Ringo?

Wally Cox?

Obviously Beatle like and well done.

Some great guesses here. You guys crack me up! 

bapu


I personally did not like it. But as someone said, the production was good. IMO, he could have just done a tribute/cover and I probably would have been more impressed. Especially since he turned what was not (IMO) a religious song into a praise song. 

Ed, I must commend you for having the courage I did not. I was pretty taken aback by it myself. My respect for Scotty prompted me try to find something positive to say, when I felt nothing of the sort. I have to agree with the statement that Lennon is probably rolling in his grave.

I hear you, Bapu and Foxy. I have another take on this. I think Lennon would be proud to have prompted a blossom on another branch of the tree.

Is it one of the monkees?

Will we ever really know? 

I'm not allowed to say. If the artist drops in and identifies himself we'll know for sure.

I'm not going to comment either way on the "spin off" aspect and/or whether Lennon would have been proud or angry.

The song as it stands is a good one.  very well mixed, great vocals.  the piano is a tad muddy at the intro, then clears up immediately just before the vocals come in (when the bird chirps are gone and the video shows the artist at the piano).  of course the piano sound at the intro is very similar to the recording of the song this was derived from, so maybe that was on purpose.  I think if that's the case I would have cleared the piano up at the exact same moment the vocals came in, not before.

I like it - very nice work!

Thanks for your input, Beagle!