If I Could Change Your Mind (comp. The Alan Parsons Project - adapt./perf. by G. Rizzarelli & Alec)

[charlieyom]

great



[nigelo92]

This is great! There's loads more songs to cover aswell :)

[urbania70]

@nigelo92 Thanx Nigel. indeed we covered many of them. In addition to my channel and AlecLovesGenialMusic, check EyeRobotMusic

[taleylon11]

thank you very much, indeed

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@taleylon11 Thanks to you !

[1713162434]

congratulations alec....wonderfull as usually!...great cover

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@1713162434 :-) Thank you very much !!

[Rozq87]

Thank you for the link my friend. Great to see you still making great tributes and having fun :)) great to see you again urbania, wish you everything best and keep on rocking!!

chers,

paul

[urbania70]

@Rozq87 Thanx Paul.. and, after we collaborated, you must definitely call me Giorgio. Did you already know APP?

[Rozq87]

@urbania70 my bad Giorgio. Won't happen again :) yes you enlightened me :))

cheers

[GUSANTRO]

@urbania70 great performance! is always nice to hear people with talent.

[urbania70]

@GUSANTRO thank you very much. If you know the Project you find many more APP piano covers on my channel

[jetamez]

Bellísima interpretación.... voz fuerte y melodiosa...y una ejecución al piano identica a la original...WOW....Los Felicito..Gracias.

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@jetamez Muchas Gracias :-)

[urbania70]

@jetamez Thank you very much. The person which commented before you said the same about the faithfulness of the piano. I've transcribed carefully the chords of this Eric's masterpiece.

[chocolatepoundcake]

Wow, the piano is barely indistinguishable from the original!

This is one of my APP favourites, strangely underrated (like so many APP songs).

Great rendition, Alec! It's a difficult one vocally. The vocals span a wide a range.

Do you know what L. Duncan passed away from? She must have been no older than 65.

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@chocolatepoundcake Thanks a lot Christine :-))) When we recorded this we knew Leslie has passed away. I already loved this song (I agree it's underrated) and when I knew the sad news I planned the cover with Giorgio. Thanks again !

[urbania70]

@chocolatepoundcake Yes, Leslie Duncan sadly passed away... 3 days after I uploaded my Secret Garden cover, which I had dedicated to women in general- when discovering this I dedicated it to her in particular. And we did this one on purpose to dedicate it for her memory.

This is a song which Alec has proposed to me to cover since long time. About the piano.. yes I put always more care in transcription.. Alec was patiently present during the time I transcribed it - another Eric's masterpiece.

[jarrelana]

Another fantastic collaboration and the song is very beautiful, one of my favorites.

Impeccable, as you have accustomed us!

Congratulations!

5 * and fav!

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@jarrelana Thank you very much Jarrelana ! ;-)

[AlanEricFan]

Great tribute, guys!!

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@AlanEricFan Thanks again ! ;-)

[220773]

Gio', qua se sta a mette male. Io non riesco più a sentire le sue canzoni. Non ce la faccio proprio, a meno che non mi prenda la voglia malsana di farmi del male.

C'ero cresciuto co' 'sta canzone, madonna santa, quante camminate in spiaggia al tramonto d'inverno.

Il guaio è che avere parentele scozzesi m'ha sempre legato ulteriormente a 'sto gigante (in ogni senso), ma adesso ci si mette anche l'ennesima notizia triste, ironicamente sempre dalla Scozia... qua so' solo lacrime.

[urbania70]

@220773 Troppo forte leggere i tuoi commenti Gian, mezzo scozzese, mezzo romano e mezzo veronese!

Anche la Duncan aveva origini scozzesi? (come Eric, Chris Rainbow, Ian B, David P, Billy Lyall... sembra che i songwriter migliori vengano da lì). Non ho trovato in rete una bio completa (non c'è nemmeno la pagina di Wiki), su bio ridotte dicono solo che lavorava in England.

[220773]

@urbania70 Sì. Incredibile a dirsi, pare che tutto il Project abbia una storia d'amore con la Scozia... ed il bello è che non è spiegabile col fatto che Eric fosse di Glasgow e portava gli scozzesi nella band... era Alan a conoscere i Pilot (Ian, David, Billy e "Toshie"), Chris "Runrig" Rainbow, Dean Ford (vero nome Tommie McAleese)...

Lesley era mezza scozzese per ramo paterno diretto. E in Scozia ha deciso di restare anche dopo la morte, nonostante provenisse dalla contea di Durham.

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@220773 Molto interessante Gian ;-) Grazie delle informazioni, e di averci ascoltato !

[220773]

@ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC Ce mancherebbe, Alessa', v'ascolto sempre e comunque.

