HIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL Week 75 Third Round (ENG-ESP): "Call Me Maybe" ...

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Hello everybody on HIVE, and especially the Music Zone Community. My name is Jasper and I'm writing (and singing) to you from Cape Town in South Africa! Welcome to Week 75 / Round 3 of the Hive Music Festival!

Let’s continue the following theme for my Hive Music Festival entries one last time:

Sometimes as musicians we tend to take ourselves a little bit too seriously. I definitely remember doing this when I first started playing Open Mic nights and pubs when I was a younger man. Sometimes it’s important to remember that it’s okay to just have fun with our music!

One of the ways that I like to do this is to take a cheesy pop song and try and cover it on solo acoustic guitar. Will the song still be catchy and recognisable in its bare-bones form due to its chord structure, melody and hooks? Sometimes! Other times, the attempt seems to fall flat, and I then realise that what made the song stand out were probably special sounds/effects or something else to do with the production that I cannot emulate… it’s an interesting game to play!

So far, I have tackled songs by Lady Gaga, Christina Aguilera, Tones & I, Katty Perry and Britney Spears

Let’s do this one last time with the song that made Carly Rae Jepsen famous: “Call Me Maybe”.

Here is the original music video, with its rather cute and funny ending:

Well, that was fun as always, but for me this time, more than any of the previous times, there was the little strings and keys riff chord-change thing missing from the chorus that I really missed, and I think was fundamental to the song. Do you agree?

Alright! From Week 76 onwards, why don’t I try and be brave, and bring my cover request challenge back, and base it here on the Hive Music Festival?

About a year ago, when I was still quite new to Hive, I had a weekly post of my own initiative where I would ask for cover requests in the comments. The following week I would try to tackle a chosen song, and the person/account who requested that winning song would get 50% of the post rewards!

Should we try something like that again? If so, please suggest a cover song you’d like me to try and tackle in week 76, by commenting on this post. Let’s see what interesting songs you can come up with!

Lyrics for “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen

I threw a wish in the well
Don't ask me, I'll never tell
I looked to you as it fell
And now you're in my way

I'd trade my soul for a wish
Pennies and dimes for a kiss
I wasn't looking for this
But now you're in my way

Your stare was holdin'
Ripped jeans, skin was showin'
Hot night, wind was blowin'
Where you think you're going, baby?

Hey, I just met you
And this is crazy
But here's my number
So call me, maybe?

It's hard to look right
At you baby
But here's my number
So call me, maybe?

Hey, I just met you
And this is crazy
But here's my number
So call me, maybe?

And all the other boys
Try to chase me
But here's my number
So call me, maybe?

You took your time with the call
I took no time with the fall
You gave me nothing at all
But still, you're in my way

I beg, and borrow and steal
At first sight and it's real
I didn't know I would feel it
But it's in my way

Your stare was holdin'
Ripped jeans, skin was showin'
Hot night, wind was blowin'
Where you think you're going, baby?

Hey, I just met you
And this is crazy
But here's my number
So call me, maybe?

It's hard to look right
At you baby
But here's my number
So call me, maybe?

Hey, I just met you
And this is crazy
But here's my number
So call me, maybe?

And all the other boys
Try to chase me
But here's my number
So call me, maybe?

Before you came into my life
I missed you so bad
I missed you so bad
I missed you so, so bad

Before you came into my life
I missed you so bad
And you should know that
I missed you so, so bad

It's hard to look right
At you baby
But here's my number
So call me, maybe?

Hey, I just met you
And this is crazy
But here's my number
So call me, maybe?

And all the other boys
Try to chase me
But here's my number
So call me, maybe?

Before you came into my life
I missed you so bad
I missed you so bad
I missed you so, so bad

Before you came into my life
I missed you so bad
And you should know that

So call me, maybe?

SOURCE: https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/carlyraejepsen/callmemaybe.html

(ESP)

Hola a todos en HIVE, y especialmente a la comunidad Music Zone. ¡Mi nombre es Jasper y les escribo (y canto) desde Ciudad del Cabo en Sudáfrica! ¡Bienvenidos a la Semana 75/Ronda 3 del Hive Music Festival!

Continuaremos con el siguiente tema para mis entradas al Hive Music Festival por última vez:

A veces, como músicos, tendemos a tomarnos demasiado en serio. Definitivamente recuerdo haber hecho esto cuando comencé a tocar en pubs y noches de Open Mic cuando era más joven. ¡A veces es importante recordar que está bien simplemente divertirse con nuestra música!

Una de las formas en que me gusta hacer esto es tomar una canción pop cursi e intentar versionarla con un solo de guitarra acústica. ¿Seguirá siendo la canción pegadiza y reconocible en su forma básica debido a su estructura de acordes, melodía y ganchos? ¡A veces! Otras veces, el intento parece fracasar, y luego me doy cuenta de que lo que hizo que la canción se destacara probablemente fueron sonidos/efectos especiales o algo más relacionado con la producción que no puedo emular... ¡es un juego interesante!

Hasta ahora he abordado canciones de Lady Gaga, Christina Aguilera, Tones & I, Katty Perry y Britney Spears.

Hagamos esto por última vez con la canción que hizo famosa a Carly Rae Jepsen: “Call Me Maybe”.

Aquí está el vídeo musical original, con su final bastante lindo y divertido:

Bueno, eso fue divertido como siempre, pero para mí esta vez, más que cualquiera de las veces anteriores, estaba el pequeño cambio de acordes del riff de cuerdas y teclas que faltaba en el estribillo y que realmente extrañé, y creo que fue fundamental para el canción. ¿Estás de acuerdo?

¡Está bien! A partir de la semana 76 en adelante, ¿por qué no intento ser valiente y recuperar mi desafío de solicitud de portada y basarlo aquí en el Hive Music Festival?

Hace aproximadamente un año, cuando todavía era bastante nuevo en Hive, tenía una publicación semanal por iniciativa propia en la que pedía solicitudes de portada en los comentarios. La semana siguiente intentaría abordar una canción elegida y la persona/cuenta que solicitara esa canción ganadora obtendría el 50% de las recompensas de la publicación.

¿Deberíamos intentar algo así otra vez? Si es así, sugiere un cover que te gustaría que intentara abordar en la semana 76, comentando esta publicación. ¡Veamos qué canciones interesantes se te ocurren!

Letra de “Call Me Maybe” de Carly Rae Jepsen

Lancé un deseo en el pozo
No me preguntes, nunca lo diré
te mire mientras caia
Y ahora estás en mi camino

Cambiaría mi alma por un deseo
Centavos y diez centavos por un beso
No estaba buscando esto
Pero ahora estás en mi camino

Tu mirada estaba aguantando
Jeans rotos, la piel se mostraba
Noche calurosa, soplaba el viento
¿Dónde crees que vas, bebé?