The Middle - Jimmy Eat World (stripped cover ft. Morgan James) | stories

A stripped-down cover of Jimmy Eat World's "The Middle" by stories and Morgan James.
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CREDITS
Vocals: Morgan James
Guitar: Ryan Lerman
Guitar: Molly Miller
Executive Producer: Seth Kaplan
Recording Engineer: Justin Glasco
Mixing/Mastering: Justin Glasco
DP: Dijon Herron
Editor: Adam Kritzberg
Produced By Ryan Lerman
Recorded Live at Scary Pockets HQ in Highland Park, CA
#Stories #AcousticCover #themiddle #morganjames

[@kane804]

The different energy you find trapped within songs we've all heard 1,000 times is amazing. Thanks, stories.

[@WRCStudio]

Especially with impeccable dictation so you can understand the words!

[@Viddarius]

Same feeling

[@Justin_McElhannon]

Well said.

[@darrylking8577]

amazing how much more meaning these arrangements seem to give to the lyrics. It's like I have never heard this song 30,000x. Fantastic

[@chuckparkinson7470]

A great, turn up the car radio song, flipped over to reveal the heart and love and support at its core. Just beautiful.

[@candlelightkiller]

a rollercoaster of emotions... the best cover of this song ever... stunningly beautiful

[@ignignokt4u2]

This arrangement is so exposed, there's just nowhere to hide. Performances like this really showcase a musician's talent. And these three showed that they have plenty of it. Simply beautiful.

[@ryangregohara]

All of us dads of young daughters smile with a tear to this.

[@RNCInd]

I have been watching and amazed watching Morgan since 2014. I keep thing that this song is my favorite but the her come one more. This one is out standing it show off the pure soft talent.

[@blujaeproductions]

You haven’t lived until you’ve experienced Morgan James live. She is truly a powerhouse. Well done.

[@char1225]

This song is so meaningful to me and you have captured exactly how it feels for me. I hope that makes sense. I will be coming back to this video for years! Thank you!

[@WonderVis97]

I used to listen to this song when I felt down when I was a kid. It’s been fifteen years or something and suddenly you did this and now I’m crying.

[@tbaker2344]

i bought this Jimmy Eat World album a couple weeks before 9/11. They pulled it and re-released it under a different name because the original title was "Bleed American." Was in NYC in July 2001 thanks to String Cheese Incident tour bringing me to Central Park, spent the next day getting hammered off a jug of Carlo Rossi in Battery Park with some tour friends, Twin Towers in the background. We were so innocent and careless, started college a month later. Then, everything changed. I loved this album then and I love hearing such an amazing cover now, at 40. It always brings me back to those final days of The Old World when I was just a kid and life hadn't happened yet. Beautiful cover.

[@chipsterb4946]

I bought it earlier and never knew the title had been changed.

[@goodbread1379]

Was really hoping you guys would get Morgan on here, excellent rendition of this song!! The feels 😌

[@RPRosen-ki2fk]

I'm a HUGE fan of both of these ladies, but I NEVER imagined them EVER performing together. It's gonna take some time for me to recover from seeing this, and I'm ... just fine with that.

[@iansampson2477]

When I saw it was Morgan I could not get to KZbin quick enough. Then we had Molly as well what a bonus. Great stuff. G'day from Australia.

[@tobytobias4011]

Love your work people! God bless you all for your sound reverberates with my soul time and time again. Thank you 🙏❤️

[@TheLovelika]

My respect to Jimmy Eat World but i never heard the original song. For me this is a situation like Johnny Cash and NIN ~ the cover got to me first and i am so emotional every time i lisen to the cover. i am crying. this is so beautyfull. thank you

[@mr.vanwinters]

I didn‘t know this song at all. Heard this cover and then the original. The original is great, but this is a DAMN MASTERPIECE❗️❗️❗️

[@eddiefoxjohnson2807]

I love this song, brings back so many memories. Your cover feels so fresh but familiar at the same time, thanks for this one 👍

[@ShervinSaffari]

I'm so grateful 🙏 you guys started posting videos again regularly. your covers are the best, listening to them sooths my souls.

