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Mike, Howard.  Yes “If I Fell” is one of their best covers doing that Beatles song great justice with the beautiful singing, and wonderful instrumentation throughout.  Lisa looks like she mastered the Cello nicely, as she shows us again in Yesterday.

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To kick it off, here are my 10:

1.San Francisco

2. Time of the Season

3. Aufstehn

4. Paint It Black

5. While My Guitar Gently Weeps

6. Sweet Lorraine

7. Close To You

8. Still a Friend of Mine

9. Club 27

10.  The Wide, Wide, Land

If it was around Christmas time, I would replace Aufstehn with Little Drummer Boy.

My selection would try to highlight the very wide variety in genre in MLT music.

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Thats great to hear!  As more and more people discover MLT, it will have a cumulative effect of their music spreading more rapidly.

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I guess I’m more into the melody.  You know, 5 is a nice middle of the road number. ????

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The fact you both learn and play all these unconventional instruments yourselves is really impressive Mona.  Love hearing reference to a new album and new cover as well.  Exciting times are in store. Yay! ????

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Well Jacki, for me it would be “Still a Friend of Mine”, because the piano is the only instrument I’ve ever played and that I have some aspiration to be proficient at it one day while I still roam the earth, and it is the only MLT song with a piano in it so far.  And it is one supremely beautiful song too.

BTW, hope you are keeping warm there in eastern Canada with that winter storm yesterday.  Minus 30 sounds unimaginably cold.  I heard they had to cancel a snow festival in Quebec because of too much snow.  That sounds like a lot of snow!  Maybe send some Howard’s way down under.

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Hi Howard.  While I would have loved to have asked this question, it was Joe’s question.  Really  interesting article.

Thanks Lisa for sharing your thoughts about the article so thoroughly, always enjoy them.  I think yourself and most of your fans are in agreement about the Beatles being greater as the Fab 4 than the Solo 4.  This article misses the mark by elevating Paul as the greater Beatle.

I hope Joe doesn’t mind, but I thought I’d throw in my 2 cents about the Beatles in my limited exposure with them from more of a layman’s perspective on the matter.

I think John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s personalities had the effect of pushing each other up, and when they broke up, they were not as effective as when they were together.  Together they were greater than the sum of their individual parts.

Paul was this Mozart like song writing genius who looked up to the cooler, wilder and more mature John Lennon as a mentor/older brother like figure.  In an interview I recall Paul describing John this way when they first met as youngsters.  John probably helped Paul push his creative boundary beyond what he would ever achieve alone.

John Lennon I think saw a younger possibly technically stronger song writing equal in Paul.  When John lashed out at Paul after their break up and called Paul “Musak”, I think it highlighted a sense of resentment and respect for Paul’s talent.  I think Paul had the same effect of inspiring John to excel technically beyond what John would have achieved on his own as a song writer.   Paul would have set some high benchmarks for John to have to exceed.  When they went solo, neither ever rose to the heights they did as the Beatles.

I think Paul’s deep appreciation for John Lennon comes out in an interview where Paul recalls calling John after a long absence after the bands break up, and John is baking bread and they have this wonderful friendly conversation and how happy Paul was to be able to have had that conversation before John was killed.

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And Your Bird Can Sing is also a really catchy tune too, I like it.  Some of the Beatles lesser known songs like this and Hey Bulldog are real gems.

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Howard, Daniel.  “And Your Bird Can Sing” has some pretty great guitar riffs.  Wouldnt be surprised if MLT already covered it in their many live performances at the Cavern.  Perhaps one day we’ll hear this one.  I dont think there is anything that Lisa wouldnt be up to a challenge for when it comes to guitar.

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Jim, I think many here express the same awe on MLT performance of “You’re Gonna Lose That Girl.”  Just goes to show how extremely talented Mona and Lisa are, and why their covers ring such a huge bell with everyone.

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 …it blew me away how Lisa’s little Bruce Leefingers were all over the fret-board with incredible agility and precision.

Tomas, I love it!!!  Creating this thread just for that was worth it.  🙂

Well stated, I totally agree with everything you said.

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Wow Jacki, 10 years eh!  That is profound.  You’ve seen them grow musically and physically from young teens through to young adults today.  That is special.  Were there many others here today at MLT club from 10 years ago you know of?

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Steve.  That is the MLT magic with their covers isnt it.  They stay true to the original yet add their own charm and uniques style making them their own.

Havent been following the hockey too much lately since Vancouver fell out of playoff contention for a few years lately.  Seattle is getting a new NHL team which should make things interesting around here.  I’ll have to cheer them on with Seattle Bob ????

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Thanks Richard.  Will check out Audacity.

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Impressive Tomas.  Thanks