22 Monday Jun 2020
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Meredith Willson, MonaLisa Twins, music, performance, song, songwriting, The Beatles, The Music Man, Till There Was You
Monday morning, the MonaLisa Twins get their auditory capacity improved, all because of you.
I first heard this song on the Meet The Beatles album back in 1964. I had no idea at the time that it was from the Broadway musical The Music Man, by Meredith Willson.
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13 Monday Apr 2020
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guitar, Here There and Everywhere, Josh Turner, music, performance, song, songwriting, The Beatles
Monday morning, shoes off, no one beats Josh Turner when it comes to arranging Beatles songs on acoustic guitar . Paul McCartney once said it was the one song that John Lennon had ever complimented him on writing.
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02 Monday Mar 2020
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Can't Buy Me Love, John Lennon, MonaLisa Twins, music, Paul McCartney, performance, pop, rock, song, The Beatles
March’s first Monday morning, the MonaLisa Twins from Austria check in with some Lennon-McCartney philosophy.
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29 Friday Nov 2019
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Eric Clapton, George Harrison, music, Paul McCartney, performance, song, The Beatles, While My Guitar Gently Weeps
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Clapton, Paul, Ringo and George’s look-alike son Dhanni in an extraordinary rendition.
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04 Monday Nov 2019
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Monday morning, The MonaLisa Twins make themselves ubiquitous with another pleasing Beatles cover.
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28 Monday Oct 2019
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Carson McKee, Josh Turner, Lennon-McCartney, music, performance, Reina del Cid, rocky raccoon, song, The Beatles, The Other Favorites, Toni Lindgren, White Album
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Monday morning, Carson McKee, Reina del Cid, Josh Turner and Toni Lindgren make the most of their hotel room with their performance of the Beatles’ “Rocky Raccoon.” Make sure to stay for the blooper outtake at the end.
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24 Saturday Aug 2019
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I'm A Loser, John Lennon, music, performance, pop, rock, song, The Beatles
29 Monday Jul 2019
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Monday morning, one of the great McCartney ballads, from a live 1993 tour.
Thanks to YouTuber Joivanpa
15 Monday Apr 2019
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live, music, performance, song, The Beatles, We Can Work It Out
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Flip side of the 45 single was “Day Tripper,” but I usually played this side. It was released as a double-A-side single.
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28 Monday Jan 2019
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The MonaLisa Twins with some winter weather advice via an early Beatles song.
Another knockout cover.
Now if we can get the MonaLisa twins together with Josh Turner…
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17 Monday Dec 2018
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Hey Jude, music, performance, song, songwriting, The Beatles
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I was in high school and my one can’t miss television show was The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. One day in October, they played this, and soon it was on the AM radio, seven minutes long, when the standard for that format was 2-3 minutes tops. It was pretty mindblowing for us. It still amazes.
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06 Thursday Dec 2018
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In My Life, John Lennon, music, performance, song, songwriting, The Beatles
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Most of the ballads were written by Paul, but this one, one of my favorites, is a John creation.
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09 Thursday Aug 2018
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The MonaLisa Twins with the McCartney Beatles classic.
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04 Monday Dec 2017
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About eight of us were crushed together in my cousin’s small bedroom watching the 45 RPM seven-inch record revolve. It was the song we had heard the week before on Sunday’s Ed Sullivan Show. Monday morning, the world would be different.
Thanks to YouTuber Racheldr
28 Thursday Sep 2017
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04 Friday Aug 2017
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music, performance, song, songwriting, The Beatles, This Boy
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One of the early Beatles ballads from A Hard Day’s Night with John singing lead.
Thanks to YouTuber gardner9
10 Monday Jul 2017
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Monday morning, Paul sweats as Ringo drives on relentlessly.
Live at the Washington Coliseum 1964.
Thanks to YouTube channel Paul McCartney
07 Friday Jul 2017
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There’s something about the musical structure of this song that made it one of my favorites from the first time I heard it. Great lead by John and harmonies by Paul.
Thanks to YouTuber MrSquooze
12 Wednesday Apr 2017
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comedy, music, parody, performance, Roy Zimmerman, The Beatles
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The clever satirist Roy Zimmerman with his humorous take on several Beatles’ songs.
12 Monday Dec 2016
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Bruce Springsteen, I Saw Her Standing There, Max Weinberg, music, Paul McCartney, performance, song, The Beatles
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Monday, my heart went boom.
Not bad for two old men…and of course Max Weinberg banging on those drums.
Thanks to YouTuber DrSotosOctopus
21 Monday Nov 2016
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A Day in the Life, music, performance, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, song, songwriting, The Beatles
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Listening in 1967 to that final track on the new Beatles album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band— nothing had prepared us for it.
10 Monday Oct 2016
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Monday morning, The Beatles provide a lesson in elementary economics.
Paul knocks it out of the park in this 1964 live performance hosted by Murray the K.
Thanks to YouTuber silvertwin7
