{"id":2444730,"date":"2019-05-29T15:38:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T21:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=841218"},"modified":"2019-05-29T15:38:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T21:38:34","slug":"lisa-loeb-unveils-cover-of-bright-eyes-first-day-of-my-life-announces-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/lisa-loeb-unveils-cover-of-bright-eyes-first-day-of-my-life-announces-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa Loeb Unveils Cover of Bright Eyes\u2019 \u2018First Day of My Life,\u2019 Announces New Album"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lisa Loeb<\/a> may have first broken onto the scene with \u201cStay (I Missed You),\u201d the soundtrack single from Gen-X cult film Reality Bites<\/em> that made her the first unsigned artist to reach Number One on the Billboard 100. But the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter has kept herself busy the past two decades, recording gold-certified records and children\u2019s albums and guest-starring in a wide range of shows including Gossip Girl<\/em> and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver.<\/em> She\u2019s also founded both her own eyewear line and Camp Lisa Foundation,<\/a> a nonprofit that helps send underprivileged kids to summer camp.<\/p>\n

Nearly a decade ago, she performed a cover of Bright Eyes<\/a>\u2018 \u201cFirst Day of My Life\u201d at her friend\u2019s wedding and, a year later, recorded the song for their anniversary. Now, Loeb is finally sharing the studio-recorded cover with her fans. Speaking to Rolling Stone,<\/em> Loeb revealed plans for a new album, scheduled to be released later this year, and discussed what \u201cFirst Day of My Life\u201d means to her.<\/p>\n

Can you talk us through performing the song for your friend\u2019s wedding? Did the song have a special connection with the couple?
<\/span><\/strong>I was really reluctant to perform this particular song at my friends\u2019 wedding, as it\u2019s a song that really tugs at your heart, which means it\u2019s a song that might cause me to start crying or get a lump in my throat as I begin singing. I agreed to do it though, since I loved the song and my friends, and I thought it was worth the challenge and the special moment. The couple said that they always knew they would ask me to sing at their wedding from the moment they got engaged.  The groom had put the song on a mixed tape in the early stages of their relationship and every time they heard it, it made them cry.  They realized that a lot of my songs were about breakups, so they asked me to sing this song, as they really related to the lyrics and it felt more appropriate as a wedding song.  <\/span><\/p>\n

What made you decide to record the cover, and why did you wait this long to release it?
<\/span><\/strong>I recorded the cover in the studio to commemorate singing it at my friends\u2019 wedding as a very special gift to them. I\u2019ve been working on a new album, which I\u2019m excited to announce will be out later this year, and when I was going through my vast library of songs I\u2019ve recorded or written, to choose songs for the album, I came across this one and felt my fans might really appreciate this hidden gem. I\u2019ve been doing Facebook Live on a weekly basis every Wednesday, named appropriately after my song \u201cWaiting for Wednesday,\u201d and I have found that the fans really want to hear everything I\u2019m making. The studio recording of \u201cFirst Day of My Life\u201d really came out great, and I wanted to share that with them. <\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s your personal connection to Bright Eyes and to the song itself?
<\/span><\/strong>I love hearing a song that connects with so many people and is able to get a message across in a unique way.  A great love song is something I\u2019m always striving to write, and learning someone else\u2019s song is sometimes the first step to doing so. Also, I wanted to do something special for my dear friends, and this was it \u2013 singing at their wedding. <\/span><\/p>\n