Seasons of the Ukulele

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Season 715 : Songs In The Key Of Stevie!

Edwin

Hello! Thanks for hosting John. The theme of "wonder", and the fact I had boring work to avoid yesterday, inspired me to write this. It started about the wonders of the universe and so on, but took a bit of a turn, and I suppose it's now about something that unites most of us. Yes, it's about wearing shoes. Sort of. So that's why I called it "Wearing Shoes".

I realise not everyone wears shoes, but that's okay. You do you. I'm not wearing shoes in the recording, as it happens.

OneManAndHisPGUke

Morning wonderful Seasonistas. Thanks Val for the little flutey Steve interlude, then York Steve got all “uh huh..thangyouvermuch…” on us with some Vegas Elvis, and Edwin brought a really superb original. I will be back later as I’m off to hospital to get my cast taken off, hopefully back to driving, working, running about like an eejit again…

Barbablanca

Here is my contribution to the week. It's an attempt to write a pathologically optimistic song in these dark times!

I hope you enjoy:

"Look at the World in Wonder"

PS This image shows the canyon which runs through the town in Andalusia from which my wife's family came (Alhama de Granada). It's a photo I took from the balcony of our B&B when the mice had chased us out of the old family cottage 😁

DelGriff

HOST APPEAL

Hi everyone - I’m not panicking yet, but if you haven’t hosted in a while, or if you fancy signing up for the first time (it’s easier than it looks and a lot of fun - honest!), then please do so now. Pick a week from the list in the first post of the sign-up thread here, claim it by replying at the end of that thread, and you’re in.

☃️❄️🎄Worth mentioning that the last full Season before Christmas (which this year will be 722 December 14th - December 21st) is traditionally always devoted to festive songs. It still needs hosting mind, so if that appeals, do please claim it now.🎄❄️☃️

Thank you all! :-)

johnpoole

Here's one from Australian singer songwriter Stephen Cummings ." Everybody's Always Pissing in the Swimming Pool'. Although this is not a universal Australian trait….I do prefer swimming in the ocean.

joo

Thanks for hosting, John!

Stevie Wonder, wow. I actually recorded one of his songs when I was confident enough to record anything, many years ago. (You are the sunshine of my life) His songs are so beautiful. I was, am thinking of learning (recording) Overjoyed for your theme, haven't gotten to do it yet.

I read about you having the cast removed from your leg…I must have missed out on what you had shared earlier. Wishing you a speedy and full recovery!

Today me and Jon had a picnic at a lovely spot just 1-2 minutes from our house. Before we left, I was noodling around, trying to come up with an instrumental of What A Wonderful World. I brought my uke with me to our lunch picnic, as I was gonna noodle around some more. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that Jon had printed out the chords for the song. Since we both had a uke with us, we recorded a singing version of this impromptu.

OneManAndHisPGUke

Morning Seasonistas, and a particular welcome to the Southern contingent in the form of John (never pisses in the) Poole, who brought an amazing powerful song I’d never heard before, and then we had the sweetest cover of What A Wonderful World, beautifully played by Joo and Jon. I really am spoiled this week.

And thanks Joo, yes, my cast was removed yesterday ( broke my ankle 6 weeks ago) but I still need to take it easy for a few more weeks while my ankle builds strength up. I do have this crazy plastic boot I’m supposed to wear, looks like something off Star Wars.

Joko

When Sunday came, I was in the 3rd and ecisive day of dysentery. When I couldn't even make it from my bed to the baathroom door just feet away without leaving a trail… when I gave up on looking for home treatments for amoebic dyssentery.. when I realized that the antibiotics recommended by half a dozen online med sites and only 25 cents for a strip of ten pills at my local pharmacist were just that…. run-of-the-mill treatments to fight whaterver little monsters I'd somehow ingested.. probably via the clean-looking water drawn from the weill under my home….

I needed to got to the hoispital. But too weak too drive myself… My local taxi app was suspended… what to do? Thura was working at the time,,, but caame trhough… 15 minutes later, I was on my way to a private hospital.

I get there, describe the maelstorm of poo, nauseau and pain that had steadily gotten worse, and they told me. The gastroentoligist isn;t here. Come back tomorrow?

I'm DYING!

Would you like to see another physician?

