Seasons of the Ukulele

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Season 729 - Play Your Own Theme

YorkSteve

As soon as I saw Image 4 I thought of this one, but I have had to wait for my voice to recover from a cold. Nearly there, so hey-ho let's go. Scary to think that it is nearly fifty years since The Ramones produced this two minute gem.

Barbablanca

This is my response to another of Joo's fabulous artworks. Again the lyrics for this were written in the waiting room while the doctors operated on my beloved.

For more background please read the description on YoutTube

AlanDP

A song from 1958 that was recorded by Perry Como.

joo

UkeCan1

UkeCan1 Anyway, I'm misinterpreting all these drawings, but never mind - it's like a Rorschach test, I guess! We see different things in the same image. Maybe my interpretations do indeed confirm that I am crazy, which may not surprise anyone.

love the different interpretations. Love the songs you bring, Wendy. And boy i LOVE your cover of the Chumbawamba song! Thanks so much Wendy! Yours are a highlight for me. Actually, I find myself enjoying your songs every time I click on them.

joo

awesome-ness!!!

I hope you all are enjoying the songs posted here as much as I am.

I will be back soon!

Looking forward to more entries!

UkeCan1

Thank you, Joo! Since we get 7, I am attempting to do one for each image.

#5 reminds of this other little girl:

I'm pretty sure the doll in the drawing is named Iris, even though it's never mentioned.

Here's "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls

"I just want you to know who I am"

joo

I AM INCREASING THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES TO UNLIMITED!!! WENDY'S ENTRIES HAVE INSPIRED ME TO MAKE THAT CHANGE!

joo

It has been wonderful being home in Singapore with my family. I find myself having little time to spend online this past week. Any time I had I was here and i really enjoyed all the entries. Thanks again!

I have a bit more time today and I recorded this just now. A song I found in my song book.

The song is Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age (1947) by Cindy Walker and Bob Wills. The Image I am using as prompt is Image 1. The faces/heads of the couple look wrinkled. The one on the right seems to be upset or crying, and the one on the left with the boobies is singing this song to him. LOL.

bobjking

Hey, Joo!

Thanks for hosting!

All of your images were wonderful in their own way but something about picture no.3 hooked me and drew a response.

This is what came out.

potmo

Joko a skeleton arguing with its own ghost about toilet paper"

Oh my side is hurting that is too funny. STOP LOL

potmo

Well there were some songs I wanted to do that were inspired by the images but I am not going to get to them. So I thought I would go ahead and list them here in case someone else wants to tackle them or maybe they will think of another song...
Image 3 RIght string baby but the wrong yo yo - Chet atkins
image 4 _ We're a happy familyl - The Ramones

I also am really mad that I didnt finish stranger int he house by E costello in time to make a clear twofer but oh well. I will have the one song that I have been working on all week by tomorrow no matter how unpolished. Joo you rock!

UkeCan1

For #6, I spent way too long trying to come up with a good song about a couple who've been together a long time, or maybe about going to a park. Then I asked my FocusMate friend Gemma, who knows the best songs.

She suggested the perfect song. It has everything - uplifting tune, evocative lyrics, longtime love, a park, and two forms of human contact for 730 - hand to hold you and interlocked fingers.

"Still Into You" by Paramore

dr_mitch

For some reason, image 2 puts me in mind of a food song, Ain't the Gravy Good?

No direct mention of pork or eggs, though certainly meat and chicken.

potmo

Hello Dolly – Louis Armstrong

Hi Joo. Glad you are having fun with your family. Yes, the one with the doll(s). By the way this image to me was of TWO dolls. So if that was what you intended, I caught it. If not oh well. Great works of art let the viewers make their own interpretations. I could possibly pull a Thornton rule and claim "Find her an empty lap fellas" for SOTU 730, but I think I will go ahead and give @bobjking a break.

