My Immortal by David Hodges - Evanescence | Musicnotes Song Spotlight

[@jocromero]

Amazing! David Hodges will always have a special place in our hearts in all true Evanescence fans.

[@SoMelancholy]

So true!

[@davidjr.495]

Always!

[@hesh.hesh.2051]

Yaasss!

[@brendanmalin]

Love David so much

[@magicslave3066]

@@brendanmalin i love him so much i want to hug him and squeeze him till hes blue and out of breath

[@recklessandstupid7650]

This man should have been more famous. His talent for singing and songwriting is unmatched.

[@GottaLookInwardToSeeOutward]

Ben then amy then david

[@carpediemearth]

He's an incredibly pedestrian songwriter. There's a reason he primarily works with pop stars

[@BackyardWrestlingFai]

​@carpediemearth I'm not sure what you mean by pedestrian. All I know is his bands Trading Yesterday and Arrows to Athens have depth, melody, and beautiful lyrics.

[@PaulWBruce]

David Hodges is probably the greatest songwriter of all time. I think his Trading Yesterday albums, are some of the best-written albums of all time.

[@basakgonultass]

You are so right. I am very happy to find people listening to Trading Yesterday. I think we owe David Hodges a debt of gratitude for writing these excellent songs.

[@PaulWBruce]

@@basakgonultass Absolutely! True beauty never fades. It's a tragedy they don't make more music together, but glad they at least have some legacy.

[@GottaLookInwardToSeeOutward]

One of

[@GottaLookInwardToSeeOutward]

Ben then amy then david

[@carpediemearth]

😂 He's not even a great songwriter, much less one of the greats in any era or in pop. He's an incredibly pedestrian, run of the mill pop formula writer, and it's no surprise he primarily works with pop stars. There are hundreds of far better, far more skilled, far more musical, far more talented songwriters just in pop alone, thousands across other genres. That comment is just sad, ignorant and laughable 😂

[@AssafEdri]

He's so talented... he did some amazing stuff in the past decade... "For You Only" wow!

[@ruben1million]

Always beautiful to hear from the original creators of their beautiful music and their thoughts behind it. Evanescence: Amy Lee - Ben Moody - David Hodges

[@SYREN_AmusementMedia]

Each one of them has their own version of my immortal and it is beautiful each one of it ❤

[@carpediemearth]

David didn't write on My Immortal, only Ben and Amy. Also, David was never a real member and only worked as a studio contributor for a couple years. Amy and Ben founded Evanescence in 1995 and were already writing their music, while David worked with them 5 years later essentially in the capacity of a session musician; he primarily did programming and a bit of co-writing, while Amy and Ben were always the main writers/composers. David was let go 2 years later and he himself said he grew tired of Amy and Ben's moody sound, and wanted to do other things like country and pop.

[@GottaLookInwardToSeeOutward]

Ben then amy then david

[@kayleighhales7925]

Fun Fact: David Hodges dated Kelly Clarkson. He broke her heart and she wrote some freaking awesome boy-bashing songs about him, including Never Again and Behind These Hazel Eyes.

[@overkast6841]

And he also wrote one back called "just a little girl"

[@magicslave3066]

Ooh sweet

[@magicslave3066]

If that fine ass broke my heart he would end up injured

[@SebastianRodriguez-xn6lh]

Lol i didnz know this, he wrote a song for breakaway

[@Pkferni]

With Ben moody Haha

[@TheEarthRealm]

It's a real shame that he doesn't still have the same magical voice that he did on songs like 'Anywhere' and 'Where Will You Go' from the _Origin_ demo album he references. 😌

[@haroong.c8906]

Thank you David - Ben - Amy for this masterpiece ❤️🤘🏻. Evanescence for ever.

[@GottaLookInwardToSeeOutward]

Ben then amy then david

[@Thundenfury]

Genius. His work in Trading Yesterday is just so underrated. Pure masterpiece

[@malice206]

i have always been a huge fan of David´s voice from one or two songs he sang with Evanescence and listening to this after 15 years feels like meeting an old friend years after - everybody and everything has changed but there is still this thing we have in common. Literallly made me almost cry. This version is just speechless. Hope David would sing more Evanescence stuff in his style.

[@GottaLookInwardToSeeOutward]

This is Ben’s song

[@malice206]

@@GottaLookInwardToSeeOutward When did I say it is David's song?

