http://synthiasensate.com Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:40:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ah, this is an oldie but certainly a goodie. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/runaroundsue.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/11/19/runaround-sue-dion-cover/ Winter is upon us and I feel now is the time when I must get things done before hibernation. Collect the nuts and berries, that sort of thing. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/11/19/keeping-warm-is-hard-to-do/ Well I couldn't decide if I wanted to cover "Sugar" or "Rebel Girl" but I opted for RG because I figured anyone who didn't know Bikini Kill or myself would not get it. Even though it's a great song. This one is too. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/rebel%20girl%20-%20bikini%20kill%20cover.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/10/04/rebel-girl-bikini-kill-cover/ It has been a long time. This is one project that I want to work on every day but I have so many other projects that take more priority. But there's many songs I love and many songs I have yet to cover....keep tuned please. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/10/04/its-been-a-long-time/ I made the Wed. mark! This song had been in my head for awhile, probably since I saw H. Korine's "Mister Lonely"...I just cant pass up a song about loneliness and isolation, especially when it's so dreamy and pretty. Why did Akon have to ruin a pretty thing? [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/mr.%20lonely.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/09/10/mr-lonely-bobby-vinton-cover/ ...Into the future.... http://synthiasensate.com/2008/09/10/time-keeps-on-ticking/ Wow, it's been over a month since I've last posted a cover. The whole time I was antsy to record some new covers but was just busy. Hey, it happens. It's hard to do a cover a day, really it is, believe it or not. Anyhow, this is a cover of ... http://synthiasensate.com/2008/09/09/dont-stop-innerpartysystem-cover/ Gone away from the blog, and what are you going to do? Do you remember writing letters? Paper and pen style? I used to write letters my whole childhood and teens to connect with people and now it's a whole different ball game but what a ball game it is ... http://synthiasensate.com/2008/09/09/back-in-black/ Wow, this cover is so old. I dont even know if I should post it, but what the heck, I dont have any new covers and I've been slow with posting....so, I hope your ears dont bleed. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/25%20all%20out%20of%20love.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/07/30/all-out-of-love-air-supply-cover/ I have alot of fear. It is true. Sometimes it gets so overwhelming that I really dont even want to do anything but run and hide. I guess we must try. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/07/30/kill-the-fear/ A song about our sweet personal music players and Bob Dylan. Hallelujah! [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/blondonblond.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/07/21/blonde-on-blonde-nada-surf-cover/ I dont know where to begin, everything in this world is a sin. And we are here for some reason or not, and we waste over 20 years starting to realize the evolution of not. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/07/21/pain-in-me-gullivers-travels/ Sort of an old one...the cover I mean. Whether you're a brother, or whether you're a mother...but not if you're a sister... [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/staying%20alive.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/07/19/staying-alive-the-bee-gees-cover/ And make it fast, I dont got time to turn on the oven before my hunger fasts. This doesn't make much sense, and I guess I dont care, because Saturdays are for doing nothing, and I'm doing nothing....ok? http://synthiasensate.com/2008/07/19/get-me-some-fast-food/ A new cover. I feel like my voice wasn't quite on key here, but I really like the song (I think by now it's obvious that I like every song that I cover. I dont know why I keep saying that!). The 'guits go crazy on this one as well. ... http://synthiasensate.com/2008/07/18/young-bride-midlake-cover/ I got a parking ticket again, just when I do not need to spend additional money on anything! It was really upsetting, but when can you do except pay and move on? I was trying to justify it with the laws of karma, maybe since I downloaded some songs on ... http://synthiasensate.com/2008/07/18/parking-tickets/ Finally a newly recorded cover! This is by a very fantastic band that used to go by just 'Dios' but now goes by 'Dios (Malos)'. And no, I dont know what that means because I'm stupid and too lazy to find out. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/you%20got%20me%20all%20wrong%20-%20dios%20cover.