Seasons of the Ukulele

A weekly song challenge for ukulele players - all welcome. Find out more here

SOTU 669 - The Taylor Swift Cinematic Universe

bobjking

Morning, people!

The weekend is upon us and I've been dragged kicking and screaming into work. 😢

I did find time to catch up this morning though, Playlist all up to date with some fantastic new entries! Check 'em out!

Thanks for everything so far and have a great weekend! I'll hopefully make the zoom this evening, fingers crossed! X

TheDith

Hiyaaa, here's one from me, my brother Milo and my friend Eddie ! it's a very odd version of Blank Space learnt in half an hour and recorded one take. The boys weren't sure where to end. They both have solos where they broke into different songs ! It's a bit chaotic 🙃

TCK

DelGriff I am going to steal this and tag my stuff with it of I may.

TCK

Here is my cover of Anti-Hero

Meant that last response for elsewhere, I will get the hang of this I promise. Starting with how to post the actual video?

FOUND IT!!

Anyway, so happy to see you all here. Glad to put on my white sunnies and play Bob and Edith a song!

Mezcalero

Thanks for hosting Bob and Edith! I was looking through the list of artists who participated on the Eras Tour, I came across Bon Iver. I had never heard of them, but was quite inspired by exploring some of their output. This is a song I had wanted to learn, but given up on previously. Much tougher than it may seem. Thanks for the reason to learn this beautiful tune ~

TCK

Ok- not gonna lie to you fine people. Melissa and I went out and had a few pints, elated that we got to play in the open mic and had found the new home of the Seasons, and I came home and banged this out. It is rough and a little naughty…but boy was it cathartic. We are never ever ever getting back together. Go get your ukes.

TCK

[deleted] Pancho- Today I learned that if you just copy link and drop it into your text, this forum will sort it and post the video thumbnail and link automatically (only learned that because someone else had already sorted it). Great song mate, well done- Lefty.

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TCK thanks Lefty! will try that next time i post sumpin!

redpaul1

I'mHere's my entry. London Is The Place For Me, a calypso from Lord Kitchener; first performed in June 1948 on the deck of the Empire Windrush

Lon-don is the place for me – Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts)

. . . Bb . . . . . .|Gm7 . . . . . .Cm7 . . . F7 . . . . . .|Bb

1. Lon-|don is the place for |me

2. Well be-|lieve me I am speak-ing broad-minded -|ly

3. To live in |London you’re real-ly com - for-tab-|le

4. At night |when you have no - thing to |do

5. Yes I cannot com-|plain of the time I have |spent

. . Bb . . . . . . . . |Gm7 . . . Cm7 . . . . .F7 . . . . . |Bb

1. Lon-|don this love-ly cit-|y

2. I am |glad to know my Mother Coun-|try

3. Because the English |people are ver-y much soci-ab-|le

4. You can take a |walk down Shaft’s-b’ry Av-en-|ue

5. I mean my life in |London is real-ly mag – ni-fi -|cent

. . . . . . . . . |Ddim . . . . . . . . . |G7

1. You can |go to France or A-|mer-i-ca,

2. I have been |tra-vell-ing to coun-|tries years ago

3. They |take you here and they |take you there

4. There you will |laugh and talk and en-|joy the breeze

5. I have |ev’- ry com - fort and |e-v’ry sport

. . . . . . |Cm7. . . . . . . . . |F7

1. |Indi-a, Asi-a or Aus-|tra-li-a. But

2. But |this is the place I |wan-ted to know

3. And they |make you feel like a |mil-li-on-aire

4. And ad-|mire the beaut - i - |ful scen-er-y

5. And my |res – i- dence is at |Hamp-ton Court

. Bb . . . . |Gm7 . . . Cm7 . . . . F7 . . . .|Bb

1. you must |come back to London ci-|ty

2. Lon-|don that’s the place for |me

3. Lon-|don that’s the place for |me

4. Of Lon-|don that’s the place for |me

5. So Lon-|don that’s the place for |me

uke4ia

This is a song called "Care" by Beabadoobee (she doesn't capitalize her name, though).

OnlyUkeThatMatters

Long ago I was at a friends' potluck BBQ and a young girl played a song on either guitar or ukulele for everyone. It sounded great. An adult asked her, "What's that song?" and the girl said "It's by Taylor Swift."

That's when I learned to love Taylor's music. And here's her most recent single, ukulele-style…

DesertPavement

When I told my partner the theme this week she said, “Well you have to play…” So here it is by her request.

Thanks for hosting Bobby and Edith. And Edith, welcome aboard with your own channel too.

TCK

Been here a long time…was on the invite list for the first season (but was self conscious and could not play). Judged many, hosted many…skipped many. That said, this one is pretty special to me. I thought they were gone, as was 13 years of my life. Really…I do not care if my ukulele output fades into obscurity some day, I really do love to hear when I can what you all have to play. Thanks for being the most awesome people I know and playing me songs again..because when I saw it was gone I was crushed. Thanks to all who quickly brought this back- much love. Thanks Bob for a kickass theme…and thank you all for playing. I thought I would have to do without you for a minute and I had no idea how I would do that. Much love Seasonistas, my god I am glad you are still here.

MsBean

The Eras tour visited Berlin, a truly awesome city!

A 1927 song by a very prolific composer (he lived a loooooooong life), Irving Berlin. (For those keen on a very last minute song for 669 and 670, he also wrote I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas.)

Sheet music:

https://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/collection/206/015

bobjking

…and there we have it! Sabine brings proceedings in Season 669 to a rather lovely close! Thank you all for your contributions this week. Me and The 'Dith have enjoyed every second.

We'll be back presently with a wrap!

Have a good one, whatever you're doing!

redpaul1

bobjking Great kick-off to life in our new home. Well done, Bob; well done one and all!👍

CeeJay

MsBean Sheet music:

https://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/collection/206/015

For those who have a look at the sheets, note the uke tuning.
That was the standard back in the day .

LimousinLil

Thanks for a great week, Edith and Bob! I am, at least, a little more familiar than I was before with the works of Ms. Swift!

DesertPavement

CeeJay Neat. I tune up to that sometimes instead of using a capo if I like the chord shapes for a song but they’re out of my vocal range, most recently for the REM song I did last season. Do you know why standard dropped a whole step CJ?

CeeJay

DesertPavement

I started to play back in the 70s all the books taught that aDF#B was the standard , the two alternate tunings were gCEA and bbEbGC.

When I started the choice was Soprano uke or ukelele banjo (the rabbit hole that I headed down)

All the old time music books that had uke chords which I borrowed from my Gran's piano stool gave the correct tuning for the key of the song as well.

My "George Formby Complete" does this as well. In fact GF had many banjo ukes ,already tuned to the different keys.

I played the uke for about 10 years and then moved on to other instruments, just picking it up now and again.

I came back to it in about 2008 , and found that there were different sizes of ukes and that the standard tuning was now gCEA. (except for bari , DGBE).
There were different styles and more melodic picking and plucking than just the strum style that I was familiar with.

The new kids on the block all played in gCEA.
So too did the new wave of Ukeleleists in bands that were cropping up .

AS to why . I don't know.

I love a soprano revved up to aDF#B barking out

like a yappy little terrier.

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