Toe in the Water

The Passing of the Torch

The Passing of the Torch

Quite a lot of music posts on the Newsfeed these days, so I thought I’d throw in a couple. Being an old fart, I’m bound to prefer the music of my heyday but I do try to keep reasonably up to date with what’s going on in this century too. And one of the latest internet sensations is a combination of the two - a Beatles tribute band that has started popping up all over the net and has a following numbered in the millions.

I am talking about the REO Brothers, a Filipino group of four actual brothers (and occasionally a fifth). They may have started out as the best Beatles soundalike ever but they have since diversified and are just as good at reproducing the sound of bands such as the Eagles, Dire Straits, the Beach Boys, the Bee Gees (the drummer’s voice is a dead ringer for Barry Gibb’s falsetto), Simon and Garfunkel and many more.

This made me think about how all the groups of the sixties and seventies are dying off now (well, the Stones might go on forever) and we will be left with aging versions of songs that were supposed to last until the end of time (or Keith Richards’ decision to pack it in). But bands like the REO Brothers inject new life into the old classics and give us hope that the music will not die.

There is so much on the net by the group that it makes it almost impossible to choose one. If you haven’t heard them before, however, you should start by listening to their rendering of the Beatles and that allows me to sneak in the second part of their compilation of Beatles love songs. There are three songs in this part.

Okay, fellow old fogies - enjoy.




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