COVER Challenge Week 12!! - Anyone can win 50% of the Post Reward in HP!! Just ask for a song!!

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Hello everybody on HIVE, and especially the Music Community. My name is Jasper and I'm writing (and singing) to you from Cape Town, South Africa!

I am into the 12th week of this challenging series of posts I have set myself for Thursdays! BUT I Need your Help to keep going please!

This is the challenge I'm setting myself every Thursday: I ask for cover song requests on the MUSIC community, and then pick a favourite song to learn and post a live video of me attempting it. The person who asked for the winning song then gets 50% of the post rewards in HP! If I pick a second song, that person gets 20% of the post rewards in HP as well!

This week's winner is @clairemobey who asked me to demonstrate how I would tackle "Working Class Hero".

This is a fantastic song that was written by John Lennon (of the Beatles) after he went solo in 1970. Here is the original:

About 10-15 years ago I remember that Green Day released a very powerful video with their cover of "Working Class Hero" that also showed footage of survivors of the conflicts in Sudan telling their story. I believe this is the version that Claire is familiar with:

Well done @clairemobey - you will receive 50% of this post rewards in HP!

NOW READER, perhaps next week is your turn? Please give me some suggestions of cover songs you would like me to try next week, and maybe you'll be the winner next time!

See you Next Week! Ask for a song if you've read this far!

Speaking of @clairemobey. She is a good friend of mine here in Cape Town, South Africa. She is a fantastic singer and songwriter. She is the person I perform in public with as a collaborative duo called MobeyDick (we sing original songs written by both of us). Unfortunately, Claire doesn't have a decent guitar of her own, and this gets in the way of practising and writing new songs! In better news, we have found a competition that a local music shop is running where a beautiful guitar is the prize. Entrants had to come and sing original songs at the shop, and the video with the most views wins! We're off to a great start but we would love it if you could click on the link below to add your view (you don't need a Facebook account to view it):

https://www.facebook.com/clairemobeymusic/videos/527834912716871

Lyrics for "Working Class Hero" by John Lennon / Green Day

As soon as you're born, they make you feel small
By giving you no time instead of it all
'Til the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be
They hurt you at home and they hit you at school
They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool
'Til you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be
When they've tortured and scared you for 20 odd years
Then they expect you to pick a career
When you can't really function, you're so full of fear
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be
Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV
And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be
There's room at the top they are telling you still
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
If you want to be like the folks on the hill
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be
If you want to be a hero, well, just follow me
If you want to be a hero, well, just follow me

Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: John Lennon
Working Class Hero lyrics © Lenono Music


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Hello, I love your way of transmitting so many feelings with each song.

I would love to hear Sting's "Shape of my heart" in your voice.

Cuddles. 🥰✨

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Hi @jasperdick!
It is great to listen to you :)
¿What about something for Christmas?

Look at this gorgeous cover by Emilia Clarke!

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@eugelys we were totally considering it!! I think we've run out of time though. The last gig and the competition took a big whack out of us. So looking forward to the new year, all the new gigs and new music we have planned!

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Oh dear... Well there's always next Christmas to do it together!

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well, at least we have an idea of a song choice now. We can do it properly next year!

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@clairemobey - Whoops I seem to have made a mistake when adding you as a beneficiary! Sorry! We will work it out in 7 days?

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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 It's payback for when I fudged up beneficiaries the other day. Dude. It's not like you haven't given me enough neh 😊😊😉😉🤗🤗

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Ask for a song if you've read this far!

"Do you remember" .... By Phil Collins

I know you will do a great cover with that lovely voice of yours 🙈💞

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Like that style. Great voice! Keep it up and can't wait to hear more from you!

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Great choice @clairemobey *two thumbs up!

And you, J! Nicely done, my friend *claps

!PIMP

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Right? It's a beautiful song AND I'm supposed to be learning how to play it. ❤️

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YAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! I'M A WEENA WENA! but seriously. I'm coming back to this as a guide to learn from ❤️

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Hi @clairemobey! As I mentioned, something went wrong with adding you as a direct beneficiary of this post, so please see proof of a transfer of 23.4 HIVE instead. It is up to you if you want to "Power Up" them to HP, or do something else like convert them to HBD. (I would go HP personally, at least until the HIVE price recovers one day - hopefully!)

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Got it! Thanks @jasperdick! I've messed it up a few times when delegating to you 🙈thanks so much!

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LOL! @zakludick is going to give you such a speech about the difference between "delegating" and "transferring" / "making a beneficiary of"...

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Oh God help me 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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