03 Monday Jun 2019
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Africa, Mike Masse, MonaLisa Twins, music, performance, pop, rock, song, Toto
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Monday morning, Mike Massé and the MonaLisa Twins hit the harmonies with their cover of the 80s Toto hit, “Africa.”
Thanks to YouTuber MonaLisa Twins
17 Friday May 2019
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Graceland, guitar, Josh Turner, music, Paul Simon, performance, pop, song
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Josh Turner playing the Paul Simon classic—dare I say it—every bit as good as Mr. Simon, and that’s saying something.
More at Josh Turner Guitar
10 Friday May 2019
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music, performance, pop, Seals and Croft, song, Summer breeze
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One of those songs that just fills in the hole in your head when you’re listening to a jukebox on a warm 70s day.
Thanks to YouTuber danbanrock1
26 Friday Apr 2019
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Carson McKee, guitar, jazz, Josh Turner, Moonlight in Vermont, music, performance, pop, rooftop, song
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One of my favorite standards as whisky-in-hand performed by Messrs. McKee and Turner on the rooftop of Josh’s apartment. Dig the passing subway.
Thanks to YouTuber Josh Turner Guitar
25 Monday Mar 2019
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British invasion, Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter, music, Nellie McKay, performance, pop, song
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Monday morning, Nellie McKay takes a page from Herman’s Hermits and visits Mrs. Brown. We went to see Nellie sing a few weeks ago in Manhattan and halfway through her set she stepped out from behind her piano, pulled out her ukulele, and sung this.
More Nellie at Nellie McKay – Topic
14 Monday Jan 2019
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folk, music, performance, pop, Sloop John B., song
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Monday morning, taking the worst trip you’ve ever been on. An A-1 cover of the Beach Boys’ “Sloop John B.” Josh Turner on guitar and falsetto really nails it here.
Alec Hamilton (keys), Ben Cooley (Tenor, tambourine) Josh Turner (Electric Guitar), Taylor Bloom (Acoustic Guitar), Marc Encabo (Bass) and Bob Sale (Drums).
Thanks to YouTuber Josh Turner Guitar
05 Monday Nov 2018
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America, music, performance, pop, rock, Sister Golden Hair, song
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Monday morning, you get out of bed to America’s perilously-close-to -sappy lyrics, but undeniably catchy musical hooks.
Thanks to YouTuber NoMadU55555
27 Monday Aug 2018
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Maurice Williams, music, performance, pop, song, songwriting, stay, The Zodiacs
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As summer winds down on Monday, a voice behind you pleads, Stay…just a little bit longer.
Maurice WIlliams, who wrote the song at age fifteen and sings lead on the shortest #1 pop song on record, said in an interview that they deliberately kept the song short so that it would get more radio play. They figured that the DJs would use it as a sign off before a commercial break if it was short enough. They were right.
That’s Henry “Shane” Gaston on the falsetto.
Thanks to YouTuber Ken Schilling
26 Thursday Jul 2018
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Chad and Jeremy, MonaLisa Twins, music, performance, pop, rock, song
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The MonaLisa Twins with another summer British invasion hit of the 60s, Chad and Jeremy’s “Yesterday’s Gone.” Ever-Reliable Wikipedia tells us it was Chad’s first published song.
More MonaLisa Twins at MonaLisa Twins
30 Monday Apr 2018
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Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Good Vibrations, music, performance, pop, rock, song, songwriting, The Beach Boys, theremin
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Monday morning, the theremin calls, and you’re swept into one of the most innovative and influential popular rock songs of the 60s.
Carl Wilson on lead vocals. The song was produced by the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson from countless short pieces of tape, and many session musicians were used as well.
There’s an excellent description of the song’s history, as well as a musical deconstruction, and how the song changed the history of the pop single, at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Vibrations
Thanks to YouTuber tabouriefilms
16 Monday Apr 2018
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Monday, I had Friday on my mind.
The Australian Easybeats’, with their hit 1966 pop song that had something extra-Kinksish about it.
Got to love the energetic joyous performances.
Thanks to YouTuber рлин Вълчев
