Barenaked Ladies — The Bathroom Sessions
I’m a BNL fan. That’s no secret. One of the things that I enjoy about them is that they are always pushing the envelope in terms of how they interact with their fans by using the latest cool technology. The guys in BNL are Mac users, and recently Ed Robertson decided to use the iSight camera built in to his MacBook Pro to record himself singing and playing some of the cool songs that BNL does — in an “unplugged” sort of way. Where did he do it? In the bathroom of his house, hence the name “The Bathroom Sessions”. I know what you’re thinking….but he didn’t do that. I just think he liked the acoustics in there.
What I found the most amusing of this little escapade was his rendition of their classic tune Some Fantastic, which is really a duet with both Ed and Steven Page singing the lyrics. I was wondering how Ed was going to work in Steve’s part, since these were all being recorded by Ed. I think the solution was very funny and very clever.
–Pete