No, I came to the hospital to look at very sick people and bored companions sit in these lovely plastic seating batteries. GET ME A DOCTOR OR I WILL POO ALL OVER THEM!!

I got admitted. Had lots and lots of tests… I think they wanted to use the machine that goes PING but couldn't justify it, FOund out later that the attending doctors were upgraded due to a VIP being in their hospital… (they must have heard I'm the 2,743rd most renowned uke player in the world)…

I got my own room. A TV with 3 channels. UNlimited adult diapers. Pajamas. Hourly nurse visits. A great view of the city…. But I still couldn;t mke the bathroom without the cup or so of discharge slipping out my clenching butt. Poo is digusting. BUt it's OTHER PEOPLE'S POO that makes us feel that way. By this point, I was just wallowing in it.

THIngs got better. ANd now, I'm pretty much back to normal. ALthough mysterioursly, there is no poo at all, despite a heaalthy appetite. I guess my large intestine is taking its time after so long being a freeway.

715.
Northern Wisconsin area code.

OneManAndHisPGUke

Oh man! Joko! Too much information!! 😂

Hope you are feeling better now buddy 👍

Incidentally Joko your song now brings the Stevie Wonder count to 4. I plan on bringing another SW song but might not manage til Monday morning. Stevie’s songs are not the easiest, so kudos to anyone who brings any of his songs.

LimousinLil

A very belated "hello", John, and thanks for hosting. I've been a bit busy this week and I've also got a cold, which doesn't improve the singing, so my apologies for inflicting this on you! Since I'm not really a Stevie Wonder fan, and I certainly DON'T believe we're living in a "wonderful world" at the moment, I decided to opt for the artists whose names are prefixed by "Little." In order to lower the tone, I bring you "If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time" by "The Little Willies" … there now!

P.S. I hope that you are now leaping about like a two-year-old following the removal of your cast and that Joko is well on the way to recovery. I hope I'll be able to bring a song for Halloween, but this morning I had my Covid and 'Flu jabs, so I might just keel over completely.

AlanDP

I haven't tried to cover any Stevie Wonder songs because I just don't think I could manage it. But here's another "wonder" song by Irving Berlin. I played a little of the Roland EWI on this one with a very mellow tenor sax sound. The video seems to be frozen for a few seconds at the beginning, for some reason.

DelGriff

Thanks for hosting, John! 🙂

Full disclosure - I’m not a huge Stevie Wonder fan. But there’s one song of his that I love. And this is it. Baritone uke, synth cello and, I’m afraid, a rather nasal and coarse vocal - I, too, have a cold and sore throat. The voice just about made it through, though you can hear it die at the end of the final note! Phew!

Lately - Stevie Wonder cover (SOTU 715)

Nearsighted-Lemon-McKay

Joko Geez… I didn't make that area code connection and…. I'm IN 715!

UkeCan1

Happy Halloween! 🎃👻👹

A close relative (pronouns it/its) stopped by to share an original holiday song for Halloween.

OneManAndHisPGUke

Morning Seasonistas, and happy All Hallows Eve. Thanks Joko for getting off the loo long enough to bring a song ( or should that be pong?) , Val gave us the willies, the Little Willies to be precise, Alan brought another fine bit of Irving Berlin and even threw in a nice bit of electro sax, Del brought a lovely cover of Stevie’s sad song Lately, and cousin It kidnapped Wendy to get Halloween off to a hairy start with a beaut of an original. Thank you all who have contributed so far, it makes hosting such a lot of fun. Catch you all later.

AlanDP

Here are two songs for Halloween. The first is from 1882, the second from 1957.

dr_mitch

Joo and John have given us a beautiful rendition of What a Wonderful World. I've been super busy (and even missed a week!) but I had to have a go at the classic myself.

potmo

Signed, Sealed, Delivered -Rufus Wainwright arrangement.

Stumbled on this while looking for tabs/ tutorials. I think the song is conducive to a slower bluesy style which is more conducive to my skill level. Happy Halloween to those who celebrate.

joo

How about a Wee Ginga Yin original? Wonder of Wonders. This is his video. Not my cover. I just wanted to share it.

CanadaJim

A tune from Stevie Goodman and John Prine

A busy week, but I finally got one in John.

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