Guest Howard
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“I could see this song as a therapeutic tool to help elderly in nursing homes with dementia /alzheimers as a Calming effect, those in depression, etc.”
Well stated again Jacki! Thank you for thinking of me and the also half deaf, half blind dog (Lolly), whom I’m currently looking after, along with her mate (spud), a young rescue pup (Clyde) and Flossy (the cat). We’re all benefiting from the MLTs Xmas album charms!
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Lou Reed – ‘Walk on the Wild Side’
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Very appropriate for the MonaLisa Twins living in Liverpool, one would think.
The Cascades – ‘Rhythm of The Falling Rain’
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Not too many singers can hit that sweet note as well as the MLT. Their harmonising is perfection as can be heard on their Xmas album. Wouldn’t it be a treat to see them tackle a song like this one from Bobby Hatfield who had an extraordinary vocal range. Both Bill and Bobby wanted to record this song which Bobby won via a coin toss!
Wings of Pegasus – The Righteous Brothers Live, 1965. Bobby Hatfield sings “Unchained Melody”.
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Hi Paul. Rudolf is the MLT keyboardist. Michaela plays the saxophone and other like instruments. You can check out most of the instruments they play in their 1st Concert (2007) videos.
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Everything’s cool with me Jung. Just like Brian Wilson inspired Paul McCartney to greater things, your passion is also inspiring me to review and energise my musical experiences. Some people may think I overanalyse, but that is my passion. Unfortunately I can’t produce music like others here can, but I do get pleasure out of listening to and analysing the world of music and how it is produced.
Here I’d like to bring some context to how albums by the Beatles, Beach Boys and Rolling Stones were produced in the mid sixties.
The Rolling Stones produced their “Out Of Our Heads” album in 1965 during an extensive tour of the US. They popped into a Chicago studio to record it, in between touring commitments, and without a lot of studio time. They also wrote major hit singles, “Satisfaction”, “The Last Time” and “Get Off My Cloud” during this period. They had similar commitments during the recording of “Aftermath” the following year.
They and the Beatles didn’t have the luxury of the Beach Boys who had Brian Wilson resign from touring in December 1964 to focus his efforts on writing and recording. So naturally he had a great advantage over other groups. Not only this, he had a record company prepared to spend whatever it took and give Wilson whatever time and resources he needed.
Freed from the burden of touring, he immediately showcased the advances in his musical development evident within the albums The Beach Boys Today! and Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), released in the first half of 1965.
I will continue this theme in another post, which will also introduce Brian’s experimenting with psychedelic drugs around this time.
Please don’t take my posts too personally. I am a big fan of Brian Wilson’s too. Not just as a musician, composer and record producer, but also as a decent human being with perhaps a traumatic childhood, who has managed to overcome much in his life to still be with us doing his thing. He is a perfectionist and life can sometimes be much more challenging for people like this.
Fortunately, those other perfectionists we all admire and love in this club, Mona and Lisa, have obviously had a healthy, loving upbringing, and a stable family to keep them both grounded and focused. Maybe back in the sixties Brian could have done with a mumager like Michaela!
Please don’t feel restrained by my particular passion Jung. You are a prolific poster and I value your input. I just don’t know how you find the time when you work full time!
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Take responsibility for your actions Jung. No one forced you to google the subject and no one forced you to publish the results. You stated you were a numbers guy but it’s starting to seem to be the case only when the numbers suit you.
You are also indulging in hypotheticals instead of realities with all your “ifs”. Everyone here would have their own ifs. Be ready, I’m preparing a few ifs of my own which will be delivered in instalments.
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Context? Well I could write a thesis on this subject. However, the only context here is what you have chosen as your main authority (Rolling Stone magazine), and the numbers and statistics they have crunched.
No manipulation on my part Jung. That is all your doing.
The Rolling Stones started producing albums and writing much later than the Beach Boys and their peak period of six years was from 1968 to 1973. It is this period that has produced the vast majority of their top albums. Beggars’ Banquet, Let It Bleed, Get Yer Ya Yas Out, Sticky Fingers, Exile On Main St and Goats’ Head Soup.
