Falling with Notes of Gravity

Monday, 4 June 2012

If you haven't heard of WALK OFF THE EARTH, you need to get on YouTube NOW! They are absolutely amazing!! They are a five person band and they really utilize every aspect of their instrument, voice and body to produce a truly enriching experience in music....really something different and to talk about.

So my first cover that they do is SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW by GOTYE...

It is so cool, all 5 players use 1 guitar!! really shows some musical techniques plus they all have incredible voices and they show how small detail adds so so much to a song...

The next cover by them that I love love love is FROM ME TO YOU originally y the Beatles. Now I do actually come from a fairly musical family and one thing I'll never forget is once when I was trying to decide on a set for a concert I was doing, I was considering Hey Jude and my dad (a great musician) advised me that one should almost never do any songs by really really huge bands because they were just so famous that for you to produce a pleasing cover that actually does any justice is unlikely just because people have become accustomed to hearing those versions and don't want to loose their memories or those songs and so any bands that EVERYONE will just know who you're talking about when you mention them, they are usually best to avoid....that is not set in stone though...

So basically what I am trying to get at is that this is a really bold move to do, also considering that it is such a different interpretation, its really beat-y, and a completely different beat pattern, they do it more on the off-beat rather than with the song which creates a really interesting version that I love. Also just check out what they're doing, each one is like using their hands to play each other's instruments, completely amazing! I absolutely love this song by the Beatles though, it is actually one of my favorites by them...so do yourself a favor and take a listen!

Oh my word, I wish I could write about every song of theirs, as you will have realized by now, I am a fan, but newly found, I mean half of their stuff I only found right now writing this post and trying to get some background info.... so I can't possibly write on all the others but I'll post their videos so you can (and have to) listen! Haha, you know what I mean , just click play.