[Lynn T. Newcomb]

I think a lot of fans have notice the count,  there’s been 2000 views in the last 12 hours after just over 2000 in the previous 24 hours.   Maybe it will happen before 4 P.M BST  (8 AM PDT if you live on the west coast of the U.S. or Canada.

 

[Lynn T. Newcomb]

64 years old on my fifth (and final) fourteener.  I was thinking when I put that shirt on that I should have an MLT t-shirt.

[Lynn T. Newcomb]

It’s one of the first things I found when I discovered them last month. Perhaps one (or more) of us should update the discography with song lists.  I don’t know all the rules on editing these pages, but I have in the past fixed typos.

[Lynn T. Newcomb]

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And I just noticed the Guitar Girl photo is their current (8/27/2020) FaceBook profile picture (I thought it looked familiar).

[Lynn T. Newcomb]

I’ve spent the last few years focusing on female drummers (a story for another time, perhaps) and only recently started taking a closer look a female guitarists.  So I really can’t add much to this conversation.  I believe the only female guitarists I could have even named prior to discovering MLT were Joni Mitchell, Nancy Wilson, Bonnie Raitt and Joan Jett.   Of these four I’d say Wilson is my favorite, primarily because I have fond memories of listening to Heart on the radio while driving across the U.S. in the fall of ’76.  Of course, today my favorite is MLT.

In my google searches related to MLT, I discovered that MLT was on the cover of the 2018 Guitar Girl Magazine calendar (I plan to order it – I can use it in 2029).   This is probably not news to old-timer fans of MLT, But it was a surprising and pleasant find for a newbie like me.  The photo used on the Calendar can be found in the MLT photo archive (2017 This and That, third one in top row).

[Lynn T. Newcomb]

Speaking of emails from celebrities, when I signed up for the free version of the MLT fan club I clicked on a promotion to get three free MLT songs.  A day after I received the email with the download link I received a follow up email asking me if I enjoyed it and had any questions.  I figured it was just a generic reply, so I sent a reply to “Whoever handles these emails”.  Lisa apparently took offense at the suggestion that the twins didn’t personally respond to their email.  She replied saying, “Hi Lynn, … It’s Lisa here”.  I know it still could have been anyone writing on her behalf, but I had a feeling it really was her.  The day will come when they can’t keep up (back in 2011, I got a personal response from Lindsey Stirling when I joined her fan club – now I’m just a pebble on the beach.  I still love her, though), so I thought I better join the MLT “inner circle” hoping to keep things personal as long as possible.   It’s on my Bucket List to meet them some day.     

[Lynn T. Newcomb]

Why talk about them when you can perform with them (but, for the record, John said the the twins are fabulous)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCANQRkzKtY

 

[Lynn T. Newcomb]

There’s actually a word for this, Howard.  It’s called a “mondegreen”.  Look it up in Wikipedia.

All my adult life I thought the line in “Two of Us” was “around the bend the road that stretches out ahead”.  Then I heard MonaLisa sing it and finally I heard “longer than”.

Genesis actually deliberately put words in the song “It” that they knew would be misunderstood “It’s only knock and know all but I like it.”

And then there’s this (its got some crude language, so beware):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7my5baoCVv8

 

[Lynn T. Newcomb]

I was a pinball wizard in my freshman year of college.  That’s the closest I ever came to being a Who fan.

[Lynn T. Newcomb]

In the U.S we tend to measure distance in terms of time.  I don’t know the miles or kilometres to my son’s place in Arizona, but I know it’s a 19 hour drive.

[Lynn T. Newcomb]

I saw “Mr Holland’s Opus” when it first came out.  I loved the movie, but it was hard living through John Lennon’s death again.  When I saw “Yesterday” last year, I have to admit I cried when I saw John as an old man.  If only…

There are songs that are sad because that’s how they were written.   “My Immortal” by Evanesence is a good example (as is “She’s Leaving Home”).  Then there are songs that are sad because of circumstances.  It’s been four years and I still can’t listen to the “Titanium” cover by Christina Grimmie.  I listen to other songs by her and I can separate the song from the singer and just enjoy the music she makes, but not that one.  If you know her story, you know what I’m talking about.  If not, I’ll just tell you she’s in John Lennon’s club, around the corner from Club 27.

Music has always spoken to me with all sorts of emotion, not just sadness.   I remember my father listening to Beethoven waving his hands like a conductor and asking me”Doesn’t this give you goosebumps?”  Turns out only 50% of people are genetically inclined get goosebumps when they listen to certain music.  I happen to be one of them.  It’s a feeling I get when what I’m listening to is perfect, whatever “perfect” happens to mean in the moment.

[Lynn T. Newcomb]

MLT recently posted an announcement about the Cavern Club on FaceBook.   This is happening Aug 27 to Sept 1.  I’m not sure how to involved in this virtually.

http://www.cavernclub.com/latest-news/the-cavern-club-to-open-for-international-beatleweek/?fbclid=IwAR3ugOKahHr72J5mAPA-QbvsZ7ZwCsOKGG_y9jgi5zBrdgJsYm6kM5K4F2g

 

[Lynn T. Newcomb]

I’d like to believe that the Twins currently have at least 10 unpublished original songs, so they should start with those, then, in no particular order, I’d love to see the following:

• Hotel California
• House of the Rising Sun
• Michelle
• I saw her Standing there
• Catch the Wind
• Johnny B Goode
• Wish You were Here
• Still A Friend of Mine
• One More Time
• Wide Wide Land

But, honestly, I’d just be happy to see them playing live.

By the way, Jacki,  Lisa and Mona would better understand 137 cm rather than 4′ 6″.  You’re 29 cm shorter than Lisa who is 5 cm shorter than me.

[Lynn T. Newcomb]

Howard, they did a song called “The Winter and the Summer”.  Nothing about Spring as far as I know.  I kind of lost track of them after 1980.  I met my wife and went into a country music phase for a while (“He’s an old Hippy and he don’t know what to do.  Should he hang on to the old or should he grab on to the new.”) If you aren’t familiar with this Bellamy Brothers song, you should look it up (“Old Hippy”).

Thank you, Mona, for taking the time to listen to the song I suggested and answering my question.  I understand the hesitation to do an 8 minute song.  I would guess that “American Pie” would have to come first if you start doing songs that long.

[Lynn T. Newcomb]

Mona is great on “Revolution” which is what led me down this path, but after further review I found that Lisa did more “John” songs than Mona did.  I did discover that they sang many songs as a duet rather than the way the Beatles did it, with either John or Paul leading.  Perhaps they couldn’t decide who sang it “best”, so they both did it.  As for George, Lisa does outstanding with “While my Guitar…” with both guitar and voice.  Thanks for the info, Howard and Jung, on their method of choosing.  It makes perfect sense.  And sorry, Mike, that I wasn’t specific about talking about “singing” lead.