However, most critics seem to extend this period by a few years, and include albums like “It’s Only Rock and Roll, But I Like It”, “Tattoo You“ and “Some Girls”.
There are more instalments to come. As I said, I could probably write a thesis on popular music if I cared to!
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Hate to be a nit-picker Tomás, but you still have this line wrong – “When fairies and reindeer would come out to play”.
Reindeer is plural, no ‘s’ required. Also, there should be an ‘out’ before to and no ‘and’.
Cheers
Howard
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Methinks you might be channeling Pink Floyd, Jürgen.
“Is There Anybody Out There?”
It’s surprising just how many MLT fans there are around the world, and who knows, perhaps out there in the wider universe!
”Starman”!
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Well done Jacki. As I am still away from home, and without my computer, I have been relying on the album copy in Jukebox.
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“I am a numbers guy, and for me proof is in the pudding”
Well this is one area we will always disagree Jung. As I stated in your “Great Rivalry” Topic, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics’?”
However, if you really believe the proof is in the numbers pudding and your main authority is Rolling Stone magazine, what do these numbers prove to you?
Artists with the most albums
11 albums
Bob Dylan (one credited to Bob Dylan and the Band; two in the top 10 including the No. 9 and No. 4 spots)
10 albums
The Beatles (four in the top 10 including the No. 10, No. 5, No. 3, and No. 1 spots)
The Rolling Stones (one in the top 10 at the No. 7 spot)
8 albums
Bruce Springsteen7 albums
The Who
6 albums
David Bowie
Elton John5 albums
Led Zeppelin
Bob Marley and the Wailers
Radiohead
U2
Neil Young (two credited to Neil Young and Crazy Horse)4 albums
James Brown
The Byrds
Elvis Costello (three credited with the Attractions)
Grateful Dead
Pink Floyd
The Police
Prince
Otis Redding
Roxy Music
Sly and the Family Stone
The Smiths
Talking Heads
Stevie Wonder
The Velvet Underground (one album credited with Nico)3 albums
The Band (one credited to Bob Dylan and The Band)
The Beach Boys (one in the top 10 at the No. 2 spot)
Big Star
Black Sabbath
Jackson Browne
Ray Charles
The Clash (one in the top 10 at the No. 8 spot)
George Clinton (two with Funkadelic, one with Parliament)
Cream
Creedence Clearwater Revival (in 2003 edition)
Miles Davis
The Doors
Nick Drake (in 2003 edition)
Eminem (in 2003 edition)
Marvin Gaye (one in the top 10 at the No. 6 spot)
Al Green
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Michael Jackson
The Kinks
Madonna
Nirvana
Randy Newman
Elvis Presley
Public Enemy (in 2003 edition)
R.E.M.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers (in 2012 edition)
Simon & Garfunkel
Steely Dan
The Stooges
Tom Waits
Muddy Waters
Kanye West (in 2012 edition)
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Well done Tomás. If only I was a musician. This is one of those great songs that will only get better with time!
You’ve done well getting the chords and lyrics down so soon. I can’t help with the chords but regarding the lyrics, just a couple of corrections.
“When fairies and reindeers would come out and play” should be:
When fairies and reindeer would come out to play
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“And would laugh when our tongues got stuck to the ice” should be:
And we laugh when our tongues would get stuck to the ice
Anyway, I’m sure the MLT team will let us know if we are wrong. The Twins diction is incredibly good!
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Well I won’t be able to touch my CDs for a couple more weeks but it was nice to hear from my neighbours that a package had arrived from the MLT and they were holding it for me!
Still able to listen via the download and have been particularly enjoying their new original song and the newly recorded covers, especially’Silent Night’.
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Now Jung, don’t put that much pressure on them. Mona and Lisa already have their diaries full learning the trombone (in their Christmas stocking), the banjo, the dulcimer and the sitar, as well as perfecting their flute playing and various other instruments no doubt.
They already have a consummate keyboardist in the team.
