Comments on: You Are My Sunshine in E Minor

You Are My Sunshine in E Minor

Sreiny — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:29:30 -0800

The song people always play to their darlin'. Those verses though, so heartbreaking. Once I started singing this song and thought about the lyrics, I wondered why people are always so happy when they're singing it. A man who's been left by his lady, he wakes from his dreams thinking she's there, and just hangs his head and cries. Oof. I played this with my friend Lauren from New Orleans, we are Scott & Lauren.

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:52:36 -0800

One of those great ironies of old-timey and bluegrass and other such tunes. Simple major key arrangements, gut-wrenching stories. I love some of Ralph Stanley's stuff for that.

I recorded a really straight, major-key take earlier this year. It's weird how this song just walks that damn line so perfectly; the weirdness of people singing the cleaned up version to their kids is just a circumstantial bonus.

By: danb

danb — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:44:18 -0800

Very nice. I love making minor-key renditions of major-key songs.

By: Ira.metafilter

Ira.metafilter — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:50:38 -0800

Thanks - like it a lot! After having listened to cortex's version in major (also great!), I'm wondering how it would sound verses minor, chorus major - or at least parts minor, parts major. Maybe I'll play around with that this weekend :)

By: delmoi

delmoi — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:24:58 -0800

Oh, that's fucking awesome.

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:16:44 -0800

Wow this sounds great.

By: FunkyHelix

FunkyHelix — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:08:13 -0800

I just stumbled over this and really adored it.

By: Fizz

Fizz — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:29:20 -0800

You have a very Colin Meloy [aka The Decemberists] sound, cheers.