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/07/15/you-got-me-all-wrong-dios-malos-cover/ Do the job that you said you'd never do, clean your sports jacket, your khakis and shoes. We got alot of bills to pay, sometimes life isn't fair and it doesn't go your way. I've been paying dues for nearly 10 years, sometimes it's really all pointless even in you ... http://synthiasensate.com/2008/07/15/get-into-the-office/ I'm not as pleased with this cover but I actually covered this song a long time ago with a way better version, but now I cant find it. Anyway, this is a placeholder for new songs I'm in the process of recording. But, anyway, the original of course is a ... http://synthiasensate.com/2008/07/08/time-of-the-season-the-zombies-cover/ Generally I've some quite good quips about me, but no pen or mental-lock memory. So for today, I give you nothing, and tommorrow something out of my mouth better be divine. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/07/08/ive-got-nothing-to-say/ I did this cover probably near the end of last year...I cant remember exactly when but it was way before I decided to make this website. A bit shaky but at least I hit the right notes near the end. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/itsover.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/07/07/its-over-roy-orbison-cover/ I was watching a show about past life regression yesterday and it was really interesting. It made me want to go get hypnotized and see who I might have been before this life. Too bad it costs so much money to get hypnotized. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/07/07/monday-monday/ Another old cover. I had alot of fun covering this song. I cant believe I haven't attempted any Pointer Sisters yet. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/16%20itsrainingmen.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/07/05/its-raining-men-the-weather-girls-cover/ I do watch alot of television. Alot. Mostly a bunch of crap. But then there are shows below the grade A crap that even I cant watch. And if I try to watch it I realize that I just cant sit through a minute of it. Same thing with movies. ... http://synthiasensate.com/2008/07/05/crappy-television-shows/ This cover is probably at least 5 years old but oh well. This song's not so easy to sing but it's fun to try. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/21wedidntstarthefire.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/07/01/we-didnt-start-the-fire-billy-joel-cover/ The internet is a sort for many fine things, then it's also a sort for some declining. Our brain cells die anyway. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/07/01/do-some-research/ Well, this song isn't quite that new anymore is it? But this is a newer cover for me, so enjoy! [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/the%20new%20-%20interpol%20cover.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/06/27/the-new-interpol-cover/ Perhaps the saddest realization in this existance of life that one can discover is that you can not make another person care about you or anything else if they dont. No matter how loud you scream, no matter how much you talk, if the people you want to look at ... http://synthiasensate.com/2008/06/27/does-it-ever-get-through/ This one is a few years old, but oh well. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/01%20st.%20james%20infirmiry.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/06/26/st-james-infirmiry-louis-armstrong-cover/ Is love sweet love, that's the only thing, that there's just not enough of.... http://synthiasensate.com/2008/06/26/what-the-world-needs-now/ Ah Metric is a very good band and Emily writes some great songs. Check both out. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/doctor%20blind%20-%20emily%20haines%20cover.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/06/24/doctor-blind-emily-haines-cover/ I guess if the old is as good as the new, there's no reason for any sort of move, but if the good is as bad as the good, then maybe we could.    http://synthiasensate.com/2008/06/24/if-it-aint-broke-dont/ Another old cover, hopefully I'll have some new ones real real soon! [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/22%20nights%20in%20white%20satin.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/06/23/nights-in-white-satin-the-moody-blues-cover/ Bam, bam, it hits you all at once, then you switch to your advance, and realize that maybe you can do it, if you keep collaborated, and you stop, drop and roll. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/06/23/its-getting-crazy/ Another old cover, this is like 5 years ago? I'm working on getting some newbies soon, just got super busy. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/23%20we%20are%20the%20champions.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/06/16/we-are-the-champions-queen-cover/ Got something to say to me? Say it before we die. You never know when that might be. So say it NOW. Right now. Dont hold it in. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/06/16/say-it-before-were-dead/ A new one! Woo hoo! Club 8 make such pretty, quiet music. Check them out if you haven't already. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/everything%20goes%20-%20club%208%20cover.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/06/11/everything-goes-club-8-cover/ I had a dream about a dog named David last night. It was very interesting. He was a German Shepard mix. Black and some brown underneath. No, he didn't talk or anything special like that, he was just a dog. And I had to feed him special food. And his ... http://synthiasensate.com/2008/06/11/david-the-dog/ Another old one but I was happy with my guitar on this one. Thanks to Absolom for the suggestion of keeping it analog, I first started this blog off with the intentions to do all covers all electronically but even I grew tired of that so now I'm going to ... http://synthiasensate.com/2008/06/10/wicked-game-chris-isaak-cover/ I dont know, I wouldn't know because I never hear about it. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/06/10/how-are-we-doing/ Wow, this cover is actually years old. Since it's pretty time consuming trying to do at least one cover a day, I'm going to have to go back into my cover archive and post some covers I did literally 4-5 years ago (actually maybe even 6, time/life escapes me often). [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/09%20these%20boots%20are%20made%20for%20walking.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/06/09/these-boots-are-made-for-walking-nancy-sinatra-cover/ And I dont mean that junk in the trunk, I mean your junk in general. My junk resides in my mind mainly, then to the butt. So there's alot to sweat out. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/06/09/get-your-junk-under-control/ I've been listening to "White Chalk" so much lately...boy is it a great album. I got it when it came out but only really listened to "The Devil" but now I'm enjoying much of the rest of the album. Good lyrics and a pull for something original get me everytime. ... http://synthiasensate.com/2008/06/07/silence-pj-harvey-cover/ No, I didn't just make a cake, but I could...although it wouldn't be butter pecan, it would be pure chocolate! I need a job. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/06/07/butter-pecan-cake/ Sia has such a unique and pretty voice that covering her, well it's not that easy to do. So the result ends up more karaoke then an ode, but here ya go! [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/breathe%20me%20-%20sia%20cover.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/06/04/breathe-me-sia-cover/ I cant really do much to make you care if you dont really care. I would love for you to care, but if you dont I cant make you. But please just dont act like you care if you really dont. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/06/04/if-you-dont-care/ Here is my first cover request, from Mr. Isola Todd! Thanks for the suggestion, this is of course a classic song that I really enjoyed covering. Love will tear us apart but it will also put us back together. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/love%20will%20tear%20us%20apart.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/27/love-will-tear-us-apart-joy-division-cover/ Did everyone have a good Memorial Day? Any holiday is a good holiday right?   http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/27/memorialize-your-fruit-punch/ Yes, you read correctly, it says "Nicole Richie" in the header. Apperently she covered a song from a boy band of the late '90's (LFO, which I think I have actually seen live when I was forced back in '98 to go to something in scary Disney world called "Sky ... http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/25/dandelion-nicole-richielfo-cover/ How can the general public enjoy most of the music on the radio? Really? I've been asking myself that question so many times, I can never find a conclusive answer, except that the general American public will buy into anything. Due to a busted cassette player in my car, I ... http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/25/keep-bleeding-love-then-shut-up/ Classic song, and apparently written about a serial killer. Iif you Wiki the orgin of this song, the lyrics were originally- He's a maniac, maniac that's for sure, He will kill your cat and nail him to the door. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/maniac.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/23/maniac-michael-sembello-cover/ Sometimes when things are painful and you dont understand why you could be possibly going through them, they really are blessings in disguise. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/23/it-all-works-out-usually/ Maybe she does. A good song. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/valerie%20loves%20me%20-%20material%20issue%20cover.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/20/valerie-loves-me-material-issue-cover/ So if this sadness doesn't leave, I know at least at some point it will ease. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/20/time-heals-all/ Love me 2 times, I'm gone away. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/love%20me%202%20times%20-%20the%20doors%20cover.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/19/love-me-2-times-the-doors-cover/ And you dont seem to care one little bit, but here I am in saddness and all I can do is sit. This time it runs fast, and the clock will keep on ticking, but if this doesn't mean anything to you then please stop the kicking. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/19/brokenhearted-spirit-crushed/ The Magnetic Fields pull me in. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/swinging%20london%20-%20the%20magnetic%20fields%20cover.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/16/swinging-london-the-magnetic-fields-cover/ There's not much to say except that saying alot doesn't say anything at all. