Fireflies - Owl City - Electric Guitar Cover
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- Опубліковано 6 бер 2021
- Fireflies - Owl City - Electric Guitar Cover
This is my electric guitar cover of the song 'Fireflies' by Owl City
This riff was way harder than I tought it would be, but sounds cool on guitar I think!
Thank you Mateus Asato for the inspiration
Feel free to comment on what you think:)
// JJ Tejlgaard
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Lyrics:
You would not believe your eyes
If ten million fireflies
Lit up the world as I fell asleep
'Cause they fill the open air
And leave teardrops everywhere
You'd think me rude but I would just stand and stare
I'd like to make myself believe that planet earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs
From ten thousand lightning bugs
As they tried to teach me how to dance
A foxtrot above my head
A sock hop beneath my bed
A disco ball is just hanging by a thread (thread, thread)
I'd like to make myself believe that planet earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep)
Leave my door open just a crack
Please take me away from here
'Cause I feel like such an insomniac
Please take me away from here
Why do I tire of counting sheep?
Please take me away from here
When I'm far too tired to fall asleep
To ten million fireflies
I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes
I got misty eyes as they said farewell (they said farewell)
But I'll know where several are
If my dreams get real bizarre
'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar (jar, jar, jar)
I'd like to make myself believe that planet earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep)
I'd like to make myself believe that planet earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep)
That tone combined with that intro is too strong for this world ...
hes too strong to be left alive
The world was not ready
No cap
Gave me chills! I've ALWAYS loved the opening riff to the song but never really liked the vocals... this is exactly what I needed!
He plays amazing but he really has his tone dialed in
Let us rejoice, for the algorithm has brought us yet another gem.
Cheers to that
Yessir!!
Yepp
yep
Praise the algorithm gods
Yo bro, I'm a life long metal head that's had a really quiet love affair with some old pieces of pop music, and lemme tell you. You covered this with everything in mind, this is truly a masterpiece. Where ever you are now man, I wish you the best in your future projects, and hope the quality keeps going forth. This is pure magic to my ears man, you really outdid yourself. I wish I had this to play at my wedding back in 2011, because I would have played right along with it brother!!
rock on you too ma man. im a life long metal head aswell, but jens bought me into some pop music. but the intro and the tone hes has in this one. sheeeeeesh
This has to be one of the COOLEST FREAKING COVERS I have had the opportunity of letting my senses be overtaken by. 💚
This may just have 35k views right now .. but everyone who saw it knows that this is worth more than 100million views
1billion yes
I will come back after 1 year. If it isn't over a million than this world is broken.
Trillion
111k a week later!
170k two weeks later. There's hope, friend
So sick bro. You made the flies in my room go to fire!
Thanks bro!
@@JensJulius can you play Castle on a Hill? This last one was amazing
Are u guys related?
@@rishibadwaik1423 Probably brothers (since they call each other that way :P)
*catch on fire
this is by far the best cover of this song that I've seen
I agree. I checked out a bunch of other covers of this song, and this is def the best one.
Best cover of all time 😊
Clayton Kings is the best and cleanest
Mateus Asato's cover is better.
Look up the banjo version
1:25 anybody else get chills?
Yes absolutely.
The most in a while
I keep repeating it
YES
100%
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Love me like there's no tomorrow emotional.. please
Pls perform ellie guolding -close to me in ur next video
Rhcp- snow
could you do sign of the times harry styles on electric
The wine the beer and the whiskey
Man, that guitar didn't have the slightest idea what sort of magic was gonna perform
I can feel his originality and the combination of Mateus Asato ringing out so good🔥
This is the coolest, best cover of Fireflies I've ever heard next to the original. I can't explain in words just how amazing this cover is, it's the feeling it gives me. Amazing job!!!
Playing chops aside, that guitar tone is incredible.
Amazing tone, indeed. This cover alone made me decide to learn this song. Any tips for the pedal chain?
Are those EMGs?
I imagine myself playing it in front of school and everyone is like "wooah"
Same lol
See i do too, only difference is nerves throw off my playing
Same here🤣🤣🤣💔
That’s not how it works sorry
@@dannymusquiz1203 Clearly 🤦♂️
Dang dude!!!! Keep up the great tunes and talent!! I have watched your videos about one thousand times each. Such a breath of fresh air when watching these.
This is beautiful! Amazing job, 'Fireflies' is one of my fav songs...👌
Thank you so much...this reminds me of a friend that passed away during our college days. He used to annoy me listening to this song 24x7 but now it brings me fond memories everytime I hear this tune
I feel this quite the same homie. Music, pictures, UA-cam is the closes we will ever get to a time machine dont ever forget that I know that now.
