MLT Club Member Christopher
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Jung, this is one of my favorites…especially at the end of the Behind the Scenes.
Lisa: There’s nothing I can’t do, there’s nothing I’m not good at, there’s nothing I’m not the pro.
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Happy Birthday Bill. You received another birthday present. Your Pirates will be back in Pittsburgh in April!
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My favorite female artists:
1. MonaLisa Twins
2. Jann Arden
3. Serena Ryder
4. Luba (Kowalchyk)
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Hi Fred:
Welcome to the MLT Club. You will enjoy the access to all things MonaLisa! In addition, the club members are fantastic people who ask great questions and bring up outstanding topics in which to talk about.
There is so much in the website. May I suggest beginning with the Clubhouse and spreading your wings from there. There is great stuff throughout…have fun!
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This one is easy…it was 1979 and I was at the record store ready to purchase “The Grand Illusion” by Styx. I had already bought “Pieces of Eight” and wanted to purchase their previous album. “Cornerstone” was yet to be released.
Well, I saw “The Beatles 1962-1966”. Purchased the double-album, and the rest was history. After that I purchased “The Beatles 1967-1970”, “The White Album”, and “Sgt. Pepper”. After that, even more Beatles albums were purchased.
Eventually, I received, as a Christmas gift from my parents, the entire Beatles songbook. Spent the next few years strumming and howling!
Funny thing I have to note: I never ended up buying “The Grand Illusion” although I have been to Styx concerts. Still a Shaw/Blades fan and have been a huge Lawrence Gowan fan since the beginning.
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A belated Happy Birthday to little Maddie. Whenever the MonaLisa Twins return to the U.S. they just have to play in Pittsburgh for their youngest American fan. Hope that it can happen.
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Lisa,
Your guitar playing suits the genres that you play (and it is a wide range of genres). The combination of your technique and form has always resulted in a fantastic result.
I especially liked your Christmas solo when you played your gypsy song. It was evident that you and Mona enjoy playing that piece!
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6:16 Proud Papa
6:59 Lisa: “You got this Mona.”
7:25 Mona: “I nailed it!”
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“Ain’t No Sunshine” was magic! Both Mona’s fantastic solo with the big smile at the end and Lisa’s soulful singing and bass playing (also Papa Rudi at the keyboard and Michaela on the sax) made it a great performance!
Also, Mona’s drumming and singing in “Twist and Shout” was classic!
Very respectful about your feeling about drum solos. Keep doing what you are doing!
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Rush, during one tour, had circus music playing before they launched into their opening song, “Limelight”. During another tour, they had the Three Stooges theme playing before they began the concert with “Subdivisions”. Not quite circus music, but the Three Stooges theme is very carnival-like.
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I would strum and occasionally howl to Sweet Lorraine and to That’s Life. But it would be a severe detriment to the ladies’ outstanding standards!
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Jurgen: Glad that you were impressed with Luba. Her big period was during the mid 80s to the mid 90s. I agree, “Every Time I See Your Picture” is my favorite of Luba’s as well.
Luba…”Every time…” (from Montreal), Serena Ryder…”Stompa” (from Toronto), and Jann Arden…”Good Mother” (from Calgary) are all big in Canada who never really broke into the U.S. market. I was lucky because I grew up about three miles from the Canadian Border and was able to listen and to appreciate all things Canadian.
All three artists didn’t fit the FOOL U.S. MOLD that producers and such were, and still are, looking for. Our loss, as Americans. I am so lucky that I live so close to Toronto. And yes, all three artists are different from each other. That is what makes music great!
There is lots to say about each artist. But I would be writing all night. I hope other MLT members will look them up. Great musicians, and great people!
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Jung, you always come up with great topics and questions!
My first reaction to Sgt. Pepper: I first heard it after the Bee Gees musical/movie premiered (meh) since I was a toddler when the work came out. My impression was that Sgt. Pepper was a well-orchestrated album with a circus/carnival theme. Nothing like their early work and nothing that would be played in a concert (at least in 1967). Music ahead of its time. A concept album. From the opening song, to introducing Billy Sheers who needed a little help from his friends to Harrison’s “Within You Without You” (kind of the beginning of the second act when people are still returning to their seats) to “A Day in the Life” (What an ending), the show begins, rises, teases us with something different, and leads us to dramatic conclusion. Interesting, but showy in a non-Beatles way.
That leads to the White Album: I loved the White Album. Why? It is a mix. It is raw. It includes songs that would not be present if it was only a single album. In my world, these “fill-in” songs are gems. “I’m So Tired” is one of them. Love to hear Lisa singing the lead to it. Another is “Sexy Sadie”. Mona would be outstanding singing the lead to this. Those two stick out, along with the standards such as “I Will” and “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”. It is just a back catalog of songs put together with no rhyme nor reason and it works!
Finally how about “Abbey Road”: Side Two is their greatest grouping of songs ever. The album has a great mix of songs. “Oh Darling” would be a perfect Lisa song and “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” would be great for Mona. And yes, “Her Majesty” is a pretty nice girl. Long live the Queen!
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Jung…Can I play Fur Elise today? Nowhere as smooth as I could back in the day and nowhere as cool as EVH. But I have the music box. One year, my Mom would call my cellphone at a particular time about once every other week when I was teaching an Accounting class. I would put the phone on speaker and the class would shout “Hi Mom!”
Forgot all about that until Fur Elise…thanks!
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Jung, thank you for Fur Elise. As a kid, I played this on the guitar at the Kiwanis Music Festival in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Did very well, finishing in first place in the age group. I always remember my Mom telling me to smile before I began. When I would look into the crowd before starting, she would have a big grin on her face to remind me.
When Eddie Van Halen did his version, I did my best to soup it up. It was fun, but, of course, nowhere near the EVH level.
When Mom passed, I found a music box that plays Fur Elise. It is currently on my desk in school and when I need the students to calm down, I simply open the box. Beethoven immediately calms the room.
I think the classical version serves the universe better.