Phoebe Bridgers - Black Boys On Mopeds (Sinéad O'connor Cover)

Phoebe Bridgers covering Sinéad O'connor song "Black Boys On Mopeds" for KEXP live youtube session on Tuesday, 4. 8. 2020.
Original video: • Phoebe Bridgers (Live ...

[@ivanterrible7362]

Nice. I gonna be numb from the news of Sinèad's passing, but I'm glad to see her influence in the current generation of strong female musicians.

[@mattyctill]

Heartbreaking. She was a real one.

[@RamseyMcV]

Beautiful rendition. Sinead is a deeply caring and empathetic person. It's in the Irish DNA to fight for noble causes.

[@oliveriosteinn]

Im Icelandic and proud to be of Irish heritage. We are mostly of Norwegian / Irish heritage. Im dark haired with blue eyes.

[@ericpark8784]

@@oliveriosteinn Viking abduction of British/Irish women…

[@oliveriosteinn]

Right. Sad event for them but probably saved us (Iceland) from being too inbred.

[@paulduffy4585]

​@@oliveriosteinn Irish kings were selling conquered people into slavery too.

[@paulduffy4585]

Sinead and Bjork were buddies when they were both young mothers living in London.

[@sarabalenzano8649]

i love how phoebe can make any song sound like her own. she’s so damn talented

[@Juan041194]

that's because she always uses the same chords XD and same tuning

[@jamesshields6721]

Really nice to see Phoebe covered this, with gentle grace (Sinead is untouchable), I always heard the influence, but didn't know till just now she had covered this. RIP to the great Sinead O'Connor, up there with her own hero, Bob Marley, a rare league she dwells in with him

[@danieldoherty8101]

RIP Colin Roache, this song is over thirty years old, and nothing has changed, government's everywhere continue to kill minorities, with little or no accountability, this world is going to destroy itself because it has no moral conscience

[@3imaginaryboys1972]

These are dangerous days now she's gone 😢

[@lindanel7413]

She was the ultimate, empathetic protest songwriter.. R.I.P Ms O'Connor 🙏

[@mattyctill]

God bless you Sinèad. You love your boy, and that's why you're leaving." 💔 beautiful interpretation by phoebe bridgers

[@joyegreg]

Oh god, I hadn't connected that lyric with her departing us until you pointed it out. And it was right there. Devastating.

[@jeffn.2659]

I had never heard of this singer until now. I am blown away...she is wonderful! And Sinead O'Connor is REALLY Hard to cover...and she did it beautifully!

[@jkmnopgmail]

My thoughts exactly: you need to be brave (and good) to cover Sinead.

[@3imaginaryboys1972]

I will cry every time I hear sinaed now......this is beautiful phoebe 😢

[@brunofernandes3298]

I never heard of this girl before, and i'm blown away. I'm a die hard fan of Sineád's work, but Phoebe rendition gave this song a new dimension. Good job

[@jennythompson5497]

I hope Sinead heard this cover 💚

[@claudiacomyn640]

Weeping alone to this is such a st Patrick’s day 2021 mood ☘️☘️

[@dougms67]

Sublime. Rest in the peace you so dearly deserved. Your spirit will live on here through all those who were moved by your music.

[@mochos76]

A dream: an album of O'Connor's covers by Phoebe ❤

[@CossRooper]

I have listened to this maybe 30 times today alone. tearjerker. thank you

[@kingoshango8318]

Thanks for just singing this song. I love Sinead O'Connor .

[@leosmith479]

rest in peace sinéad

[@michelleobrien9791]

I've just read your words in Rolling Stone about Sinead. Well said. I love Sinead and I love your rendition of this song. ❤

[@michelleobrien6996]

The words and their meaning is really clear when you sing this. (It probably helps that I've listened to an interview in which Sinead O'Connor explains the meaning behind the song)

[@cynthiapaschen]

This is stunning.

[@prestatynblue]

Beautiful, Phoebe ✌️

[@chrisgleason1344]

with all the bullshit going on in the world, especially in my own USA, what a timely discovery of this gorgeous rendition. Thank You.

[@sincrodestin]

ugh queen

[@erlindaolsson]

Good job Phoebe, your on the right track girl!😊

[@fudgepump6566]

Gods work

[@Colinchaplin07]

🖤🖤🖤

[@theeighthmoon8991]

Phoebes love for Sinead with this cover and the boygenius cover really is beautiful

[@leowong7694]

Life saving

[@Nuno-g4i]

I'm crying now

[@Ohwell58]

Really enjoyed this cover thnx

[@gle062]

omg.. this came on after original by Sinead.. when Phoebe started singing.. wow.. fantastic cover.

[@billwhite5905]

Love your sound!

[@toddpaul2228]

Well done.

[@bluecalix]

It's lovely to see Sinead's power have an influence on young women.