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/16/lets-make-a-box-out-of-popsicle-sticks/ It's weird because I didn't know much about this musician before I covered this song, but I really love this song. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/strange%20and%20beautiful%20-%20aqaulung%20cover.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/14/strange-and-beautiful-aqualung-cover/ I have nothing to really say right now, besides the fact that I hope you are happy. And I mean that for real.     http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/14/do-you-do-a-diggery-do/ Yah, well the original is classic but no harm in trying! [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/fade%20into%20you%20-%20mazzy%20star%20cover.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/13/fade-into-you-mazzy-star-cover/ I hope and I dream and I pray and I hope and I dream and I pray. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/13/going-nowhere-going-somewhere/ Ah this one just didn't work out right. I dont know what happened to the keyboard part, or why I couldn't get the singing part straight...it just didn't want to combine. But I figure rainbows flow everywhere right? [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/shes%20like%20a%20rainbow%20-%20rolling%20stones%20cover.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/12/shes-like-a-rainbow-the-rolling-stones-cover/ There are things that I obviously dont want to do when I think some harm will come my way....so I stay away. I dont like putting myself out there but I dont like sitting around wasting away. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/12/highway-to-the-danger-zone/ Dont do it! [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/jeds%20other%20poem.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/10/jeds-other-poem-grandaddy-cover/ Well, it's been in front of your face this whole time, but you've been drunk on your power served with your wine. I am the cracker you put your cheese on, but eventually I will break and it wont be long. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/10/if-you-read-more-into-it/ I really liked their new song so here's a new spin on it. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/violet%20hill.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/06/violet-hill-coldplay-cover/ I recently heard that on a talk show recently and I really liked it. What truth that is. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/06/words-hurt-longer-then-a-bruise/ Blow out that cherry bomb, for me. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/you%20got%20yr%20cherry%20bomb.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/05/you-got-yr-cherry-bomb-spoon-cover/ Well, it's Sunday. It's Sunday and there's really not much to say. Except that it's Sunday. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/05/noogie-houser-mc/ This one just didn't work out as well as some others, and then I got lazy with just re-recording the vocals and adjusting the effects levels. But maybe if you're half asleep this will help you fall right to sleep. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/i%20drove%20all%20night.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/04/i-drove-all-night-roy-orbison-cover/ I think I will be just as dissapointed as I usually am, but then if you have that attitude does that mean you will jinx yourself? http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/04/blue-sunday-and-a-monday/ A gem of a song. I dont think I quite do it justice. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/cut%20the%20mullet.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/02/cut-the-mullet-wesley-willis-cover/ I'm sick of being poor, but it probably wouldn't make much difference if I were rich. There would be something to complain about and an anchor would still fish. Grass is always greener and we're always stuck in this ditch. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/02/im-sick-of-being-poor-im-sick-of-being-rich/ Yah, I could have covered something from "Tusk" but I'm just not that hip today. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/sweet%20little%20lies.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/01/sweet-little-lies-fleetwood-mac-cover/ When you ask that question, you must ask it with alot of vigor. Because the reply you'll get will most likely not be considered. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/05/01/does-anybody-care-now/ I love harpsichord. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/exit%20music%20(for%20a%20film).mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/04/30/exit-music-for-a-film-radiohead-cover/ Essential to living is an ultimate dream. Sometimes things are not what they seem. You must keep it alive in order to feed it, but you may live a whole life before you see it. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/04/29/roses-are-red-i-am-blue/ I'm not sure I really have a fearless heart but I'm ready to give it a try. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/fearless%20heart.