Jody Whitesides

Tag: 5 seconds of summer

  • She Looks So Perfect Cover Version

    She Looks So Perfect Cover Version

    She Looks So PerfectNot long ago I made a post about She Looks So Perfect and the band 5 Seconds Of Summer. Well, now I done went and made an acoustic cover of the song. I guess I just ended up liking it way too much to leave it alone. Thus I set up my video camera, my lappy with Logic, the awesome Telefunken C12 and plugged my guitar into the mic pre – hit record and away I went!

    What you’re getting is unadulterated recording of me singing a fun pop rock tune out of Australia.

    Plus I decided to have some fun with a video filter. I figured it kinda fit the vibe or at least created a new vibe that says hey, I can change up the look of the image for fun. Of course, I probably should have thought about it a little longer, but who cares?

    She Looks So Perfect

    http://youtu.be/VM3CATyLH4g

    Hey, hey, hey, hey
    Hey, hey, hey

    Simmer down, simmer down
    They say we’re too young now to amount to anything else
    But look around
    We worked too damn hard for this just to give it up now
    If you don’t swim, you’ll drown
    But don’t move, honey

    You look so perfect standing there
    In my American Apparel underwear
    And I know now, that I’m so down
    Your lipstick stain is a work of art
    I got your name tattooed in an arrow heart
    And I know now, that I’m so down

    Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey
    Hey, hey, hey

    Let’s get out, let’s get out
    ‘Cause this deadbeat town’s only here just to keep us down
    While I was out, I found myself alone just thinking
    If I showed up with a plane ticket
    And a shiny diamond ring with your name on it
    Would you wanna run away too?
    ‘Cause all I really want is you

    You look so perfect standing there
    In my American Apparel underwear
    And I know now, that I’m so down
    I made a mix-tape straight out of ’94
    I’ve got your ripped skinny jeans lying on the floor
    And I know now, that I’m so down

    Hey! Hey, hey, hey hey
    Hey, hey, hey, hey

    Chorus 1

    Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey
    Hey, hey, hey, hey
    Hey, hey, hey

    You look so perfect standing there
    In my American Apparel underwear
    And I know now, that I’m so down (hey!)
    Your lipstick stain is a work of art
    I got your name tattooed in an arrow heart
    And I know now, that I’m so down

    Enjoy and pass it around!

  • She Looks So Perfect

    She Looks So Perfect

    she looks so perfectThere’s a tune that’s passed through my iTunes radio called “She Looks So Perfect” recently. The surprising thing is that iTunes Pop is saying that this band’s other single called “Good Girls” is the #1 on the chart. I’m wondering why the hell it is. Mostly because the first time I heard GG – I immediately was like who the hell would rip off Blink 182, RUSH?!?, Green Day and other pop punk bands so blatantly? I mean the riffs of the guitars in Good Girls were so obviously stolen it’s silly. I decided, who did it and found it was a band called 5 Seconds of Summer.

    I was taken aback because I really enjoy She Looks So Perfect. It’s got that typical teen angst anthemic quality – retaining a very familiar vibe without being so blatant of a rip-off. My favorite line in the song is “She looks so perfect standing there in my American Apparel underwear and I’m so down; Your lip-stick stain is a work of art I got your name tattooed in an arrow heart and I’m so down.” It’s pure fun and I dig it. It’s a perfect beach/summer romance. My only hope is they’ll branch out into their own thing.

    She Looks So Perfect

    Hey, hey, hey, hey
    Hey, hey, hey
    Hey, hey, hey, hey
    Hey, hey, hey

    Simmer down, simmer down
    They say we’re too young now to amount to anything else
    But look around
    We worked too damn hard for this just to give it up now
    If you don’t swim, you’ll drown
    But don’t move, honey

    You look so perfect standing there
    In my American Apparel underwear
    And I know now, that I’m so down
    Your lipstick stain is a work of art
    I got your name tattooed in an arrow heart
    And I know now, that I’m so down

    Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey
    Hey, hey, hey

    Let’s get out, let’s get out
    ‘Cause this deadbeat town’s only here just to keep us down
    While I was out, I found myself alone just thinking
    If I showed up with a plane ticket
    And a shiny diamond ring with your name on it
    Would you wanna run away too?
    ‘Cause all I really want is you

    You look so perfect standing there
    In my American Apparel underwear
    And I know now, that I’m so down
    I made a mix-tape straight out of ’94
    I’ve got your ripped skinny jeans lying on the floor
    And I know now, that I’m so down

    Hey! Hey, hey, hey hey
    Hey, hey, hey, hey

    You look so perfect standing there
    In my American Apparel underwear
    And I know now, that I’m so down
    Your lipstick stain is a work of art
    I got your name tattooed in an arrow heart
    And I know now, that I’m so down

    Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey
    Hey, hey, hey, hey
    Hey, hey, hey

    You look so perfect standing there
    In my American Apparel underwear
    And I know now, that I’m so down (hey!)
    Your lipstick stain is a work of art
    I got your name tattooed in an arrow heart
    And I know now, that I’m so down

    Enjoy your summer kick off!

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