CanadaJim

OH YOU BEAUTIFUL DOLL - Nat D. Ayer & A. Seymour Brown 1911

One last one for Joo's Season. I'm still not sure how the verse goes, but I think I got the chorus.
I suppose that this would qualify as a twofer, but I don't want anyone to have to sit through it twice, so I'll leave it in Season 729.
The photo behind me on the wall is of Maggie's maternal grandmother.

Of course, this is image 5.

OnlyUkeThatMatters

The b-side of "This Is Radio Clash" is called "Radio Clash." Same rhythm, different lyrics and mix!

And here's which lines of "Radio Clash" connect to each of joo's images, numbered as her images are numbered in her original post…

Don't all rush at once
With extreme prejudice as I terminate our mission
He who reaches the other side first gets a job in the dirty old town
Eagerly await illumination - From the Ministry of Whitewash
Even angels were beheld on the morning of the sixth
Consider your position!
And in the thundercloud, you see another cloud; Bones as black as sticks

joo

OK guys if you listen to only 1 entry, listen to Ralf's!!! IT IS SO AWESOME!!!!

MsBean

Thanks for hosting, Joo.

Your themes always make me think. I ended up with a Playford dance, Down Among The Dead Men, inspired by image 7.

[However, I could have gone with the older couple (image 6), or the couple in image 1, and Playford's Kill Him With Kindness. I might keep that one for later, though.]

https://playforddances.com/dances-2-3/down-among-the-dead-men/

UkeCan1

Well, I promised I was going to do one song for each image, and I still had #4 to go. Gemma said yesterday she thought the baby was crying and keeping the family awake, so I tried to find a suitable lullaby, especially an ironic one.

In the end, I was almost out of time, so I did "Silence is Golden", which is a very adult song that does sound a little bit like a lullaby … and I added a little exhortation to the baby at the end.

joo

Thanks to everyone who has participated in Season 729.

It was fun to see how each of you picked your own theme, based on the 7 cartoons I have presented here.

I thought that the cartoons themselves don't have to be profound or even good works of art, but I know there are visual clues there for each of you to relate and engage in whichever way you chose to. And each of you have interpreted them in ways that are humourous, clever, and philosophical. For that reason, I think this Season has been a success!

As mentioned, I wasn't scheduled to host Season 729, but when Del asked if I could, 2 weeks (I think) before the Season, I was happy to do it, and I am so glad I did.

I have not been more present as I would like to, as I am on holiday with Jon visiting my family in Singapore. But I have enjoyed all the songs. I hope you all have too!

There are no prizes this week. But I might, when I am home in Tasmania, sit down and make some kind of visual diary of how each of you have related to the images. No promise, but I MIGHT do that.

Before that actually does happen, I want to give a special shout out to 4 people.

Joko! For his fun parody and animation! And how lovely to see his students playing along in one of them! Thanks Joko! (I want some "Joo" money! And yours and your students' interpretations of the images are great!)
Berni! For penning 3 originals based on the images, while waiting in the hospital as the doctor was operating on his wife Carman. Hope Carman makes a full recovery soon, Berni! You and your songs are awesome. Thank you!
Bobby! For a rare Bob J King original! What a beautiful song. Thanks Bobby! Big virtual bear HUG to you! I shall now think of a song to win that little Bobby for your Season. I foresee Jon and I fighting over him, with the rest of our cuddly toys feeling neglected.
Wendy! For playing a song for EACH of the image! Wendy brings the sun whenever she brings a song. You can't help feeling the passion she has and the warmth radiating from her. And when she plays a more mellow or sad kind of song, the gentleness in her voice is lovely. You can tell how much she loves performing with her uke and how much she loves the Seasons. Thanks sis!

And of course, not forgetting Brian, Jim, Alan, David, Kevin, Dan, Paul, John, Del, Steve, Ralf, and Sabine for their entries! Each one different from the other, each one great in his and her own way! Fantastic Season, I think!

Thanks again everyone! Hope you all have a great week!

BIG HUGS!!!

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