AGF Showcase of Talent, September 2014: Songs from your senior year in high school

[lpa53]

Originally Posted by kydave

From 1968, the year I started my graduation year of 1969!

The Weight

All instruments and vocals are me.

Enjoy!

Wow! Great job, Dave!

[ukejon]

Nicely done, Dave.

[Jeremy]

Originally Posted by BoneDigger

Very nice! I'm certainly impressed. Good singing and good playing!

Todd

Originally Posted by lpa53

Great Jars of Clay rendition, too, by the way.

Thank you, both.

[YamaYairi]

Originally Posted by Jeremy

Hot off the press:

Jars Of Clay - "Worlds Apart" (1995). Not my best effort, but the song is too long for multiple takes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3DGMCiVaj0

Great song! Well played and sung. What did you use to make the recording? The sound quality is very good.

[Jeremy]

Originally Posted by YamaYairi

Great song! Well played and sung. What did you use to make the recording? The sound quality is very good.

Thank you! I used my iPhone 5s.

[YamaYairi]

Originally Posted by Jeremy

Thank you! I used my iPhone 5s.

That's impressive. Dang it, I was hoping it was a Zoom or something, though. Don't want a smart phone...

[YamaYairi]

Originally Posted by lpa53

I thought of trying Yes' 1972 "Roundabout" but then thought better of it, so here's two simpler tunes from '72.

Darcy Farrow (John Denver's "Rocky Mountain High" album)

Til Tomorrow (Don McLean's "American Pie" album)

P.S. How do you embed a Youtube video? I see how to get the embed link, but how is it correctly entered to display in these threads? [Got the answer. Thanks, Jeremy!]

Beautiful, both of them!

[glissongs]

Please Come To Boston- 1974
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg8m...O_X5Jy5-8S0XkA

[YamaYairi]

Originally Posted by glissongs

Please Come To Boston- 1974
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg8m...O_X5Jy5-8S0XkA

Wow, I haven't heard that one since...well probably 1974! That was great!

[6L6]

Great job, Dave!

[Bob1131]

Our senior year (Debbie and I) was 1970-1971 which was a great time for music! Cat Stevens released "Tea for the Tillerman" in late 1970 so, songs from the album didn't reach the charts until 1971. The album was rated as #8 for the year in 1971.

The most popular songs from the album were "Wild World" and "Peace Train" but, our favorite was "Longer Boats." Here is our rendition: Longer Boats

[Sombras]

This song came out in May, 1985--the very month of my high-school graduation. Did not care for the arrangement when it was released and forgot about it for more than 25 years until Sam Beam (Iron & Wine) covered it in 2010. LOVED his version.

A cover of the cover:

[piper_guitarist]

Interesting so far the variety of years, though it's confirmed my suspicion that most on this forum are older. :-P I have to admit my senior year of high school (2004-2005) was full of awful music that I didn't pay much attention to.

I do play one song that was released in November 2004 but it's likely not forum-suitable due to an incident of strong language and I don't know what the limits are in terms of that when posting songs vs. just discussion.

[Pitar]

A little creative license in attendance with the lyrics - Always liked this guy's stuff. Had to search for something I might've done for that year and got lucky.

http://youtu.be/d2eiacRI6iM

[YamaYairi]

Originally Posted by Sombras

This song came out in May, 1985--the very month of my high-school graduation. Did not care for the arrangement when it was released and forgot about it for more than 25 years until Sam Beam (Iron & Wine) covered it in 2010. LOVED his version.

A cover of the cover:

I never heard the original of that, I only heard a local group called "Odd Girl Out" do it and I assumed Anne Dechant, the lead singer had written it. Anyway, I enjoyed your version. Nice groove and I like your voice.