Review: Odi Acoustic

So one day I was bored on Youtube looking at acoustic covers of my favorite songs, to listen and to and maybe learn a couple new ones, when i stumbled upon internet gold!  Odi, a 23 year old covering acoustically all of my favorite Blink 182 and Angels and Airwaves songs.  From that point forward I couldn't listen to their songs without thinking about the endless possibilities of their acoustic counterparts.

The first song I listened from Odi was "Dysentary Gary" by Blink, which is a basically a "romantic comdey" song.  The song is a fast paced punk ballad with Tom's [Delonge] high pitched ecstatic vocals. The song jumps from serious heartbreak to almost a comedy feel. There's lyrics ranging from "I would like to find him friday night, hanging out with mom, trying on his father tights" followed directly by a more serious toned line, "Life just sucks, I lost the one, there's plenty more, girls are such a drag." If you've ever heard the original song its hard to imagine a acoustic version of this song that wouldn't sound so "forced" but Odi found the perfect combination of Blinks sound with his own style of playing. Odi's version is what you would expect from any acoustic song, an organic toned down sound with soft soothing vocals.  Even the "toliet" humor of the original has a sort of "elegant" and "proper" sound to them.

Odi has done successfully what many have tried and failed, making cover songs better than the originals.  A couple of example are "fighting the gravity", "snake charmer" and "MH 4.18.2011" all by blink. In all 3 examples he makes a mediocre song into a great song, (usually when I listen to Blink's Neighborhoods I skip those songs).  Odi's acoustic style blends so well with the basic structure and lyrics of both Tom and Mark's [Hoppus] songs. Its not only Odi's guitar playing and his musical interpretation that makes his songs so musically appealing, but he also has a great voice that lends so well to his songs.

Again I think this review is gonna be pretty biased because it blends two of my favorite things, acoustic covers and Blink-182/AVA.  Odi makes great covers, but he's not only just a "cover" artist he has a full length cd entitled "time is a stranger" which is available on itunes. After hearing most of his covers, I decided to purchase it and I really enjoyed his own work as well. Anyways in conclusion Odi has done some of the best covers i've seen from any artist covering anyone.The only complain I have is that, every time I listen to one of his covers it makes me realize how not good I am at guitar and how much more practice i need and how envious I am of him haha. Its a pleasure listening to his covers and music, I wish him the best of luck!

Overall: 9.5/10

-luz