tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731166389486276802024-03-05T09:29:25.143-08:00Uku-AliUkulele + Ali = Uku-Ali--ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266757207489665452noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373116638948627680.post-64878815512836039952009-05-22T14:59:00.000-07:002009-05-22T15:00:01.922-07:00Pennies From Heaven<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZVDyC0iYeKw&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZVDyC0iYeKw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>--ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266757207489665452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373116638948627680.post-23148086602993713022009-02-19T17:02:00.000-08:002009-02-19T18:19:06.220-08:00You're Near MeThis is a tune I wrote, and it's on my cd that I'm getting returned to me on Friday...100 copies, and it's called "To the River EP". This song is on there, but it's with piano instead of uke.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cB97yBMlu94&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cB97yBMlu94&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I don't need roses or candy,<br />or anything fancy,<br />I don't need anything at all<br />when you're near me.<br /><br />I don't need walks on the beach<br />as long as you're within reach.<br />I don't need anything at all<br />when you're near me.<br /><br />And when you're near me,<br />there's a love like I've never known.<br />I'll bet that you agree with me<br /><br />that nothing else even matters.<br />You know that I'd rather<br />forget it all,<br />stay home and wait for your call.<br />I need nothing at all <br />when you're near me.--ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266757207489665452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373116638948627680.post-5816223757820719642009-02-17T13:12:00.000-08:002009-02-17T13:26:59.360-08:00I Choose Love [original]Here's a new tune!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dPhfZH0WWS4&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dPhfZH0WWS4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I Choose Love<br /><br />Of all the choices I've ever had to make<br />choosing you was never a mistake.<br />My heart whispered that you were the one<br />Who would stay up late with me, talking through the night,<br />Singing all the songs that, together, we would write,<br />Simple melodies in two-part unison<br /><br />CHORUS<br />I Choose Love,<br />I Choose Love,<br />I Choose Love.<br /><br />Wake up in the morning, drenched in song,<br />If I'm with you, I know I never can be wrong.<br />My eyes want to see you everyday,<br />'cause each time I do, you're glad to see me.<br />Each burns the other into our memories,<br />that way I know that you'll never fade.<br /><br />CHORUS<br /><br />Time only flies if you let it.<br />Stay here in this moment, and you'll get the chance to choose<br /><br />love,<br />I choose love, <br />I choose love.<br /><br />There's only one thing that I've got left to say,<br />and for some reason, I haven't 'til today,<br />I guess I thought that you already knew.<br />I love you more each day than the day before.<br />It's only everything about you I adore.<br />We're the same color, just a slightly different hue.<br /><br />CHORUS (2x)--ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266757207489665452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373116638948627680.post-50189230216706223672009-01-21T17:42:00.000-08:002009-01-21T19:03:26.473-08:00In A Sentimental MoodSo I realize how much posting everyday improved my ukulele playing. I had a couple of students cancel today, and I decided to record Duke Ellington's <span style="font-style:italic;">In A Sentimental Mood</span>. It's a fun but challenging song. Here's Duke on the tune:<br /><br />"We had played a big dance in a tobacco warehouse, and afterwards a friend of mine, an executive in the North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company, threw a party for us. I was playing piano when another one of our friends had some trouble with two chicks. To pacify them, I composed this there and then, with one chick standing on each side of the piano."<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JQxNpxl6cQo&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JQxNpxl6cQo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>--ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266757207489665452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373116638948627680.post-6993083400570370622008-12-31T11:48:00.000-08:002008-12-31T11:49:44.142-08:00Who I Am - Bushman World Ukulele Video ContestThis is my official entry in the 2008 Bushman World Ukulele Video Contest, and with only hours to spare.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9Tq6GPnskSs&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9Tq6GPnskSs&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>--ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266757207489665452noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373116638948627680.post-768466773093937932008-12-09T12:19:00.000-08:002008-12-09T12:35:43.798-08:00Wish You Were Here [Pink Floyd Cover]This is the title track from the Pink Floyd album <span style="font-style:italic;">Wish You Were Here</span>. What I didn't know is that Stephane Grappelli plays violin on this track. I guess it is barely audible, and he is not credited on the album. He happened to be recording downstairs. As you may have guessed, this song is about Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd's former guitarist, and his breakdown.