my blind side.

When these memories fade
In my ripe old age,
Please remember my dear...

I used Adobe Audition on a PC to record this in my home studio. The audio interface was a Soundblaster Live. The vocals were recorded with a Behringer B-1 large diaphragm condenser microphone. All of the electric guitar parts were played on the Epiphone Dot Deluxe, using a Behringer V-Amp 2. That isn't a real Hofner Beatle bass as played by Paul McCartney - it's an old Japanese copy called a "Grant" and it's DI'd. The acoustic guitar is a Tanglewood TW15CE-B steel string, a nice instrument with solid top, back and sides. The drums were an old battered Tama Swingstar drumkit with trashed cymbals.

The video was shot in my home studio using a Samsung VP-D361i Mini DV camcorder, edited with Sony Vegas video.

("Sensory Lullabies: The Ultimate Tribute to Jellyfish" truly IS the ultimate tribute to Jellyfish. The album not only includes 35 of the 38 songs that Jellyfish released on CD, but it also covers both Jellyfish albums - Bellybutton and Spilt Milk - not only in their entirety, but also in their original track sequence. Plus, there are 13 bonus covers of unreleased Jellyfish tracks!
Some of my main loves and influences are The Beatles, Neil Young, Sam Phillips, The Kinks, Elvis Presley, Crowded House, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Larry Norman, Al Green, The Mutton Birds, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, The Staple Singers, Charlie Parker, Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, Louis Jordan, The Heptones, The Band, The Drifters, Wild Man Fischer, Toots & The Maytals, Johnny Cash, Velvet Underground, Ann Peebles, David Bowie, Jonathan Richman, ABBA, Buddy & Julie Miller, Richard & Linda Thompson, NRBQ, The Pixies, The Mills Bros, Gillian Welch, Sloan, Hank Williams, Andrae Crouch,The Fall, The Rutles, The Byrds, Andy Pratt, Buzzcocks, T Bone Burnett, Booker T and the MGs, Alpha Band, The Rezillos, Ace Of Base, Randy Newman, Django Reinhardt, Don McLean, Ella Fitzgerald, Mark Heard, Elvis Costello, Television, U2, The Strokes, The Beach Boys, Van Morrison, Ivor Cutler, Roy Harper, Jon Brion, Elliott Smith, Roy Wood, ELO, Harry Nilsson,

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JELLYFISH INFO FROM WIKIPEDIA

Jellyfish were a power pop band from San Francisco. It formed after Beatnik Beatch broke up in 1989. The core members were drummer/singer/songwriter Andy Sturmer and keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. Although their career was short, the band has become highly influential in the power pop genre.

Members
1989-1992 Andy Sturmer - vocals, drums, keyboards, guitar Roger Manning - keyboards, vocals Jason Falkner - guitars, bass, vocals Chris Manning - bass, vocals (live only) Niko Wenner - guitars, vocals, keyboard (live only)

1992-1994 Andy Sturmer - vocals, drums, keyboards, guitar Roger Manning - keyboards, vocals Tim Smith - bass, vocals Eric Dover - guitar, vocals (live only)

Discography
Albums Bellybutton (1990) Jellyfish Comes Alive EP (U.S. Promotional-Only) (1991) Spilt Milk (1993) (UK #21) The Greatest (Japanese-Only Best-Of) (1998) Fan Club (4 CD compilation of rarities) (2002) Best! (2006)

Singles "The King Is Half-Undressed" "That Is Why" (1991) "Baby's Coming Back" (1991) "The Scary-Go-Round EP featuring Now She Knows He's Wrong" (1991) "I Wanna Stay Home" (1991) "Ignorance is Bliss" (US Only) (1991) "The Ghost At Number One" (1993) "New Mistake" (1993) New Mistake EP (Japanese Only) (1993) "Joining A Fanclub" (U.S. Promotional-Only) (1993) "Bye, Bye, Bye" (Dutch-Only) (1993)

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[Hellishcrusade]

This is soooooooooo much better than the original.

It's wonderful!

[cardwell]

@Hellishcrusade Thanks - I was asked to do this for the Sensory Lullabies tribute album and decided to do it very differently from the Jellyfish original. Glad you like it. DC

[pseudosun]

Thanks for update, i forgot how good this was. I actually like your arrangement better than jellyfish, really. I've been listening to your originals too. You're an inspiration DC.

[cardwell]

@pseudosun Thanks mate!



[Scrappalino]

I have the Sensory Lullaby disc... Love your version of "I wanna stay home".

[cardwell]

@Scrappalino Thank you sir! Glad you like the SL disc too.

[xyzllii]

Quality.

[janiedavilamusic]

I enjoyed this very much...

[DrNworb]

Great video! I don't know the original version of this but it can't be half as good as this cover.Great playing all 'round!

[waiflikemusic]

NICE JOB!

[TheSimonBrookes]

Nice! Thanks!