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gh1 |
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Joined: April 2006 Posts: 972 Location: PDX | "I think there\'s going to be a 21st-century music revolution, and the ukulele will be at the center of it all." _____ gh1 | ||
jb |
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Joined: December 2004 Posts: 370 Location: Isle of Man, UK | I recall an interview with Dhani Harrison (George's son) who said that George used to carry a Uke everywhere, as it was fun to play and everyone enjoyed having a quick listen. In later years, he always carried two. Just so that someone else could join in. And who knows that "Something" was written on a Uke? There's a new future coming, and it's tiny-guitar shaped! JB | ||
Jeff W. |
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Joined: November 2003 Posts: 11039 Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | W I I I I I I I I I I I I I I T-KO!!! | ||
lanaki |
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Joined: October 2006 Posts: 5575 Location: big island | a plague of jumpin' fleas is upon us!! | ||
cliff |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 14842 Location: NJ | that explains the itching . . . | ||
lanaki |
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Joined: October 2006 Posts: 5575 Location: big island | yeah, but after you get an ukulele the itching becomes a tickle. a good sounding one is a joy to play. | ||
Jeff W. |
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Joined: November 2003 Posts: 11039 Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Don't make me notify the Administrator. | ||
Northcountry |
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Joined: February 2004 Posts: 2487 | Go Crazy man! Keep one string tuned a half note high! Who'd know anyway? We had to load some rare old Battle Flags into our State Capitol for a display we were setting up a couple of months ago. The guy who was supposed to be "In Charge" brought some guy from the office with him to sit on the back of the truck (parked in front of the Capitol building on the sidewalk) what do you think he brought with him to help pass the time? Yep. Apparently he was getting ready for the 21st century musical revolution. He had a little "how too" book and his index fingernail and all I can say is he was not singing, at least when we would come out of the door. All I could think of was the Animal House scene with John Belushi, and me grabbing that freekin cheese box and smashing it on the back of the truck. I told the guy I was carrying a huge, super heavy, framed, flag up the stone stairs with what I was thinking and he got laughing so hard we almost lost a scared battle flag right there. We just got ourseves into a laughing fit and could not get out of it. Jesus, those little things are the funiest little instruments. I was afraid to leave that guy on the back of the truck in downtown Albany. One look at this guy and I could imagine him with that little Uke sticking out of his posterior nether regions and the flags heading down the street! Grown men need to be beaten, hard! at least once in their lives for using one! Randy | ||
Mark in Boise |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12750 Location: Boise, Idaho | If they really came "smothered in cleavage" I might be interested. At least then they'd look good. | ||
Enaitz Jar |
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Joined: December 2006 Posts: 10 Location: Spain | Can somebody name a few good ukelele songs? In Spain you have more chances of seing a flying camel than an ukelele, so I'm not sure how an uke sounds like. Was it an ukelele the instrument opening REM's Loosing my religion? | ||
Mark in Boise |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12750 Location: Boise, Idaho | I'm going to Spain in March. Maybe I can bring you one. (A ukelele, not a flying camel.) | ||
Enaitz Jar |
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Joined: December 2006 Posts: 10 Location: Spain | It would be welcomed for sure :-) | ||
cliff |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 14842 Location: NJ | Losing My Religion features a mandolin, not a ukelele. Listen to the Who's "Blue Red & Grey" from "Who By Numbers" That's a uke. | ||
Capo Guy |
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Joined: December 2004 Posts: 4394 Location: East Tennessee | Uke's. Next thing you know we'll be playing these. | ||
gh1 |
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Joined: April 2006 Posts: 972 Location: PDX | Originally posted by Enaitz Jar: This is a clip of "some guy" playing an ukelele. Can somebody name a few good ukelele songs? In Spain you have more chances of seing a flying camel than an ukelele, so I'm not sure how an uke sounds like. Was it an ukelele the instrument opening REM's Loosing my religion? _____ gh1 | ||
Tupperware |
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Joined: January 2005 Posts: 4903 Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Enaitz Jar: "My Dog Has Fleas" is kind of a traditional one. Can somebody name a few good ukelele songs? I actually enjoy playing songs on uke that you would not normally associate with such an instrument. Kashmir, Comfortably Numb, Fire & Rain, Paler Shade Of White, etc. stuff like that. Any Beatle song, Herman's Hermits, REM, Springsteen, Harry Chapin, etc. go nicely on ukulele. Slipkid and I were going to do Pink Floyd's "Brain Damage" on ukuleles at last years OFC Tour. Until he chickened out and claimed he'd rather wear a coconut bra. Dave | ||
MWoody |
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Joined: December 2003 Posts: 13984 Location: Upper Left USA | Dave, Let's work on "Badlands" for the next engagement... | ||
lanaki |
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Joined: October 2006 Posts: 5575 Location: big island | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO2lvAK4Yns This is Jake Shimabukuro from Hawaii. Same guy featured in clip on above post. In this clip his ukulele is amplified. | ||
Weaser P |
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Joined: October 2005 Posts: 5327 Location: Cicero, NY | Jake has been discussed here many times, Lanaki. Incredible talent. | ||
lanaki |
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Joined: October 2006 Posts: 5575 Location: big island | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq-jyouSAp4&mode=related&search= short clip of Pearl Jam playing ukulele in December | ||
jb |
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Joined: December 2004 Posts: 370 Location: Isle of Man, UK | Originally posted by Enaitz Jar: That was a Mandolin - steel strings, usually tuned G D A E (like a Violin), all paired so there's 8 strings in all. Was it an ukelele the instrument opening REM's Loosing my religion? Ukulele is a very different sound as it's nylon string, and there's only four strings. I'm trying to think of a Ukulele in mainstream music can I can't - sure that the clips people have dug up will give you a clue, though! Today, I will be trying to get a Uke arrangement of Badlands out of my head. Yeah, thanks guys. ;-) JB | ||
Tupperware |
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Joined: January 2005 Posts: 4903 Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by jb: Originally posted by Enaitz Jar: Jack Johnson[qb] I'm trying to think of a Ukulele in mainstream music but I can't | ||
gh1 |
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Joined: April 2006 Posts: 972 Location: PDX | Originally posted by jb: From the article: I'm trying to think of a Ukulele in mainstream music can I can't - sure that the clips people have dug up will give you a clue, though! JB A uke-friendly pop playlist Ram On, Paul McCartney Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head, B.J. Thomas The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, George Harrison I Looked All Over Town, Magnetic Fields Church of Women, XTC Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole Anthony, Nickel Creek You Are the Light, Jens Lenkman Goodbye, Eddie Vedder Blue Red Grey, the Who Breakdown, Jack Johnson Dame Fortune, Andy Partridge _____ gh1 | ||
Jeff W. |
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Joined: November 2003 Posts: 11039 Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Israel Kamakawiwo'ole... Have you seen Iz? If he held a Gibson Jumbo it'd look like a Uke. He's a mountain. | ||
Waskel |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 11840 Location: closely held secret | He died in 1997. | ||
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