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2P1Wvo-J_V0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2P1Wvo-J_V0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>--ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266757207489665452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373116638948627680.post-71449735804647445822008-12-05T11:01:00.000-08:002008-12-05T11:12:18.060-08:00The Christmas Song [Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire]I just found out this song was written by Robert Wells and Mel Torme on a hot summer day in an effort to keep cool. Weird. Now, it's reportedly the most performed Christmas song of all time.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XQK2oRkXQUs&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XQK2oRkXQUs&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>--ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266757207489665452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373116638948627680.post-44188405765658634352008-12-02T10:23:00.000-08:002008-12-02T10:50:59.744-08:00Something WonderfulLike I say in the video, this one goes out to my friend Shaun. We were in this musical together in high school. This is from <span style="font-style:italic;">The King and I</span>, and I actually sang this in the musical as Lady Tiang. <a href="http://schwami.wordpress.com/">Click here</a> to read Shaun's blog.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IFH4HEwE7eQ&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IFH4HEwE7eQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>--ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266757207489665452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373116638948627680.post-25706947735206167572008-12-01T10:31:00.000-08:002008-12-01T10:38:37.141-08:00Pure ImaginationI'm forging ahead into a new month. I'll try to keep doing this until I run out of material. Today is <span style="font-style:italic;">Pure Imagination</span> written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley for the 1971 version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. I'd love to have seen Johnny Depp sing it, too, but it wasn't meant to be.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/I6r6G7fh5vY&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/I6r6G7fh5vY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>--ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266757207489665452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373116638948627680.post-12766792953206555262008-11-30T09:51:00.000-08:002008-11-30T09:57:52.508-08:00Wow 30 days later.....and I have a super fun video to show you. But first, I just wanted to say, if you ever want to get good at something, videotape yourself doing it for 30 days, and put it on the internet. This month has been SO good for my ukulele playing, it's not even funny. I think I am going to continue into December, like it or not. <br /><br />So. this video is for a contest about games you can't play with your butt. Ukulele, although not quite a game (maybe to some), is definitely something you can't play with your butt. I'm going to post the link so you can click through to my youtube, watch it there, and give it a rating and/or a comment. Part of what we're judged on is our "youtube presence" so if everyone could watch it 80 times a day, that would be great. Just kidding, but tell your friends!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEtR9IRywag">You Can't Play Ukulele With Your Butt</a>--ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266757207489665452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373116638948627680.post-19021566588647619222008-11-29T23:56:00.001-08:002008-11-29T23:56:30.946-08:00Count Every Star<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Plmztr96iWg&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Plmztr96iWg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>--ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266757207489665452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373116638948627680.post-17443044847986779352008-11-28T10:31:00.000-08:002008-11-28T10:38:01.164-08:00SomethingAnother Beatles cover today. This is a George Harrison tune, and this first of his to be included on the A-side of a record. It has been critically acclaimed as one of the best songs of all time, by the BBC and Rolling Stone magazine. In addition, it won an Igor Novello Award in 1970 for the best song, musically and lyrically.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UTtVZfuUlzs&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UTtVZfuUlzs&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>--ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266757207489665452noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373116638948627680.post-17941789962523475082008-11-27T10:36:00.000-08:002008-11-27T10:48:11.132-08:00Oh DarlingThis is a Beatles tune, written by Paul McCartney, released on the 1969 album, Abbey Road. Apparently, Paul used to practice this in the bathtub. I guess great minds think a like, because I practiced it in the shower. <br /><br />But what else was going on in 1969?<br /><br />January 30 - The Beatles give their last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records. The impromptu concert was broken up by the police.<br /><br />February 9 - The Boeing 747 makes its maiden flight.<br /><br />March 18 - Operation Breakfast, the secret bombing of Cambodia, begins.<br /><br />April 4 - Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.<br /><br />May 22 - Apollo program: Apollo 10's lunar module flies to within 15,400 m of the Moon's surface.<br />May 26 - Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth, after a successful 8-day test of all the components needed for the upcoming first manned Moon landing.<br /><br />June 28 - The Stonewall riots in New York City mark the start of the modern gay rights movement in the U.S.