[@Pabloamasifuenmusic]

Dude, this is amazing. Fun fact: Wind-Up records singed Evanescence after Diana Meltzer heard that recording David is talking about back in 2000.

[@SmudgeFish]

Pablo Morrison we all did! It was on Origin, and (against the bands wishes) strings (not by David Campbell like the rest of the album) were dubbed in and it was on the final album. Instead of the band version. So fucked up, the labels control there.

[@AhsanKhan-eo8dv]

Pablo Morrison there's an even older version of my immortal.

[@carpediemearth]

@@SmudgeFish Yeah Amy talked about hating the demo version they originally recorded as it had a low quality fake piano, they used her demo vocals as a teen, and she didn't like that the strings weren't David Campbell's arrangement. The label wanted that demo version for the album. She said she prefers the single version used in the music video

[@GottaLookInwardToSeeOutward]

So once again ben is proven responsible for getting ev signed since this is HIS song he wrote when he was 14

[@carpediemearth]

Wrong. Diana Meltzer when asked what made her want to sign Evanescence: "Amy had a tremendous voice. Her voice, the band's gothic sound and the lyrics were nothing less than amazing"

[@VelvetLips]

AWESOME! Hope to hear you and Amy singing together again

[@JohnWayne-vf5bs]

Have you the from evanescence song bleed

[@AstralToneworx]

So great to finally see the man himself in action. Amazing.

[@johnpalermo4466]

I usually prefer the sound of female voices in song HOWEVER David understands song as well as his own voice and what it is and is not capable of doing. Loved this 💯

[@tihanaslezak7686]

I would like this a thousand times, over and over again. I am so in love with his interpretation, just magical.

[@davidhodges8636]

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[@waynefilkins8394]

It's really cool hearing you talking about those days. I was given the Fallen CD as a gift when I was in Australia in early 2004 and it really impacted my life at that time. I later found out (way later like this year) that they were recording that album in california around the same time I went there for bootcamp, then they did a show in Australia around the same time that I was deployed there. I have been a huge fan of Ben's work since those days, and probably 6 or 7 years ago I started hearing the older songs with you on vocals and that was some real powerful stuff. It's quite clear that when the 3 of you were together, that's when the most talent was involved and I really wish labels didn't get so involved back then and the 3 of you would have gone on to be Evanescence. I don't know all the history but I just feel like the music was way better back then and I still listen to the older stuff on youtube often.

[@carpediemearth]

😂 😂 David had virtually nothing to do with Amy and Ben's sound. He was never a real member (much less an original member) and only worked as a studio contributor for a couple years. Amy and Ben founded Evanescence in 1995 when they were 14/15 and were already writing their music, including My Immortal which the two co-composed, and the rock and gothic-tinged songs. David worked with them 5 years later essentially in the capacity of a session musician, and he primarily did programming and a bit of co-writing on music Amy and Ben had already written; Amy and Ben were the main writers/composers. David and them had a very different approach and sound, and David himself said he grew tired of Amy and Ben's moody sound and wanted to do other things like country and pop. David is a pop and country guy, he did not belong in Evanescence. Ben himself realize this and fired him before the band released Fallen.

[@dianemcallistertarot]

One excellent musician

[@DarkPrinceEV]

Love you man. you'll always have your own place between all the original and current members for me. what a gentleman and such a great talent.

[@davidhodges8636]

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[@carpediemearth]

LOL He was never a real member (much less an original member) and only worked as a studio contributor for a couple years. Amy and Ben are the only original members; the two founded Evanescence in 1995 when they were 14/15 and were already writing their music, including My Immortal which the two co-composed; David worked with them 5 years later essentially in the capacity of a session musician, and he primarily did programming and a bit of co-writing, while Amy and Ben were the main writers/composers. David and them had a very different approach and sound, and David himself said he grew tired of Amy and Ben's moody sound and wanted to do other things like country and pop. David is a pop and country guy, he did not belong in Evanescence. Ben himself realize this and fired him before the band released Fallen.

