Hello everybody on HIVE, and especially the Music Community. My name is Jasper and I'm writing (and singing) to you from Cape Town, South Africa!
I have decided to start a challenging series of posts! BUT I Need your Help!
This is the challenge I'm setting myself every week: I ask for cover song requests on the MUSIC community, and then pick a favourite song to learn and post a live video of me attempting it. The person who asked for the winning song then gets 50% of the post rewards in HP!
I finally got to see my friend @clairemobey this week. She's the person that I usually perform in public with. We are both songwriters, and so we have a funny habit of singing covers with "cover hats" on, so that the audience knows when we are not wearing hats that the song is an original! We have carried that tradition over to our HIVE videos now!
Claire and I met up to talk about the next couple of gigs we would like to try and organise, and I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to do a song that @anna-newkey has requested in the past, but is much better suited to a duo performance!
I am talking about "Shallow", the song performed by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in the most recent version of the movie "A Star is Born"! Did you know there have been four versions of the movie now? The original was in 1937, the 1954 version starred Judy Garland and James Mason, and the 1976 version starred Kris Kristofferson and Barbara Streisand! So a lot of musical star power over the years, and quite a challenge to decide to be the face of the current generation!
But it was a fantastic movie with some fantastic songs, including "Always Remember us this Way" and today's song "Shallow". Even my parents admitted that it was a better movie than the previous that starred musicians from their era! Haha!
Here is the original music video showing footage from the movie:
I also distinctly remember their live performance at the Oscars ceremony, where people found it very hard to believe that the chemistry between Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper was just acting... shoowee (what do you think?)
So thank you very much @anna-newkey! For picking this week's song, you get 50% of this post's reward in HP!
Thank you @clairemobey! For helping me sing this week's song, you get 20% of this post's reward in HP!
NOW READER, perhaps next week is your turn? Please give me some suggestions of cover songs you would like me to try next week, and maybe you'll be the winner next time!
See you Next Week!
Lyrics for "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
Tell me something, girl
Are you happy in this modern world?
Or do you need more?
Is there something else you're searchin' for?
I'm falling
In all the good times, I find myself longin' for change
And in the bad times, I fear myself
Tell me something, boy
Aren't you tired trying to fill that void?
Or do you need more?
Ain't it hard keeping it so hardcore?
I'm falling
In all the good times, I find myself longing for change
And in the bad times, I fear myself
I'm off the deep end, watch as I dive in
I'll never meet the ground
Crash through the surface, where they can't hurt us
We're far from the shallow now
In the sha-ha, sha-ha-llow
In the sha-ha-sha-la-la-la-llow
In the sha-ha, sha-ha-llow
We're far from the shallow now
Oh, ha-ah-ah
Ah, ha-ah-ah, oh, ah
Ha-ah-ah-ah
I'm off the deep end, watch as I dive in
I'll never meet the ground
Crash through the surface, where they can't hurt us
We're far from the shallow now
In the sha-ha, sha-ha-llow
In the sha-ha-sha-la-la-la-llow
In the sha-ha, sha-ha-llow
We're far from the shallow now
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Mark Ronson / Stefani Germanotta / Anthony Rossomando / Andrew Wyatt
Shallow lyrics © Sony/atv Songs Llc, Downtown Dmp Songs, Downtown Dlj Songs, White Bull Music Group, Stephaniesays Music, Warner Olive Music Llc., Warner-barham Music Llc., Sg Songs Worldwide
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