The Mini Beats from Germany, is a
terrific musical group that I discovered while I was browsing a little
known music website located in Russia. The Mini Beats specialize in
performing covers of The Beatles' music, and they do an outstanding job
of it. The members of the group are: Philip, guitar and vocals; Andi,
guitar; Markus, bass-guitar and vocals; Jonas, drums and vocals. The
Mini Beats was started by Jonas, who got the inspiration for it after
watching "Help", and "A Hard Days Night", with his father one night.
The song that they play in the video below is John Lennon's and Yoko
Ono's haunting Christmas anthem, "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", that was
released in October of 1971. It just so happens to be my most favorite
Christmas song in the whole world. Incidentally, the melody of "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is
based on an old American folk song called "Stewball". It is
interesting to note, that Philip, the lead singer on "Happy Xmas (War Is
Over), handles the English lyrics quite well. His diction and
pronunciation are perfect. The original version of "Happy Xmas (War Is
Over), by the Plastic Ono Band, is rather hard to find, actually it has
been always hard to find, but I did locate a copy of it on an MP3
Christmas anthology called "The Essential NOW That's What I Call
Christmas". We are starting the Christmas season early at Angel Watchers,
by featuring the The Mini Beats' excellent version of "Happy Xmas (War
Is Over)" This is a virtual Christmas card to all of the fans of Angel Watchers from my Dear Aunt Martha and I. Have a Merry, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, from Angel Watchers.
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