Jody Whitesides

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  • I Covered Sober By Tool See The Video

    I Covered Sober By Tool See The Video

    A little while ago on Twitter I put it out there asking Tweeps what song they’d like to see me do a cover of. One of the requests that came in was for Tool’s Sober. I thought – hey, that’s an interesting one if I do it with acoustic guitars and a single vocal. I found some time to put a day aside to learn the song, come up with a couple of guitar parts that would work acoustically. I recorded it. Sang it. I put it down for a couple of weeks as I was busy shooting video and recording some of my tunes. A few days ago while taking a little vacation to visit my sister, I spent a couple of hours shooting some video for the cover song. I give you:

    Sober

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    There’s a shadow just behind me,
    Shrouding every step I take,
    Making every promise empty,
    Pointing every finger at me.
    Waiting like a stalking butler
    Who upon the finger rests.
    Murder now the path of “must we”
    Just because the son has come.

    Jesus, won’t you fucking whistle
    Something but the past is done?
    Jesus, won’t you fucking whistle
    Something but the past is done?

    Why can’t we not be sober?
    I just want to start this over.
    Why can’t we drink forever.
    I just want to start this over.

    I am just a worthless liar.
    I am just an imbecile.
    I will only complicate you.
    Trust in me and fall as well.
    I will find a center in you.
    I will chew it up and leave,
    I will work to elevate you
    Just enough to bring you down.

    Mother Mary won’t you whisper
    Something but the past is done.
    Mother Mary won’t you whisper
    Something but the past is done.

    Why can’t we not be sober?
    Just want to start this over.
    Why can’t we sleep forever.
    I just want to start this over.

    I am just a worthless liar.
    I am just an imbecile.
    I will only complicate you.
    Trust in me and fall as well.
    I will find a center in you.
    I will chew it up and leave,
    Trust me [x5]

    Why can’t we not be sober?
    Just want to start things over.
    Why can’t we sleep forever.
    I just want to start this over.

    I want what I want [x4]

     

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  • Touch Teaser Behind The Scenes

    Touch Teaser Behind The Scenes

    Touch-Behind-the-ScenesLate last week I got my first dose of shooting a music video where I’m being choreographed for movement. That was a very different experience. Yesterday afternoon I got a message from the video director that the footage came out ok. I was a little worried about it, but alas I’m likely worrying about nothing. One thing that was fun and hard was learning to do some dance moves and making it look like I’ve been doing for years – and singing at the same time. New experience.

    I’ve got a Touch teaser trailer for you as I’m excited for getting the song Touch out with a music video when the song launches. Thus if it ends up taking a little more time to get it all done, then the release date will wait until it’s all set. Until then, enjoy a little bit of video from the behind the scenes of the making of the Touch teaser music video.

    http://youtu.be/0galNOgvIiE

    Enjoy and stay tuned, more video and the release of the song is coming soon!

  • Stylo By Gorillaz

    Stylo By Gorillaz

    Stylo-Gorillaz

    Having just shot the video for Touch last night and being that there are elements of Touch that sound like they were inspired by Gorillaz, I had to throw in today’s Throwback – Stylo by Gorillaz. One it’s a cool tune. Two, it’s got that indie but high budget feel. I really like how they took the previous elements of their animated characters and moved them into a more “real” world, rather than an animated world. I’m excited to see how Touch turns out, however we have more shooting we’ll have to do. Much like how Bruce Willis gets out at the end of Stylo to check and make sure he has to shoot ’em dead if he finds ’em.

    Stylo

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    [Mos Def:]
    Love, electricity, shockwave central
    Pummel on the motherboard, yes
    Push up, overload, legendary heavy glow
    Sunshine, thunder roll, keep it all together
    Yes the lantern burn, burn it easy
    And broadcast, so raw and neatly
    Thunder roll, sunshine, work it out

    [2D:]
    Overload, overload, overload
    Comin’ up to the
    Overload, overload, overload
    Comin’ up to the
    Overload, overload, overload
    Comin’ up to the
    Overload, overload, overload
    Comin’ up to the

    Oh Stylo… (juice)
    Go forth, blossom in your soul
    When you know your heart is right
    Electric is the love
    When the mako flies (a giant fish)
    Up from the bottom in your eyes
    Then I know the twilight skies, not so broken hearted (from the end of the line)

    [Bobby:]
    Yes, this love is electric
    It’ll be flowing on the street
    Night after night
    Just to get through the week
    Sometimes it’s hard
    Right now

    [2D:]
    Sing yourself (juice)
    Out of depression, rise above
    I’ll be searching if I know your heart
    Electric is the love

    [Bobby:]
    There’s only one way
    Let it pray a little while longer
    It’s got a way of passin through man and woman
    In another world
    In another world, in the universe
    Right now
    Here’s what we got to do
    Yes, this love is electric
    It’ll be flowing onto the street
    Night after night
    Just to get through the week
    Sometimes it’s hard

    [Mos Def:]
    That’s what I’m talking about
    Love, electricity, shockwave central
    Pummel on the motherboard, yes
    Push up, overload, legendary heavy glow
    Sunshine, thunder roll, keep it all together
    Yes the lantern burn, burn that easy
    And broadcast, so raw and neatly
    Thunder roll, sunshine, work it out

    [Bobby:]
    Right now

    Enjoy!

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