COVER Request Contest Week 26! - Winner (50% Post Rewards in HP): @wizj!

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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’m still suffering from a bit of a cold going around Cape Town as the season’s change, so forgive me if I sound a bit more blocked up than usual!

I am into the 26th week of this challenging series of posts I have set myself for Thursdays! That’s about half a year already! Wow! 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 (make a comment on this post to take part by suggesting a song for me to try), and then I 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! It's as simple as that! (Well for everyone but me - who then has to learn to sing and play a new song every week! Haha!)

Again, I got some a couple of awesome requests this week! Yay! Please give me more!!

The winner this week is @wizj! He is an awesome saxophone player that shares a lot of music on Hive himself! I also don’t think he’s one of my past winner before, so it’s great to (hopefully) share some HP with him and sing him a song! He asked for the very inspiring and emotional song “Earth Song” by Michael Jackson!
Seriously, go check out the video – all the comments are about how people can’t watch it without crying, or how it’s even more relevant than ever today…

Here is the original version of the song:

Congratulations @wizj! You win 50% of this post's rewards in HP!
So, that’s Week 26 of my own Initiative on Thursdays done and dusted!

So now, for everybody else reading this, please take part! All you have to do is make a comment on this post with a suggestion for a cover song that you would like me to attempt next week. Give it a shot!!

Lyrics for "Earth Song" by Michael Jackson

What about sunrise?
What about rain?
What about all the things
That you said we were to gain?
What about killing fields?
Is there a time?
What about all the things
That you said was yours and mine?
Did you ever stop to notice
All the blood we've shed before?
Did you ever stop to notice
This crying Earth, these weeping shores?
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
What have we done to the world?
Look what we've done
What about all the peace
That you pledge your only son?
What about flowering fields?
Is there a time?
What about all the dreams
That you said was yours and mine?
Did you ever stop to notice
All the children dead from war?
Did you ever stop to notice
This crying Earth, these weeping shores?
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I used to dream
I used to glance beyond the stars
Now I don't know where we are
Although I know we've drifted far
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Hey, what about yesterday?
(What about us?)
What about the seas?
(What about us?)
The heavens are falling down
(What about us?)
I can't even breathe
(What about us?)
What about apathy?
(What about us?)
I need you
(What about us?)
What about nature's worth?
(Ooh)
It's our planet's womb
(What about us?)
What about animals?
(What about it?)
We've turned kingdoms to dust
(What about us?)
What about elephants?
(What about us?)
Have we lost their trust
(What about us?)
What about crying whales?
(What about us?)
We're ravaging the seas
(What about us?)
What about forest trails?
(Ooh)
Burnt despite our pleas
(What about us?)
What about the holy land?
(What about it?)
Torn apart by creed
(What about us?)
What about the common man?
(What about us?)
Can't we set him free
(What about us?)
What about children dying?
(What about us?)
Can't you hear them cry?
(What about us?)
Where did we go wrong?
(Ooh)
Someone tell me why
(What about us?)
What about baby boy?
(What about it?)
What about the days?
(What about us?)
What about all their joy?
(What about us?)
What about the man?
(What about us?)
What about the crying man?
(What about us?)
What about Abraham?
(What about us?)
What about death again?
(Ooh)
Do we give a damn?
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Michael Jackson
Earth Song lyrics © Mijac Music


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I love love this @jasperdick you realiy doing great with these music series you do. It's almost half a year already? Wow 🥳

Special thanks to @wizj for this beautiful song, I got reminded once again of how beautiful and meaningful the song is.

Your cover is awesome as always, keep bringing in those tunes for us 🥰

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Thanks dear @merit.ahama .

You're one ispirers here I've got. Thank you for always coming by.

Your presence and comments here often sits me on the chair of height...of course, that's the starting point.💪💪💪

Thank you dear🤝

#cheers🥂

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Haha I'm glad to know that, keep it up with what you're doing on Hive
I'm a fan!

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O yea...I've been a fan long time ago @merit.ahama

You're amazing too with your contents. They're what we mean when we say "QUALITY contents

#higher you🤝

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@merit.ahama I don't think you've won a week of this Cover Request Challenge? What song would you ask me for?

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No I haven't, would request one on your next request post
Will need to think about one of my favourites 😅

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O my goodness @jasperdick . am so glad to be the winner for this week; your own initiative on song suggestions.

In fact, am challenged now...I'll make it a task on myself to also bring the song cover here on the saxophone soonest. Though my saxophone is giving issues which am looking forward to a new one; yet, I shall drop it soon.

Thank you sir @jasperdick
Am glad I won

#cheers🥂👍

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Your voice is incredible as always @jasperdick despite the weather change and effects on you yet you did this perfectly well.

Your guitar is awesome, you progressions are wonderful.

Do more sir and I'll follow

#Kudos🤝

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@jasperdick hey man! Can you please try “deep river blues” by the Delmore Brothers/Doc Watson??
Have a listen! 👌🏼 Such a tune!!
Good luck my friend ;)
Danaidh B
Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Nice work here as always @jasperdick
Your musical skill is beyond us the upcoming.

Congrats to you bro @wizj, your tentacles is spreading very wide on hive. Weldone man

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Hola @jaspe para esta semana propongo la canción, nada mas importa de metalica.

Hi @jaspe for this week I propose the song, nothing else matters about metallica.

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Y como siempre super, super tu video de la canción ganadora en la semana 26 y también un reconocimiento para @wizj quien la propuso.

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No habia tenido la oportunidad de ver el video de Michael Jackson, impresionante, mi consuelo fue que al final nuevamente regresa el paraíso. Tu interpretación @jaspe impecable, maravillosa.

I had not had the opportunity to see the Michael Jackson video, impressive, my consolation was that at the end paradise returns again. Your interpretation @jaspe impeccable, wonderful.

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