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Except for those bloody buccaners ;D this was the first suggestion I got, and I actually recorded the first version of it weeks ago. Something wasn't quite right with the first version tho, so I scrapped it and started over again. By this time I'd gotten the new Røde mic and the Behringer C2's. I first recorded a LitLR version and loved the sound of the acoustics and the quality of the vocal recording so I decided to keep the final version quite simple as well.

Ended up using quite a few tracks tho ;D (I seem to do that these days ::))

this one's for : utdrikningslag skrunøkkel

Worked out great, quality recording too, was never a big fan , but like this lots!!!

Way better than the original! I no longer hate this song!!!

I love the slightly melancholic edge your arrangement gives it on the chorus. Such a fine performance, and the recording is so lush. Brilliant :-)

What can I say about this one Geir - I think I've probably run out of superlatives on here lately . . .

 9{} 8) ;D

I've also learnt the Norwegian for Henwrench :)

Yea, yea, yea!!

    Oh yes indeed. As Greeny pointed out, the melancholic edge to it is simply marvellous. An absolutely stunning re-interpretation of this song. And turned out rather well, I reckon...

    Will be giving this one a few 'spins'....
     

                                                        henwrench

I too like the sadness to the vocal ....good one Mr Geir

bra fortell din mor

Out of sight Geir......strangly moving even

Brilliant performing as always! I just admire your production skills! Sounds so sweet!!

Fantastic re-interpretation, Geir! I was never a fan of this song, but I'm a fan of your version! Great vocals, and loving those guitars. And such a crisp, clean production.

Great little ending hiccup, too. :)

Yes yes yes yes yes yes, this is so very sweeeeeeeet! Brilliant interpretation, I love it!
Rock On!

Oh yeah this is a great version of a song that I didn't care for but now I do! I like your take on it Geir with your vocals being the shining star. I'll listen to this many times!

Farrell

Like alot of the posters above I could always take or leave EJ
apart from crocodile rock- ;D
gut I like your version of this Geir
and a big well done to you for having a go at it
it's great -sounds so new and fresh




Tommy

I always liked the original, probably because it reminds me of a holiday in Devon as a kid...........ah.

Anyhoo, I really like this version too, the slightly darker slant works good and guitars are perfect, the slide solo sounds very Harrison.

Ah, I'm off to see the 'Queen of Pop' in Leeds in a few day's time, I was a fan of Elton in the early days, Yellow Brick Road and all that. 

Great cover, completely different song Geir. I really do like this. 

HI Geir . one of my fav s from sir ELTON . loved your interpetation
of this classic song. great job super vox..cheers Neil.!

This is really something Geir. You have made this your own.

JOA

Sounds like a completely different song, brilliantly done!

No real strong feelings on the original, could take or leave it, but brings back some happy memories of the Summer of '83.

Excellent! A great improvement on the original. :) I like the slide guitar solo. Good sounding drums too.

On a technical note, I'm detecting several very minor glitches. The most noticeable are at 1:36 and 1:06. They're consistent between various browsers, including one that supports the HTML player, so it's not just the Flash player. I also downloaded the song and heard the same glitches in several MP3 players at exactly the same spots. Although, it manifested differently in various players. Usually, it was a sort of very brief squeak but in one or two players it was a very brief silence. Strangely, it seems to play okay in Audacity. I suspect that these glitches might have been created during the conversion to MP3, so you might want to check your original mix to confirm that. Anyway, they're very minor and don't detract from the song much, so it might not be worth the trouble of fixing it. I'm just curious as to what caused it. As I said, my guess is that it happened in the conversion to MP3, but that's only a guess. It might be due to an error during upload, or there could be some other cause.

Thank you for all the kind feedback.

Glad you liked it Henny !! Mission accomplished :) And hope you're still standing too !!!!

Yeah I can see that it has a more melancolic feel than the original :) Was just the way I felt when I sang it I guess ;D I did slow it down a bit compared to the original and it's also in a lower key, that may also add to the feel I guess.

Quote from: 64Guitars on August 27, 2013, 05:44:43 PMOn a technical note, I'm detecting several very minor glitches. The most noticeable are at 1:36 and 1:06.

That was very strange. Especially since I now has uploaded the same file I uploaded the first time and the glitches seems to be gone. I don't think I've ever experienced that a upload have failed in such a minute way before !! I didn't detect any glitches after the new upload, but do tell me if anyone else hears any (except for the glitches in the playing & singing of course, those I hear clearly enough ;D)

Wow,nice one.
I like the harmony s on this one,very tight.
Well done Geir ,a cool take on this song.

Quote from: Geir on August 28, 2013, 02:36:40 AM

Quote from: 64Guitars on August 27, 2013, 05:44:43 PMOn a technical note, I'm detecting several very minor glitches. The most noticeable are at 1:36 and 1:06.

That was very strange. Especially since I now has uploaded the same file I uploaded the first time and the glitches seems to be gone. I don't think I've ever experienced that a upload have failed in such a minute way before !! I didn't detect any glitches after the new upload, but do tell me if anyone else hears any (except for the glitches in the playing & singing of course, those I hear clearly enough ;D)

Sounds glitch-free to me now. I downloaded the new file and compared it to the old one. They're exactly the same size, but the 4,614th byte was dropped in the old (glitchy) file, causing the subsequent bytes to be out of sync. I'm surprised it played at all. I guess the MP3 format is able to somehow compensate for that to some degree.

So I guess the server or some software involved in the upload process is not handling errors properly. Instead of aborting the upload with an error message, it just drops the byte and carries on with the upload. Fortunately, it doesn't seem to happen very often so I don't think it's a big problem.

The moral of the story: If anyone hears glitches in their song posts they should try uploading the file again.