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"Dreams" - Fleetwood Mac cover
by Lanie Gardner (Oct. 2020)
You just witnessed the turning point in a young
woman's life... the moment a star was born.
Posted on YouTube last fall, Lanie Gardner's seemingly casual cover
of the 1977 Fleetwood Mac hit "Dreams" blew up, went viral, and has
since been viewed more than 50 million times across social media.
The performance landed the 21 year old Nashville-based artist a
recording contract, placing her on the verge of super stardom.
Upon seeing Lanie's video for the first time, Fleetwood Mac
leader and co-founder Mick Fleetwood exclaimed that he
was “absolutely blown away." So am I. Remember her
name - Lanie Gardner - because she's going places.
Some say Lanie's awesome cover of "Rumors"
is the greatest cover of that or any other
song ever made!
Hi, I'm Dr. Rick, the Dr. Phil-type tough-love mentor from the
Progressive Insurance commercials. Thanks for attending my
"Un-Become Your Parents" seminar here at Shady's Place.
Copies of my book are available for purchase at the back of the room.
As an author, lecturer and self-help guru, I will teach you about
parentamorphosis - the phenomenon of turning into your parents
when you reach a certain age. You find yourself talking like them,
acting like them and adopting their old fashioned values and attitudes.
My job is to educate and empower you, to support you in
overcoming the aging process. One way is to bring you up
to speed so that you can function in today's high-tech world.
You're at the movies and need to silence your phone.
Can't find that button? It's right up here. Everybody has one.
Another thing. When we're texting, we don't hunt
and peck with our index finger. It's all in the thumbs.
And your
computer mouse?
Guess what ---
You don't need
to name it.
In my course you will learn the latest words
and terms commonly used on social media.
Nope. Nope. Nope. Not even close. It's pronounced "QAnon."
Say it with me: "Q-an-on." It's a thing. Look it up.
I will also help save you from becoming your parents by
playing modern covers of boomer era hits like the one
you just listened to-- "Rumors" by Lanie Gardner.
You've heard of TED Talks. By the time you leave this room today,
you'll be "Rick-Rolled" - confident, bursting with energy,
vigor and vitality and feeling like a kid again.
Are you ready to get Rick-Rolled?
I can't hear you!
I CAN'T HEAR YOU!
Yeah - okay, that's more like it. Let's do this!
You met Ukrainian zinger Victory Vizhanska last year
doing a song in Shady's Best of the Quarantunes.
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Today the scarlet-haired YouTube star is back, covering an oldie but goody
reminiscent of the Swing Era of the 1930s and 40s. Here's Vicky V retro-
rockin' her version of Christina Aquilera's "Candyman!"
"Candyman" - Christina Aguilera cover
by Victory Vizhanska (June 2021)
Putting a fresh spin on "Candyman," the 2007 hit by Christina Aguilera,
that was Ukraine's singing sweetheart Victory Vizhanska starring in a
video released this month. Listen up. If you want to avoid becoming
your parents, you need to remember that when young people today
refer to old school recording artists, they're talking about Britney
Spears, Mariah Carey, Snoop Dogg, Justin Timberlake, J-Lo
and Christina Aguilera -- not Perry Como.
Dr. Rick with a reminder that
you are not your parents...
and getting Rick-Rolled
in my musical seminar is
how you can stay young.
Written by Bruce Springsteen and
Patti Smith, "Because The Night"
by The Patti Smith Group went
top 10 in the states and hit the
top 5 in the UK in June of 1978.
Forty years later, a performance
of the rock nugget was recorded
live on stage in England by an
ensemble that has earned a
reputation as one of the
world's best cover bands.
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Watch and listen as the UK-based Classic Rock Show, featuring
Jess Harwood, breathes new life into-- "Because The Night!"
"Because the Night" - Patti Smith Group cover
by The Classic Rock Show feat. Jess Harwood
(Sept. 2018)
On lead vocals for The Classic Rock Show in England, that was
the outstanding songstress Jess Harwood delivering a version
of Patti Smith's "Because The Night" that rivals the original.
We're Rick-Rolling right along here on S-P-M-M...
the station that's #1 for music and fun.
In June, 1966, a song written by
John Sebastian and waxed by
his band The Lovin' Spoonful
reached #2 on the pop chart.
In 2019 Sebastian was back
singing his well known ditty
as featured artist on a cover
by the Austrian pop rock
duo the MonaLisa Twins
now based in Liverpool.
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In this surreal video, John asks twin sisters Mona and Lisa Wagner
the musical question "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?"
"Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind"
- Lovin' Spoonful cover by MonaLisa Twins
feat. John Sebastian (Mar. 2019)
The definition of cool - boomer John Sebastian of The Lovin' Spoonful
joining the MonaLisa Twins and putting a fresh coat of Day-Glo paint
on his 60s hit "Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?"
If you're just tuning in,
I'm Dr. Rick and you're
listening to my seminar
aimed at helping prevent
you from becoming your
parents. One of the keys
is groovin' to new cover
versions of old classics.
The tunes I play and the
principles I teach will
reprogram your brain
and help you to think,
feel and act younger.
In seminar speak, it's called being Rick-Rolled.
In 1958 when your parents (or grandparents) were young,
the Sheboygan, Wisconsin, female quartet The Chordettes
scored a #2 charting hit with "Lollipop." The song was
covered in 2017 by the vocal trio The Candy Girls.
Determined not to be licked by those versions of
"Lollipop," Andrei Cerbu's Shut Up & Kiss Me
band recently released their own sweet cover.
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Lead zinger, Beatrice Florea is beside herself...
forming a Bea-times-three trio to sing "Lollipop!"
"Lollipop" - Chordettes/Candy Girls cover
by Shut Up & Kiss Me! feat. Beatrice Florea
(Apr. 2021)
I'm a sucker for that version of "Lollipop" sung
so sweetly by "Bea-X-3" fronting Andrei Cerbu's
Romanian band Shut Up & Kiss Me!
S-P-M-M radio personality
Robert W. Morgan gets you
Morganized, and I'm here to
make sure you you get Rick-
Rolled with cool covers of
rusty relics. I'm your host
and motivational speaker
Dr. Rick. Now, on with
the show. In late 1977
and the early weeks of
1978, the English rock
band Electric Light
Orchestra had a hit
single on both sides
of the pond with
"Turn To Stone."
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Check out this fine rendition of the song laid down in the
new millennium by rock vocalist Royston Calder and the
talented gang at the Deesound Recording Studio in the UK.
"Turn To Stone" - ELO cover
by Royston Calder and Dee (Apr. 2015)
Not your granddaddy's ELO - that was a great cover
of "Turn To Stone" recorded at a studio in the UK
by British rock veteran Royston Calder.
Time's up and I need to clear the conference room to make way for
Tony Robbins and his NLP seminar and firewalk. I hope you found
value in my musical motivational workshop. Thanks for attending.
Stay tuned. Coming up on the flip side of Gary Owens' news,
meet Bud's Budding Blossoms, the new girls on the block,
exclusively here at Shady's Place, and I'll be back soon
to get you Rick-Rolled with another edition of my
Bloggy Award winning seminar series.
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To play us off, here's Nashville singer Allison Young with
Dusty Springfield's cover of "Spooky" by the Classics IV.
I'm Dr. Rick reminding you that I can help save you from
becoming your parents, but the rest is up to you. So long!
"Spooky" - Dusty Springfield/Classics IV cover
by Allison Young (Oct. 2020)
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