Posts Tagged ‘david’

David Van Day and Coldplay.

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

I’ve reached video eighty eight. This is my cover version of a recent Coldplay song called “Lost”. More than 10 subscribers have rquested this song of me so I thought it would be a good time to do it.

Have a listen:

Jeff Edwards singing Lost by Coldplay

My dad’s story will resume in my next post, because there was something I wanted to cover that was quite current. If you are in the UK then you may know about a TV programme called “I’m a celebrity, get me out of here”. One of the celebrities in the show was a man called “David Van Day”. I first noticed he was in it when I was visiting a friend. My friend enquired who he was. I told him that he used to be in a group called Dollar, who had some success in the eighties, and that I didn’t think too highly of him.

I came to that conclusion because of an event when I was younger. When I was about 17 I worked in a shop called CRS (Co-operative Retail Services) in Uxbridge. During my lunch I popped into WH Smith to buy a few records. The title of one of the purchases was “Videotheque” by “Dollar”. Quite by chance, as I was about to pay, who should walk in but David Van Day and Therese Bazaar. Collectively Dollar. They happened to be there to sign copies of their new release, Videotheque. David was vertically challenged, and Therese was even shorter than him. She moved up the counter to me and picked up the records I was buying, complimenting me on my musical taste. Then we had a little chat. David grew more and more impatient, and asked her to get on with the signing. So she asked me for my name and signed it with love, and then shoved the record in front of David, saying “Sign it”.

I paid for my discs, said my goodbye’s and went back to work. Therese smiled and bid me goodbye, and David said nothing. My impression of him was that he was quite selfish.

I’ve seen him on “I’m a celebrity, get me out of here” and it looks like he hasn’t changed much at all. Therese made time for people. I think she enjoyed the conversation, and that made me feel happy.

Back to the Youtube stuff.

At last I’ve passed 1,000 subscribers. The figure now stands at 1020.

There are 24,010 channel views and my total video viewings are 414,193.

I haven’t yet planned my next vid, but it’s probably going to be another cover. There’s also another duet with Kareneng coming up soon :)

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The third selection. Winner

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

This is the 3rd of my old original songs choices. This is a song called “Winner”. The words can be interpreted in different ways, but the meaning I attach to it is for mistaken friends who need support.

This song was also co-written with Mick Paul. I finish off with details about what mick is up to now in his music career.

If you watched the last vid I posted, you will have learned that Mick played bass on a David Hasselhoff single. There aren’t many people who don’t know who he is. He’s been in smash hit shows such as “Knight rider”, “Baywatch” and “America’s got talent”.

This is “Winner” by Mick and I:

Winner - Jeff Edwards and Mick Paul

Mick is quite busy doing the touring thing at the moment, with an outfit named “The David Cross band”. David Cross used to be in a band called “King Crimson”. They were very well known. If you come from Italy, you might have heard of David Cross. He’s pretty popular there, and it’s one of the reasons why most of Mick’s touring takes place in Italy.

Now here’s the regular Youtube numbers update.

My subscribers have seen a really good jump in the last few days. Racing past the 700 barrier to 717.

The channel views have rolled along to 16,017. Another barrier broken.

Last but by no means least. The total video views. They are 246,003.To say I’m pleased is an understatement!!

I’d like to get a few Coldplay covers done for my next videos, because I love singing their songs.

Who knows what I will do. I’ll choose when I choose. It was about this time last year that I was getting ready for my first independant album release.

You can listen to some of the songs tracks and also download some of my original material for free on my website. Here’s the address:

Jeffs music

Until the next post :)

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Every dream inside my soul

Friday, July 24th, 2009

This is another one I’ve done a number of times, and a lot of my friend like this one too. It’s quite possibly one of the most well known of David Gray songs. It goes by the name of “This year’s love”.

This is my rendition of it:

Me singing This years love by David Gray

Now for the regular Youtube stats update, and then something extra :)

My subscribers are closing in on the magic 500 and are now at 475.

Channel views are rolling forward and are now 10,866.

The total video views are at 137,810. Not too far away from 150k now :)

Now for that something special.

Whilst I’ve been on youtube, I’ve always shared my videos with my friends list. On rare occasions I’ve shared someone elses video, If I thought there was something really special about it. I’m going to give you the link to someone’s youtube channel.

The channel is run by the mother of a 12 year old girl that likes to sing. Go and have a listen, and remember that this girl is only 13. An astonishing voice, and masses of potential. Is this a future star in the making? I think so. She doesn’t have a lot of subscribers at the moment. I’m glad to say I’m one of them. I’m sure she’s going to end up with thousands in no time at all.

Here’s the link to her channel:

Amazing singer

Coming next. Another Original song from me :).

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Video 8. Babylon

Friday, March 6th, 2009

My next attempt was at a David Gray song. Bablyon was a number 5 hit in the UK for David in 2000. One of several good songs by him. This is one of his songs that I have sung on karaoke on numerous occasions, so the video was a breeze to make. All I had to do was just play the backing and sing. I didn’t need to practice it. I knew it quite well already.

Check out the results of my effort below.

Me singing Babylon by David Gray

So I was laready up to eight videos, and my viewing figures and subscibers were steadily climbing.

So the next task was quite simple really. More videos. lol. :)

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