Tuesday’s Tune – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros “Home”

For the last two months I’ve made my home in the shittiest place I’ve ever rested my head for any significant amount of time. The crazy part is that I can afford to live just about anywhere I want, but have instead decided to stick it out in this desolate dump so I could be near the woman I fell in love with. I once said I’d live in a tent in Detroit during the winter for love, but I was probably exaggerating quite a bit with that statement. I’d need at least a minivan to crash in.

Those of you that know me well are probably aware I’m a total softie when it comes to sappy music. I exert tears with some of the cheesiest stuff ever. For some reason, I’m heavily moved by music. Especially country music (I know, weird). One open slide with a Stevens bar on the pedal steel guitar can make me weep in about 2 seconds flat. And because of this intense love for music, I decided to dedicate each Tuesday to a particular tune that I’ve been grooving on recently.

So, lately I’ve really been digging on this tune by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros called Home. But it’s not the original version that has moved me so much. It’s this little girl (Alexa Narvaez) and her father Jorge Narvaez’s cover of the song.

The chorus of the song goes…

Home, let me come home
Home is wherever I’m with you
Oh home, yes I am home
Home is when I’m alone with you.

You can see the original video by clicking here.

But it’s this cover video of Alexa and Jorge that I wanted to share with you on Tuesday’s Tune…

The first time I saw the video I choked up pretty hard. It was so cute, and had so much meaning to me.

One thing I find crazy is that the original video doesn’t even have 4,000,000 views at the time of this blog post, yet the cover song has over 16,500,000 views. Part of that reason could have something to do with the fact that they don’t allow you to embed the original video on websites. But mostly I chalk it up to a ton of talent from the father and daughter duo.

They’ve been featured on Ellen, and I recently saw them doing a Hyundai commercial. It’s nice to know they are cashing in a bit on their talents.

You can find their YouTube channel under the user name RealityChangers. Lots of entertaining covers by this talented duo.

Hope you enjoy.

Jason