First day of my life Bright eyes cover ,
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- Probably rushed this one a bit ,but my wife thinks i'm wrapping presents ! Requested by loads of people .
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How the hell did TH-cam know I needed this...
You and me both, John. (I'm assuming this is John) DFTBA
same :,)
make a vid about great yt recos!!! DFTBA
+ DFTBA, everyone
@@samrusoff DFTBA, Sam :)
a warm blanket for my soul
SIMONE! fancy seeing you here! youtube is a small world
Love this comment
If Leonard Cohen did a rendition of bright eyes. This is how it would sound.
I see what you're saying, but I disagree. Frank is in a league of his own.
Thank you. Thank you. 🥲 I’m in my 70s and moved out of a senior community into a modest place all mine. All mine. No community meals, no bus trips. Just my pup and I on my back porch watching the sun rise and set. This actually IS the first day of my new life. 🥰
Hey, it's just a new page. Sometimes it takes nearly a lifetime between pages and sometimes only seconds. I hope you're doin' well, still listening and learning.
@@matthleep930I really like this quote ❤
Listening to this makes me feel better.
Chills. Beautiful, as always.
My ex boyfriend showed me this song. Been thinking about him a lot today, about how I’d never maybe feel the same level of comfort or happiness with anyone else in the near future. And then I see this!!! it’s almost like closure I didn’t ask for, that all good things sometimes have to come to an end but the good in those times still stick! Like this song, and the endless memoriesssss. And sometimes that’s all there is to it. :)
Beautiful
My ex boyfriend showed me this song too! He was my introduction to bright eyes. So I totally understand your comment. It gets better. ☺️
Wow your comment hurts, but is also heartwarming :')
Same! Thank you for sharing that. It makes me feel better. At least in this moment.
The most perfect comment. I feel you!
Oh Frank. This just made my morning so much better.
Yes, this is the cover I really didn't know I needed. What a delight.
I just found out my wife is pregnant with our first baby after 6 years of trying. This is exactly what I needed. When I look at the baby and s/he looks at me for the first time I’ll be thinking, “Yours was the first face that I saw, and I think I was blind before I met you.” I’ve already cried the happiest tears 4 times tonight, and you’ve caused me to cry for a fifth time. From the bottom of my heart, thank you!
Congrats, David!
Oh this is amazing! Congratulations!!
Thanks and good luck.
Congratulations, David and Wife! I'm sure you two will be terrific parents.
Congrats! Hope everything goes smoothly for both of you.
A have a long past with this song. I have heard this an uncountable amount of times during the lowest points of my life. I'm in a much better place now and hearing this again after all this time makes me realize how much I've overcome. This song used to hit me in a very depressive way, but now it really makes me happy. Thank you so much for sharing your cover.
I actually didn’t like this song the first time I heard it (cause it was with that Avicii song I didn’t like till later either) but it’s meant so many things at so many different times. It blows me away when someone I’ve never met can speak to my soul like that.
Same
Same
Same
For some reason this saved my week💖
What’s your set up Frank? (Microphone, etc) It’s all so crystal clear and intimate. The people in my Bright Eyes group on Facebook are losing their mind over this cover. Nicely done as always
I bought a Mackie studio bundle.
@@FrankWatkinson so is the audio we hear coming through an interface or direct from you and your acoustic?
@@tracycarpenter2253 I record vocal and guitar in one go with the Mackie mini studio ,then drop it into garage band where i can raise volume and add stereo effect etc...
Normally I cry when I hear this song. This time I cried aLOT
agreed.
You're a gem, Frank
He really is.
Love how he makes the songs his rather than trying to do an impersonation. A real artist.
I couldn't impersonate even if i tried
@@FrankWatkinson God man I literally love you
I know I'll be singing this same song in 50 years, I can only hope I'll sound as good.
Just failed a math test two hours ago. I'm a senior in HS and I was very upset. This is the only thing that calmed me down.
I’m a senior in HS as well. It’s rough this year for me too but we can only do our best. The world is unforgiving but we don’t have to be unforgiving to ourselves.
I'm the mom of a senior, and this year is the worst I've seen them work through. The future will wait on you. We are proud of your work. It's getting back up after failure that shows strength.
Get off of TH-cam and start studying, you dunce.
@@stanknugget stfu
@@rosalin7747 Never, you prick.