[@DarkPrinceEV]

@@carpediemearth First of all, i have no idea what's with laughing emoji! You're not one of those Evfans since 1992, are you? 😂 also it's not really important for me if you call him 'real' or 'main' or whatever member. You yourself are saying he's written music in Ev and programmed. Some of keyboards on early songs are by him. Some backing vocals on Origin and other demos are by him. He was in studio on Fallen's final recording. There are credits for him on multiple Ev songs. His name mentioned as a member on Ev's wiki. There are band photos of early Evanescence days with him standing next to Amy and Ben. And even if all these are not enough and official enough for you, he shared the Grammys with the band and received it on the stage with them! 🤣 So I think all these are enough to call him a past 'member'. If his influences and work in Ev isn't more than members like John and Rocky, it's not certainly any less. I posted that comment 4 years ago and all I wanted to say was that i respect him for not being a total jerk after leaving the band. just that.

[@carpediemearth]

@@DarkPrinceEV I didn't say he isn't credited, I said he wasn't really a real member as he was just a studio contributor Ben hired on impulse and was billed as part of Ev because he was there at the time; anyone else being a studio contributor then too would've been billed as part of Ev. He lasted a couple years before Ben fired him precisely because he realized David had no business being part of Ev as he didn't at all fit Amy and him (as Ev) musically, sonically, or in anything else. Ben: "We were just going in different directions so we chose to split ways before we built the whole image of the band based on somebody that wasn't going to be there". Also, Amy and Ben had already written Ev music since they co-founded Ev in 1995. David had nothing to do with their music before. David is a pop and country guy, he had no rock or or metal or gothic or choral contributors. Unlike David who did some keyboard programming and co-writing on several Fallen songs, John and Rocky were just touring musicians hired after Fallen was completed and had nothing to do with Fallen. Your standards are quite low that you "respect" a man for NOT acting like a jerk after leaving a band. That's like the most bare minimum.

[@DarkPrinceEV]

@@carpediemearth I am not denying the incredible role of first Amy, and then Ben on early days of Ev at all and I am not comparing what they did and the level of importance to David! but whatever you say, and however you look at it, he was a 'member' of the band. not just a sound engineer or studio staff! He's considered a band member on any wiki page and fan page. He's been on band's early photoshoots. He sang, played and engineered on multiple songs on Fallen, Origin and other demos. He got the grammys with the band on stage which makes him a 100% official member. Btw, take a look at the link i'll put at the end of this message. It's the middle page of Origin's booklet! I'm not saying he was as important as Amy or ben in those early days, but I think your standards are quiet low, to consider such person just a studio guy and recording staff! and I forever consider him a way better and well mannered and more useful member in studio compared to people like John and Rocky. the link: imgur.com/l4gtzGA

[@JuanCruz-vv7fz]

A mí me gustan mucho sus composiciones y sus interpretaciones, siempre hace música de verdad.

[@jervynneleigh]

Been looking for videos about Trading yesterday couldn’t find it. Glad I bumped into this. You are just so talented David.

[@RogerM88]

Miss the old Evanescence with Ben Moody and David Hodges

[@pelgervampireduck]

there is no more evanescence, it's sad, but it became "amy lee and her covers band".

[@RogerM88]

@@pelgervampireduck try to say that to some fanatic in denial mode. Thankfully we got "She Past Away" and "Lebanon Hanover".

[@carpediemearth]

😂😂 David was never a real member. Amy and Ben created Evanescence in 1995 and were already writing their music, while David worked with them 5 years later essentially in the capacity of a session musician, an he primarily did programming and a bit of co-writing, while Amy and Ben were the main writers/composers. The two stated this themselves. David was only there for a couple years; he grew tired of Amy and Ben's moody sound and he wanted to do other things like country and pop. Ben fired him because he realized David did not gel with their sound. Also, Ben is a mediocre guitarist, even Shaun Morgan called him mediocre. Fallen was musically monotone. The Open Door is musically and dynamically far above Fallen, and Evanescene continued growing and evolving since with musicians far more talented and versatile than mediocre Ben. Synthesis and the orchestral-rock live tour was an excellent project, and The Bitter Truth is a great album. While Ben wanted to do the same thing over and over, left Evanescence and went to work with pop stars. Also, Ben himself: "Amy is very artistic and never has had a problem thinking outside of the box and defying expectations" ... "Amy is much more creative than I am, I'll be the first to admit it. I am a bit more commercial minded, I guess. ... she is more educated musically, and she wanted to explore that. I wanted to do that, but keep in the confines of what I knew people expected from Evanescence. I think in my immaturity at the time, I did that in just a way-too-controlling manner - it was like my way or the highway."