U broke my heart bro
Much Love!
Only in the beginning and I'm already hooked
I literally heard the first beginning notes and couldn't stop listening from there
Same here 😀
That was the best Fireflies cover I've ever seen!!! Awesome 👌!! Very well done 👏!!
Oddly enough I can remember the first time I heard this song on the radio. I had to pull over and look it up. Just ran across this video a few weeks ago and have probably watched it 50 times. Awesome playing and awesome sound. Thanks for sharing.
this song has so many memories behind it and you did fantastic playing it 🤟🏼🎸🔥🖤
True!
Thanks a lot!
i know this song is memed on hard but this is actually pretty fire
When it's played like this, and without lyrics, it's almost tolerable. The actual song is the softest piece of shit I've ever heard.
@@joeaardvark9214 oh c'mon , it's a cute song..
@@robsonaugusto1002 Cringe.
I remember one time in college when I was over at a friend's for a party - it was already a bit into the night and we were all well into being drunk and dancing around. When this song came on in the playlist, the level of pure joy and excitement was indescribable. Good memories :)
It's also a banger
@@joeaardvark9214 and that's exactly why you can't be an Owl City fan
Dude, I've just one thing to say, I would never want you to stop playing!!! The music and the feel was out of the world!!! Great work!!!
For me this is the best cover on your channel. I literally come back daily. Love your work.
A young Liam Neeson on the guitar. No talking, all action.
he has a very particular set of skills
I could totally kick Liam Neeson's ass - Peter Griffin
I love watching musicians get lost in the music. It's so clear that you're having fun with this song and just letting it flow. Plus, the song brings me back to my angsty young adult years which, despite how it sounds, is actually quite fun!
Really love this cover! Your guitar style and ornamentations are so good and fun to see/hear.
This is easily my favorite part of UA-cam. People expressing themselves. Rocking out dude. Great video
This is absolutely incredible man. Perfect amount of jazz scale in your playing as well. You should honestly have millions of subscribers.
I've never seen another guitar cover that makes me want to practice more and quit altogether at the same time 😂😅. Fantastic cover🙌
I like you're doing not only covers but also put your creativity mark on them trough improvising and filling in between the notes.
Bro...What did I just watch?.......this was out of this world....like this isn't just some kid sitting at home playing guitar. The guitar is playin you bro. It's like you're not even trying. 10/10 x 1,000,000
That's some pro guiter player.. You got the vibe!!
i just started to play before a while.. i wish to play like this
time to practice :D
You are awesome!
I forgot to thank you. I learned to play this a couple of months ago and I improved so much along the way, just to play this song the exact way you do. This video radically improved my guitar playing in so many ways. So thank you, really!
How long did it take you to learn?
Great mixing work, brother. Really beautiful, and you made it your own. Lovely.
It looks like you are having a blast playing this! Such an amazing cover, sounds so good.
OH MY GOSH. Chills ran over me like waves about 10 seconds in and from there I couldn’t contain my emotion. Well played brother, that was a nice wonderful gut punch from the ether
instant chills 🖤 gotta thank youtube for recommending this awesomeness
😍 I missed this song so much, I was literally addicted to it when I was younger, thank you for doing this song 🤗
It's cool to see how it seems pleasant for you to cover this :)
Nice play !
All this song needs is the occasional "please hold, your call is very important to us".
XD
I wouldn't be upset waiting for a call if this was the hold music.
This is Epic and Beautiful at the same time
Thank you for your great electric guitar cover dear Jens Julius. Good Job and Performance !!!
This is incredible. Great production on top of the shredding.
This man puts the fire in fireflies
I have watched this god knows how many times and I will always love this
Such a beautiful tone! ❤ Killing it with the harmonics too! 🔥
This is instantly one of my favorite versions to listen to - fantastic!
I looooove it and I loooove you JJ! This is my favorite! Thank you for playing this one! Love lots from Philippines 😊😊😊💕
Thank you!🙏
@@JensJulius 😊
You're amazing, man. You should have your own line of guitars, amps, everything. God bless.
Awesome interpretation of this song! Would love to hear more like this in your style
This is awesome. I did’t expect that melody to be playable in a guitar.
99% of melodies are playable on guitar.
Can you play Stevie Wonder’s Superstitious on guitar? Is that one of the 1%?
Most melodies are actually playable on guitar due to the fretboard system and six strings
@@rossbrigolimusicmost definitely. As long as you’re not playing chords with too many notes being spaced out by too wide of intervals yes. Also you can only go so many 100s of bpms.
For example, rush E has too many notes and not enough strings strings played by not enough fingers to be played on a single guitar, and additionally I’m not sure even the best players could do it in time if it were spaced between 2 or 3 guitars.
