Ukulele Videos – Page 10

Original Song Video: Victorian Farm Failure Love Song

Yeah, say that title three times fast. I dare ya! Heh. Well, I'll let the video do most of the talking on this one since I, apparently, can't record a Ukulele video without talking through half of the damn thing. I really like the sound of my own voice, I guess?

If you are intersted in the chords or words, I've posted them below.

F
The plowhorse went lame
Gm
the wheat crop failed
F
when the well went dry
A#dim (0202)
I knew that the rest was sure to follow
Bb                     C
looks like the pretty life we planned yesterday
A7         A     Bb
gonna turn to dust tomorrow
Bb                              C              A7
and the day after that is gonna be more of the same
Bb                              C
Well you said that it wasn't my fault
A7         Dm
but I know that was a lie
Bb                              C              A7                      Bb
it's just that you couldn't bear to let all that pain and sadness back inside
Gm                C
You just couldn't admit
Gm                C
that maybe it was wrong
Gm                         C                  F
to fall for a guy cause he wrote you a pretty song.

F
The roof still leaks
Gm
The Barn's collapsed
F
It hasn't rained for weeks
A#dim
and I know that the worst has yet to get here

Bb           C
You said youy'd stay with me forever
A7            A          Bb
but we both know that's not right
Bb                              C              A7
Why you and the children run off the farm tonight
Bb                              C
Well you said that it wasn't my fault
A7         Dm
but I know that was a lie
Bb                              C              A7                      Bb
it's just that you couldn't bear to let all that pain and sadness back inside
Gm                C
You just couldn't admit
Gm                C
that maybe it was wrong
Gm                         C                  F
to fall for a guy cause he wrote you a pretty song.
Gm                  C
So baby, if this is it
Gm                  C
If this is the very last so long
Bb                            C                 F
I'm still glad it was me what wrote that pretty song

P.S. This video was made with my Lanikai CK-TEQ Tenor Ukulele.

Video: Pecker, doing “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend”

So, I spent the whole weekend pretty much ignoring my computer and living in the backyard (when it was nice) and the movie theatre (when it was crappy out). So, as a result, I didn't see a tweet from @gotanda until just a few minutes ago. That's a shame because it means I could have watched the Youtube video he sent me a few more dozen times. Heh.

The video is by someone known simply, as Pecker. Yup. Pecker. I did a "D-" amount of research and I believe he's something like the Barcelona version of Gunther only with more (or is it less, I can never tell) ironic value. If you wanna check out his site, you can find it at http://www.pecker.es/.

Anyway, the video is just Pecker and a ukulele (is it a Mahalo maybe?) covering The Ramones song "I wanna be your boyfriend". That's one of my favorite Ramones songs and my son and I actually cover that ourselves when we are transformed into our Ramones cover band (we are called "Second verse, same as the first").

Anyway, the video is fun and I like his accent. I'm especially glad that it's not faked (the accent, I mean).

We are the World (Ukulele Style)

Well, this wouldn't be much of a Ukulele blog if I didn't talk about this Ukulele version of We Are The World. It's 33 Ukulele players from all over the world playing We Are The World and it's be edited into one video. Apparently there are ukulele players from Australia, Canada, Germany, Hawaii, Italy, Malaysia, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S.

I like the concept of this (it remind me of that great Stand By Me youtube video), I just sort of wish they picked a different song. Sure, I grew up in the 80s, but I pretty much can't stand this song. But, it's nice to see all the great ukes and players and hear everyone's style on this, regardless of the tune.

If you want to see more of a particular player, check out all of the following links. They are the Youtube pages for everyone who is in the video. You're going to have to do a little guesswork, though, if your favorite is in the middle of the video. Either that or be a really great counter.

Kala U-Bass (on tour with Paul Simon, even)

So, I got a press release from Kala saying that their U-Bass is currently on tour with Paul Simon. Well, I guess I could say that more clearly. The U-Bass is actually being played by Bakithi Kumalo (thankfully, no one has invented the sentient, walking ukulele... yet. When they do, I'm out of a job.). Bakithi Kumalo is an incredibly musician and you've probably heard his playing before on Paul Simon records (he played on Gracelenad).

Anyway, reading the press release makes me realize that I need to know more about the Kala U-bass.

So, I did a little searching and this is what I've come up with so far. It's a 20" scale bass guitar and the strings are some sort of fancy polyurethane that is some sort of Kala secret ingredient deal. What is blowing my mind is that, for it's size, it has incredibly rich and deep tones. I think if you were listening to it and not looking at it, you'd assume you were listening to an upright bass. So, I guess it's like the musical instrument equivalent of a Bag of Holding from D&D. Somehow, it's like a magical vortex that channels extra deep tone?

Here, take a listen to these guys covering "Stand by Me" and tell me that this bass sound isn't exceptional deep.

Anyway, if someone has one of these, tell us more about it! Heck, make a video even, why doncha?

Missoula, Montana… and BEER!

Andy Smetanka posted a link to a video today that I figured I could get away with re-posting here. For one, I just need to start posting again (stupid real life getting in the way of my blogging) and for another, I'm actually playing Ukulele in the music of this video.

But, I'm getting ahead of myself. Andy is a long-time friend and full-time Renaissance man. I met him around 1997 or so when he was fronting Humpy, a great Missoula hardcore band. If you've seen any Volumen videos, then you've seen his work before. He made videos for Sexy Astronaut, Snakes and Lost in the Baltics. Heck, he's even made videos for The Decemberists. Heck, he even officiated my wedding, if you can believe that.

This particular video was made for Big Sky Brewing, a local Missoula Brewery. However, the music that's featured in the video was recorded, I think, for another project. I think he was making a Tolkien-inspired video for Le Force. This music was supposed to be for the Hobbit's merry-making and whatnot, I think? Anyway, besides me on the Ukulele, Al Pils is on the jawharp and I think Bryan Ramirez and a few other folks (Andy as well) are stomping, snapping, etc. I'm actually a little surprised that there is no musical saw in this song because Andy is also the king of musical saw, if you can believe that.

Oh, hang on! I just found a link for the Le Force video as well. I'm probably stretching it by including this video here, but hay, it does have some ukulele in the beginning. 😉 Besides, the video is freaking RAD!