Royals - Lorde (Acoustic Live) - Cover by Dustin Prinz

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I love sharing my music with others. I produce videos of originals and cover songs to pay tribute to artists that I personally appreciate. I have covered artists such as: Gorillaz, Feel Good Inc. -- Lorde, Royals -- Passenger, Let Her Go -- Black Keys, Gold on the Ceiling - Mumford and Sons, Little Lion Man - Warren G, Regulate and more. I self-produce the audio and video on all my Youtube content. I play all the instruments with the exception of a few guest musicians on some of the videos . I have produced three CD's with the first entitled Learning To Love Yourself 2009 followed by Drugs 2010 and Eleven 2014. I've worked diligently to develop a unique musical style but I have to admit that I've drawn inspiration from many of my favorite musicians such as: Michael Einziger of Incubus, Bon Iver, Travis Meeks of Days Of The New, Jason Mraz , John Mayer, Tommy Emmanuel, Rodrigo y Gabriella and John Gomm.

Lorde Royals ( Acoustic Live ) Performed by: Dustin Prinz

"Royals"

[Verse 1]
I've never seen a diamond in the flesh
I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies
And I'm not proud of my address,
In a torn-up town, no postcode envy

But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom
Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room,
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams.
But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece.
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash.
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair.

And we'll never be royals (royals).
It don't run in our blood,
That kind of luxe just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz.
Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.

[Verse 2]
My friends and I—we've cracked the code.
We count our dollars on the train to the party.
And everyone who knows us knows that we're fine with this,
We didn't come from money.

But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom.
Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room,
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams.
But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece.
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair

And we'll never be royals (royals).
It don't run in our blood
That kind of luxe just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz.
Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.

Ooh ooh oh
We're bigger than we ever dreamed,
And I'm in love with being queen.
Ooh ooh oh
Life is great without a care
We aren't caught up in your love affair.

And we'll never be royals (royals).
It don't run in our blood
That kind of luxe just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.

[nicholasjanveau]

I still come back to this, among many other of your covers, quite regularly. Simply amazing.

[DustinPrinz]

thanks for all the comments!!  I appreciate the support! :)

[beast]

YES! Best arrangement  I've seen so far!! You understand the essence of the song and its rhythmic and melodic roots better than anyone I've seen cover the song. And the syncopated guitar structuring is amazing!!

[iSamPatterson]

This is brilliant! The guitar literally makes me want to get up and dance to it haha!

[PatMeruseye]

Best version of this song I've heard yet.

[JawnLive]

Honestly, when I saw an acoustic version of this I was kind of hesitant. I'm definitely glad I checked this out. Amazing guitar and vocals.

[musicalequisetum]

I love how you really made it your own! A lot of covers just copy the original, but this takes the song and makes it something different, different flavor, different style and really owns that. Loved it.

[davidmcnew]

Dustin, , , I have watched and seen that your light is shining!  Thelittle star is growing so bright !!  Royals,  great story of yours!  Nice!

[andyapb]

you def have a knack for capturing the essence of a song..i like the original but loved your version

[willlowry]

jeez, man. you took a song that I would've never bothered listening to and turned it into something that I could listen to every day. Nice job, keep it up!

[arkansaswookie]

Dustin, you are a mighty mighty talented man, and may the universe reward you.
I came across your videos by chance and I'm blown away. Cheers.

[bhupp]

Dude your gonna have a big 2014. Love the cover Prinz!

[macaaronix]

How does this not have more views?? It blows the original out of the fucking water! Amazing.

[JohnHalas]

 Not sure how some videos get millions of views so fast and why this one hasn't gone viral already. Share! Hands down the best version I've heard.

[oskarneideman]

Creds from Sweden ! Amazing... just amazing ! 

[juliazolverain]

Oh my god! Your voice, this arrangement... Everything just amazing! You're very talented, keep on that. 

[Flyahead]

every time I listen you covers I enjoy them more then originals :)  

[joecarlon]

Holy shit dude, nailed it. Im really impressed with the arrangement you have come up with! Bravo.

[archinodo]

wow. my jaw dropped when you started playing the guitar. and your voice is so good! keep it up :)

[sunshinen]

I feel so just heard this cover for the first time and I just fell in love with the guitar and your voice! Keep it up. You're just amazingly talented!