@@dave7922 rush E was technically not meant for humans
You know what kinda sucks to think about... if he had put this cover up when this song came out, this channel would have several million subs by now. It would have exploded. He definitely deserves 10x the subs he currently has
wow this is sick, honestly didnt expect! this song sounds so good on electric guitar too
your style wears active pickups really well. Expecially for the fast alternate picking.
Great cover man. Dope Licks and Great Originality while still keeping the song fully intact.
Love this song! Great job!
Thanks!
Can't get enough of this. It's better than the original imo. The intonation is just fantastic!
The intro of the song has always been my favourite. Hats off to you!
This is incredible and it's also pleasant to hear and it's uplifting it's all the good things in a package.
That is a stunning guitar. It looks like an ornamental piece of furniture or something, it's freaking beautiful
that’s ESP for you. they’re nuts.
That was soooooo good and it sounded so fun!😁 Keep on rocking!😎🎸 Have a good day and stay safe.🙂
Thanks a lot!
And you too!
Simppp😩😩😩
Such a great rendition so beautifully done
Bro, this gave me chills. You’re killing it.
Rainy day outside ... Listening to this... The Sun comes out 🙏🙏
Man i started youtube channel as a guitarist by watching your videos and got inspired. Thanks man. Wish i could colab. Anyway so awesome as always!
omg this is joy to my ears! ❤ my soul is happy to hear this! :)
woow.. just wow. i loved the song so much when it was released and it reminds me of a beautiful time. amazing guitar skillz
My favourite part was the bit where he just played like a legend and didn’t say a word.
That was EPIC!!! You rock!
🙏🎸
Damn! Owl City and electric guitar, two things that I really love in one video. Congrats dude, this is awesome!!
It takes a lot for me to actually press the like button on a video... This made me press the like button. Major props man. If you released this on Spotify I would listen.
1st view and like!! Liked even before watching, knew it was gonna be rocking ....You are awesome, Sir!! ✌✌✌👏👏👏👏👏
I'm getting major anime opening/closing credits lol. Love this so much 👏👏👏
The original song is really well done , especially if you consider how most songs are, that are popular. You did a very tasteful cover. Very melodic, just the right amount of virtuosity sprinkled in every now and then. I'm glad to see it has so many views.
This song popped up on my infinite playlist today. Thought I’d l👀k around for some covers. Found this. Abso-f’ing-lutely amazing!
Dude's trying to hide his smile in the intro cause he knows how sick this is. Mad props!
He probably started practicing when this was in the charts - worth it though ;)
Dude I love how you patently play the guitar! you did so great keep Rocking!
Intro blowed my mind... just incredible.. you are insane dude, every note took me to different planet
I couldnt figure how he played that on piano in the first place. This is great
Niceeeee
Ilo en ve alaw😂
Dude awesome guitar and awesome song. That's crazy you played that cool keyboard riff on the guitar. I always liked this song.
This is absolutely insane. So good. So perfect.
3th night in a row here rn 😂 i really love this cover! Will the tabs be available soon?
So cool!
Yes in the weekend I will have them ready!
@@JensJulius when will you release the tabs?
@@ttv-ray-1775 the tab got delayed but I will upload them asap:)
@@ttv-ray-1775 omg theyre here
Can you play "happiest year" would be beautiful with you playing🎸🤘🏻
Wow the cover I didn't know I wanted to hear. Good job man!
what a gift. By that, I mean both your talent and this video to the world.
Mann!❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥 Love it❤️
Thank you!
Weird question but, what chair are you sitting on Jens? :O
Wow! This was super awesome. Great cover, dude.
This is so sick, love your music bro! So skilled!
The intro to this is probably harder than cliffs of dover
I dont know whether this is a serious comment or not
@@joshuacorriea7322 give me your opinion. Seems quite difficult
I know it's a joke but it seems you've never tried to play Cliffs of Dover😂😂. Eric Johnson goes all over the fretboard. Try it and see for yourself 🤯
Terrible natural wonder
the intro to cliffs of dover, no way. But the chorus... its a tough one.
can you do "It Ain't me"
Soo good man I've listened to it about 8 times this morning.
Bro, I need this in my playlist now! Great cover!
Yehey next Cover BvB - Scarlet Cross Please
Good news! YT algorithm brought me here and i think we both like that! :D
This is one of my favourite Cover from You!!! I love how You play it, with sould and heart - keep it up and be a lot better!!! Thank You sooo much!!!
Does anyone else get goosebumps when they hear certain music?? This was one of those times. Love it man, keep it up!!!
I still Love it!