<br /><br />July 8 - Vietnam War: The very first U.S. troop withdrawals are made.<br /><br />August 17 (my birthday)- Category 5 Hurricane Camille, the most powerful tropical cyclonic system at landfall in recorded history, hits the Mississippi coast, killing 248 people and causing US$1.5 billion in damage (1969 dollars).<br /><br />September 2 - The first automatic teller machine in the United States is installed in Rockville Centre, New York.<br /><br />October 21 - Writer and poet Jack Kerouac died at the age of 47, resulting from an internal hemorrhage (bleeding esophageal varices) caused by cirrhosis, the result of a lifetime of heavy drinking<br /><br />November 10 - Sesame Street premieres on the National Educational Television (NET) network.<br /><br />December 4 - Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot dead in their sleep during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/k9F3pWtnH1U&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/k9F3pWtnH1U&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>--ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266757207489665452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373116638948627680.post-74065032450132876662008-11-26T09:38:00.001-08:002008-11-26T09:49:37.541-08:00My RomanceI'm running out of songs! Not really, but it's getting tricky to find ones I can learn in a day. Anyways, <span style="font-style:italic;">My Romance</span> is a Rodgers and Hart tune from the 1935 musical, <span style="font-style:italic;">Jumbo</span>. Doris Day performed it in the movie version. Yay!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TDCoeiyvfLw&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TDCoeiyvfLw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>--ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266757207489665452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373116638948627680.post-73936143806976514602008-11-25T09:07:00.000-08:002008-11-25T09:09:55.645-08:00Lush LifeWritten and exclusively performed by Billy Strayhorn, until Ellington singer Kay David got her hands on it. I've liked Kay Davis for years now, since I heard my first Duke Ellington recording.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/c_vZIvqwFwQ&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/c_vZIvqwFwQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>--ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266757207489665452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373116638948627680.post-41509040216028916862008-11-24T10:05:00.000-08:002008-11-24T10:23:44.014-08:00I Can't Believe That You're In Love With MeI recently found out about this tune... a standard I didn't know. It really swings, both in the tempo and beat, but also the melody swings up and down:<br /><br /><br /><pre> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;"> what<br /> eyes kis- nev- they<br />your of your -ses I -er could<br /> blue too, knew do</span><br /></pre> <br /><br />Thank you David Heyer, my lovely partner, for pointing that out. He's taking a PhD course now about these types of musical forces (Larson). And, he'll be looking for a professoring gig here in a few years...<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PlpxULEegok&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PlpxULEegok&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>--ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266757207489665452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373116638948627680.post-68191091982915833582008-11-23T10:13:00.000-08:002008-11-23T10:33:23.560-08:00'Round MidnightI decided to conquer a really difficult tune today. This is <span style="font-style:italic;">'Round Midnight</span> by Thelonious Monk. I found out from my good friend, Wikipedia, that he briefly toured with an evangelist while he was a teenager, and that his wife called his unorthodox piano sound <span style="font-style:italic;">Melodious Thunk</span>, which seems highly appropriate.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0PTO-vKyxWw&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0PTO-vKyxWw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>--ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266757207489665452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373116638948627680.post-79041374658610360412008-11-22T10:57:00.000-08:002008-11-22T11:40:02.954-08:00Night and DayI was helping a fellow singing friend out with this tune yesterday... he was singing a Billie Holiday-esque version of this Cole Porter tune. I decided to record this today because I was reminded of how much I like this song.<br /><br />Interesting tidbit, Porter claimed this song was inspired by an Islamic call to worship he heard while on a trip to Morocco. Thanks, Wikipedia.<br /><br />-Billie Holiday-<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/36cFvHQkXNI&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/36cFvHQkXNI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RReY58TJBXI&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RReY58TJBXI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>--ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266757207489665452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373116638948627680.post-62934796830833504302008-11-21T10:54:00.000-08:002008-11-21T11:12:04.403-08:00Who I Am [original]This is a tune I wrote recently. It's called "Who I Am", which pretty much sums up what it's all about. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NJegfOZzPgk&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NJegfOZzPgk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Here are the words:<br /><br />Who I Am-<br />Ali Losik<br />9-08<br /><br /> <br />I'm the girl in the back of the <br />class with a cap pulled on <br />down to my glasses and <br />sarcastic eyes, <br />bright and blue.