The Everly Brothers wouldn't necessarily be the first group to pop up in "Shuffle" mode on my iPod (in fact, they won't pop up at all, because I don't have anything by them on there), but like country music, tunes from this era are slowly infiltrating my playlist. I recently started relistening to "Bye Bye Love," a song I heard often enough as a kid on the oldies station. I had always thought it was kind of treacly and simplistic, like other music from that time period (you can't find another word other than "baby" to rhyme with "baby" — really?!), but the more I listen to it and realize the context in which this song (and others like it) were written, the more I appreciate its effortless emotional impact.
I haven't played the guitar since shortly after college. I remember inviting a friend from work over to my apartment and we sat on my bed and played "Wild Horses" by The Rolling Stones together and I don't recall playing much again after that. I don't really know what happened — it just ceased to be a priority, and I was never that great at it anyway, so I moved on to other things. Then I moved a couple of times and my instruments got packed away/misplaced/damaged.
I eventually dug out my old acoustic guitar, but it was missing two strings and I was too lazy to restring it. It's been sitting in the corner of my bedroom gathering dust (I also throw clothes over it, so that comes in handy), and it was kind of a shitty, cheap guitar anyway, so for my birthday this year, I bought myself a nice Fender acoustic-electric that I knew would motivate me to start playing again, mainly because it's pretty and black and glossy.
The cover I did of "Bye Bye Love" is shown above. It's rough and I'd like to do more with it, but it's a start in my six-string therapy and I hope you enjoy it. Below I've added the original Everly Brothers version and another bizarre clip called "Bye Bye Life" from All That Jazz, which creepily gives us a glimpse into Bob Fosse's mental state. Or something like that. I don't know, you kind of have to watch it for yourself.
I haven't played the guitar since shortly after college. I remember inviting a friend from work over to my apartment and we sat on my bed and played "Wild Horses" by The Rolling Stones together and I don't recall playing much again after that. I don't really know what happened — it just ceased to be a priority, and I was never that great at it anyway, so I moved on to other things. Then I moved a couple of times and my instruments got packed away/misplaced/damaged.
I eventually dug out my old acoustic guitar, but it was missing two strings and I was too lazy to restring it. It's been sitting in the corner of my bedroom gathering dust (I also throw clothes over it, so that comes in handy), and it was kind of a shitty, cheap guitar anyway, so for my birthday this year, I bought myself a nice Fender acoustic-electric that I knew would motivate me to start playing again, mainly because it's pretty and black and glossy.
The cover I did of "Bye Bye Love" is shown above. It's rough and I'd like to do more with it, but it's a start in my six-string therapy and I hope you enjoy it. Below I've added the original Everly Brothers version and another bizarre clip called "Bye Bye Life" from All That Jazz, which creepily gives us a glimpse into Bob Fosse's mental state. Or something like that. I don't know, you kind of have to watch it for yourself.
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