[urbania70]

@220773 Sì, lo dicevo anche ad Alec uno di questi giorni durante la sua permanenza qui, ho sempre notato che i migliori songwriter vengono dal nord, o almeno dal centro dell'UK.. per esempio i Beatles (quelli più a sud sono i PF che comunque si incontrarono a Cambdrige :-). Complimenti, sei molto ben informato (anche sugli altri musicisti). Dove sei riuscito a trovare le informazioni su Leslie Duncan?

[220773]

@urbania70 Gio': io so' malato di musica, tienilo in considerazione. E soprattutto l'aneddotica legata alla musica mi affascina a livelli profondissimi. Le informazioni su Leslie le avevo già trovate ai tempi del vecchio "The Avenue", poi - in questi giorni - ho indagato sugli "obituaries" dei vari quotidiani britannici.

Il nord... già: Sting-John Miles-Mark Knopfler (Newcastle), Jon Anderson (Accrington), 10cc (Manchester), E.L.O.-Traffic-Martin Barre (Birmingham), potrei continuare... :-)

[TheMaxprs]

Mi dispiace: se il pianista non ha il cappello non commento !!!

Scherzo... bravi !!!

[urbania70]

@TheMaxprs Haha.. infatti non so se venivo peggio col cappello, senza, o con l'altro cappello... Grazie mille Max

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@TheMaxprs X-D ... Grazie di nuovo Max !!

[Fernandocatan]

Ciao ragazzi. E' la prima volta che sento qs canzone interpretata da un uomo.

Leslie meritava di essere ricordata da 2 superparsonici come Voi.

Un abbraccio dalla fredda Oslo

Il Vs fedele amico

Fer

[urbania70]

@Fernandocatan Eh.. adattare l'arrangiamento alla voce maschile non è stato facile (vedi qua sotto la mia risposta a Mila).

Fredda Oslo? "I remember windy shores.. on melancholy ways.. drifting along with the tide.." Ma non avete le correnti calde lassù?

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@Fernandocatan Grazie Fernando !! Pur non rinunciando alla mia mascolinità ci tenevo tanto a cantare questo brano ... Per fortuna il buon Eric non aveva messo pronomi da cambiare, così oltre alle ottave in certi punti non abbiamo dovuto modificare anche il testo ;-)

[fazil69]

Outstanding! Two "good friends"

[urbania70]

@fazil69 Er.. Fazil.. what do you mean by the quotes? I know this is originally sung by a woman but.. well we're both straight :-D

[fazil69]

@urbania70 What I mean to say is that you and Alec are my good friends:)

[urbania70]

@fazil69 Yes yes.. I was kidding :-D Thank you very much for the beautiful words, Fazil

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@fazil69 ;-) Thanks a lot distant friend !

[iLoveMyPiano73]

Ragazzi...sempre eccezionali...

[urbania70]

@iLoveMyPiano73 Grazie mille Marika

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@iLoveMyPiano73 Grazie Mari ^_^

[Cameragirl803]

What a wonderful Tribute! You both did a wonderful job! Just beautiful:)

[urbania70]

@Cameragirl803 Thank you Jane

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@Cameragirl803 Thanks a lot Jane ! ^_^

[snorkies1]

*****

Luca.

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@snorkies1 Grazie Luca ! ;-)

[milaraven]

Oh my God....just beautiful. As always, both thrilled me with your work.

It´s a  very beautiful tribute to the memory of Lesley.

My words are useless....... It´s best to see and listen your video again and again.

Thanks so much.

[urbania70]

@milaraven Thank you very much Mila for always being there.

The vocal arrangement has been a bit challenging.. as you see we had to lower octave in various parts to suit the male voice, but in other moments Alec insisted to sing in the original high octave.. as consequence there's some jumps, and after some trials we thought to insert there some pauses to create little moments of tension.

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@milaraven Thank you Mila ! I quote what Giorgio already said. We have tried to find the better compromise to arrange it and make it 'flow' the right way ;-)

[sevenender]

great tune good work!

[urbania70]

@sevenender Tank you friend!

[pugmom6]

A great tribute to the singer of this lovely song. Alec, Best wishes to you guys.

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@pugmom6 Thank you so much Linda :-)

[spettacolare]

that's really nice of you guys doing this tribute to Lesley.. ! She certainly had a beautiful voice! well done !! Brilliant job lads !!! ;)

[urbania70]

@spettacolare Grazie friend

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@spettacolare Grazie davvero Greg ! Felici che ti sia piaciuta la nostra cover !

[AceGallagher]

Nice work once again. You two never cease to amaze me ;)

[urbania70]

@AceGallagher Thank you dear Jill :-)

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@AceGallagher ^_^ Thank you very mucj Jill !

[kletamin]

muere homenaje...

antes en el mas profundo olvido....

( al menos te recorde cuando eramos algunos pocos )

[Symphony101Music]

Waw, this is an amazing one too ! Bravo guys.