<br /> <br />I'm the one who will play the pi-<br />ano 'til late just be-<br />cause I've got nothing else <br />better to do <br />It's sad, but it's true.<br /><br />CHORUS:<br />Everybody knows me and how I am:<br />I go and I remain.<br />Everybody knows me and who I am:<br />I'm different and the same.<br /><br />I don't like to look in the <br />mirror because I don't <br />care how my hair looks to<br />day. <br />I think it has grown.<br /><br />I kiss all my cats and my <br />dogs before leaving the <br />house and they bark and they <br />meow at me <br />once I come home.<br /><br />:bridge:<br /> I'm accident prone, I broke my wrist<br />-bone one August night, <br />riding my scooter, I'll have to take that corner more tight.<br /><br />CHORUS<br /><br />Swimming is fun just be-<br />cause I don't have to re-<br />late. I put my head <br />down <br />and I go.<br /><br />I don't like to read, I pre-<br />fer the tv because <br />reading reminds me of <br />school and how <br />that's all I know.<br /><br />CHORUS--ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266757207489665452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373116638948627680.post-71162433156072767322008-11-20T11:49:00.001-08:002008-11-20T11:55:06.182-08:00Cheek to CheekI love this Irving Berlin classic. It seems like all these jazz tunes work so well on the ukulele. This one was harder to memorize in one night, so my apologies for no whistling solo. <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cTKceDob58w&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cTKceDob58w&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>--ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266757207489665452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373116638948627680.post-31483246016323432532008-11-19T11:23:00.000-08:002008-11-19T15:18:10.089-08:00'Til There Was YouThis tune is from <span style="font-style:italic;">The Music Man</span>. The Beatles later covered it. And now, so am I.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fhlHmU_eXLM"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fhlHmU_eXLM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object>--ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266757207489665452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373116638948627680.post-79597249678939921052008-11-18T11:15:00.000-08:002008-11-18T11:29:27.334-08:00L-O-V-EThis is an easy tune and it sounds like it was made for the ukulele. My dogs, Bruno and Zelda helped me with the filming today. Any jingling or grumping you hear in the background is all their fault. :)<br /><br />This tune was written for Nat King Cole's album by the same name, released just before his death in 1965.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/phGGj44-La8"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/phGGj44-La8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object>--ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266757207489665452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373116638948627680.post-74620205538799754002008-11-17T10:24:00.000-08:002008-11-17T10:37:25.207-08:00Why Does The Sun ShineThis is a They Might Be Giants tune. Actually it is "a remake of the song by Tom Glazer from the album Space Songs" (thank you Wikipedia), but I know it from TMBG.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WFpfdM6Cu24"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WFpfdM6Cu24" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object>--ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266757207489665452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373116638948627680.post-19081720028409027572008-11-16T10:47:00.000-08:002008-11-16T10:58:57.008-08:00We'll Meet AgainThis tune was recommended to me as an "Ali song". My bandmate, Randy, thought that this would be right up my <s>ali</s> alley (ha). Anyways, I watched the end of Dr. Strangelove on Youtube:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wxrWz9XVvls&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wxrWz9XVvls&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />and then I realized it that I have it in my extensive Rosemary Clooney collection (on the demi-centennial album). Anyways, here it is.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eLv_ay7B1Is"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eLv_ay7B1Is" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object>--ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266757207489665452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373116638948627680.post-50098737705852020362008-11-15T11:24:00.000-08:002008-11-15T11:36:36.679-08:00Treeman (original)This is a tune I wrote based on some local artwork. It is also my first attempt at making my videos a little bit fancy. Here are the lyrics:<br /><br />Treeman,<br />You have branches for hair<br />And a trunk for a torso and head.<br />You stand tall above the clouds.<br /><br />Treeman,<br />In an amber twilight<br />fading to midnight blue.<br />The tie around your neck is straight and true.<br /><br />Deeply rooted <br />in the earth<br />drinking poison everyday.<br /><br />Treeman,<br />Dressing for the office,<br />Crisp, white collar peeks through your coat.<br />Routine your only truth.<br /><br />Treeman, <br />your branches cross the edge of <br />the world that you call home<br />and reach into the unknown.<br /><br />Watching silently<br />over the city<br />that is slowly killing you.<br /><br />And the video:<br /><object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6NuQhuW5x1k"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6NuQhuW5x1k" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object>--ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266757207489665452noreply@blogger.com1