Fly Me To The Moon - VIBES Week 1

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Hey folks
its great to see the music community rallying again and @lordbutterfly can take yet another hive related bow on that one. good job sir!
I usually muck about on the piano but this last year I was working away and I had a little acoustic guitar with me so I tried to practise it. As you can hear Im not exactly fluent but Ive been enjoying strumming away to myself so I thought Id share.

heres my twitteX post:


Vibes web3 music competition week 1.
Im throwing in a cover of 'fly me to the moon' by Bert Howard it turns out. Try to ignore how dodgy my guitar playing is. #hive #vibeshttps://t.co/7Hx9Yucn46

— Basil Marples (@BasilMarples) February 14, 2024

This is actually NOT by Frank Sinatra, and wasn't even sung by him originally so my apologies to Mr. Bart Howard who was the original craftsman and Kaye Ballard who made the original recording in 1954. Who knew?

Anyway, I whapped a couple more verses in to pad it out. The original lyrics seem to be suggesting that being in love with this person is the equivalent of being flown to the moon because of how awesomely intoxicating the romance must be. My added verses are leaning a bit more towards the desire to be alone together and away from the pressures of life on Earth.

Surprisingly.....NOTHING to do with Hive going to the Moon
but I think someone should probably write that as a crypto parody song?
hint hint

Peace and Love everyone! x x
Basil



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I like your version even more than Sinatra's! We do this song with my jazz band with me on vocals. It's a fun one. Good luck in the contest.

!PIZZA

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woah. thats high praise! thankyou steev.
Its a lot more emo than sinatras version.....and shamefully, I havnt yet bothered to listen to Kaye Ballards original version

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😯😯😯😯😯😯👏👏👏👏😁😁😁🩴💗💗💗💗💗💗

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This is gorgeous Basil!

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thankyou Julia :) :) :)
its a little valentines rose to one of my true loves, the Hive blockchain

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You need to post more music, stop depriving us of your angelic voice!

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well it seems like the stage is set......!
Im not sure it will remain angelic though. I dont have many croony jazz classics up my sleeve. hehe

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Wow, that was so relaxing.
Beautiful! 👏

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thankyou very much! I really enjoyed putting a bit of a chilled out vibe on this song to make a change from the upbeat showman style that Sinatra gives it

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Excellent voice timbre mate, reminded me of Across the Universe the movie, I don't remember the main character🤔🤣😎.

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oh cool, thanks. never heard of it.... is it a beatles thing?

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A version of a classic performed in a charming, fluid and versatile way. I congratulate you on this high-level interpretation. You are a great artist and you shine brother. Great job!

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thankyou very much! I really appreciate your review
lets keep shining here on hive! x

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An amazing presentation. We congratulate you on this great performance.

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I think I need to play this for my woman

I love these wonderful performance thank you

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Wonderful interpretation of one of the most beautiful jazz songs!

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thankyou very much. It is an awesome song for sure. I had to learn it because I kept humming it to myself in my last job.....and I thought....man! I wanna have a go at that!

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It's a good practice of the guitar
Your voice is awsome man
Bravo man
I love this

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Exactly.....just got to keep strumming away
glad you liked it man x

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Amazing i love it, that is a great song my friend i enjoy it very much and the way that you play is awesome.
Congratulations, a big hug

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Hi, what a nice version and how great that you added two more verses. It must be amazing to hear a parody of the theme as you say so well to see how it looks hehehehe 🤭 greetings and blessings from Venezuela. Good luck in the contest. 🤝

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thanks yusmi. Maybe you can try this parody? I would love to hear it..... Hive me to the moon maybe? hehe
blessings to you from england x

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You have a spectacular voice, soft and rough at the same time, a unique voice color, I like that song very much. Welcome to Hive. 😍

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thankyou very much, this is a very kind appraisal! I just watched your submission too and it was absolutely gorgeous. x x

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Aaay pero qué lindo suena esto! Es como una caricia para vivir en calma ⛰️🌳

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I loved it! my god your voice is so amazing!

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wow thankyou Raven! Im very touched by all the support this post has had x

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Definitely high quality here bro, can wind down to this entry from a long day, you performed it to a tee in basilmarples style and is deserving to be listened to

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thanks verbal. I appreciate the love man x x

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Always man, appreciate you and your influence

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