[urbania70]

@Symphony101Music Thanx Yves.. this time I had time to transcribe only the piano, but the original has great symphonic arrangements.

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@Symphony101Music Thanks again Yves !

[220773]

I didn't know Lesley had passed, for fuck's sake...

And now it's just another reason not to listen to Eric's masterpieces any longer for I don't know how long...

These months are going to be remembered as the worse ever for any APP fan, can't believe life goes on and takes away our wee heroes.

R.I.P. Lesley.

[urbania70]

@220773 Yes, it's sad news. But I must say that, since a couple of months after Eric's departure for the great sea, I never saw the fan community so tight and full of initiatives. These songs are becoming always more classics, and the fans are really doing all the possible to contribute maintaining this music alive.

[JOEneil69]

Great job !

A pure pleasure for me !

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@JOEneil69 ;-) Mercì Lionel !!!

[zorapapp]

Great job to both of you! :-))

[urbania70]

@zorapapp Thanx Zora for your support. Happy to let you know the splendid songs which Eric Woolfson wrote for The Alan Parsons Project.

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@zorapapp Thank you Zora ! ^_^

[frankzito1]

Very nice guys. I enjoyed this womans voice on the Eve album. Great performance of a great song. Have a great Sunday .

Jason

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@frankzito1 Thank you very much Jason, we're happy you liked it ! Have a great week dear friend !

[urbania70]

@frankzito1 Thank you Jason!

[siepelungo]

Incommensurabile interpretazione! Siete quasi meglio d'un can chiamato Lesley...... scusate di Lesley Duncan! Scherzi a parte, forevermore old and wise!!!

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@siepelungo ^_^ ... grazie mille caro Guido !!! ... presto nuove cover !

[urbania70]

@siepelungo Grazie Guido.. sì sì a presto.. questo video è il primo di una serie di 6 (più 2 registrati a Bologna) che pubblicheremo uno alla settimana.. il nostro programma televisivo esce il Venerdì :-)

[urbania70]

@siepelungo PS scusa se non sono passato a trovarti a Bologna (dove sono passato un giorno di questo mese), questa volta ero di passaggio e con poche ore a disposizione.

[RuiVGMarinho]

Great

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@RuiVGMarinho Thank you Rui ;-)

[armedmo1]

Well done, guys! Good to see something new from you two!

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@armedmo1 Thanx !!

[dohertykaki]

Very nice guys !!

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@dohertykaki Thank you very much dear Kate !

[joliroi]

giorgio e alessandro, siete bravissimi

Lesley Duncan Cox must be an happy angel watching you

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@joliroi :-) Grazie Loris !!!!!

[urbania70]

@joliroi Grazie caro Loris

[bigeeezy]

fine work

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@bigeeezy Thanks a lot James !

[urbania70]

@bigeeezy Thanx James. As always much merit goes goes to the original songwriter, Eric Woolfson.

[Quiquemusic]

Wonderfull¡¡ Awesome¡¡

Hugs.

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

@Quiquemusic Muchas Gracias Enrique !!

[JoSieLove2Sing4u]

What a beautiful collaboration.

I am so impressed with you both on this.

The piano magnificent, the vocals just Glorious!

My little piece of heave today here on you tube

Thank you for posting this new video, you can see

just how much pleasure you both get from sharing this song and

its simply wonderful.

[urbania70]

@JoSieLove2Sing4u

What beautiful words, thank you - Giorgio

Thank you so much Jo ... "glorious" :-) You're SO kind, I'm so happy to have made your day :-) Hugs ! - Alec

[JoSieLove2Sing4u]

Pulls up seat next to Dan. *Smile* for the show.

[JoSieLove2Sing4u]

I am here, I am so delighted .... *Hits Play*

[icebluehorizon]

Well done both of you and a fitting tribute to Lesley. Unfortunately I am old enough to remember her music in the 60's although her backing vocals, with the other 2 girls, on Dark Side of the Moon were outstanding

[urbania70]

@icebluehorizon Thank you very much Mike! Yes, the voice of Lesley on both Dark Side (although backing vocal, especially on Brian Damage and Time) and Eve is awesome. Haha, why unfortunately.. it's great you experienced so many musical periods,

Alec, Giorgio

[danbergam]

:'-D

Another beautiful song, another beautiful rendering from two artists like you, my friends!

Another everything-harmonized-in-a-sin­gle-piano-part arrangement by Giorgio... another expressive singing from Alessandro; both the two you greatly following the flow of the song, in each one of its nuances... could we ask for more?!

The setting's just great: looks like you're kinda practicing this song for a theatrical show!

I'm sure Lesley's there, listening, watching, smiling, blessing!

:'-)

[urbania70]

@danbergam Thanx Dan, this has just been recorded, and right now we're recording more :-) Giorgio, Alec

[danbergam]

@urbania70 &ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC

*drools*

;-D