Comments on: Schools Across UK Embrace Ukulele, Fling Recorders Out Windows

By: gorillavsmarykate

gorillavsmarykate — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:48:57 +0000

BTW, Yet another sign that indie kids prefer Paul McCartney to the other ones...

By: BadUncle

BadUncle — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:44:28 +0000

R.I.P. Iz Kamakawiwo’ole.

The uke revolution will not be televised. And probably not recorded. But since both Lennon and Harrison were members of the George Formby Club – celebrating the UK’s greatest banjo uke (aka “banjolele”) player – it’s been going on for some time.

By: Dickdogfood

Dickdogfood — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:42:19 +0000

I hear that you and your school have sold your recorders and bought ukeleles.

I hear that you and your school have sold your ukeleles and bought recorders.

By: so1omon

so1omon — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:17:03 +0000

Ukulele is the new banjo as far as the indie rock kids are concerned. Expect to hear far more of it.

I personally love the uke, and have almost entirely given up the guitar in favor of the little jumping flea.

By: ass-hat

ass-hat — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:07:34 +0000

uke -annot be serious, etc. arf.

if this gets the ukulele orchestra of great britain any more exposure, only a good thing.

By: chaircrusher

chaircrusher — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:10:02 +0000

Heh, too late.

Not only is there a jug band renaissance going on (witness my good friends Escape The Floodwater Jug Band [www.myspace.com]), every indie kid in Iowa City has a uke.

It's easy to learn to play, and it's a natural for gentle pop song accompaniment. Girls look cute playing them, guys look sensitive. What more could you ask for?

They even make them with pickups in them, and a local noise band brings the mad uke feedback howl. What I want to know is what comes after the uke? Ocarinas?
Bassoon?

By: Charlie Kerfelds Jetsons Tee

Charlie Kerfelds Jetsons Tee — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:51:47 +0000

I almost forgot. Since this might be the only chance I have to post a ukulele-related YouTube video...

[www.youtube.com]

I'm sure more than a few of you have seen it, though. Shimabukuro is becoming pretty popular, from what I've heard.

By: MrStarhead

MrStarhead — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:51:03 +0000

Wait… that morbidly obese guy who sings the weird Judy Garland-Louis Armstrong mash-up is dead? Say it ain’t so!

By: Charlie Kerfelds Jetsons Tee

Charlie Kerfelds Jetsons Tee — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:46:37 +0000

Upon seeing that video, my first thought was "HOLY FUCK, THAT GUY IS HUGE."

And then I remembered, "Right. Ukelele. NOT acoustic guitar."

So he's big. But not quite as big as I thought.