Dave had a great idea,
that Mimmo and I should list this song separately from the original - which was called Gina
http://www.musicianscollaboration.com/forum/index.php?topic=7117.0When Mimmo asked me if I wanted to help him with some ideas for a video to send in to the "Ellen Degeneres Show", we threw some ideas back and forth to each other. Our final decision came down to doing a parody of the song "Sway" by Dean Martin or a parody of our own song "Gina". We went with rewriting Gina because everything we needed was already available to us, and when Mimmo saw the rewrite he agreed that we nailed the feel and attitude of the show. So even though our cast of "characters"
is the same from our song Gina, I'll list them again because I'm so proud of the work everyone did on this:
Music and Vocals: Domenic Mercurio (Mimmo)
Lyrics/Animation: John Scunziano (Mr. Mom)
Guitars: Dave Patterson (Studioplayer)
Bass: Matt Lewin (Hazz)
Additional instruments, final arrangement,
Mixing and Mastering: Billy Playle
...and here are the lyrics to our parody of "Gina"
Domenic Sings to EllenEvery day to start the show
as the music starts playing
DJ Tony leads the cheers
as Ellen starts dancing
A thousand moves and the wings...
The wings of an Angel
Every one in the room
Wants to dance with their idol
Ellen lights up the room
every time she starts dancing
Her audience responds
clapping, swaying and prancing
When she takes to the floor
She's out there searching
Wonders who is the fan
who will join in her dance
Ellen feels like a dancing Queen
When the cameras come near her
She just loves to make a scene
As the audience cheers her
Dancing like she's at home
Never sad, never lonely
She will bring people joy
Giving all of herself
Ellen lights up the room
every time she starts dancing
As her audience responds
clapping, swaying and prancing
When she takes to the floor
In the crowd she goes searching
Wonders who is the fan
who will join in her dance
Her smile will make your heart
Get rid of your sadness
As she moves in the crowded room
brings in smiles and happiness
Ellen lights up the room
every time she starts dancing
As her audience responds
clapping, swaying and prancing
When she takes to the floor
In the crowd she goes searching
Wonders who is the fan
who will join in her dance
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As an added treat, here are the links to both videos we submitted for the show:
Mimmo - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UECV1lbFvwkanimated version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnp5rLinSzQ