[@jimhodges8039]

Nicely done! Bravo! And yes, You've got something there

[@midtwilightblue]

I really hope to see you two collaborate again!

[@davidhodges8636]

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[@геннадийяковенко-ц6т]

As to me, this guy is more and more talented than main singer(just a strong voice) and especially that dude Ben. "Shattered" proved this to me.

[@FutileGrief]

Ahhhh thank you David for sharing more stories to the Ev mythology

[@rayanequinzel2385]

Nostalgia ❤️ beautiful voice and he's so cute my goodness 😍

[@chelseafn104]

Perfect! Loved it!!

[@jill-brittkrattli5964]

Would love to hear you live one day 😍😍 You are my idol for so many years now

[@davidhodges8636]

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[@SYREN_AmusementMedia]

The fact that all 3 of them has their own version of My Immortal now. ♥️

[@ERSorrow]

Beautiful! You can also listen to the older music of this artist from Trading Yesterday and The Age of Information albums.

[@basakgonultass]

Love you Trading Yesterday, David Hodges.You wrote and sang songs that are much more real and more beautiful than the songs that are popular these days and that only contain swearing, sexuality and drugs. I wish you would sing Trading Yesterday songs again

[@imperfectmyst]

AMAZING!

[@matiascicchini2867]

For me the best formation was amy , Ben, David. Evanescence b4 fallen was *Magic*. I love Amy lee voice but I can say I really like 3-4 song post fallen, the atmosphere never was the same... The simple, and not overproduce music, make Evanescence one of the best gothic rock of all the time.. If you ask me now evanescence new album has a magical voice with trash music. Amy don't wanna go back to origins songs because those songs mean the past of her and she doesn't wanna go back and she tell us she don't like It and we only want it because we don't have it... But the true is the teenagers band stole our heart forever... I mean after all this years Amy change their formation group a lot, just maybe she can have a high ego... Ben had mental problems but he gave her all the song permitions for free soooo we today can listen a good music not just for the increible voice for Amy, Ben, David help a lot for it Im sorry for my bad english

[@tzakman8697]

we want shattered

[@HoangDo_m]

Kelly Clarkson's My December is about him

[@IsaacEvRock]

Love David

[@maxmustardman298]

dude, go record that origin demo album - i'd be a killer

[@melanielejos4946]

Are you also the one who wrote october by evanescence

[@Ekaterina_15387]

what a couple would be...

[@davidhodges8636]

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[@TBM_studios_]

Respect. \m/

[@detoxholmes565]

his voice reminds me of the opening of The Perks of Being a Flower

[@jacnoto1175]

Alguien que hable Español?, o soy el único?.

[@lauraconeo7662]

Tres

[@lauraconeo7662]

Yo

[@faseexpresiones8312]

Que hermoso

[@91clarie]

David was so crucial for Evanescence I wonder how the band be would be today if he never left. At some point it was just Amy.

[@carpediemearth]

😂 David wasn't important to Evanescence at all. Amy and Ben founded Ev and wrote the music. David is just a studio contributor who came in 5 years later for a couple years, doing some programming and a bit of co-writing. He has virtually little to do with Amy and Ben's sound, which he himself said he grew tired of as it was too moody and he wanted to something something else in pop and country. David didn't belong in Ev at all

[@ferlanlebrado5000]

Damn David's album Passengers is killer

[@akkanne136]

EXTRAÑO A ARROWS TO ATHENS :(

[@davidhodges8636]

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[@ilovestraykidstoo4563]

Creí que era la única :(

[@deniseg812]

love it

[@DisneyAriel]

Why do *arrows to athens* gone🥺💔

[@ilovestraykidstoo4563]

😭💔

[@Ashley-GritoHELPmesmo]

nossa como ele tá lindo.

[@nanarts]

This version kicks the ass of the oficial one David should be more famous

[@carpediemearth]

Why is he lying and omitting facts? 😂 0:30 It was the station Amy's dad worked at that they all recorded that demo version of My Immortal (which Ben and Amy had already co-composed years before David was hired, when the two were 15 and 14), and Amy had to sneak them in there at night in order to use the studio there.

[@12ca]

I can barely believe it is the same song

[@Mila-xm9yf]

Mejor dejárselo a Amy Lee

[@leosurname6993]

Shut

[@nanarts]

Better shut up Mila