[@wyattschutte]

Ryan's reaction to Molly echoing Morgan's melody at 1:01.

[@VOByRobbins]

superb!!!!! Love the intimate guitar work too-- wow, sooo good, Morgan's interpretation and performance is fantastic, thank you Stories, keep up the amazing work!

[@stagleap07]

Like River she always elevates these beautiful heartfelt songs. I love Morgan James the musician.

[@btjguitarman]

Man both you guys and Audrey Assad with the sad The Middle covers. I love it

[@mikecito1717]

Add a little slide/fiddle/mandolin and that's a nice country song. I had no idea the words to that song were so good. Stories, awesome as usual.

[@adams565]

Mercy. Always enjoyed this song and appreciated it. With this delivery and 20 years later it lands in an entirely different way.

[@gervasiochiazzo882]

Such a lovely surprise! Love MJ!

[@TreXDeXter]

Wow... this is literally my favorite version of the song..

[@NevoAlmighty]

Just beautiful. Really, it's a great song regardless and this rendition took all the good parts that I love. Thank you!

[@danniguinn8992]

Damn. This hits so much differently. Beautiful and really moving.

[@debbachebachir]

OOOOh! Morgan James, the voice from above!

[@rixtervidz]

I just remembered the first time I've seen Morgan James was with Postmodern Jukebox's version of All About The Bass...still one of my favorite covers from them.

[@RPRosen-ki2fk]

That was a remarkable performance, not only was it my VERY FIRST run in with MJ, but also first discovery of Hailey Reinhardt, Casey Abrams, and Ariana Savalas. No wonder I LOVE ... KZbin sooo much.

[@rixtervidz]

@@RPRosen-ki2fk That was gold! Will always be one of my favorites

[@jeralgrant]

My first kid was born this year, a beautiful baby girl. This song hit me in a whole different way. I know one day other kids are going to be mean to her, and I'm going to play her this song. Such an incredible rendition.

[@notahotshot]

Your version of, "this hits different", hits different.

[@tcomshere]

Now I know the lyrics half joke aside, never cease to impress with Stories

[@chipsterb4946]

The arrangement is fantastic - really brings the lyrics up front. Morgan James is … well she is. But let’s give a shout out to the sound engineer(s?) once again. The recording and mix simply could not be better.

[@PewterPicsandThePewterPen]

oh wow - this is one of my most favourite songs when the darkness is pressing down on me and this cover takes ot to the next level. thank you for this - it's a gift ❤

[@Nikoo033]

Superb performance from Morgan 🥰. For those who don’t know the other guitar player is Molly Miller, and although not showing her full potential here, she’s ace too 👏🏼

[@Ainennke]

Beautiful. This channel and all who contribute to it are truly a blessing.

[@endlesswaltz9051]

Chills run up and down my shoulders and arms…memories have a flooded my head…thank you for this…”everything will alright”…🙏🏼

[@allemander]

Everything is definitely already alright; you helped make sure of it. For that, I say thank you. 🙏🏼

[@LaylahniJade]

I needed to hear this song sung in this way today

[@tomcarrey_]

Yes ! perfect combo = Molly + Morgan + Ryan 🌞

[@debmurray2734]

I hardly recognized the song ... And I mean that in the most complimentary way. ❤️

[@Tony-jm3pd]

Everything she sings is gold.

[@tinarobinson4710]

Her voice is beautiful. This may just be my favorite cover of this song. ❤

[@dudacovett2601]

Morgan James in Stories? Awesome! I couldn't imagine seeing you together. I love it.

[@LifeofPrinceandAkila]

This is what nostalgia sounds like..❤

[@shopkins11]

A cover SO much better than the original, a true rarity.

[@MiB4]

Gorgeous song. Gorgeous singer. Gorgeous music. This was beautiful.

