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Title: what songs should I learn on my uke?
Post by: hugman on May 02, 2009, 09:30:55 PM

taking suggestions for songs to learn and sing on my new ukelele.  It's got a pickup so I can go electric.  I'm sort of like poindexter in revenge of the nerds (a classic movie by the way).

Title: Re: what songs should I learn on my uke?
Post by: Pidgeon on May 02, 2009, 09:34:49 PM

A local uke school here in Wilmington plays a cover of the Golden Girls song in their radio ads. Why not that?

Title: Re: what songs should I learn on my uke?
Post by: A.M. Thomas on May 02, 2009, 10:08:16 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI8NuFAETMQ

Here are the chords:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc8cPbZLPqc

Title: Re: what songs should I learn on my uke?
Post by: Trembling Eagle on May 02, 2009, 10:57:49 PM

something lonesome.

Title: Re: what songs should I learn on my uke?
Post by: chrisfoll577 on May 02, 2009, 11:53:28 PM

George Harrison was a big uke fan.  So, I'd suggest anything from the Beatles catalog.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5k-OE0-fWs[/youtube]

Title: Re: what songs should I learn on my uke?
Post by: yesno on May 03, 2009, 12:07:37 AM

My Little Buttercup

Title: Re: what songs should I learn on my uke?
Post by: Amplituden on May 03, 2009, 08:53:14 AM

The Ocean by the Velvet Underground.

Title: Re: what songs should I learn on my uke?
Post by: erika on May 03, 2009, 11:02:30 AM

Psycho Killer!

Title: Re: what songs should I learn on my uke?
Post by: buffcoat on May 03, 2009, 11:17:58 AM

Myxomatosis.

Title: Re: what songs should I learn on my uke?
Post by: icepants on May 03, 2009, 07:21:28 PM

tiptoe through the tulips ???

Title: Re: what songs should I learn on my uke?
Post by: hugman on May 03, 2009, 09:07:48 PM

Quote from: A.M. Thomas on May 02, 2009, 10:08:16 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI8NuFAETMQ

Here are the chords:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc8cPbZLPqc

This is totally confusing. Those fingerings don't sound right nor are they anything close to the chord fingerings in my book of uke chords.
fingerings.

Title: Re: what songs should I learn on my uke?
Post by: Jack from Arkansas on May 03, 2009, 11:27:16 PM

Am I being super obvious in suggesting Ram On on the Paul Mcartney album?[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpGtqeMH4Rs[/youtube]  This makes me want a ukelele.

Title: Re: what songs should I learn on my uke?
Post by: nec13 on May 03, 2009, 11:45:11 PM

You beat me to it. Ram On would be the obvious choice for me. Also, anything by Dent May would be a good choice as well.

Title: Re: what songs should I learn on my uke?
Post by: sushi cowboy on May 04, 2009, 02:40:58 AM

That medley at the end of Finding Forrester.

Title: Re: what songs should I learn on my uke?
Post by: hugman on May 04, 2009, 03:51:16 AM

Quote from: sushi cowboy on May 04, 2009, 02:40:58 AM

That medley at the end of Finding Forrester.

never seen it. why bother when YTMND is in the trailer?  is this one of the 82 movies to have IZ K's what a wonderful world/over the rainbow song over the end credits?

Title: Re: what songs should I learn on my uke?
Post by: JonFromMaplewood on May 04, 2009, 09:58:45 AM

I am not a Grateful Dead fan, but I will admit that the song "Ripple" is quite lovely and would probably sound great on a uke.

Or maybe "The Grid" by Phillip Glass.

Title: Re: what songs should I learn on my uke?
Post by: Fido on May 04, 2009, 10:42:44 PM

Definitely "Tiny Bubbles." Whether you ever want to play it publicly is another question.