[@brandonanthony5693]

Great cover!!! :)

[@toughsoft321]

Phoebe most definitely has the Midas touch with every cover! She smoothed out the strident tone of the original.

[@samniacat]

It was supposed to sound strident. Sinead has a Black child.

[@toughsoft321]

Sinead doesn't have a black child according to her bio.

[@ktothebbc]

Agree that the strident tone of the original was the point! Phoebe’s cover is solid, and I give her full marks for bringing it to a new audience, but I think even she’d agree that Sinead’s is the definitive version.

[@kelleyhestir4613]

She just killed any passion inherent in Sinead’s song. Singing on key is a low bar and that’s all Phoebe has. Boring, zero dynamics, just yuck.

[@toughsoft321]

I am glad we have different opinions. I prefer covers that bring a different take. What's the value of a duplicate? I think Phoebe's rendition is quite soulful. Btw, I think the original is amazing which is not always the case. 😊

[@jbcolory7450]

nice cover

[@murraymarshawn2175]

That's taking on the king(Queen) - well.

[@hotwidow]

love this cover. anyone know what chords those are?

[@gavinmcisaac5106]

i believe phoebe's guitar is usually tuned to open A, but pretty sure the original chords are just D, A, G with a capo on the fourth fret

[@hotwidow]

ah i suspected it might have been a tuning thing! thanks so much :)

[@tomsucksatpiano]

phoebe uses a baritone guitar tuned to open A, if you wanna aproximate it with a regular guitar, you should tune to DADF#AD, as those are the same intervals as the open A tuning she uses, just up a 4th. so it's kind of like you have phoebe's guitar with a capo on the 5th fret the chord voicings in that tuning are very flexible and revolve around letting the higher strings ring out as chord extensions/drones, so for example your diatonic chords would be: I = 000000 ii = 22x100 or 222000 or 222100 iii = 33x200 etc IV = 550500 or 555000 or even something like 555555 if you want that sound for some reason V = 770700 etc etc very simple for making pretty chords with, hope this helps someone!! edit: i should mention the open strings of this tuning literally just make a big major chord, which makes it very easy to play in that key, but very impractical to play in any other key. like how in standard tuning it's easier to play in certain keys than others, this is exactly like that but exaggerated!

[@medes5597]

Phoebe did you throw out all your clothes except for the skeleton costume?

[@onefootsteve5919]

Designers have discovered Phoebe. They'll be throwing tour clothes at her. Or, perhaps even more likely, she'll sign an exclusive deal with a designer.

[@johnmilton2077]

voice and guitar are excellent, but the sound quality of the recording is terrible - is it the microphone? sounds very tinny and almost distorted, not warm at all :( too bad, I bet this could be fantastic

[@nicholasofficial4141]

This needs a mashup with Dead Boys by Sam Fender

[@justdefacts]

Pleasant but can't match the timbre of Sinead.

[@charlottejones8903]

Not even close .. good try tho

[@user-sv2ql3mz9k]

No feeling in the way she sings it.

[@communistmole]

not bad, but you're no Sinéad O'Connor

[@denvathecat]

No thanks.

[@stevestevenson9409]

Phoebe Bridgers - no emotion or conviction on your cover. I get the vibe, but you know it’s a rote cover. Flame me - Sinead’d kick your ass.

[@al_cjp]

I'm not sure she'd have kicked the ass of someone who was respectfully covering her music. it's not a competition.

[@kelleyhestir4613]

Good, like any high schooler with a voice. Flat affect, boring, zero dynamic delivery. Fans, I dare anyone who disagrees, listen to and watch Sinead o’Conner before you commit. This person is a complete amateur on this cover and will never be as good as Sinead who did Mandika at 19 years old. Standards have fallen.

[@JRBobPrepster]

Why such a hater? Jeez, if everyone ascribed to your attitude, this would be a bleak, nasty existence. She took a stab at a song by one of the greatest vocal talents of the past 40 years. The song here is the gem. One can appreciate and laud Sinead for the talent she has and not denigrate those who obviously appreciate her enough to play her music.

[@frankalbin8547]

So don’t listen.

[@onefootsteve5919]

Why are you here? Seems to me you're trolling.

[@RaleighASMR]

I prefer Phoebe's

[@alanna8983]

Phoebe, for sure, you are no Sineade O'Connor.

[@fraincs]

never pretended to be.

[@trishloughman5998]

There will never be another Sinead, but I applaud this young artist, bringing Sinead's music to a new audience.

[@mookslat]

It's okay. Sinead's has way more feeling. And that is the way with a lot of Phoebe's covers. Prine and Tom Waits covers she does are just okay. I was a fan of hers early on but she became boring. Even when she smashed her guitar on SNL, seemed premeditated and awkward. And also boring.