[@spectrumlife5651]

WoW listening to this, touched my heart strings, WoW, exactly what i needed to hear , thank you for your creativity & that beautiful voice Morgan James thank you. Ryan beautiful arrangement... Bravo...💛💋

[@jeffs.1999]

Wow. Great cover, once again! THANK YOU for introducing the world to such a talented collaborative of wonderful performers, in a way that brings the performance right into our living rooms. A wonderful time to be a fan . A powerful time to be an artist! Jeff. BC Canada.

[@dionoliveira4058]

Beautiful, sung with a depth wisdom bestows, love it.

[@nataliahoffsteter868]

Best version ever !

[@itsjussjerry]

Thank you, Stories, for bringing back the beauty of acoustic music. KZbin music got lost in all the highly edited covers with mediocre videos.

[@bigtone667]

Great variations on the chords

[@David_Thompson]

Really lovely - thank you!

[@jimpowers3272]

This is just soooooo good.

[@rowegardner9673]

We need more Molly Miller! She plays with the blood 🤌

[@Quietsatori]

Thank you this is a gift

[@neilarchibald7224]

Beautiful, thank you.

[@ArtinSinger]

Wonderful version 👏🙏❤️

[@AYoutubechannel1448]

Cool

[@mizrhappy]

Incredible!!!

[@womanbei]

How the frick do y'all find these grooves? I'm here for it and glad you are on the same timeline. ❤️

[@KnightsWithoutATable]

Really good cover. Perfect performance and engineering. It also really hit home tonight with all of the shit I have have gone through in the last year. Also, I think her voice should be used in more pieces with the sound she has. It is really full for piano dynamics and has no airiness or poor enunciation. She is an great singer!

[@johnventura1637]

Her voice is amazing

[@smallville6109]

Gänsehaut pur !

[@Crocker-Goodwin]

I've been listening to this one song on loop for the last hour. Can anyone recommend any other songs that have been "stripped" like this? I'm finding them very cathartic.

[@giannecarlob3937]

It's interesting how arrangement can just shift the meaning of the song. I feel from the original, to be yourself and do your best comes from a place of anger while this version comes from a place of sympathy/empathy.

[@Fatone85]

Beautiful

[@jeffs.1999]

Power trio !

[@Keskinyigit]

Just wow 👌

[@MaleInMarchMusic]

Morgan❤️❤️❤️

[@davidelwell4705]

morgan james the best

[@adittiapurnama2618]

NICE!!!

[@rafadesignercristao]

Morgaaaaaaaaaaaan Goddess!

[@ProdDiem]

Beautiful ...

[@stagleap07]

Damn that Morgan bring the tears from an old codger..

[@LightsOnTrees]

Belle and Sebastian - We Rule the School... would be sooooooooooooo good...

[@vVFlatEartherVv]

wow

[@chadishawky]

Is this song played in standard tuning? If not, which one? Thx

[@surfacingcom]

No idea why MJ isn't a household name.

[@vavoo4971]

In our household, she is

[@itsthecatyo]

Her name is forbidden in our household because my wife understands that she is my one hallpass.

[@senorbe]

More Morgan James, please

[@StyleRecordGroupcom]

BEAUTIFUL XXXXX

[@sabinoramirez2600]

molly miller is too smooth

[@j.j.p.5475]

Mum: Do you know now what perfection is, honey? Little Girl: (Five minutes after this song) ....uhmmmm, Morgan James?

[@Abuamina001]

Charming.

[@lessamuelson]

mixed perfectly. so many others the instruments are too loud. Great job on this one.

[@ArnaudCunha]

❤

[@dr.s.]

Amazing vocal performance. Not Morgans best but still really amazing. I bet even her worst is far above average. And thanks for not having the piano of doom in this one.

[@rogjackson]

She's tapped into the meaning here I think.

[@christopherdurham1999]

Man, I managed to miss the singer's name, and didn't recognize the song title, so I almost didn't listen to this.

[@bowie6264]

swoon

[@AntarAcosta]

IS THAT TAYLOR'S MOM?

[@michaelmuller9461]

Erster

[@Malacay2k11]

Be like @Staiy

[@bigsarge2085]

Beautiful

[@jfarlandutube]

Beautiful