Seasons of the Ukulele

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Season 752 - Flock, Pack and Huddle

kolibri

Welcome to the Season 752!

This week is dedicated to songs whose lyrics contain collective nouns like group, team, family, company, band, battalion, orchestra, pack...

For inspiration: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English_collective_nouns

If the collective noun has other meanings, those meanings are allowed, too. E.g. If you choose the word "murder", you are welcome to play murder ballads. The song does not need to mention the exact phrase "murder of crows".

No song limit.
After the first new song for Season 752, you can post one "blast from the past" - a previously recorded song that fits the theme.
If you are new to the Seasons, you can post any song.
Please mention in the video that it is for Season 752.

The usual rules apply.

Season 752 starts at 00:00 Hawaii time on Sunday 12th July and ends at 23:59 Hawaii time Sunday 19th July.

And Val's French cycling Season 751 is still running strong, so the twofers are most welcome!

PLAYLIST

johnpoole

When travelling through Finland one may come across a Ylle of Ukulele Players!

UkeCan1

Twofer: bands + French fries

"All Your Favorite Bands" by Dawes

DelGriff

My absolute favourite from the comprehensive list provided:

“A wunch of bankers”

Think about it! 😆😆😆

joo

Thanks for hosting, Ylle!

I wrote a silly song called A Stupor of Seasonistas.

"the seasonistas don't do siestas,

they like coffee and tea and marijuana,

for how else can you explain these weekly phenomena,

middle-aged men and women

cuddling an instrument

so petite and simple."

I hope my video will bring new participants!😆

UkeFoote

"Bike", by Pink Floyd, for concert ukulele with singing, overdub of Ashbory Ubass… features a “clan of gingerbread men”. Thanks for hosting, Ylle!

AlanDP

"I'm Keepin' Company" from 1931. Lyrics are in the video description at youtube.

jon

thank you for the week Ylle, great theme 🙂
an original song for the season where i dance 'with a charm of fairies and pixies' lol
"Whistlin Dixie", lyrics in the you tube…

johnpoole

Thanks Ylle for your Thesaurus of Themes. Here's ' A Bunch of Lonesome Heroes' from Leonard Cohen. Some added Garageband synth.

UkeCan1

DelGriff My absolute favourite from the comprehensive list provided:

“A wunch of bankers”

Think about it! 😆😆😆

A holiness of donuts also cracked me up. 😆😆😆

potmo

DelGriff I liked the "Truck of Fumps" personally. What, you didn't see that one? 🤣

kolibri

The first songs have been added to the playlist. Thank you so much for your great submissions Wendy, Joo, Brian, Alan, Jon and John!

Joo wrote a song about "a stupor of Seasonistas". 🙂 I wonder what this week will bring? What will "a shoal of Seasonistas" play next? Or will we see "a skein of Seasonistas" or even "a soufflé of Seasonistas"? 🙂

potmo

SOTU 750 Wrap alert!

I know you have all been going sleepless pacing back and forth wondering "Where is potmo's season 750 wrap??" Well wait no longer. Apologies for the long delay and the long winded wrap.
TLDR:

Jon! 13 songs!! and only two thortons and no blast from the past.
multi-song season trivia (spoiler alert Jon shatters previous 5 time record of 10)
shout outs!
special alandp supplemental tim pan alley songs! No charge!
All kinds of stats from my new seasonista app(very much a work in progress but it already has fair functionality
A pro America rant!

potmo

UkeCan1 You missed the joke Wendy... should read Twofer: bands with a side of fries... I'm told that I don't have the authority to issue yellow flags when I am not hoting.

potmo

kolibri kewl topic, Ylle! I was flummoxed for a while but with that unbelievable list it becomes an opportunity instead of a challenge to find songs. If anyone cares, I talked to the evil AI bot monster and had it sort the list of collective nouns alphabetically, with the terms on the other side comma separated when more than one. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d8lfQD7MjPaFxNhb-quFysNIA1WfpDDSDJEIQkVmX1Q/edit?usp=sharing

AlanDP

This is a song I wrote for this week's theme. It's about a high school marching band, and may be somewhat autobiographical. Lyrics are at YouTube.

joo

hi again Ylle and fellow Seasonistas,

here is a quote I put to music a few years ago. This version recorded today.

The word here is WELL, as in a well of knowledge, a well of happiness, etc.. I am not sure if WELL is really considered a collective noun but I am taking advantage of the Thornton rule.

joo

and here is the first version of this quote that I set to music.

YorkSteve

Good theme Ylle!

Here's one from "Oliver" - consider yourself one of the family.

LimousinLil

Hello, Ylle … and thanks for hosting! From an undisclosed location, I bring you a very abbreviated - and very green - version of "My Name is McNamara … I'm the Leader of the BAND" (Got Family staying now and it's difficult to withdraw to a quiet spot, but hope to bring something longer before the end of the week.)