What are you listening to right now?

[Veganite]

 

[Sax]

 

[Lou]

So last weekend I saw a Beatles cover band. They Were Awful. I left at the intermission. I had actually seen the same band a few years back, and they were awful then too. (but I had forgotten them). Their main problem is that they didn't have anyone in the band who could really sing.

I might also be a bit over critical when it comes to Beatles music. For me, it's sacred music. Plus I have seen one of the best Beatles cover bands, Rain, a bunch of times. so I'm a little spoiled. Even so, I think my evaluation was fair. Everyone I spoke to said pretty much, "too bad these guys can't sing".

Which got me to thinking, how hard could it be to find someone to sing for them. Just spend 20 minutes on YouTube and you can find hundreds of good singers. And Beatle songs aren't even that hard to sing.

So I went on YouTube and searched "Beatles covers".

OHMY! It's been years and years since I've had a YouTube crush. Ladies and Gentlemen, I'd like to introduce you to my new YouTube crushes - Mona and Lisa. The MonaLisa Twins!

These girls are in their mid-twenties but they have been performing for 10 years. When they started out, their mom and dad were band members. They have a quartet now and may have moved to Liverpool. (originally from Austria.) They both have lovely voices, play guitar, drums, keyboards.

Anyway here is a video. but I encourage everyone to check out their webpage and YouTube channel.

Live performance

Studio/ Music video.

 

[Veganite]

This song makes me laugh

 

[Lou]

Had to look this up. the movie he references is the 2001 release of Daddy and Them. Which I have never seen or heard of. Got pretty good reviews from critics. not much action at the Box Office. But now I want to see it.

My library doesn't have the DVD. Not on Netflix. I'll check my sister's "on demand" later on. So I'm not sure if I'll ever see it.

 

[Lou]

So I found this YouTuber when I was looking at Beatles covers. She is multi-talented. Vocals, guitar, keyboard. Don't know if she does her own video editing but extra points if she does. Even has her own originals and lots of interesting covers. I can't promote her to YouTube crush because she is just sickeningly sweet. On the other hand, it wouldn't be fair to take off points cause she is too adorable. Being so cute isn't entirely her fault. Although I suspect she works on it.

IMHO she does a good job covering this classic.

Anne Reburn covers You Got It by Ray Orbinson

 

[Sax]

 

[Veganite]

 

[Lou]

I love Steely Dan. My favorite Sunday morning making and eating breakfast music.

 

[Lou]

 

[Lou]

Been spending too much time on YouTube lately. But the nice thing is that my "Recommendations" has gotten more eclectic. YouTube turned me on this YouTuber. Turns out that every Sunday morning she produces a new video. She has some originals but I really like her covers. And anyone who does Grateful Dead covers is OK in my book.

 

[Veganite]

I love GD! If you don't like this cover I would be flabbergasted

 

[Veganite]

As John Candy once said in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles:
Gus:
Del Griffith! How the hell are ya?

Del:
Well, I'm still a million bucks shy of bein' a millionaire.

 

[Lou]

Good stuff!!

 

[Sax]

 

[Veganite]

 

[Lou]

If it's so hot, why wear hats and long sleeve shirts? Must be a Minnesota thing.

 

[Veganite]

What a powerful voice she has. I first heard this song from the movie soundtrack for Django Unchained. It was so haunting I had to know who did it.
Singer & Writer: Elisa Toffoli
Music composed by: Ennio Morricone

English Lyrics:
Still here,
still you,
but now I know who you are,
who you will always be
and when you will see me again
you will remember

still here
still you
and I hope you will forgive me
you, with the same eyes
look like you are coming back
to ask me about myself
and how it feels
here from the other side
how does it go

the green grass, the warm air
on my feet and on the flowers
some wind rises up between the colors
it looks nearly you
even the sky change its name
so white that cotton
which is fast, which moves
lost inside the blue

it’s something in you
it’s what will come back
as it already was

still here
still you
what it has being, it has being by then
and with the same eyes
you look like you are coming back
to ask me about myself
how it feels
in this strange world
how does it go

you will come back and I will come back
you will remember, I will remember
you will come back, I will come back
you will remember, I will remember
you will remember, you will remember, you will remember, I will remember
you will remember, I will remember you
you will remember, I will remember
you will remember, I will remember

Italian Lyrics:
Ancora qui
Ancora tu
Ora però io so chi sei
Chi sempre sarai
E quando mi vedrai
Ricorderai

Ancora qui
Ancora tu
E spero mi perdonerai
Tu con gli stessi occhi
Sembri ritornare
A chiedermi di me
Di come si sta
E qui dall’altra parte
Come va

L’erba verde, l’aria calda
Sui miei piedi e sopra i fiori
Si alza un vento tra i colori
Sembri quasi tu
Anche il cielo cambia nome
Così bianco quel cotone
Ch’è veloce, che si muove
Perso in mezzo al blu

È un qualcosa in te
È quel che tornerà
Com’era già

Ancora qui
Ancora tu
E quel che è stato è stato ormai
E con gli stessi occhi
Sembri ritornare
A chiedermi di me
Di como si sta
E in questo strano mondo
Come va

Ritornerai
E ritornerò

Ricorderai
Ricorderò

Ritornerai
Ricorderò

Ricorderai
Ricorderò
Ricorderai, ricorderai, ricorderai, ricorderò
Ricorderai

Io ti ricorderò

Ricorderai, ricorderò
Ricorderai, ricorderò

 

[Veganite]

RIP Leonard Cohen

 

[Lou]

Go Bobby!