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 Post subject: Trolleywood Cover...Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:31 am 
Just saw this today. Done by Kina Grannis, a great guitarist that garnered some attention by winning a Doritos Superbowl contest last year for up and coming singers. Very good! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_VxrLGAwco _________________ There is one place that you have not looked, and it is there - ONLY THERE - that you shall find The Master. Favorite Eisley Track of the Moment - Marsh King's Daughter |
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:31 am
Her voice is nice, and I like the uptempo swing of it, but she does that thing I hate so much in many singers where she's just so sincere about the song. That's probably how she won a Doritos contest, I guess. _________________ INTELLECT AND ROMANCE OVER BRUTE FORCE AND CYNICISM Smokemonster |
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:36 am
Saellys wrote: but she does that thing I hate so much in many singers where she's just so sincere about the song. Please explain because I don't understand how being sincere is a bad thing. It's not like she's over the top. She just looks like she's genuinely enjoying herself. _________________ "I shall take the heart," returned the Tin Woodsman; "for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world." |
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:02 am
awww, I love Kina. she's the sister of one of my good friends from high school. I was so stoked when she won that contest. oh! my friend is in it. Emi is the one on Kina's left. 
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:29 am
Jared x wrote: Saellys wrote: but she does that thing I hate so much in many singers where she's just so sincere about the song. Please explain because I don't understand how being sincere is a bad thing. It's not like she's over the top. She just looks like she's genuinely enjoying herself. It looks over the top to me. She's leaning into the camera and moving her head around like she's delivering the most profound lines ever written. It looks like she's pretending to enjoy herself. _________________ INTELLECT AND ROMANCE OVER BRUTE FORCE AND CYNICISM Smokemonster |
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:38 am
Saellys wrote: Jared x wrote: Saellys wrote: but she does that thing I hate so much in many singers where she's just so sincere about the song. Please explain because I don't understand how being sincere is a bad thing. It's not like she's over the top. She just looks like she's genuinely enjoying herself. It looks over the top to me. She's leaning into the camera and moving her head around like she's delivering the most profound lines ever written. It looks like she's pretending to enjoy herself. Oh you. I actually said the exact same thing about her Hallelujah cover and got chewed out by all of her e-fans. _________________ EisleyForever wrote: you're A-list in my heart! MAKECOLDPLAYHISTORY |
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:58 am
Saellys wrote: Jared x wrote: Saellys wrote: but she does that thing I hate so much in many singers where she's just so sincere about the song. Please explain because I don't understand how being sincere is a bad thing. It's not like she's over the top. She just looks like she's genuinely enjoying herself. It looks over the top to me. She's leaning into the camera and moving her head around like she's delivering the most profound lines ever written. It looks like she's pretending to enjoy herself. Perhaps she just has passion, I have no idea why that is a bad thing. _________________ Kneel before your god Babylon! "I don't wanna touch you and feel so helpless; I don't wanna smell you and lose my senses" Rufus Wainwright, Foolish Love |
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:39 am
nevernever wrote: awww, I love Kina. she's the sister of one of my good friends from high school. I was so stoked when she won that contest.
oh! my friend is in it. Emi is the one on Kina's left. cool! I like this cover!! Maybe it will spread the word about Eisley to new fans .
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:06 pm
lookingXglass wrote: Saellys wrote: Jared x wrote: Saellys wrote: but she does that thing I hate so much in many singers where she's just so sincere about the song. Please explain because I don't understand how being sincere is a bad thing. It's not like she's over the top. She just looks like she's genuinely enjoying herself. It looks over the top to me. She's leaning into the camera and moving her head around like she's delivering the most profound lines ever written. It looks like she's pretending to enjoy herself. Perhaps she just has passion, I have no idea why that is a bad thing. Passion is fine. I am all for having passion for the songs and giving 100% every time you play them--that is, in fact, my philosophy when it comes to my own music, in performing and songwriting alike. Maybe if I saw her live my opinion would change, but when I watch her videos I just see something ingenuine. DRMS_7888 wrote: Oh you. I actually said the exact same thing about her Hallelujah cover and got chewed out by all of her e-fans. Ugh. She treats that song the same way Allison Crowe does: no dynamics at all. You're not supposed to be wailing on the second verse! Yes, it's emotional, but take a page from Jeff's book and treat it reverently. _________________ INTELLECT AND ROMANCE OVER BRUTE FORCE AND CYNICISM Smokemonster |
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:29 pm
I liked it. |
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:36 pm
Her voice is nice, but maybe it's me but I think the song suits Stacy and Sherri's voices to a tee...it just sounds foreign to me hearing someone else with (in my opinion) not as rich a voice as the girls. It might have something to do with her covering so many songs I rate highly and feel should go untouched too. |
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:05 pm
Nothing wrong with Eisley getting some good free PR in my book. Nicely done, kept it simple like the original. I liked the clap & tap percussion too. _________________ http://www.twitter.com/drstrangeblog http://www.last.fm/user/getinline I can't find the time to write my mind the way I want it to read. |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:30 am
I say, it is a good cover.  they are having fun though. _________________ 
"As an artist... I feel that we must try many things - but above all, we must dare to fail. You must have the courage to be bad - to be willing to risk everything to really express it all..." |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:59 am
IMO it's still a good cover. Kina does a lot of covers along with her own material online and it's cool that she spreads the word for other artists that her audience may not have heard of before. _________________ There is one place that you have not looked, and it is there - ONLY THERE - that you shall find The Master. Favorite Eisley Track of the Moment - Marsh King's Daughter |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 4:44 am
I just went back and read through the thread so far, and couldn't find any posts saying it wasn't a good cover. _________________ INTELLECT AND ROMANCE OVER BRUTE FORCE AND CYNICISM Smokemonster |
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