Musical Monday with Leo Moracchioli

The Shades of Gray Dancers are setting the mood for today's cover song by Leo Moracchioli--by being dust in the wind.

 
 
 

Musical Monday with Boxing Mammas!

This week, we have not just one but TWO music videos to kick off the work-week. Both are versions of "Mamma Said Knock You Out" (a song I like mostly due to a number of spoof versions a friend came up with, such as "Mamma's Gonna Bail You Out" and "Mamma's Gonna Whore About").

I feel like this is the first time where cover-version master Leo Moracchioli has missed the mark; he's made the song his own, but he hasn't made it any better nor more interesting. But why don't you take a listen to both and share YOUR opinions in comment section below?

Musical Monday with Leo Moracchioli

If you'll been around these parts for a while (particularly on Musical Mondays), you've heard me say that I'm not a fan of music videos that are nothing more than jump-cuts and pan-shots of the band or solo artist performing. An exception is Norwegian rocker Leo Moracchioli. There's always enough antics or camera mugging to make even the most straight-forward performance video as fun as his energetic cover tunes.

Take this cover of Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell" and music video for example...

The spooky scary skeletons come out to play!

Continuing the Shades of Gray Halloween 2021 celebration, we've got creepy, scary skeletons thanks to artist Bryan Baugh and one of our favorite cover artists Leo Moracchiolli!

Musical Monday with Leo Moracchioli

 It's been a while since we last visited with the great Leo Moracchioli... but his cover of "In the Air Tonight" reminds us that we really should bring him around more often!

Madonna Meets Metal on a Musical Monday

Here's some Monday morning madness with Moracchioli!

Musical Monday: Leo Gives It Away

Everything's better with Leo Moracchioli, even songs I disliked Back in the Day, when they were performed by the original band.



Until Leo's cover (and the goofy video), the only version of "Give It Away" that I could stand was Weird Al's spoof version, "Bedrock Anthem". Check it out below... but be careful! It opens with a little bit of color.

Musical Monday: Leo's 'Hurt'

I think the only person who's done this song better than the multi-talented Norwegian rocker Leo Moracchioli is Johnny Cash... and I'm including the original performance by Nine Inch Nails when making this judgement. It's spookier and more intense that Leo's usual high energy and wild performances, but it's still fantastic.



This is the third in a series of posts with music videos by Moracchioli. I'm a fan, and I hope you will become one, too. For literally hundreds more fantastic covers from this talented artist, check out his YouTube Channel.

Musical Monday: The Final Countdown with Leo

Here's another entry in the series spotlighting the cover tunes by Leo Moracchioli. Moracchioli is an extremely talented musician and producer of music videos from Norway who specializes in making metal-themed covers of... well, just about any type of song from any genre you care to mention. One of the great things about his work is the crazy sense of humor and wild fun that comes with it.

This cover of "The Final Countdown", and the video that comes with it, are fine examples of everything that makes Leo's presentations so enjoyable!




Check out more of Morachioli's covers on the YouTube Channel for Frog Leap Studios.

Musical Monday: Leo's Uptown Metal Funk

Norweigan musical virtuoso Leo Moracchioli has performed and produced dozens upon dozens of creative covers of songs along with amusing and creative videos... with the ones where he dons a bunny suit, uses puppets, or borrows his daughter's toy instruments being among the most amusing. No matter what artist, or whatever the original genre the song he's covering is from, Moracchioli takes the song and makes it his own, usually with a hard rock and/or heavy, heavy metal twist. He usually plays every instrument and he plays every one of them well.

I recently noticed that a few of his videos made in black-and-white, so I'm jumping on the excuse to spotlight him here on the blog, just in case someone out there hasn't discovered this great talent. I'll be posting a new one each Monday for the next few weeks. I hope you enjoy these covers as much as I do.

First up is Leo's version of "Uptown Funk." (For much, much more, visit his YouTube Channel.)