The Saturday UkeTube
September 15, 2007
Another bumper crop this week. Jake Shimabukuro’s performance at the SF Ukulele Festival, new Taimane clips and a number of videos from a ukulele get together in Dortmund with a whole bunch of Uke Hunt favourites. Not to mention some ukulele juggling.
Watch more clips including Stephin Merritt reworking a kids’ classic and a GUGUG going solo over the fold.
Stephin Merritt – The Wheels On The Car
[youtube sB5PEBc_SJA]
I’m not quite sure what to think about this. Vinyl is Heavy has some opinions and a short history of selling out to the man.
Fin Raucous – Crocodile Rock
[youtube v08-7BhR7k0]
David Beckingham – Baby Elephant Walk
[youtube DufynU7y4Wc]
An excellent version. Some really nice twists in it. I particularly like the extra harmony on the riff at the end. Played like this:
Alternatively, you could play this harmony:
Earlyguard – Autumn’s Color
[youtube lL4xbuAgGio]
Ukulele Bill – I Got Rhythm
[youtube k_euTKTt06U]
Steve James and Del Ray – Dance Hall Shuffle
[youtube X9kuvh3lgQE]
Wiese
[youtube bW7GLuOs_qo]
Woodshed, his “name” is Wiese, not Weise!
No suprise that Stephin Merritt sold out. For all his posturing to the contrary, he seems pretty mainstream to me.
Right on Craig…
It’s a shame the ukulele is being used to advertise such nasty products…4×4 cars and McDonalds…what’s next?
I can’t see how Stephin Merritt is all that mainstream. I’ve always regarded his stuff as being an acquired taste.
Woodshed; we must agree to disagree on Mr. Merritt’s merits, or lack of them.