Peggy Sue, Fairport Convention: UkeTube
May 23, 2009
It’s been four days and twenty hours since Peggy Sue got a mention on here. An oversight that must be rectified immediately.
Also this week is Fairport Convention (or what’s left of them) paying tribute to their ukulele heroes, Franny Deschanel’s best song yet, a bit of Justin Timberlake and plenty more.
Shigeto Takahashi – Rhapsody in Blue
Mary Anne McTrowe – When You’re Away
Fairport Convention – Ukulele Song
How Can You Keep on Movin? – Max De Bernardi
Thanks to Tony for pointing me towards that one.
Carter Moulton – New Ukulele Song!
Good work Al in remembering Fairport Convention. They were no doubt the most important Folk Rock group of their time or any time. Perhaps Jethro Tull slips in there someplace also.
gonna look forward to checking out Fairport convention and the others, but I gotta say…..I love Mary Anne’s tunes….
and I fav’d Franny’s song this week after about 10 seconds in….loved it!
cheers,
todd
My god! Fairport Convention is still ambulatory.
And they jam pretty good on the ukes, eh?
Great choice of videos Al ! I’m still trying to decide which one I prefer…
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oooh Fairport Convention!
Mrs Zym and I have been known to knock out a few Sandy Denny tunes when drunk :D
Incidentally, a friend of mine once went to a Fairport Convention convention!
I gotta say I like the last song (My Love), she sang it so well you couldn’t tell she was french
PS: The ukulele completely makes it so it seems it isn’t something justin timberlake would sing
good selection again Al. I prefer the video by Max (I’ll have to work on that one) … £55 to see Ry Cooder perform at the Sage …hmmph!
As much as I used to like them, i find the fairport video “a bit cheesie” nevertheless …well done.
Art: Along with Steeleye Span and Pentangle.
todd: I love his animations as well.
Hobbit: It’s not the real Fairport. I would love to see what Richard Thompson could do with a ukulele.
Armelle: No competition for my favourite this week: Peggy Sue. One of my favourite bands at the moment.
zym: If she sounds like Sandy Denny get her on YouTube right away.
Joe: I like to hear English lyrics sung with a French accent.
Ritchie: I would agree with your “a bit cheesie” assessment. But fun all the same.
Al, Agreed Steeleye Span and Pentangle also among the best of Folk Rock. Will have to play some of their stuff today,
I love that Peggy Sue song and video! I need to get more of their stuff.
Shigeto Takahashi’s “Rhapsody in Blue” is pretty darn rhapsodic, if you ask me!
Art: I never quite got to love English folk rock. I think English folk songs sound better the fewer instruments are playing.
Franny: You should. Their new CD comes with a free puppet theatre.
Bartt: He’s a damn fine player. A bit of a shame he has to fight the traffic in that clip.
Love My Love – what a great voice
Vertigo sent me the lyrics to his song:
Despair is dreadnought sulking in the bay, painting my thoughts all
battleship grey,
hope it’s leaving as soon as it can
(cos)I have no one left to comfort me….etc
Taking a walk with windmill grace, learning a way set to disgrace, all the
memories of things past,
(and) I have no one left to comfort me…..etc