the bedroom covers

ok everyone, here it is. what we're calling the bedroom covers- a free album of covers we did in our apartment. our little thank you to everyone for all the love and support you given us over the last couple of months. a big special thanks to all the blogs who posted tracks this last week, and kyle lee for the beautiful artwork. if you haven't checked these sites out, do it now!

My Old Kentucky Blog
I Am Fuel/You Are Friends
3Hive
I Pick My Nose
thekyle.net

...and without further ado, here's the tracklist. you can download the album as a whole at the bottom in a zip file, or track by track. thanks everyone, we love you all!

**update: sorry, the server we are hosting the mp3s on got a bit overloaded from all you guys downloading at the same time. it seems to be working now, but it would help if you grab it from the sendspace link... also, if anyone wants to host these mp3s on their own sites, feel free to do so!**

the bedroom covers:
1. crying - roy orbison
2. mother and child reunion - paul simon
3. why dont they let us fall in love? - the ronettes
4. lovefool - the cardigans
5. i won't share you - the smiths
6. he's a rebel - the crystals
7. marie - randy newman
8. fools rush in - johnny mercer/rube bloom
9. temptation inside your heart - velvet underground
10. dreams - fleetwood mac
11. pull up the roots - talking heads
12. caroline, no- beach boys remix (bonus track)
12.5 why don't they let us fall in love? (live daytrotter version!)

NEW LINK, if you want to download the whole album as a zip, you probably want to try this link first, it should be a bit faster. the second one has been overloaded all morning:

sendspace bedroomcovers.zip:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/fukwv9

yousendit bedroomcovers.zip:
**EXPIRED** https://www.yousendit.com/download/Q01Fck85RkU1aVkwTVE9PQ

bedroom covers full album - zip file:
http://www.themorningbenders.com/bedroomcovers.zip
(right click and save as, or ctrl click on macs)

here's some notes about the recording process and thangs:

hey gang,
here are a few tracks, that we are calling the bedroom covers. as you may have guessed, all these songs are covers… and yes, we did them at home in my room! the songs that you hear here are just songs we really really like. we didn't deliberate over which songs to pick. we didn't try to stick to a certain time period or genre. we just recorded songs we were going to be playing around the house anyway...

these songs sound the way they do, because we recorded them with a laptop and one mic. we used mainly acoustic guitars and shakers because that's what we had lying around, and we couldn't make much noise in our apartment anyway. we didn't spend time arranging any of these either. we learned the chords and the lyrics (which was pretty easy because we've heard all these songs hundreds of times), and we played 'em. what you hear at the basis of the recording is generally a first take. sometimes we added some background vocals or another guitar part here or there, because the songs we were covering had a lot more going on than us, and we were feeling a bit inadequate…

but hey, you're always fighting a losing battle when you're recording covers, because 99.99% of the time the cover isn't going to be as good the original. well, for the record, let it be known that none of our covers are as good as the originals. that's part of why we wanted to give all these tracks away for free. if you haven't heard one of these songs before, you should go out and buy it from the original artist, RIGHT NOW. disclaimer aside: if you want to hear some kids having a lot of fun playing some of their favorite songs ever, check these out.

love,
the morning benders