MLT Club Member Lynn T. Newcomb
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Hey, JP, I wasn’t sure if anyone ever answered your question. It isn’t just a smile under Mona’s autograph, I’m pretty sure she makes smiley face, using the “o” and “a” in her name as the eyes. Now see if you can find the smiley face in Lisa’s autograph.
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I recently stumbled upon this video which is incredibly inspiring when you know that Michael J. Fox
has been fighting Parkinson’s disease for 25 years at this point (2016).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVy8tz54_JA
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These are my favs, some I might even consider among the best.
Phil Keaggy
Lisa Wagner
Mona Wagner
David Gilmour
Nancy Wilson
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This is the song that led me to follow John, not Paul or George in their solo careers.
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After discovering the twins a few months ago I was looking for videos I could show others to convince them that Lisa was a really good, if not great, lead guitarist (I think she’s great, btw). “Johnny B. Goode” was one of the first that I keyed in on ( followed by “Revolution”, “The Last Time”, “Paint it Black” and “One More Time”). I’ve never been a particular fan of the song itself, but I love watching Lisa play it. And then, of course, there’s Mona burning her fingers off. I don’t think anyone plays the rhythm guitar as fast as she does on this song. She said in the comments on YouTube “if we start off too fast with this song it feels like my hand is about to fall off after the first verse.”
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It’s on BAM #1, not #3, but one of the “new” things MLT did on “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” was have Lisa play the intro on the guitar. I’m not sure why the Beatles played the intro on a piano, but I think it was genius to switch it to the guitar. That whole video was genius. I’ve been meaning to ask Lisa if she remembers what she was playing on the “air” guitar.
I know I can be slow sometimes, so I have to admit I listened to “Hey Bulldog” three times before I realized it was the Twins barking like dogs at the end. I guess I should give them credit for fooling me the first couple times.
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I think it’s so cool that if there’s an instrument they think they need for this song or that song, one of the Twins will make the effort to learn to play it and possibly master it. Lisa admits she’s not a great cello player but what she does with it is great. Mona can’t play the flute as well as she’d like but when they need her to play she steps up her game (and smiles big when she gets it right). As for the harp, there’s no question that she really can play it. Just like Lisa can really play the ukulele. And then there’s the drums. If she wasn’t such a damn good rhythm guitarist, I don’t think Mona would ever have reached a point where she thought the drummers they hire to play with them at live performances are better than she is. Still, she’s the one we hear on their recorded songs (like “Club 27”) so I know she hasn’t slacked off completely.
By the way, I love “Catch the Wind”, not just because of Mona and her harp, but also because of the way Lisa sings it. It’s like she’s channeling Donovan.
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Hi Andy, my son’s second grade teacher was Mrs. Butt. She pronounced it “boot”, so I assume you do as well. Anyway, welcome to club. I’m also a newcomer to the club. My advice: learn how to use the search tool for the forums. It has it’s limitations but overall I’ve been satisfied with it. And don’t forget to explore the rest of the site. The archived radio programs are particularly fun to listen to. Have fun.
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“Eight Days a Week” and “Please, Please, Me” are exceptions to the “rule”, but to be honest, I actually prefer that they don’t change gender specific lyrics. So I’m good with the decision they’ve made since.
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I don’t know if there’s a quota of welcoming responses the Twins like to see before they jump in, but I thought I’d give you a welcome from another newcomer regardless. I’m originally from California and, like Jung, I’m very familiar with Oregon and Washington. Beautiful country. You don’t say how old you were when you started learning to play the organ, but if was anywhere near 65 then I’m encouraged, since I trying to learn how to play the ukulele. I’ve learned 3 cords, now I just need to practice playing them in sequence. Anyway, welcome to the club, and let us know when we can hear one of your MLT covers.
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Hi Mike,
If you are referring to Paul’s almost Metalcore voice technique (he was decades ahead of his time), I’m sure there must be a Metalcore band that would have fun with “Oh Darlin”. Here’s a gem I found that takes a Taylor Swift song and spices it up nicely. Maybe this girl would like to cover “Oh Darlin”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8jRv5AbAcM
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JP, repeating a chorus (the Hook) sometimes works well and sometimes doesn’t. Here’s one of my favorite “no chorus” songs that is a “perfect” five minutes long. The “lie la lies” might seem excessive to some, but when I listened to where the music is going while the voices repeat the phrase it gives me goose bumps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3LFML_pxlY
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I assume that we are talking about songs that include lyrics, but even that can get muddy when you consider songs with lengthy instrumental sections. The studio version of “Hotel California” is 6 1/2 minutes long, but only 3 ½ minutes if you cut out the instrumental portions at the beginning and end. Of course, nobody would seriously want to do that. One of my sons used to skip the first 8 1/2 minutes of “Shine on You Crazy Diamond”, thinking that the lyrics were the most important part of the song (he doesn’t anymore). Is there a Pink Floyd fan out there who thinks that song should only be 2 ½ minutes long instead of 13 ½? I hope not.
Arguably, the best song Taylor Swift has written is “All Too Well”. It tells the story of a love that begins, progresses and then ends (I know what you are thinking, but it is much more than just another “break-up” song). It is 5 1/2 minutes long and is one of her longest. However, she says the original version was 10 minutes long. Fans have been begging her to release the longer version for years, but she hasn’t and I think it has a lot to do with what Jacki and others have said about how much the artist needs to say in a song. Taylor Swift may be just an average musician or singer in the business (so was John Lennon according to critics), but she is a genius when it comes to song writing and I believe that whatever was in those additional minutes was more than she felt she needed to say. I’ve listened to the song many times and I honestly can’t think of anything that needs to be added. Nor would I take anything away.
On the other hand, when I listen to songs like “Wish You Were Here” there’s a feeling like I want to hear another verse. I want to say, “Tell me more” to the songwriter. Does that mean that I don’t think the song is the ideal length? Not necessarily. In the case of “Wish You Were Here” I think the intent is to leave you wanting to know more. Again, I have to ask Pink Floyd fans, if you didn’t know about Syd Barrett before you heard this song, did it inspire you to look him up?