Internet Ukulele Video of the Year: Make Your Nominations
January 5, 2008 · Print This Article
What’s your favourite ukulele video of 2007?
Next Saturday I’ll be launching a vote for the best online ukulele video. Here’s your chance to nominate up to five for consideration for the final vote. The ones with the most nominations will go forward to the big vote (if there are no clear leaders, I’ll make an arbitrary decision).
Rules:
- Only videos recorded specifically for online viewing are eligible. No DVD/TV rips. No live gigs.
- The ukulele must be the primary instrument.
- Videos must have been recorded and uploaded in 2007.
- Videos must be publicly available online.
- Maximum of five nominations per person.
- Post your nominations in the comments.
- Nominations close midnight Friday 11th January (Hawaii time).
Here are my five:
Jeremy Warmsley’s Ukulele Session (Le Soir)
Waitswatcher - Hoist That Rag (YouTube)
Hailey Wojcik - Bad Modern Art (MUD)
Bosko & Honey’s Fingerpickin’ Love In (YouTube)
Sweetafton23 - Toxic (YouTube)
Man, it was difficult narrowing it down to five. I have to give honorable mentions to Mark Occhionero’s demonstrations and Aldrine Guerrero’s Iamhawaii videos.
Get nominating.
“What Do I Get” by GUGUG
“Prelude” by John King
“Emma” by franklsn (youtube)
“Everybody’s Talkin’ ” by Bosko and Honey
“Lower Colombia River Blues” by Jim D’Ville
…off the top of my head, that is. I’m sure I’m forgetting someone crucial.
Ukulelezaza- Downhill Stop- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMLtZK11vVw
GUGUG- Rawhide- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kBPHeJiMXo
Beatleuke- Michelle- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q06MY33SHwI
wininboy- Persian Rug- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ji0Y6ebaFo&feature=user
Patrick Wolf- The Magic Position- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2xQoFFz4QA
If any of those don’t count for some reason, I have an honorable mention:
poligraffedigraff- Absolutely Cuckoo- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_JKlUBz000
These are a few of my favorites.
La Vie En Rose by Ukulelezaza
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPA66Pfx1HM
Honey Baby by 11 yr old Jordan Guevara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0WNvinSULI
Spooky Uke by Michael Wagner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWJseHklTk8
Smeckhead - A Tribute to Roy Smeck by, um, you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NszDzFQ0G24
Waiting in Vain (Bob Marley cover) by Seeso
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z5V83FCGBU
This is my top five. Difficult to choose and lots and lots more video’s would need to be mentioned, but these are the ones that really put a smile on my face!
Cheers, Christina
1. My number one is this charming video:
Germainhark- Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash) http://youtube.com/watch?v=S3owOZ-JQpA
(ok, she can’t sing, but what the heck, it shows a creative spirit
2. The lovely ending song of “The cat returns”
http://youtube.com/watch?v=H9GDvMCDDhw
3. Dermitderukulele - Ukulele polka (with his young students)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GcxrSv50OKg
4. Jeremy Warmsley’s Ukulele Session (Le Soir)
(just saw it for the first time!)
5. Heftone’s awsome tune:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YWaVbjbCRSI
Bosko & Honey’s Fingerpickin’ Love In (YouTube)
guting - Waiting in vain - longer (YouTube)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=z8xK-PnaOUA
tafkam1 - Ukulele - Here Comes The Sun (YouTube)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tCu86AVpefU&feature=related
Waitswatcher - Hoist That Rag (YouTube)
sorry left one out: - flight of the bumblebee:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBkrHgNY0fY&feature=related
I don’t have a list of five but I’d very much like to put a gentleman named Eric into the mix.
He’s in his late sixties, lives somewhere in the UK and I really like him.
I blogged about him when I found him on some other site (can’t remember the name offhand) but since then he’s busily put up over 50 vids on YouTube.
He goes by ukuleleric and my fave of his (so far) is La Mer by Charles Trenet.
No particular order;
California Sun - GUGUG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxjWaRcilsk - Love the wooble board!
Ruby - GUGUG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q_iO9CRs0Y
Carol of the Bells - John King
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7eCz8SC86U&feature=related - it looks so easy…
Lighting Ukulele - AudreyLighting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltgfDkQl67A - check out this uke!
Last but not least, any other GUGUG video added this year.