"Probably rushed this one a bit ,but my wife thinks i'm wrapping presents"
Hahah
lol.
Please cover “savior complex” by phoebe bridgers
Any phoebe would be awesome !!
I second this
Please!!
Funeral would be a much easier song. Savior Complex while beautiful is exactly that. Complex.
111 likes but ill like it anyway
Incredible voice.
So precious & soothing.
Raspy & warm.
Absolutely beautiful.
Anyone else find themself smiling while watching this video? I love it.
My wife is laughing!
Yes, I smiled with the intro and laughed when he began singing. 🤗✌🏽❤️
This is my favourite song, and such a beautiful cover.
I'm 28 weeks pregnant, and playing this song for my baby. He can hear it, and is kicking. I think he's a fan of you as well :')
Whoever gave this a thumbs down has no soul.
This song took mine
Not sure how I feel about that
It had to have been a mistake.
It's probably his wife who thought he was wrapping presents :)
still has to be the best thumbs up to thumbs down ratio i've ever seen
This was my wedding song in 2010. Beautiful song, beautiful rendition; nicely done. Meeting my wife was like a thunderbolt, just like in the moves. Truly it was the first day of my life.
You have healed that wound in me.
"But my wife thinks I’m wrapping presents" LMAO I love it
The grandpop we all need 💞🥺
I’m convinced that bright eyes actually covered this guy instead.
My husband and I sang this at our first open mic night together when we hadn't even started dating yet. Going on 7 years now and this made me really happy. Keep doing what you're doing. ❤
That was good 👍 brought back memories. 👌
Please do "I'll be your mirror"
I miss my grandfather, tank you very much c:
Bright eyes makes things better
Thank you for existing.
Don't worry Frank. It's perfect, not rushed!
I love to watch your videos. They give me chills.
I wish you a merry christmas!
See you in your next video :)
would be pretty rad if we went over this fine man's home, set him up with an in home recording studio and made him a spotify channel. get legality stuff straightened out and have him make an album of covers and then another of his own stuff.
My misses wouldn't like it lol.
@@FrankWatkinson tell her I'd do all dishes and any other house hold chores, domestic or handyman, to make it right.
literally my favourite song covered by one of my favourite singers!
who says your life is over when you retire
What makes this even better, is that an older man made this song “cooler”
this man could literally make me cry at any moment, the music is so moving and beautiful. i wish it could last forever
This is vibes. Pure, untouched vibes man. Same purity of a baby being born and the parents looking it with unending joy and love.
I'm the biggest Connor Oberst fan ever but dude, this is better than the original. It almost feels like he wrote it for you to sing. Thank you! 🖤
Your singing brings so much peace to my heart. Its been a long time since ive found myself smiling and with tears in my eyes. Thank you for sharing your talent with us. Greetings from Ecuador. Merry Christmas!!
my best friend didn’t say happy birthday to me, it’s my eighteenth. he was the only person i wanted to hear from today. listening to this is exactly what i needed. 💛
Oh my gosh, this is my favorite song!! This was the best way to wake up! What a great surprise!! Thank you!
a fairy is born every time someone watches this
...oh my god bless this man. Instead of shunning new music he’s sees the similarities between ours and his generations, which inspired our music.
Wonderful comment!
Whoever you sang this song for loves you just as much❤️
Frank, today is 23, but i will wish an amazing christimas day. Maybe i wont be on internet, but i hope could enjoy in the best way you can. A big hug of your brazilian's fan.
p.s: you have some oasis song's cover?
will be brilhiant with your touch, i think.
I’m a Bright Eyes fan, and this was absolutely excellent… you really made it your own, not an easy thing to do. 👏🏻👌🏻
Lyrics
This is the first day of my life
Swear I was born right in the doorway
I went out in the rain, suddenly everything changed
They're spreading blankets on the beach
Yours was the first face that I saw
I think I was blind before I met you
And I don't know where I am, I don't know where I've been
But I know where I want to go
And so I thought I'd let you know
Yeah, these things take forever, I especially am slow
But I realized that I need you
And I wondered if I could come home
Remember the time you drove all night
Just to meet me in the morning?
