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Location: Zion, Illinois | I just came across this movie. After watching it, I feel like hanging up all my guitars! It is a guy playing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" on a uke.
One word : WOW
UKE - While My Guitar Gently Weeps |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Holy freaking son of a bitch! I give up. My entire guitar collection is now officially for sale. Wow. Dave |
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| I won't be quitting because I knew I sucked before watching that guy. HE ROCKS HUGE!!!!!
Anyone who doesn't believe a yuke is a real instrument needs to watch that guy in action. WOW! Anyone know the type of uke?? That guy was just awesome. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | That was impressive. Gives me new found respect for the uke! |
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Location: New Orleans | The best I've ever seen or heard. Total perfection...damn! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Cruster,
As you were.
....koa top??
That was cool. Very. |
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Location: Isle of Man, UK | Will have a gander at that later, as my work's firewall denies me.
Just wanted to chip in, and sing the praises of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, who don't even try to give the Uke any credibility, but still put on a great show.
My personal favorite from their show the other night was "Teenage Kicks"... A close second was some random song where 5 of them (yes 5) were playing one Uke altogether.
Not an O in sight (excepting my Deacon as I was in the band playing support), but a top concert nonetheless.
Uke's are the new cool. Don't fight it, it'll be easier that way...
JB |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Englishplayer:
Anyone know the type of uke?? I'm pretty sure it's a Ron Saul. |
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Location: closely held secret | Wow, indeed. |
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Location: Tampa, FL | A fellow player in an ensemble I play with is a trained classical guitar musician. I've seen him do similar type of things that just stop me in mid-strum (flailing on a money-fret C). Thought my 6591 was broke till I asked him to try it, suddenly it was fixed. I considered giving it to him of of mercy for my poor guitar. But I'm much too cruel for that.
The uke guy is very impressive. Wish I could make four strings sound that good. Thinking of taking up something more my speed If you go here, check out Scott's July 26, 2003 performance and forward to time mark 41:40. Not sure I could even make one string sound that good. |
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Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma | Holy Sh#t Uke Man!... I'm going to see if I can learn alittle bit of that... I'm sure it won't sound like his but I've always been rather good at making good songs sound bad on stringed instuments... |
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Location: Houston, Texas | A phrase comes to mind that has probably never before been uttered in the English language, Ukulele virtuoso. I will no longer immediately think of Tiny Tim whenever the ukulele is mentioned. Do they make a cutaway ukulele? :eek: :D |
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Location: Cicero, NY | To reduce the virtual certainty of redundancy, I'm calling for a unanimous group "Wow". |
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Location: Midland, MI | Can't get it from werk. Have to check it out tonight! |
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Give yourself some time...you'll need to play it more than once.
I just watched it again. The guy's from another planet. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | and it ain't planet Cruster ;) |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Man! Do not reach for the soap in this crowd! :p |
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| Yeh, but dose Ayjhuns got little hands right?
That is just so beautiful, so musical, so freakin' awesome..........
And I never heard a uke that sounded like a musical instrument before. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Hey, this video isn't just some dude in NYC hanging out in the park and decided to turn on his camcorder while he stummed a bit. I did a little research. This is Jake Shimabukuro. He's got a couple DVDs and a bunch of CDs. Has won all kinds of awards in Hawaii and Japan for uke playing. Now I don't feel so bad anymore. I actually thought he was just like one of us. No way. My entire guitar collection is no longer for sale.
http://jakeshimabukuro.com |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | He is touring with Jimmy Buffet |
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Semi OT - Uke player - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