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/04/29/fearless-heart-steve-earle-cover/ I'm not feeling all to productive these days. I just want to curl up in bed for a few weeks and then deal with things. But that's not possible right? http://synthiasensate.com/2008/04/28/system-of-a-down-syndrome/ You buy me a soda. But really I wanted an ice cream cone. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/bone%20machine.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/04/27/bone-machine-the-pixies-cover/ Rubbing my belly from the sweetest taste! Sugar and chemicals have they got laced! Up something special, you know it's the same. You put it in your body and never feel tame. Whip it in your stomach, and feel it in your head, it's ok to eat what you want ... http://synthiasensate.com/2008/04/27/generic-genetically-engineered-food/ Those darn old-fashioned superstitions get me every time! [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/(goonies%20r)%20good%20enough.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/04/26/goonies-r-good-enough-cyndi-lauper-cover/ The world is spinning around on it's Axl Rose and everyone feels a little bit off. It really doesn't make sense to use a broom for a mop. If you dont realize the potential that you have, I dont know how to make it any clearer then to put it ... http://synthiasensate.com/2008/04/26/saving-private-benjamin-ryan/ Now what you've done, beetlebum? [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/beetlebum.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/04/24/beetlebum-blur-cover/ It is finally summer. Finally. I'm throwing out all of my winter clothes, out the window they go! Not literally of course though, since I'm poor and have no money. They would be plain stupid. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/04/24/its-getting-hot-in-here/ After all, he's just a man. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/stand%20by%20your%20man.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/04/23/stand-by-your-man-tammy-wynette-cover/ Well I have no idea what the whole point to doing cover after cover after cover is, but I do know it's alot of fun and since I love the original songs so much, it's fun to have my own take on them. I hope that whomever finds this website ... http://synthiasensate.com/2008/04/22/sing-sing-a-song/ It's been one of those days. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/young%20folks.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/04/22/young-folks-peter-bjorn-and-john-cover/ I toasted the remainder of the toast, and I buttered my head, then I got in my car and headed east until I remember something you had said. You said that maybe things would look up, and if I didn't get discouraged then maybe I would have better luck. And ... http://synthiasensate.com/2008/04/22/i-killed-off-that-box-of/ Because "Thriller" is over-rated. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/beat%20it.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/04/21/beat-it-michael-jackson-cover/ Boy, I certainly hope it will. That's the interesting thing with life, most of the time it just feels completely hopeless, but there is always some hope to hold onto. Because really, what else can you do? http://synthiasensate.com/2008/04/21/it-will-be-ok/ Stone Temple Pilots are definitly eloquent bachelors now that they are in Velvet Revolver. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/range%20life.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/04/19/range-life-pavement-cover/ I was just thinking about time. It's a weird thing. About as weird as almost everything on this planet. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/04/19/today-is-the-same-day/ I did just call you to tell you that I love you and I mean it from the bottom of my heart. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/i%20just%20called.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/04/18/i-just-called-to-say-stevie-wonder-cover/ And by celebrities I'm not talking about people like Dustin Diamond....I'm talking more along the lines of J-Lo. The problem with them is that they have so much money that they dont know what to do with it so they literally rip it up in front of the 'working man's' ... http://synthiasensate.com/2008/04/18/the-problem-with-these-celebrities/ This one got kind of messed up because the original sound deleted itself and I was left with it's ghost. Also, sometimes when you are getting guitar tabs from the internet....they are widely incorrect. But...well keeping in the spirits of what playing music and covers is all about, here's a ... http://synthiasensate.com/2008/04/17/do-you-realize-flaming-lips-cover/ Do not spend what you do not have. Do not spend when you dont know what to do with what you have. Do not spend when you could spend your time doing something else. http://synthiasensate.com/2008/04/17/platinum-in-pocket/ I love CCR. What can I say? They take me down Green river and back, and then I drink a soda. [audio:http://file.troni.ca/files/3/greenriver.mp3] http://synthiasensate.com/2008/04/16/green-river-ccr-cover/ I'm really getting into what scented candles and perfume can offer a girl. Peace of mind. I love cologne smells but I also really love fruity smells. If I had to tell you what my hobbies were, one of them would be 'lighting scented candles'.   http://synthiasensate.com/2008/04/15/fragrant-vagrant/