Craig Robertson - Slowboat - (Sparks cover)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojPXMUM4C9k
What’s my favourite ukulele video of 2007? Waimanalo BluesBy Sam & John
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09Bpyei_1eI
wow - i could spend a day just watching all of the clips posted already
wah theres way too much to chose from, but my favourites from 2007 (in no particular order) are…
Amy Winehouse-Rehab Island Style (cover)
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHHzqNbcj9g - yay for ukulele ladies
Tonight You Belong to Me - Live in Yangshuo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqiXw7nqw6k - Featuring the cutest little girl in the world
Tom Cruise Crazy on ukulele - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRvm0PfayR8 - more from Sweetafton2 (and JoCo) - yay for the teenage Ukulele scene!!
Best Ukulele song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YA_uTtb8r8 - Nice tune, shame about the legs
Muppet Show. Kermit and Piggy - Ukulele Lady
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFOvN5FEhsw - Ok, so the clip might be 30 years old, but it was only put on youtube in October!
My honourable mention goes to..
Matthew J Richards - Demonstration of the G F Split Stroke - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhjy9_3rusc - very helpful
Tough choice…
GUGUG - Blitzkrieg Bop : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNFpOh2seqo
Max the Ukulélé punk rocker - Debaser : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sycwq_nBmfs
Mercedezzz - I Will survive :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pwUmSNHUgY
Seeso - Under the bridge :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su0Gnq55ZrI&feature=related
And while discussing the “Le Soir Ukulélé Sessions”, Let’s point out The Tellers, an amazing belgian band :
http://www.lesoir.be/video/?action=popup&v=20070920_thetellers
These are the best uke videos of last year, I know this for 2 reasons:
1. I made them
2. They are not cover versions
a/ “Kill Yourself” filmed as one shot in only 2 takes…also features the best origional ukulele duet of the las 40 years:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=K1ojFGBco5w
b/”A Dog @ All Things” written, recorded and filmed during a snowstorm in Wales in Feb 07.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=erkUjkoAIIg
though, got to admit that cover of Debaser is pretty great!
Thanks for all the nominations, guys.
zym: Muppets are disqualified for breaking every single rule.
Jimmy: I bought S’Amuser Com Des Fous not long back. Now all I need to do is find a record player.
My nominations:
James Ward with Rain Until september: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUagcau9Yrg
Gallier with Something:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI_6kQbzwPI
A guy called Woodshed with Baby Elephant Walk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j-aLze1OCs
Heftone with The Entertainer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOCom31EaHI
And since noone nominates me I have to do it myself…
WS64 with Raindrops Keep Falling On Your Hand:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPCOqdznH6I
Hi Al
these are my faves of 2007
Gallier’s contribution to the Bushman Ukulele Video contest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQYYMH8kssE
Bosco & Honey’s Holiday Love-In:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPH1RD30T3s
Rawuke’s Ukulele-Blues:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlGLJOTJO7Y
Don Barto’s Little Uke Spice:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpo-CS7KxR8
Waitwatcher’s Alice (Tom Waits Cover)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTVE09PAWNc
cheers
Thomas
..
1) Francisco Cornejo dueñas (Fran Spain)
Bésame mucho - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2OuWcaGEeI
2) John, wittgrjp
When I’m Cleaning Windows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2OuWcaGEeI
3) Mike DaSilva and Brook Adams, Ukemaker
Idaho Thrillbillies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpoq2vfINLc
4) JohnRockwell re: Your Brains
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjDJwI4KI6o
and
5) Ukulolo; Ukulele
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=ukulolo
JazzUkes
1. Three brothers sing I’m yours:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-0ZYJbmLd8
2. GUGUG: Ruby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q_iO9CRs0Y
3. Re-entrants: Ever Fallen in Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_im8tezZe0
4. Shanel43: Bubbly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrlG5BZluWw
5. Julia Nunes: it’s raining man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVbWZw88g9k
no muppets!
Nooooooooooooo!
In that case i’ll have to second Marks choice of…
4) JohnRockwell re: Your Brains
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjDJwI4KI6o
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=N9ag-saoEZY
My Favourite!
Thanks for the nominations. I’ll start collating them right now. You could have made it easy on me by all nominating the same videos.
Oooohh….most of those nominations are covers*…you can teach a monkey to play covers…just look at my videos and see the origional things you can train monkeys to do!!!!
*And Jeremy Warmesly playing uke like a guitar!