Comments on: Stephin Merritt – Smile

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:06:03 +0000

UKey: Have you got a clip-on tuner? Does your uke have friction tuners? Are they tightened?

By: UKey

UKey — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:07:47 +0000

I have had my uke for 3 years now and it was around 100$ i still cant get it to tune…… HELP!!!!!!!!! what do i do??

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Fri, 06 May 2011 06:01:53 +0000

Nate: I’m pretty sure that was Mary Had A Little Lamb.

By: Nate Guimond

Nate Guimond — Fri, 06 May 2011 05:31:43 +0000

This was the first song ever recorded.

By: enola d!

enola d! — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:03:13 +0000

i saw a video of stephin merrit playing this song and it looked like the first chord he was picking in was Em. plucking the g, e, g, e, g, a string. do you think that’s possible? is it the same thing?

By: Uke Hunt « Arts Queensland Poet in Residence

Uke Hunt « Arts Queensland Poet in Residence — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 08:15:57 +0000

[...] in the sunshine down Brunswick Street today, I’d like to offer this – the amazing Stephen Merrit from Magnetic Fields, and an accompanying article from the site with the most appropriate name I could think of right now, ‘Uke(lele) [...]

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:37:06 +0000

Thanks, maduke. I intend to.

By: maduke

maduke — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:32:40 +0000

thanks! this is so convenient. video and tabs. keep on posting, this is perfect…

By: Nina Coquina

Nina Coquina — Mon, 28 May 2007 18:49:53 +0000

I don’t know which just about killed me more, the video or your writeup. I am still giggling.

By: susan tobacco

susan tobacco — Mon, 28 May 2007 17:38:50 +0000

The live version would be perfect thankyou so much – i can sort of fudge the chorus as G, C, D (changing chords on each ‘you, shipwrecked with YOU’) but the rest eludes me and I’ve probably got it wrong anyway. Fantastic site by the way.