Comments on: The REO Brothers – musical chameleons https://thenewneo.com/2021/03/27/the-reo-brothers-musical-chameleons/ A blog about political change, among other things Mon, 29 Mar 2021 19:36:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: n.n https://thenewneo.com/2021/03/27/the-reo-brothers-musical-chameleons/#comment-2548249 Mon, 29 Mar 2021 19:36:35 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=105638#comment-2548249 REO Speedwagon

That’s who came to mind. REO Brothers? Cool.

]]> By: El Polacko https://thenewneo.com/2021/03/27/the-reo-brothers-musical-chameleons/#comment-2548213 Mon, 29 Mar 2021 15:31:53 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=105638#comment-2548213 These guys are good, and there are more and more cover bands on the scene that are truly amazing.

There is so much great music just laying around, its good to hear it being played by the younger musicians.

A couple of my favorites are German guitar ace Martin Miller’s efforts…

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKrWgJg6GU9OwC-5fSqfB1g

And the Russian “Leonid & Friends”, who are obsessed with the band “Chicago” and really do their and other great Boomer music justice.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD5ZsXiIFlrWrbOCM6rEDKQ

Writing great, original songs is really difficult, and I’m not sure why its such an obsession for rock & pop players.

Almost all recorded jazz is covers of popular music & show tunes.

]]> By: Mical https://thenewneo.com/2021/03/27/the-reo-brothers-musical-chameleons/#comment-2548204 Mon, 29 Mar 2021 09:07:27 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=105638#comment-2548204 Boyce Avenue? I like their covers.

]]> By: Mike K https://thenewneo.com/2021/03/27/the-reo-brothers-musical-chameleons/#comment-2548179 Sun, 28 Mar 2021 22:42:24 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=105638#comment-2548179 Leonid’s version of “If you leave me now” has one of the world’s greatest French horn players. Terrific.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ_j4Ytecgg

]]> By: Ira M. Siegel https://thenewneo.com/2021/03/27/the-reo-brothers-musical-chameleons/#comment-2548175 Sun, 28 Mar 2021 21:01:39 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=105638#comment-2548175 Thanks, neo! These guys are great.

Yes, David. The Seekers were wonderful. (I think they’re all still living, so perhaps I should write “are.”) Judith Durham, and Linda Ronstadt – voices to listen to for hours.

]]> By: mezzrow https://thenewneo.com/2021/03/27/the-reo-brothers-musical-chameleons/#comment-2548168 Sun, 28 Mar 2021 17:51:58 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=105638#comment-2548168 Filipino cover bands is a thing. I loved working with the Filipino guys when I was working in IT. They were fearlessly cheerful and amazingly competent.

Here’s a clip from Bourdain on them:
Filipino Cover Bands

]]> By: Newmanian https://thenewneo.com/2021/03/27/the-reo-brothers-musical-chameleons/#comment-2548163 Sun, 28 Mar 2021 16:40:36 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=105638#comment-2548163 I know you love harmonies. I just finished listening to David Gray’s newest, called ‘Skellig’. The title track has some beautiful harmonies. Produced in a most modest environment. Beautiful. Skellig

]]> By: TommyJay https://thenewneo.com/2021/03/27/the-reo-brothers-musical-chameleons/#comment-2548162 Sun, 28 Mar 2021 16:31:40 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=105638#comment-2548162 I saw this documentary several years ago. The band Journey had Steve Perry retire and after an extensive search for a replacement, they picked a Filipino from a Journey cover band.

Don’t Stop Believin’
Everyman’s Journey follows the real life rock-n-roll fairy tale story of Filipino Arnel Pineda, who was plucked from You Tube to become the front man for iconic American rock band, Journey, thereby becoming the latest performer to go from the Internet to real life celebrity. Having already overcome a life full of painful obstacles and now saddled with the immense pressures of leading a world renowned band and replacing a legendary singer, the film follows Arnel on this personal journey.
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I love this Beatles cover by Fiona Apple.

Across the Universe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhMEKiIb86I

I first heard it in the movie Pleasantville and looked it up thinking it was Apple’s own composition. Years later I heard the Beatles/Lennon track while driving. Shocker.

]]> By: NS https://thenewneo.com/2021/03/27/the-reo-brothers-musical-chameleons/#comment-2548161 Sun, 28 Mar 2021 16:30:52 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=105638#comment-2548161 This isn’t specifically related to your post, but as you are an avid music lover, I know this will “interest” (read: scare the living daylights out of) you:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9410665/University-Oxford-considers-scrapping-sheet-music-colonial.html

]]> By: miklos000rosza https://thenewneo.com/2021/03/27/the-reo-brothers-musical-chameleons/#comment-2548159 Sun, 28 Mar 2021 16:01:07 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=105638#comment-2548159 Given a good song list, the REO brothers could definitely be entertaining. But I end up thinking, Why not just put together your own playlist and listen to the originals, if that’s the music you want to hear? I’m not so into this nostalgia-nostalgia-nostalgia museum, endlessly revisiting music 40 or 50 years old. Sure, sometimes it’s fun, or some of the music has emotional resonance because it takes one back to one’s lost youth.

I just checked out Pitchfork’s top albums from 2020, and find some of the selections really good. Of the singers and bands at the top of their list, I immediately like Phoebe Bridgers, Haim (three sisters, by the way), Fiona Apple (whose music I’ve known for a while), Waxahatchee, Moses Sumney and Yves Tumor. All of these have songs one can listen to for free on Youtube, and none of this is heavy metal or electronica or in any way hard on the ears.

The new is not dead.

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