NEW VIDEO: "Glad You Came" Acoustic Cover

This week's video from Boyce Avenue is a cover "Glad You Came" by The Wanted. I've heard this song on the radio a few times, and never really paid much attention to it, but whenever Boyce Avenue covers a song, I make a point to listen to it....they tend to cover songs that have great lyrics.  Turns out this one is really fun to sing along to.  I'm not sure which part of this song is a verse and which is the chorus....but there's one part where the last word in each line is the first word in the next.  Alejandro changes it up a little bit, but I still think it's cool.

Turn the lights out now
Now I'll take you by the hand
Hand you another drink
Drink it if you can
Can you spend a little time,
Time is slipping away,
Away from us so stay,
Stay with me I can make,
Make you glad you came

What a fun video this is!! This one features all three of the guys, and it also has a different feel to it with the split screens and the white and gray framing synchronized to the beat of the cajon. The upbeat tempo makes it virtually impossible not to tap your foot and bob your head along, at the very least. Like their covers of "Only Girl" and "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall" this cover makes me want to get up and dance around my living room like a nutter. :)





The guitars in this cover are ah-may-zing!! I love the effect the e-bow has on the sound of Fabian's electric guitar. The way it fades in at the beginning of the song is really cool. The electric and acoustic compliment each other beautifully. It's really a genius arrangement all the way around.

I know Daniel is happily married, but holy hells, he's sexy playin' the cajon. Alejandro is doing that thing he does where he alternates between plucking the strings and strumming. The acoustic when he's plucking the strings is so pretty (you can really hear it on headphones.)

All three of the guys really seem to be enjoying themselves in this one. Fabian's bobbing his head pretty much throughout the entire song, Daniel's smile at the :58 mark is adorable, Alejandro gives a subtle little grin several times, and if you watch closely, you can even catch him slapping the strings at the 2:05 mark. It's fun to watch them get into the song like this.

So, yeah....I think it's safe to say, I love this cover, and it will get lots of plays on my ipod.  :)

"Glad You Came" and two other new covers (Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" and Fun's "We Are Young") are available on Boyce Avenue's New Acoustic Sessions, Volume 3 on iTunes.  Click here to buy them.