And I thought it was strange, you said everything changed
You felt as if you'd just woke up
And you said
"This is the first day of my life
I'm glad I didn't die before I met you
But now I don't care, I could go anywhere with you
And I'd probably be happy"
So if you wanna be with me
With these things there's no telling
We just have to wait and see
But I'd rather be working for a paycheck
Than waiting to win the lottery, ah-ha, mm-hmm
Besides, maybe this time is different
I mean, I really think you like me
Songwriter: Conor Oberst
This was a really important song to me when I was depressed and 16 years old in 2005... thank you. I also can’t help but think of Steven universe and the peridot arc. “I went out in the rain and then suddenly everything changed...” hits different.
I was really stressed at work...this has calmed me down
Killing it and if this is the first day of you life you need a refund or do-over! Lol Im kidding love the cover you absolutely killed it bud!
I would love to see you cover Crywank - GB Eating GB Whilst Listening To GB
Also superb covers, lots of love!
why cant paul mccartney do something like this?
I'd love to hear you cover Good Riddance (time of your life) by Green Day.
Can you please do “between the bars” by elliott smith? I don’t care for most covers of him, or really most covers at all, but I believe you can knock it out of the park
Edit: thanks to the folks who showed me the link where he already did, and to Frank, thanks for beating me to it! Sorry, I’m a new fan!
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he has already
He already did that one!
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@@betw33nthebars Thanks.
Thanks y’all, I’ve edited my comment to thank Frank too!
One of my favorite songs and you somehow made it better! Bravo!
This...young ones...is why we say the voice needs to sound like the melody has worn into it like old leather. Absolute perfection. Leonard Cohen and Johnny Nash would nod in approval
I’m not crying, you’re crying
This made my night feel comfortable, thank you
Frank I take it you are an oberst fan, I would love to hear a perfect sonnet
Your voice suits bright eyes’s songs a lot! it’s so warm I feel so much at peace thankyou so much have a lovely day everyday
Just perfect! Thank you.
I cried listening to this, thank you.
this is my favorite song. thank you so much
Piercing voice but a warm coat of kindness. Frank, you magnificent man
Okay, I am officially going down the Frank Watkinson TH-cam rabbit hole now.
Dear Frank, thanks for this lovely, real feeling u can transfer through our artifical screens. Lots of love from Germany. :)
I would love u to sing "There is a light that never goes out" by The Smiths someday.
this is amazing frank making me cry u rock
Frank I think you know when I have a bad day, your voice has a unique way of making me rest
Love this man. Good bless you 🙏
Ouch my heart. This is my and my husband’s song and it was so sweet to hear this version.
Hi Frank, what chords are you playing here? Made me cry!
I can't remember exactly but i got them here tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/bright-eyes/first-day-of-my-life-chords-154240
you got me playing guitar again old man. love your style and voice.
Might be the first time I've heard Frank do a cover that's happier than the original! Haha. Great work Frank :)
LOL!
My wife hears me playing this and says, what a wonderful song to wake up too today. Thank you for this cover.
Im not crying, you are.
Frank, this is magic. You’re such a treasure.
Great song to wake up to :)
ele parece ser tão solitário.. 💙
im crying this is so sweet😕🤍
Whoever downvoted this are MONSTERS
Very authentic, great cover have a new sub.
Thanks for the sub!
the 15 dislikes are from the people on the 2'nd day of their life
This has been one of my favorite songs for a couple years, glad I found this thank you so much
Would you sing this at my wedding?
I have never sang anywhere!
Beautiful, Frank.
Whom doesn't like this song and this version? Must be completely frustrated in love... 🙄
wow! i find myself back at your channel once more. your singing is amazing ❤️🙏
I wouldn't normally be a violent person, but the 6 people who disliked this shouldn't answer any knocks to their doors in the next 48 hours!!!
This is so good
I think I spend the last couple of hours going through your songs. I love what you are doing with the songs I love and to be honest your originals are at least as good as the covers. I will buy you a pint as soon as times are a little easier because the comfort I got from your songs is a gift that makes this year ok I guess. Thank you Frank.
i can’t, i just love this song so much, now i love it even more🥺❤️
I miss Bright Eyes Jason Mraz John Mayer early 2000s music era. When music was music...
You're amazing, and I can't wait to show you to everyone I know
Really sweet🤗
Love love love
This version broke my heart and brought me to tears
I have goosebumps, this songs reminds me such a lot...love from Italy 🇮🇹💘