{"id":20780,"date":"2014-03-20T09:03:43","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T17:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=20780"},"modified":"2014-03-20T09:20:11","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T17:20:11","slug":"watch-dale-earnhardt-jr-jr-perform-unplugged-and-unadorned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2014-03\/watch-dale-earnhardt-jr-jr-perform-unplugged-and-unadorned\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Perform Unplugged and Unadorned"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We’ve been earnestly impressed for quite some time<\/a> by the phenomenal Detroit duo Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Jr.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 With their Beatles-<\/strong> and Beach Boys-<\/strong>isms and inventiveness, their songs are an entire cut above the standard pop rabble currently on display.\u00a0 And these bright boys always bring the sugared-noise live in particular.\u00a0 We had, however, grown weary of the amount of added vocal\/effects tracks used by the band live, all of which contributed to a canned-set sense.\u00a0 Don’t get us wrong: we understand the economics inherent in touring these days (what up-and-coming band can afford to tour with more than its core members?) and the need for the synthesized assist.\u00a0 Still, you don’t want your audience having to always guess what is real and what is just plain Vanilli<\/strong>.\u00a0 Do ya?<\/p>\n

Yet beyond all these added tracks and effects, we knew that these were seriously-talented lads so we recently went looking for unplugged performances sans effects, and were justly rewarded as you’ll see below.\u00a0 Our hope is that DEJJ<\/strong> will become so (deservedly) successful that they can hire background singers and add instrumentalists and organically take over the pop world’s concert stage.\u00a0 Wouldn’t that be nice?<\/p>\n

Check out some their superb unplugged performances below, starting with their sublime cover of Brian Wilson’s God Only Knows<\/em><\/strong> and move on from there.\u00a0 The simplified (though not completely without additions) version of hit single If You Didn’t See Me, Then You Weren’t On the Dance Floor<\/strong><\/em> is dramatically improved by subtraction.\u00a0 And the reality riches don’t stop.\u00a0 While you’re at it, go over and buy their outstanding recent album The Speed Of Things<\/strong><\/em> HERE<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 For more samples and additional immersion into the DJEE<\/strong> world, go HERE<\/strong><\/a> and listen to a great mix of studio tracks and mixes.<\/p>\n