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Real Deal
by Brian Austin Whitney - 05/07/26 01:38 AM
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by Gary E. Andrews - 05/06/26 05:36 PM
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It's our 21st Anniversary today, so this one is for my beautiful wife, Teresa. It's a cover of a song by the Flaming Lips, who we only just "discovered" a month ago when we saw them perform one of the most amazing live shows you will ever see (worth the price of admission just to see Wayne Coyne surf the crowd in his inflatable space bubble!)...but they also blew us away with this awesome song, which expresses my own feelings about life and love just perfectly. Hope you like it. Happy Anniversary, T-Dog! Do You Realize??
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Happy Anniversary Mark and Teresa, and I hope you guys have twice as many more (or more).
You replicated this amazingly well, with both vocals and musical production. You got skills!
Doug
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nice job Mark - thanks for letting us share your present !
and Happy Anniversary to you both !!
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I don't know the song, but HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, listening now....  Lovely vocals and production going on - as usual Mark ...
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![[Linked Image]](http://img34.glitterfy.com/11188/glitterfy1145643525D32.gif) enjoying this song a lot. little bit sad thought on the chorus - but it pulls up. nice breakdown in the middle. Yep.... very cool thanks for posting, good to hear one from you Mark.
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Hey old buddy. Good too see and hear ya. HAPPY Anniversary that is so awesome and let me add RARE!! these days. Very old school ya know people staying together and still in love. I liked this song the second I heard it on a TV commercial a few years back. Just flat out EFFECTIVE with a tremendous feel.. And strong simple point of view... Tailor made for you as I like the way you sing it a little better than he does... Especially live. Sounds and feels terrific Mark, you can tell your heart went into this as well as your talents. All the best & again Congrats my friend. Mike
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Hi, Mark! I wasn't familiar with this tune, but Congratulations on this wonderful sound, and on a successful marriage! Happy Anniversary!
--Jen
The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.--Mark Twain
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Congratulations on the anniversary! I may be young, but I definitely appreciate the beauty of a loving, long lasting relationship I absolutely love the Flaming Lips. I couldn't be more envious that you actually got to see them live! This is a beautiful song and you covered wonderfully. You've got kind of a Wayne-esque voice yourself! haha
~There's a road that I must travel, may it be paved or unseen; Though I am hindered by a thousand stones, still onward I crawl down on my knees~ http://www.facebook.com/enemiesleaveroses <---Check out my facebook
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Mark you have a Rubber Soul. I always enjoy your productions.
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
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Hi Mark,
Yeah the [color:#CC0000]Flaming Lips are cool & so are
you, good job &....[/color]
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO YA BOTH
Calvin
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/0/calvinstewart
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Thanks everyone! We had a great anniversary, and intend to continue it today, biking around Minneapolis to a few great music festivals. Having a line like "Do you realize that everyone you know will die" is certainly an unusual one to put in the main hook. Definitely not something MAB would recommend for your new country hit!  And yet it's exactly what I find so refreshing about this song. People seem to sustain a faithful, nearly lifelong denial of that sentiment...although they tend to embrace it reluctantly in their wiser senior years. BUT WE RARELY THINK ABOUT OUR RESPONSE TO IT. I think that is sad...because it seems to me that a keen awareness of our mortality leads to a better respect for the time we have here on Earth, and a better perspective from which to make decisions. Seriously. This song reminds me that life is more precious and swift than we tend to acknowledge...especially as we take our boring rides to work, or watch a block of noisy commercials, or mow the lawn for the umpteenth time, or complain about the politician of our choice... It reminds me to really love, with fervent abandon. It reminds me to learn people's names, and to care about them more. It reminds me what a ridiculous illusion it is to ever feel boredom, or despair, or relentless anger. Life is not all hearts and flowers (or fabulous space-bubbles)...but it's keenly important to me to embrace the ever-present fact of our deaths--because it isn't so scary or sad when we truly accept it. Instead, it calms my anxieties about most of the silly BS we worry about all the time, and refocuses my attention on what really matters: love, family, friendship, and true appreciation of this rare and fleeting gift of life. Do you realize...?
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love your thoughts there, Mark.
I'm reminded now of a Zeppelin line....
"Yesterday I saw you kissing tiny flowers
But everything that lives is born to die"
("That's the Way"/lyric, Robert Plant)
sigh... yes, appreciate every moment.
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Happy Anniversary to you both... It is nice hearing your great vocals again... best.. Kaley
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Thanks Linda! And wow, great to see you again, Kaley!
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