For a band that has a career’s worth of songs about lazing on Californian beaches, there’s not a lot of ukulele in their songs. But their latest album has a ukulele-heavy song and the uke slides neatly into the Beach Boys sound.
Also up this week is a blistering version of Classical Gas by sanfordandsong, some sound romantic advice from MrJnobianchi, Nicholas Abersold daydreaming of YouTube fame, Carly Rae Jepsen singing that song that’s all over the place and plenty more besides.
Warning: if you’re listening on headphones turn the volume down for Garfunkel and Oates.
sanfordandsong – Classical Gas
MrJnobianchi – The Dumber They Come
The Beach Boys – Isn’t It Time
Richard Ho’opi’i & George Kahumoku Jr – Maui Medley: Na Wai Eha, Lani Ha’aha’a & Pono Kamakani
Carly Rae Jepsen, Jimmy Fallon & The Roots – Call Me Maybe/a>
Nicholas Abersold – Youtube Sensation
Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles – Just A Kid
Via @oscarjavier04.
sandfordandsong stuck to his usual stellar standard. maybe if we meet someday he’ll shake my hand and some of his mojo might rub off.
the MrJnobianchi tune was delightfully non-PC. is that his own (ala Formby) or is it a genuine Formby? either way I liked it and his banjo uke playing makes me all jelly.
re: The Beach Boys — clicking play gives the message, “the uploader has not made this video available in your country.”
the Fallon et al video was surprisingly good. much of that had to do with how much fun they were obviously having, but musically it was pretty spif too.
I’d seen the Nicholas Abersold video before but he too sets a high bar and maintains it. I’m a sucker for clever, funny lyrics.
I didn’t need to turn down the G&O song because their one-trick pony went lame some time ago and they’re quite easily skippable.