[David]

I’m happy to report that the MonaLisa Twins Youtube channel now has it’s “verified account” check mark! I spotted it on Youtube around 10pm GMT (that’s 6:00 pm EDT in the U.S.)

The check mark doesn’t mean MLT gets better royalties or anything, but I think it has a certain cache since you need to be the official channel (not a parody or fan channel) with at least 100,000 subscribers. I hope it will give the account more credibility when someone sees the mark and that it will result in more views and a faster rate of new subscribers.

So I think this is good news and time will tell if I’m right.

[David]

Hi Jung,

Great thread you started. As a child of the 60s, the Beatles were background music to my childhood. I know my parents liked them because we always had the albums and none of us kids knew how to buy stuff. I remember my favorite song was the third song on Rubber Soul. It gets fuzzy from there. I also remember thinking I could make myself look like Ringo on the cover of Hard Day’s Night. I tried to demonstrate, but I needed to hold a cigarette (you’ll recognize the shot on the album cover). My dad smoked but my mom disapproved and wouldn’t let him give me one. Good for you, Mom! Having no candy cigarettes around (which were a thing back then), they were alas denied my visual transformation.

I also remember my mom had the John Lennon books, “In His Own Write” and “A Spaniard in the Works,” neither of which made a lick of sense to my undeveloped brain.

Other Beatles ephemera passed through our house, like a fan magazine that went through the “Paul is dead” myth (which of course was news to me) and decided it was a publicity stunt.

Lastly, I remember going with my mom and siblings to Sears, where Mom bought the white album. Each was individually numbered. Ours must’ve been 800-something thousand–I remember the 8 and can’t imagine we would’ve had 80-something thousand. Crazy what random things we recall from childhood. I wonder if that album is still around. It wouldn’t surprise me if one of my siblings took it when they moved out!

[David]

Ahhh, She’s Leaving Home! I had pretty much forgotten that one until hearing it again a few years ago. I remember at the time just marveling at the amazing output of great songs from this one band, something I couldn’t appreciate as a kid lacking a frame of reference. But how many acts come on with a big hit, maybe two. Or maybe even one great album. And then, nothing. The Beatles only got better with time, with song after song after song after song.

This is a great cover. I’d love it if Mona and Lisa did a fresh recording in their studio for Volume 2 of the Duo Sessions when they can return to that.

[David]

Thanks everyone for the welcome! May I just say you all have wonderful taste in music 😉 and I am proud to be among you in celebration of the grooviness that is the MonaLisa Twins. Now, how do we get the rest of the world to take notice?

[David]

Yes, I saw a cover a few weeks ago. I don’t recall what it was. It was nice to see, but I figured it was just a random blip in the universe. But maybe we’re seeing the start of a trend? We shall see. Like everyone else here, I’m baffled as to why the Twins don’t have ten times the subscribers they have, at least, so seeing these sparks out there gives me hope that they may yet get the recognition they deserve. I’m also thinking perhaps they’ll get some collaboration offers after being on the John Sebastian/Arlen Roth CD, where they shined.