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Topic: MARCH 2017 FSOTM - WISH YOU WERE HERE - MILLI VANILLI

For our March FSOTM, we put it to you to vote and there were two votes for Wish You Were Here.  All other songs mentioned only had one vote however there were two mentions for Milli Vanilli.  So looks like they are the chosen songs for March.   As there was no mention of which song from Milli Vanilli,  you can perform any song of your choice as long as it is a Milli Vanilli song.

WISH YOU WERE HERE

Here`s a possible Chord page to use: http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/getso … e.2.chopro

Here is a YouTube link David Gilmour:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvOe7q5MDOw

From Wikipedia:   Wish You Were Here is the ninth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 12 September 1975 by Harvest Records in the United Kingdom and a day later by Columbia Records in the United States. Inspired by material the group composed while performing around Europe, Wish You Were Here was recorded during numerous recording sessions at Abbey Road Studios in London, England.
Wish You Were Here was an instant commercial success (despite the fact that Harvest Records' parent company EMI was unable to print enough copies of the album to satisfy commercial demand), and although it initially received mixed reviews, the album has since gone on to receive critical acclaim. It appears on Rolling Stone's lists of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" and the "50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time". Band members Richard Wright and David Gilmour have cited Wish You Were Here as their favourite Pink Floyd album, and many critics and fans have considered the album to be the band's magnum opus.

MILLI VANILLI

No Chord Suggestions:  Sorry no chord suggestions for this, as it depends on which song you choose.  However as you know, Chordie does have a great search engine for songs, so depending on which song you choose, do your own search.

Here is a YouTube link and example of Milli Vanilli:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdSmokR0Enk

From Wikipedia:  Milli Vanilli was a German R&B duo from Munich. The group was founded by Frank Farian in 1988 and consisted of Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus. The group's debut album Girl You Know It's True achieved international success and earned them a Grammy Award for Best New Artist on 21 February 1990.[1] Milli Vanilli became one of the most popular pop acts in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Their success quickly turned to infamy when Morvan, Pilatus and their agent Sergio Vendero confessed that Morvan and Pilatus did not sing any of the vocals heard on the record. The pair decided to return the Grammy awards and asked they be given to the real vocalists.[2][3][4] The group recorded a comeback album in 1998, but Rob Pilatus died before the album was released.[5]

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Re: MARCH 2017 FSOTM - WISH YOU WERE HERE - MILLI VANILLI

https://soundcloud.com/mojo01/wish-you-were-here
here is my go at wish you were here
good luck with the willy nilly covers

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Re: MARCH 2017 FSOTM - WISH YOU WERE HERE - MILLI VANILLI

Great cover mojo, you nailed it once again.
Yeah will be interesting to see if anyone does any Milli Vanilli songs ..... i didn't have a clue who they were before this.  Guess your not going to be doing any of their songs from your comment?

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Great cover mojo, you nailed it once again.
Yeah will be interesting to see if anyone does any Milli Vanilli songs ..... i didn't have a clue who they were before this.  Guess your not going to be doing any of their songs from your comment?

lol no probably not, weren't they the guys who got busted for lip syncing on their records?

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Awesome Floyd cove Mojo loved it

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I do believe that Jan  might have misinterpreted our joking around about MV  as I do not think anyone in here will be doing anything by them.

I think Ill be getting my son to play  on "Wish you were here" with me as he can do all the little lead  tidbits.  He played it  in Feb on our skype for everyone.  He just wont sing LOL.

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Oh I'm doing mv

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Oh I'm doing mv

LOLOLOLOLOL big_smile big_smile
will you be using a backing track and faking the finger movements? LOLOLOLOL

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I think I may do a version of a combination of Mojo's idea and BGD's :   I will lip synch  Willie Nelson, and usde a fake back track from MV   

I will call it - Millie Willie Vannilli  smile

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I think I may do a version of a combination of Mojo's idea and BGD's :   I will lip synch  Willie Nelson, and usde a fake back track from MV   

I will call it - Millie Willie Vannilli  smile

Love this haha.

They actually had a few well written songs.  Just need to make them less cheesy.

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Yep, M V they definitely did fake sing those songs ........ however songs they still were and performed even if fake ........... so hoping to hear some of their stuff from any fakers .....I mean takers.  I have had a listen to some of their music Fake an all ....... some of it was actually ok .............. ok  don`t hate me for saying i didn`t mind some of it tongue

Any more takes on Wish You Were Here?

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Re: MARCH 2017 FSOTM - WISH YOU WERE HERE - MILLI VANILLI

Wow .... mojo the only one to cover one of the songs this month .......... Nobody else going to try?

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I'm planning to do them on my lunch break today

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Re: MARCH 2017 FSOTM - WISH YOU WERE HERE - MILLI VANILLI

Jandle wrote:

Wow .... mojo the only one to cover one of the songs this month .......... Nobody else going to try?

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Here's my try at Blame it on the Rain. I am sick and losing my voice, don't know if I'm going to be able to do the Floyd tune before my throat heals. But I'm darn sure going to try.

As others have noted, the song is viewed by many as less than spectacular, so I re-wrote it. Hope you enjoy.

https://youtu.be/8Xn0Wr_DUXU

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That was awesome BDG, a great cover by you but then I kinda expected it to be good from you smile  Your voice sounded great, nothing wrong with it, you didn't sound sick at all.

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Ok ....  March has come to an end but remember you can actually still do a song from any of the PREVIOUS months if you want to smile

(Edited due to my bad spelling of the word previous  and to alter the wording in this message  - Jandle)

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Baldguitardude wrote:

Here's my try at Blame it on the Rain. I am sick and losing my voice, don't know if I'm going to be able to do the Floyd tune before my throat heals. But I'm darn sure going to try.

As others have noted, the song is viewed by many as less than spectacular, so I re-wrote it. Hope you enjoy.

https://youtu.be/8Xn0Wr_DUXU

That was pretty darn good BGD!  I don't think very many of the songs that were put under their name would be easy to do acoustic, and I sure wouldn't be able to pull that off!  Very good job!  Jim and I were both impressed! 

It brought back memories for sure!  One of the kids was in the room, so when it was over I pulled up a video of the original.  I told her, as it was playing, this is what they sounded like when I heard them.  In fact, this is EXACTLY what they sounded like - note for note, word for word, IN concert!  I'd told the terrible story several times in the past, so we all had a good laugh over that.

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Re: MARCH 2017 FSOTM - WISH YOU WERE HERE - MILLI VANILLI

Thanks to both of you.

Voice didn't hold out for WYWH, maybe next time. sad On to April!