HIVE OPEN MIC Week 128 (Theme - Desamor/Heartbreak): Cover Song "Old Love" by Eric Clapton
Hello everybody on Hive and especially the Hive Open Mic Community! My name is Jasper and I'm writing (and singing) to you from Cape Town South Africa!
This is Week 128 of the Hive Open Mic Challenge, and the theme for the week is "Desamor"! According to Google Translate, this is the Spanish word to describe "Heartbreak".
Is there a theme with more potential songs to choose from? I'm sure Adele has 100 of them by herself! Haha!
Eventually I settled on transposing a beautiful song by Eric Clapton to suit my voice. It is called "Old Love".
The original songs has a beautiful riff. The version I know best is the unplugged version from MTV in 1992 (remember when MTV actually was about music? :) ) which had a great acoustic guitar solo by Eric Clapton, and an equally great piano solo by Chuck Leavell.
Please check that version of the original here, followed by the lyrics, and I will see you next week?
Lyrics
I can feel your body
When I'm lying in my bed
Too much confusion
Going 'round through my head
Makes me so angry
To know that the flame still burns
Why can't I get over?
When will I ever learn?
Old love
Leave me alone
Old love
Go on home
I can see your face
But I know that it's not real
Just an illusion
Caused by how I used to feel
Makes me so angry
To know now that the flame will always burn
Never get over
Know now that I'll never learn
Old love
Leave me alone
Old love
Go on home
▶️ 3Speak
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Awesome @JasperDick!
Thank you so much! We need to go through these covers and choose what to ever do again! hahaha!
Hi Jasper, great choice this week. Lovely vocal and guitar playing. Thanks for sharing with us.
Thank you so much! What are you choosing this week? The options are endless!
I see you're very consistent on Hive Open Mic... What about giving Three Tunes Tuesday a shot?
I've gone with some Alicia Keyes this week. Yeah there were too many choices really. I considered 'Alone Again Naturally' as a strong contender.
What is Three Tunes Tuesday?
Three Tunes Tuesday as described by celticheartbeat:
You just need to share 3 songs with the music community that inspire you or mean something to you.
Most people don't actually sing the songs but a few of us have used this initiative started by @ablaze to perform a 3 song set once a week.
I believe you have all week to make the post ,it doesn't have to be on a Tuesday just mention which week the post is for in the title , so this week its week 65. (Now it's Week 69 with next Tuesday being Week 70)
Use the tags ttt or threetunetuesday and mention @ablaze in the post and the judges will find your post.
Each week a winner is picked to receive some shares of hive basic income , I'm not totally sure how the basic income thing works but its nice to be rewarded if your post wins :)
You can check out some of my posts for an idea, and I did win the 4HBI once! Now I see there's another challenge on another community called "The Singing Voice" I think, so trying to find out what that entails!
Ah thanks for the description..I'll have a look at it. Might be fun.
It is an honor to have seen your entry and added with such a legendary song brother, what to tell you ! you are an unmatched artist and we feel blessed that you are here, this song you made it yours !
Hello! Well you two can always be relied upon for a great entry into Hive Open Mic! Have you tried Three Tunes Tuesday on the Music Community as well?
I see you are from Peru rather than Venezuela or Spain, which is a first for me (I'm quite new to HIVE still!) What is it like there? I've only really heard about the very long surfable waves and Machu Picchu, but that's reason enough to want to visit one day (surfing is my main other HIVE topic besides music)!
This was so very nice 👏
Thank you so much! I have just enjoyed your entry!
I see you also submit to something called "The Singing Voice" on a community called PukuMundo? What's that about? Metal or Rock? Any themes or rules in the entries there?
Adele is such a beautiful artist and you delivered the song beautifully with your instrument. This is nice and I enjoyed it 👍👏
Hi! So lovely to see your consistent support!
Ah, I said Adele would be a great choice, but honestly I'd be surprised if other people didn't try to do some of her songs this week... SO I actually chose somebody else in the end. This is a song by the famous blues/rock guitarist Eric Clapton.
You play the guitar so well and your voice is great too.
Thank you very very much! I see you don't post music yourself, but you're supporting the Hive Open Mic? Do you sing or play music at all?
You sang it like you wrote it.
Great performance
Thank you very very much!